Where Can I Get My Dun & Bradstreet Rating?

Where Can I Get My Dun & Bradstreet Rating?

Where Can I Get My Dun & Bradstreet Rating?

Whether you’re competing for a government contract or trying to secure favorable terms for a loan, a solid Dun & Bradstreet Rating may help you take your business to the next level. As the oldest credit bureau in the U.S., Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) deals only in business credit and is often the go-to credit agency for the the federal government and other high volume lenders.

But how do you get your D&B scores? We answer that question and more in this article from Nav’s experts.

How Do Business Credit Scores Work?

Business credit works differently from personal credit. Unlike with personal credit, you aren’t entitled to one free business credit report per year, and lenders aren’t required to tell you if they turned you down for a loan based on your business credit score or lack thereof. Many business owners may not know how to interpret their business credit, and that goes doubly for a multi-faceted rating like Dun & Bradstreet’s.

Dun & Bradstreet’s credit rating process can be separated into two ratings that lenders can use to evaluate a business’s creditworthiness: the D&B Rating and the D&B PAYDEX score. These two factors work together to inform lenders about a business’s credit risk.   

Dun & Bradstreet Rating

A business’s D&B Rating is generated based on the amount of financial information a business provides to Dun & Bradstreet. The D&B Rating is meant to estimate a business’s creditworthiness by looking at a business’s net worth, number of employees, time in business, and credit history.

Dun & Bradstreet PAYDEX Score

In conjunction with the D&B rating, Dun & Bradstreet creates a PAYDEX score to rate businesses’ creditworthiness. Despite the D&B Rating sounding more like a traditional credit score, the D&B PAYDEX is more representative of what people think of when they think of credit ratings. A business’s PAYDEX score reflects how quickly a business pays back lenders without taking into account business size and total capital.

How to Get My Scores

Typically, a business’s DUNS number is created automatically once they begin paying business tradelines. Using Nav Prime is the simplest way to establish tradelines since you get two built-in tradelines for every membership. There’s one tradeline with your monthly Nav Prime payment and another with regular use of your Nav Prime Card. Once you have a DUNS number, you’ll be able to access your PAYDEX scor.

Once business owners have their D-U-N-S number, they can begin monitoring their D&B Rating and PAYDEX score by signing up for D&B’s CreditSignal. D&B’s free service will alert business owners to changes in their credit scores, and business owners can pay to see their full reports.

Open a Business Credit File

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This article was originally written on July 13, 2018 and updated on December 12, 2023.

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6 responses to “Where Can I Get My Dun & Bradstreet Rating?

  1. Is it possible to update the business address DnB has on file through Nav?

    I have a free DnB account and number, but I have a new business address. I’m not able to verify that I own the entity through their iUpdate website or with their mail in order verification process. I want to avoid spending $150 just to change my address if possible.