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515
D&B - Dun's Electronic Business Directory®

Last Loaded on Web: Monday, April 01, 2013

Last Update To Bluesheet: November 8, 2011

Bluesheet Contents     PDF version

File Description Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort Predefined Format Options
Subject Coverage Related Search Aids DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank Rates
Tips Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Map
Print Counterparts Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Report Options


File Description [top]

D&B - Dun's Electronic Business Directory, produced by D&B, Inc., provides online directory information for over 28 million businesses throughout the United States. A full directory listing is provided for each entry, including, address, telephone number, D&B enhanced SIC codes and descriptions and number of employees.

For companies located, six types of pre-formatted reports are available through use of the REPORT command: Comprehensive Report (CR), Business Background Report (BBR), Payment Analysis Report (PAR), Business Information Report (BIR), Credit Scoring Report (CSR), and Supplier Evaluation Report (SER).

The Dun's EBD file is extracted from D&B's global database of businesses. Data is collected through daily in-person and telephone interviews; county, state, and federal government sources; third party sources; business trade tape exchange programs; and large-volume mailings.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 515

to search for the locations and basic company information on over 28 million businesses.

USE /CO OR CO=

to search for company names.

USE SC=

to search for companies or businesses based on SIC codes.



Subject Coverage [top]

File 515, covers U.S. business establishment locations of all sizes (employee levels from single to thousands) and types, including public and private companies, government agencies and contractors, schools, and universities. Commercial, industrial, and services industries are indexed with over 18,000 "2+2" Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, exclusive to D&B.



Print Counterparts [top]

  • None


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: Current
File Size: 28,451,000 records as of October 2011
Update Frequency: Monthly


Related Search Aids [top]

To learn more about the six types of preformatted D&B reports, such as what the reports contain, applications, key features, sample reports, and more, please see:

http://support.dialog.com/searchaids/dialog/dnb.shtml



Document Types Indexed [top]

  • NA


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • US Only


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
CODIR Company Directories
DUNSINTL D&B Directory Files
USCO U.S. Company Directories


Contact [top]

D&B - Dun's Electronic Business Directory file is produced by D&B, Inc. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

The Knowledge Center
Dialog
2250 Perimeter Park Drive
Suite 300

Morrisville, NC 27560

Telephone: 919.804.6400
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Terms and Conditions [top]

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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 515:Dun`s Elec. Bus. Dir.(TM) 
    (Copr. 2011 D&B). All rts. reserv. 
     
    45954469 
  /CO, CO=  Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation 
    900 Ridgebury Rd 
  CY=,ST,ZP=  Ridgefield, CT  06877-1058 
     
  TE=  TELEPHONE: 203-798-9988 
  CX=,MC=,MN=  COUNTY: Fairfield     MSA: 1930  (Danbury, CT) 
  RG=  REGION: New England 
     
  /DE  BUSINESS: Mfgs Pharmaceutical Preparations Commodity Contract Broker 
     
  PC=,P2=,/DE  PRIMARY SIC: 
     2834       Pharmaceutical preparations 
      28349905   Medicines, capsuled or ampuled 
      28349911   Veterinary pharmaceutical preparations 
     
  SC=,S2=,/DE  SECONDARY SIC(S): 
     6221       Commodity contracts brokers, dealers 
      62219903   Commodity traders, contracts 
     
  EH=  EMPLOYEES HERE:           1,500 
    THIS IS: 
  SF=   
        A  MANUFACTURING LOCATION 
        A  SUBSIDIARY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION 
        AN ULTIMATE LOCATION 
        A  CORPORATION 
        NON-US OWNED 
     
    DUNS NUMBER:             83-101-9760 
     


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
REPORT
(FIELD
LENGTH)
FIELD NAME

INDEXING

SELECT EXAMPLES

None None None All Basic Index Fields Word S COSMETIC? AND TOILETRIES
/CO CO CO (42) Company Name and Trade Name1 Word S ABD(W)GROCERY/CO
/DE DE None Description of Business and SIC Description Word S GROCERIES/DE

1 Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
REPORT
(FIELD
LENGTH)
FIELD NAME

