Direct+ Data Blocks
Improve your performance with integrated, real-time access to the world's most comprehensive B2B information base

Choose and stack thematic blocks of our data (credit, sales, compliance, etc)
Determine the level of detail you need
Integrate into your own systems and applications
Flexible and scalable access to data
More user-friendly and cost-efficient

Direct+ Data Blocks

Data Blocks

Introduction

D&B Direct+ Data Blocks

Our data adapts to your needs

Customize our data and insights the way you want

Integrate data into your systems and applications with one API

Use monitoring for automatic updating of data

What if one solution could handle all your data issues?

Powerful technology for instant use

D&B Direct+ is a simple and powerful programming interface that gives you real-time access to the Dun & Bradstreet global database. Data quality is cited in numerous studies as a key success factor in enterprise software implementation. Whether you need to improve the efficiency of your CRM, drive risk in ERP, automate billing or qualify leads from your web forms, our pre-sales engineers and project managers will work with you to meet your challenges.

Integrate Data Blocks into your tools and systems

How does Data Blocks works ?

Tailor our data
to meet
your needs

Build as many levels of data as you want using blocks

Data Blocks

A data block is a logical and thematic grouping of data from the global D&B database.

Simple, modern and flexible integration method
Meet all your challenges by assembling blocks for customized data
Use Direct+ monitoring to keep all your applications up-to-date

Data Levels

Levels are segmented views of data blocks to meet specific customer content needs.

Up to 5 levels available per block
Access to higher levels automatically gives you access to lower levels

Data Blocks & D-U-N-S Number

When you put the D-U-N-S Number at the heart of your business, you gain access to a world of data. Whether you want to know more about your most important customers, look at a specific industry, identify an effective beneficiary, or simply enrich your data, use our Data Blocks. And by activating Direct+ Monitoring, you will never have to update your data again - everything is automatic.

Company Entity Resolution

Search and identify, to find a business entity worldwide and assign it a DUNS number. Clean up existing files, eliminate duplicates and implement search capabilities with business applications

Principals & Contacts

Information on current and former directors and officers of the company, including: names, titles, dates and places of birth

Hierarchies & Connections

Identifies entities associated with a given company in terms of legal ownership, franchises and other types of relationships. The complete Family Tree is also available

Sales & Marketing Insights

Analytical scores and predictive indicators to help sales and marketing professionals with a wide range of everyday targeting and sales use cases

Company News

Publication of news associated with a particular company

Industry Profile

Industry-specific information, including industry challenges, trends and opportunities, and executive opinions. Often used to prepare for sales meetings

Third-Party Risk Insights

Analytical scores and ratings to help procurement and compliance professionals assess the risks of existing and new suppliers

Diversity Insights

Available only to U.S. companies. Indicators modeled or reported on "company class" status, such as women, minorities, or other social classes

Ownership Insights

Information about the persons and companies that own shares in a given business entity and/or ultimately benefit from the outcome of that business

Financial Strength Insights

Analytical scores and ratings to help finance professionals evaluate other companies

Company Financials

Current and prior year financial statement information for private and public companies

Filings & Events

Information on legal events related to a business, such as: registrations with local authorities, lawsuits, suspension of payments, bankruptcies/financial embargoes

Payment Insights

Information about a company's payment history and profile. This includes Dun & Bradstreet's Paydex® score, which represents the company's payment performance

Monitoring

Notifies users of changes to the Dun & Bradstreet Data Cloud for registered D-U-N-S Numbers to maintain the most current data and to be notified of any updates

D&B Direct+ Data Blocks

Made to suits your needs

Data Blocks is changing the way companies work with business information. Want to know what Data Blocks can do for your organization?

Your needs

Data Blocks meet all your business challenges

Master Data Management

Create a unified view of all your third parties across the enterprise by integrating structured and consistent data to increase the efficiency of your teams, your systems, and your entire business. The “Company Entity Resolution” block is used to assign a D-U-N-S Number® to all companies in the database. This unique global business identifier is essential to eliminate duplication and ensure seamless communication between enterprise applications. No more data silos!

Sales

Direct+ data blocks provide marketing and sales professionals with reliable and up-to-date data in all their sales applications (CRM, marketing automation, etc.). You increase the efficiency and productivity of your teams thanks to enriched customer profiles. The consistency of global data also facilitates analysis and reporting and allows marketing to better target campaigns to generate qualified leads.

