How to Report a Payment History to Dunn & Bradstreet

Business creditors rely on companies like Dunn and Bradstreet to provide credit risk information.

Dunn and Bradstreet is a credit reporting agency for businesses. Like a consumer credit reporting agency, this company provides potential creditors information on a businesses creditworthiness. Unlike a consumer credit reporting agency, business creditors often neglect to report credit information automatically to companies like Dunn and Bradstreet. Dunn and Bradstreet does allow a business owner to add trade references to a credit file. For a fee, Dunn and Bradstreet will contact the creditors and collect payment experiences and add that information to the business credit file.

Instructions

1. Call 1-800-333-0505 and speak to a trade reference representative at Dunn and Bradstreet.

2. Give the representative all requested information needed on the creditor that Dunn and Bradstreet will contact to add a payment experience to the business credit profile. This information will include a contact telephone number, the business name and the person or the department in the company to talk to about the payment experience.

3. Pay for the service using a credit or debit card.

4. Verify that the payment experience has been added to the business credit profile by ordering a DUNS report from the Dunn and Bradstreet Web site.

References

• D&B: Faqs; How do I add trade references to my file?
• Dunn & Bradstreet: Step 6; Fix and Improve Your Business Credit