INDEXING

SELECT EXAMPLES

None A1 A1 (30) Street Address
None A2 None Mailing Address
None AN AN (11) DIALOG Accession Number
CO= CO CO (42) Company Name and Trade Name1,2 Phrase S CO=ABC GROCERY ?
CX= CX CX (17) County Name Phrase S CX=DYER
CY= CY CY (22) City Phrase S CY=DYERBURG
None DN DN (13) DUNS Number Phrase
EH= EH None Employees Here Numeric S EH=3
S EH=1:4
S EH>=100
MC= MC MC (6) Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Code Phrase S MC=4920
MN= MN MN (42) Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Name Phrase S MN=MEMPHIS?
P2= None None 2-digit Primary SIC Code Phrase S P2=54
PC= PC PC (6) 4-,6-,8-digit Primary SIC Code3 Phrase S PC=5411
S PC=541102
S PC=5410202
RG= RG RG (17) Region Phrase S RG=SOUTH CENTRAL
S2= None None 2-digit SIC Code Phrase S S2=54
SC= SC None 4-,6-,8-digit SIC Code Phrase S SC=5421
S SC=542102
S SC=54210200
SF= SF None Special Features2 Phrase S SF=SINGLE
ST= ST ST (7) State Phrase S ST=TN
TE= TE TE (14) Telephone4 Phrase S TE=901
S TE=901-555
S TE=901-555-1212
UD= None None Update Phrase S UD=9999
ZP= ZP ZP (7) Zip Code (Five-digit) Phrase S ZP=38024

2 EXPANDing is recommended to verify forms of entry. Since File 515 uses indexes that are shared with D&B Dun's Market Identifiers, File 516, you may see other fields in an EXPAND. Only those fields documented in the File 515 Bluesheet can be used. To SELECT or display other fields, it is recommended that a MAPDN be performed in File 515 and executed in File 516.

3 Includes primary and secondary SIC descriptions at the 4- and 8-digit levels.SELECTing a four-digit code retrieves all codes starting with those digits,e.g., SELECT PC=5441 also retrieves 544199 and 54419901.

4 Telephone number is grouped at three levels: area code, area code and prefix, and the full telephone number.


LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/UNDERTEN Between 1 and 9 employees here S S3/UNDERTEN


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
CO, CX, CY, EH, MN, PC, ST, TE, ZP SORT S5/ALL/CO


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: CO RANK CO S3


MAP [top]

MAP FIELDS EXAMPLES
DN MAP DN TEMP S4


REPORT OPTIONS [top]

Output can be displayed in table format. REPORT codes with field lengths in parentheses are listed in the Search Options tables. Default table width is 72 characters; use SET H 132 to set maximum table width. REPORT S2/CO,CY,PC/ALL


PREFORMATTED REPORTS [top]

Six preformatted D&B reports are also available with the REPORT command: Business Information Report - BIR, Supplier Evaluation Report - SER, Payment Analysis Report - PAR, Comprehensive Report - CR, Credit Scoring Report - CSR, Business Background Report - BBR. REPORT S3/BIR/1-2
REPORT S2/SER/4
REPORT S5/PAR/1


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

User-defined formats can be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/CO,TE/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
DIALOGWEB
FORMAT
RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record (4-digit SIC codes only)
3 Medium Company Name, Address, Telephone Number, Description of Business, 4- and 8- digit SIC Codes and Descriptions, and DUNS Number
4 -- Company Name, Address, Telephone Number, Employees Here and Description of Business
5 Long Full Record (4 and 8 digit SIC codes)
6 Short Company Name and DUNS Number
8 -- Company Name, Address and DUNS Number,
9 Full Full Record (4 and 8 digit SIC codes)
10 -- National Address (excludes country)
14 -- Company Name, Address and Telephone Number (DELIM format for post-processing)
20 -- International Address (includes country)


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 00100005/5
DISPLAY 0074483/CO,DE
PRINT 00301964/9


Rates [top]

Rates For File: D&B - Dun's Electronic Business Directory®[515]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $8.44
Cost per minute:                   $1.92
Report Elements                    $0.29
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.25    $1.25
     3    $1.25    $1.25
     4    $1.25    $1.25
     5    $1.50    $1.50
     6    $0.60    $0.60
     8    $0.80    $1.25
     9    $1.50    $1.50
    10    $0.80    $0.80
    11    $0.00    $0.00
    14    $1.25    $1.25
    20    $0.80    $0.80
    22    $1.25    $1.25
    27    $0.00    $0.00
    35    $1.50    $1.50
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
------------

D&B Preformatted Report Rates as of September 1, 2012 for the
Business Background Report-BBR, Business Information Report-BIR,
Comprehensive Report-CR, Credit Scoring Report-CSR, Payment
Analysis Report-PAR, Supplier Evaluation Report-SER, and
PRIVATE COMPANY INSIGHT REPORT-PCI, IN U.S. DOLLARS:

                BBR    BIR      CR      CSR    PAR    SER   PCI
UNITED STATES  39.99  121.99  142.99   60.99  92.99 210.00 80.00
EUROPE         83.99  214.99  301.99  125.99 190.99 210.00 80.00
JAPAN         100.39  255.99  358.99  149.99 227.99 210.00 80.00
PACIFIC       111.99  284.99  399.99  166.99 253.99 210.00 80.00
ASIA          144.99  369.99  516.99  215.99 327.99 210.00 80.00
LATIN AMERICA  61.99  153.99  215.99   91.99 139.99 210.00 80.00
CANADA         60.99  153.99  215.99   89.99 137.99 210.00 80.00
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