Supply

According to a Deloitte survey released in 2019, 60 percent of procurement managers cited poor master data governance as their biggest problem in mastering digital complexity. Direct+ data blocks allow purchasing departments to access real-time D&B information and analysis directly in their business applications to:

Optimize the management of supplier information in real time
Accelerate and secure the supplier onboarding process
Anticipate potential supply chain disruptions
Better negotiate contracts by consolidating expenses

Finance

Finance and credit management professionals are dedicated to improving business performance by effectively managing risk while increasing efficiency to drive profitable growth. Direct+ data blocks provide integrated, instant access to robust risk data and information critical to financial operations.

Compliance

Compliance with regulations is often a burden and requires significant time and resources for the company. However, it is essential to avoid financial penalties and to preserve the company’s reputation. With integrated, real-time access to over 440 million companies and over 100 million beneficial owners in 220 countries, Direct+ enables our clients to accelerate their due diligence process, saving time and resources while ensuring compliance with regulations and their own ethical standards.

Marketing

Direct+ data blocks provide marketing and sales professionals with reliable and up-to-date data in all their sales applications (CRM, marketing automation, etc.). You increase the efficiency and productivity of your teams thanks to enriched customer profiles. The consistency of global data also facilitates analysis and reporting and allows marketing to better target campaigns to generate qualified leads.

Identity information

Find the legal information of the company, its structure, as well as a general summary of its risk level.

Commercial Register Number
VAT number
Make better decisions with reliable, up-to-date data at all times.
Legal form
Share capital
Date of creation

Equip sales and marketing with quality information about their customers and prospects

When companies don’t commit to continuous data quality improvement, they reduce the impact of their initial efforts and investments. CRM systems and marketing automation platforms are no exception. D&B Direct+ takes the administrative work out of sales and provides them with the critical customer information they need to drive growth. It also provides marketing departments with a solid database to better target and personalize campaigns and to effectively execute their ABM (Account Based Marketing) strategies.

Boost your CRM with consistent and actionable data to increase team productivity.
Detect new up-sell and cross-sell opportunities with companies of the same group thanks to capital links.
Increase your conversion rate by using Direct+ in your web forms to qualify leads upfront and get them to the right person faster.
Increase the ROI of marketing campaigns through better segmentation with solid, actionable information about customers and prospects.

Which Data Blocks?

Company Entity Resolution

Principals & Contacts

Take advantage of supplier data integration

As the various surveys of procurement executives highlight, cost reduction, digital transformation and effective risk management remain their biggest challenges. D&B Direct+ will enable modern businesses to accelerate supplier onboarding through automated data integration, consolidate spend to maximize buying power, and avoid supply chain disruptions by monitoring supplier risk.

Improve the management of supplier information in your various systems (ERP, SRM...) to ensure reliable and constantly updated data for the entire supply chain.
Accelerate onboarding with a single, integrated source of reliable data to make intelligent supplier sourcing decisions.
Maximize bargaining power by leveraging capital ties to identify suppliers that are owned by the same group.
Effectively manage supplier risk to avoid costly supply chain disruptions and protect your reputation with D&B predictive data and scores and Direct+ monitoring.

Which Data Blocks?

Company Entity Resolution

Assess risk and creditworthiness in real time

The challenge for finance managers is to reduce friction in the sales process while effectively managing risk and improving cash flow. D&B Direct+ provides the intelligence to transform the way you do business. The API allows you to integrate financial and risk analysis data directly into your business applications. D&B Direct+ will help you prioritize your collection actions, automate credit decisions and manage your overall risk directly in your ERP system to make better operational and strategic decisions.

Automate credit decisions with D&B's global data and analytics directly integrated into your systems and workflows to speed up and secure business.
Improve your cash flow by using D&B predictive risk scores and payment behavior information to prioritize your collection actions.
Reduce bad debts with comprehensive and predictive information to anticipate financial difficulties and customer bankruptcy
Integrate and drive key information directly into your financial systems to monitor portfolio risk and act immediately on negative alerts

Which Data Blocks?

Company Entity Resolution

Accelerate due diligence while mitigating risk

Compliance professionals face a complex dilemma. They need to protect their business from financial and reputational risks while expediting compliance processes. Complex and ever-increasing regulations do not make their task any easier. Altares-D&B’s mission is to provide companies with the tools and information they need to accelerate the evaluation of third parties in order to develop sales while limiting risks.

Avoid sanctions with direct, centralized access to the key information your company needs to comply with anti-terrorist financing, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering regulations.
Protect your brand's reputation by automating the integrity and ownership verification of all your business partners.
Save time and resources with integrated, automated access to information on over 440 million business entities in 220 countries and over 100 million beneficial owners.
Develop proactive compliance risk management with alerts to changes in key information or corporate ownership structure using Direct+ monitoring.

Direct+ Data Blocks Improve your performance with integrated, real-time access to the world's most comprehensive B2B information base