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87 percent of D&B's U.S. active file contains businesses with 10 or fewer employees.
Facts & Figures From the D&B Database
Year-To-Date August 2008:
- The Global D&B database increased by 17% since August 2007 by more than 20 million records to over 139.4 million businesses.
Based on our database activity:
In the next 60 minutes in our U.S. records …
- 241 businesses will have a suit, lien or judgment filed against them
- 78 business telephone numbers will change or be disconnected
- 36 business addresses will change
- 85 directorship (CEO, CFO, etc.) changes will occur
- 61 new businesses will open their doors
- 2 companies will change their names
- 3 businesses will file for bankruptcy
So in a year…
- 20% of all addresses change
- 21% of CEO’s will change
- 18% of Telephone numbers will change
Recent flooding in the state of Iowa, Indiana, Illionis and Wisconsin has led FEMA and state governors to declare them as disaster areas. D&B is currently assesing the impact on regional business and will provide updates as they become available. Read More
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