What Informa D&B does

Informa D&B is a Portugal-based business information services provider operating from Lisbon and Porto, with origins tracing back to 1906 when Dun & Bradstreet (originally RG Dun) initiated operations in Lisbon. The company maintains a database covering 1.6 million Portuguese companies, with 15.8 million data entries updated daily, and provides exclusive access in Portugal and Spain to the Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Network's 500+ million entities across 221 countries. Its core products include company reports (Complete, Financial, Commercial, Structural, Prospecta, Risk Assessment, Valuation, ESG), continuous monitoring services, software-integrated data via APInforma and D&B Direct+ APIs plus plugins for SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Cegid Primavera, PHC, SAGE, and ZOHO, and specialized solutions such as D&B Hoovers, D&B Onboard, Finance Analytics, Risk Analytics, SABI INFORMA, and OneRate. Underlying technology rests on the proprietary DUNSRight® data processing methodology and the D-U-N-S® Number identification system, complemented by registered predictive risk models including Failure Risk Assessment, Delinquency Risk Assessment, Paydex, Resilience Indicator, New Company Viability Indicator, and an ESG Score.

The company is 100% owned by INFORMA D&B (Spain), which itself belongs to the CESCE group, a reference player in commercial risk management with over 1,600 employees, 140,000 clients, and turnover exceeding €420 million. Revenue is generated through subscription database access (starting from €50/month via eInforma), one-time report purchases, data licensing (rankings, predefined and custom databases, public data files, AI-powered commercial prospecting), software integration subscriptions, and managed services bundled with parent-group products such as CESCE credit insurance. Go-to-market spans enterprise field sales with dedicated consultants, inside sales, self-service online channels, and channel partners across both Portugal and Spain. Customers include enterprises, banks, insurers, consultants, and public entities organized across seven horizontal business units: Financial Management, Marketing and Sales, Compliance and Third-Party Risk, Public and Associative Sector, SME, ESG Intelligence, and Data Lake. Informa D&B holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001 certifications, and has been recognized by the Bank of Portugal since 2013 as an External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI). The strategic partnership with Dun & Bradstreet was renewed for an additional ten years in 2023, securing exclusive Iberian distribution rights through 2033.

Name

Informa D&B

Legal name

Informa D&B (Serviços de Gestão de Empresas) Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda

Website

https://informadb.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1906

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Informa D&B is a Portugal-based business information services provider offering company reports, risk assessments, credit data, and compliance intelligence. The company serves enterprises, banks, insurers, public entities, and SMEs, leveraging proprietary DUNSRight methodology and exclusive Iberian access to the Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Information & Commercial Risk Analytics

NAICS

Directory and Mailing List Publishers (51314)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Analytics & Business Intelligence Services (BPAHALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Marketing Database & Contact Data Providers (B2B/B2C Lists) (BPAFAKAF)

Keywords

• Business information services
• Commercial credit risk
• Company database reports
• Business intelligence data
• Compliance and ESG analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Database Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to the Informa D&B company database with solutions starting from €50/month. Provides access to company information, reports, and monitoring services.
2. Company Reports: Sale of various types of company reports including Complete, Financial, Commercial, Structural, Prospecta, Incidents, Payment Analysis, Risk Assessment, Risk Plus, Financial and Management Analysis, Investigated, and Business Valuation reports.
3. Data Licensing: Licensing of predefined databases, custom databases, rankings, public data files, data enrichment services, and AI-powered commercial prospecting. Includes rankings like 500 Maiores & Melhores with Exame magazine.
4. Software Integration Solutions: Integration of Informa D&B data into client systems including APIs (APInforma, D&B Direct+), plugins for major ERP/CRM systems (SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Cegid, PHC, SAGE, ZOHO), and specialized software (SABI, Finance Analytics, Hoovers, Onboard).
5. Additional Products: Credit insurance through CESCE Fácil, EQS Compliance Cockpit, Cybersecurity Report, Devedor Seguro Express digital credit insurance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Informa D&B provides business information services, including company reports, risk analysis, credit assessments, and commercial data on Portuguese and international companies. The company operates a proprietary database covering 1.6 million Portuguese companies and accesses the Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Network covering 500+ million entities in 221 countries, delivering data through web portal, APIs, ERP/CRM plugins, mobile app, and data licensing.

