About the D&B DUNS® Number
Created in 1962, the Data Universal Numbering System or DUNS® Number is D&B's copyrighted, proprietary means of identifying business entities on a location-specific basis. Assigned and maintained solely by D&B, this unique nine-digit identification code has been assigned to over 84 million businesses worldwide.
DUNS® Number remains with the company location to which it has been assigned even if it closes or goes out-of-business. The DUNS® Number also "unlocks" a wealth of value-added data associated with that entity, including the business name, physical and mailing addresses, trade styles ("doing business as"), principal names, financial, payment experiences, industry classifications (SIC' s and NAICS), socio-economic status, government data and more. The DUNS® Number also links members of corporate family trees worldwide. The DUNS® Number is widely used by both commercial and federal entities and was adopted as the standard business identifier for federal electronic commerce in October 1994. The DUNS Number® was also incorporated into the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in April 1998 as the Federal Government's contractor identification code for all procurement-related activities.
D&B offers two options for obtaining a DUNS® Number:
1. Web Registration
Please log onto http://ccr.dnb.com/ccr/pages/CCRSearch.jsp and provide the requested information about your business or organization. Within 48 hours, D&B will contact you via electronic mail with your DUNS Number.
2. Telephone
Please contact D&B's Federal Government DUNS® Number request line at 866.705.5711
The process to request a DUNS® Number by telephone takes between five and ten minutes. You will need to provide the following data elements to obtain a DUNS® Number.
- Legal Name
- Tradestyle, Doing Business As (DBA), or
other name by which your organization is commonly recognized
- Physical Address, City, State and Zip
Code
- Mailing Address (if separate)
- Telephone Number
- Contact Name
- SIC Code (Line of Business)
- Number of Employees at your location
- Headquarters name and address (if there is a reporting relationship to a parent corporate entity)
Please Note:
As a result of obtaining a DUNS® number you might be included on D&B's marketing list that is sold to other companies. If you do not want your name/company included on this marketing list, please request to be de-listed from D&B's marketing file.
