The most comprehensive global database of its kind.
D&B Worldbase provides access to a host of D&B decision-support services for planning, marketing, sales, risk management, purchasing, research, legal, consulting, and government applications. Global Company Lookup, Background information on more than 130 million companies across the globe. Global Family Linkage, View Family Linkage information on more than one million corporate families worldwide. Global Marketing Lists, Create lists for marketing and competitive analysis.
D&B manages the world's most valuable commercial database with information on 130 million companies. Business information is gathered in 240 countries, in 95 languages or dialects, covering 181 monetary currencies. The database is refreshed one million times a day as part of our commitment to provide accurate, comprehensive information for more than 150,000 customers . To help ensure the accuracy and completeness of our information, we use sophisticated data collection tools and update our database nearly one million times a day. Over 600 million payment experiences are processed annually, and over 110 million phone calls are made to businesses like yours. In addition, we use our patented Matching Technology and over 2,000 information computer validations to ensure a high standard of data quality.
As of January 2008
Worldbase
- D&B holds information on 130,000,000 businesses
- 86,594,240 are actively trading
- 53,736,176 are marketable businesses
- 10,306,681 are linked to a corporate family tree
- D&B distinguishes 2,289,717 corporate family trees
Asia Pacific
- D&B holds information on 16,648,890 businesses
- 14,027,394 are actively trading
- 6,840,198 are marketable businesses
- 1,577,232 are linked to a corporate family tree
- D&B distinguishes 295,137 corporate family trees
Australia
- D&B holds information on 2,706,509 businesses
- 2,156,876 are actively trading
- 827,630 are marketable businesses
- 77,687 are linked to a corporate family tree
- D&B distinguishes 20,673 corporate family trees
New Zealand
- D&B holds information on 931,517 businesses
- 836,172 are actively trading
- 88,373 are marketable businesses
- 17,716 are linked to a corporate family tree
- D&B distinguishes 3,845 corporate family trees