Product overview

Informa D&B operates as a business information services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of products organized around its core company database and risk assessment capabilities. The platform provides company reports (Complete, Financial, Commercial, Structural, Prospecta, Incidents, Payment Analysis, Risk Assessment, Valuation, ESG) for Portuguese and international companies through the Dun & Bradstreet partnership, accessible via web client area, APIs (APInforma, D&B Direct+), integrated software solutions, mobile app, and eInforma electronic channel. Software integrations connect Informa D&B data into ERP/CRM systems including SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, SAGE, Cegid Primavera, and others. Specialized solutions include D&B Hoovers (sales intelligence), D&B Onboard (KYB verification), Finance Analytics, Risk Analytics for supply chain, SABI INFORMA (Iberian financial analysis), InAtlas Geomarketing, D&B Global Decision Maker, OneRate (credit receivables), FATCA/CRS compliance, ESG scoring and rankings, and Dun-Trade payment experience sharing. Risk assessment models include Failure Risk, Delinquency Risk, Resilience Indicator, Paydex, and Viability Indicator for new companies. Data licensing offers rankings, pre-defined and custom databases, public data files, and AI-powered commercial prospecting. Business fabric knowledge is provided through DBK sector studies (Portugal and Spain), municipality analyses, FAQTUM Rival competitor analysis, Barómetro INFORMA, and digital library. The company maintains ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications and holds strategic partnership with Dun & Bradstreet since 2004.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• INFORMA: Primary brand for business information, company reports, and data services in Portugal and Spain.
• SABI INFORMA
• D-U-N-S Number
• Barómetro INFORMA

