The company

For over 100 years in Portugal, Informa D&B has been the leader in providing information about companies, helping its customers in the commercial decision processes, in the search for new customers and in the management of customer, prospect and supplier portfolios.

Timeline

1841
Lewis Tappan creates the Mercantile Agency, a forerunner of Dun & Bradstreet.

1849
The rival John M. Bradstreet Company is formed.

1855
The Mercantile Agency changes its name to John M. Bradstreet & Sons Improved Mercantile Agency.

1859
The company changes its name again, to RG Dun & Company, introducing, in a pioneering act, the first rating system. At this time, it is already gathering information on over 100,000 US companies.

1906
RG Dun begins its activity in Lisbon, which reflects the economic development of the country.

1916
At a time when the world is experiencing multiple political and economic upheavals, RG Dun consolidates international growth and has 241 offices in countries such as Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.

1939
The merger of RG Dun and Bradstreet Corporation leads to Dun & Bradstreet Inc., which emerges strengthened from the downturn experienced after the 1929 stock market crash.

1961
Dun & Bradstreet broadens its field of operation with the merger integration of Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, as it now provides customers with yellow pages services and direct marketing to companies and consumers.

1962
Dun & Bradstreet acquires Moody’s Investors Service, a company created early in the century to provide investors with financial information on large companies, particularly in the industrial sector.

Dun & Bradstreet creates the DUNS Number®, a unique and global identifier assigned to each company to facilitate information requests and business connections. The DUNS Number® has accelerated Dun & Bradstreet’s computerisation process and is now a reference for entities such as the United Nations, the European Commission and the US Government.

1968
The company changes its name to Dun & Bradstreet in Portugal.

1975
It consolidates all international operations into a single unit: Dun & Bradstreet International.

1984
Dun & Bradstreet merges with A. C. Nielsen Company, resulting in the provision of information services to over two million customers worldwide.

1996
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation creates three separate companies – A. C. Nielsen, Cognizant Corporation and the new Dun & Bradstreet Corporation – redefining the strategy of performing on a global scale.

2004
INFORMA Spain purchases the Spanish and Portuguese operations, and signs a strategic partnership with Dun & Bradstreet, becoming a part of the world’s largest corporate information network, the Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Network. Dun & Bradstreet Portugal changes its name to Informa D&B.

2009
Informa D&B launches eInforma, an electronic contracting channel created to immediately provide the essential part of Informa D&B’s services, exclusively via the Internet.

2010
INFORMA Spain acquires DBK, a company established in 1987 and a leader in the development of sectoral studies.

Launch of the INFORMA Barometer, an online publication that presents monthly figures on the main phenomena that occur in the business universe such as incorporations, closures, insolvencies and corporate litigation, among other indicators of the characteristics of Portuguese companies.

2013
Banco de Portugal recognises Informa D&B Portugal as an ECAI – External Credit Assessment Institution.

2014
Renewal of the strategic partnership with Dun & Bradstreet for another ten years.

Adoption of the INFORMA brand.

2015
Certification of Informa D&B by the ISO 9001:2008 standard.
Absorption of the DBK brand by INFORMA Spain

2016
Informa D&B is celebrating 110 years of a history full of events, innovation and knowledge.
Watch the 110th anniversary film of Informa D&B.

 

2018
Absorption of the OneRate brand by INFORMA Spain

Launch of the Risk of Delinquency Assessment Model

2019
Redesign of the INFORMA brand

 

Strategic partner

Dun & Bradstreet is a strategic partner of Informa D&B, in addition to being an important business partner. For this reason, the integration of our information into Dun & Bradstreet’s global information platform is performed according to a common methodology for collecting, processing, analysing and updating information. For the same reason, the interpretation and classification of companies at a global level is performed the same way in Informa D&B and in Dun & Bradstreet.

Our knowledge partnerships allow us to enhance the information and contents of our database, benefiting from our partners’ specific expertise.

• Expresso
• Exame Magazine
• Jornal de Negócios
• Jornal de Leiria