Search the D&B database to determine if D&B's database contains information about your party. You can search for either a party that you want to create using D&B information or for an existing party that you want to purchase or update D&B information for.
Note: If you search by unique identifiers, you do not need to enter required values for searching by company name and location, but you must enter at least one identifier.
If you are purchasing data for an existing party that has no D&B information, the identifying address is used as the default address search criterion. If the party already has D&B information, then the address that D&B provided is the default.
Note: The most commonly used and effective search criterion is the D-U-N-S Number. Second is the local business ID, which can be assigned by a governmental agency or a nongovernmental organization.
From the search results, you can:
If you are trying to purchase D&B information, and D&B data for the selected company is already purchased for at least one other existing party, you can either:
Continue to purchase the D&B data for the party that you are creating or updating. See: Selecting Data Products or BIRs.
Note: Possible duplicate parties might exist in the TCA Registry if the same D&B information applies to more than one party. You should consider merging parties that are actually duplicates.
Cancel the purchase.