Products and services

• Company Reports (Portuguese) Suite of company reports covering Complete, Financial, Commercial, Structural, Prospecta, Incidents, Payment Analysis, Risk Assessment, Risk Plus, Financial Management Analysis, Investigated, Valuation, ESG Indicator Analysis, and Compliance Diagnosis for Portuguese companies, for credit, compliance, and commercial decisions.
• D&B International Reports International company reports through the Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Network covering over 500 million companies in 220+ markets, including business linkage trees, comprehensive risk assessments, and country risk analysis.
• Company Monitoring Service Daily monitoring service for Portuguese and international companies including Alerts, Radar (with change details), and Radar Premium (with report access and advanced portfolio analysis) for incidents, alterations, and legal notices.
• D&B Hoovers Global sales intelligence platform providing access to a company database with financial and sectoral information, competitor analysis, segmentation capabilities with over 200 filters, and Smartlist alerts for opportunity monitoring.
• D&B Onboard Business verification and due diligence platform for regulatory compliance, comparing operational, financial, and legal data against 400+ international sanctions lists, 200,000+ PEPs, and 10,000+ adverse media sources.
• Finance Analytics Next-generation credit risk management platform providing analytical views of client/supplier portfolios for strategic commercial risk level management, with access to global company credit information.
• Risk Analytics – Supplier Intelligence Supply chain risk management solution providing visibility into business partner risks, supplier selection and evaluation, ESG performance monitoring, and proactive risk identification.
• SABI INFORMA Iberian financial analysis system covering over 900,000 Portuguese and 2,900,000 Spanish companies, enabling analysis and comparison of annual balance sheet data with sophisticated statistical treatment options.
• InAtlas Geomarketing INFORMA Geomarketing platform using georeferenced data mapping to detect patterns in clients, suppliers, and competitors, accessible on any device and integrable with client systems.
• D&B Global Decision Maker Credit decision optimization application combining company credit policy with Informa D&B database to automate credit decisions, create white/black lists, and enable controlled decentralization of credit decisions.
• OneRate Credit and receivables management application combining internal company information with market data on behavior, monitoring, and risk management, with insurance credit request capabilities and policy management.
• FATCA and CRS Solutions Modular compliance solutions for financial entities required to meet FATCA or CRS legislation requirements, including classification, surveillance, documentation, reporting file creation, audit systems, and call center services.
• SIP - Serviço de Informação Partilhada Shared database service for managing information about clients that fail to meet payment obligations, aggregating payment information from participants across multiple sectors with debt collection communication services.
• Geocode Database treatment software specialized in address normalization, duplicate detection, campaign optimization, and data enrichment with geographic coordinates and socioeconomic variables.
• Rankings Annual rankings identifying and classifying top performing companies including 500 Maiores & Melhores (with Exame), 1000 Melhores PME, 1000 Maiores empresas (with Expresso), and regional rankings across Portuguese districts.
• Pre-defined Databases Ready-to-use company databases including TOP Diretores (executives), Maiores por Distrito, Exporting/Importing Companies, and Companies with Highest Investment, available in 500, 1000, or 2000 entity sets.
• Custom Databases Custom market segmentation using 50+ selection criteria including geographic, activity, commercial, contact, risk, and financial parameters for tailored database creation.
• Public Data Files Daily collected and processed public source data including company formations, judicial incidents (actions, insolvency, PER), and financial elements (balance sheets, income statements, annexes).
• Data Enrichment Service for updating and enhancing existing customer databases with Informa D&B information including addresses, payment delays, credit limits, sales volume, failure risk, and import values.
• Commercial Prospecting with AI Artificial intelligence service that crosses client databases with Informa D&B data using algorithms to identify ideal customer profiles, discover potential in current customers, and find matching companies.
• DBK Sector Studies Portugal Annual sectoral analysis studies covering 56 key sectors of the Portuguese economy including healthcare, hospitality, construction, private banking, wine, catering, frozen foods, call centers, and gas stations.
• DBK Sector Studies Spain Systematic sectoral analysis of 100+ sectors of the Spanish economy with quantitative and qualitative details on recent evolution and prospects for sectors and major operating companies.
• Municipality Business Fabric Analysis Local economic analysis providing business fabric perception for Portuguese municipalities including company numbers, turnover, employment, exports, formations, closures, and insolvencies over five years.
• FAQTUM Rival Competitor analysis solution that classifies companies through comparison with comparable entities, identifying fastest growing, largest, most profitable competitors and calculating market shares and evolution.
• Score ESG Environmental, Social, and Governance scoring indicator reflecting each company's relative position compared to sector and comparable size companies across significant ESG variables, classified on a 5-class scale.
• D&B Risk Analytics - ESG ESG platform enabling deep analysis and consolidation of client and supplier portfolio information, providing ESG performance visibility across supply chain with graphical reporting and evaluation access.
• D&B ESG Ranking Global ESG ranking for companies worldwide with data from over 38 million companies updated monthly, providing environmental, social, and governance positions accessible via Risk Analytics, API, or Batch File.
• INFORMA App Mobile application for iOS and Android providing company search, business profiles, report consultation, location-based search, Prospecta Mobile reports, alert management, and favorites functionality.
• EQS Compliance Cockpit Integrated digital compliance management platform including Integrity Line for anonymous reporting, Policies for digital policy management, and Approvals for managing offers, invitations, and conflict of interest.
• Cybersecurity Report Comprehensive cybersecurity vulnerability assessment and management report using advanced systems for detecting threats across human risk, business processes, and technology pillars.
• CESCE Insurance Solutions Credit insurance products including CESCE Fácil for SMEs (up to €5M turnover) covering national and international sales in 32 countries with up to 85% coverage, and Devedor Seguro Express digital policy for quick commercial credit insurance.
• Failure Risk Assessment Model Predictive risk assessment model indicating probability of a company ceasing activity within 12 months with unpaid debts, updated whenever significant evaluation variables change.
• Delinquency Risk Assessment Risk assessment model indicating probability of a company paying with delays exceeding 90 days over the next 12 months, with five risk classes from lowest to highest.
• Resilience Indicator Financial resilience indicator measuring company capacity to face exceptional crisis situations with significant activity impact, complementing failure and delinquency risk analysis.
• Paydex Statistical indicator of average payment days beyond agreed supplier deadlines, developed by Dun & Bradstreet, generating scores from 0 to 100 based on minimum three payment experiences from different suppliers.
• Viability Indicator for New Companies Indicator reflecting probability of companies incorporated less than 12 months ago maintaining activity beyond five years, with percentile scores ranging from 1 to 100.
• Custom Scoring Models Tailored scoring model development leveraging detailed knowledge of national business fabric and specific scoring tools and know-how for customized risk assessment solutions.
• Dun-Trade Programme Global payment experience information sharing program enabling participants to identify early potential non-compliant clients, adapt monthly credit and collection policies, and access average payment delays by sector.
• Data Lake Centralized business information repository enabling transformation, automation, cost reduction, and data consistency across all departments with integrated software, data enrichment, and API access.
• eInforma Online-only service channel for electronic contracting providing essential Informa D&B services exclusively through the internet for immediate access to company information.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ million companies tracked globally through D&B network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration22 records

AI capability3 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Fujitsu LimitedcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2023Partnership to apply explainable AI technologies for transparent financial fraud detection and risk management. This collaboration was highlighted in the context of the explainable AI market transformation.
• Dun & BradstreetflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Strategic and commercial partnership where Informa D&B sells D&B products exclusively in Portugal and Spain (business reports, international databases, value-added solutions). Informa D&B's Portuguese and Spanish company data is sold globally through the D&B Worldwide Network. Integration follows common methodology for data collection, treatment, analysis, and update. Partnership renewed for 10 years in 2023.
• CESCEflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInforma D&B is 100% owned by INFORMA D&B (Spain) which belongs to CESCE group. CESCE has over 1600 employees, 140,000 clients, and revenue exceeding €420 million. CESCE participates directly in C.T.I. Tecnologia e Gestão, Icired, Informa D&B (Spain), Informa D&B Portugal, and INFORMA Colombia.
• INFORMA SpainflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company that owns 100% of Informa D&B Portugal. Acquired Spanish and Portuguese operations in 2004 and acquired DBK in 2010. Absorbed OneRate brand in 2018.
• DBKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompany founded in 1987 and leader in sector studies. Acquired by INFORMA Spain in 2010 and absorbed in 2015.
• Expresso (Rankings Partner)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerEditorial partnership for 1000 Maiores empresas ranking, selecting economic-financial indicators and ratios to identify top Portuguese companies.
• Exame Magazine (Rankings Partner)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual publication of 500 Maiores & Melhores list with Exame magazine. Also partnership for 1000 Melhores PME ranking selected with Deloitte.
• Deloitte (1000 Melhores PME)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Deloitte for selecting best-performing Portuguese SMEs across various sectors for Exame magazine's 1000 Melhores PME ranking.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Allianz Trade (formerly Euler Hermes): World-leading trade credit insurer with extensive business information database and risk scoring capabilities. Parent (CESCE's) group operates in adjacent credit insurance space, making it both peer and strategic reference.
• Coface: Global credit insurance provider with embedded business information and country/buyer risk analytics. Larger and broader than Informa D&B, but overlapping on commercial credit intelligence and risk assessment.

Regional players

• Graydon: UK-focused business information and credit reporting provider. Similar product suite (company reports, credit scores, monitoring) but primarily serving UK market; useful as a UK geographic comparable.

Direct peers

• Bisnode (now Dun & Bradstreet): European business information provider historically operating in Nordics and broader Europe, now part of Dun & Bradstreet network. Comparable offering in company data, credit reports, and market intelligence.
• Iberinform: Spanish/Portuguese business information provider offering company reports, risk analysis, and credit management. Most direct Iberian-headquartered competitor to Informa D&B with overlapping product portfolio and target customer base.
• Creditsafe: Global business credit report provider operating across Europe. Directly comparable in product (company reports, credit scores, monitoring) and in serving SMB and enterprise credit decisioning buyers.
• Axesor: Spanish business information and credit rating agency providing company reports, ratings, and compliance solutions. Directly competes in Iberian risk and credit information market.
• CRIF: Italian-headquartered global business information, credit bureau, and analytics provider. Comparable to Informa D&B in offering company reports, credit ratings, and decision-support platforms across European markets.
• Bureau van Dijk (Moody's): Global leader in private company information, now part of Moody's. Directly comparable to Informa D&B as it offers global company databases (Orbis), risk scores, and integration into financial workflows — overlapping product set and buyer.

Emerging players

• Kompany: Regtech-focused business verification and UBO platform aligned with Informa D&B's compliance/KYC use cases. Emerging player with narrower product surface but competing for compliance-tech budget.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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