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Moody’s Orbis (formerly Bureau van Dijk)

Private and listed company database of 650M+ entities, formerly Bureau van Dijk

Overview

Orbis was the flagship product of Bureau van Dijk, which Moody’s acquired in a transaction completed on 10 August 2017; at that time BvD described its dataset as covering more than 220 million companies sourced from more than 160 information providers[18]. Moody’s now describes Orbis as covering more than 650 million companies and entities, over 99% of them private, drawing on more than 145 providers plus Moody’s own sources[17].

Orbis is a research and risk database rather than a classic trade bureau. Its strengths are standardised financials, corporate hierarchies and ownership: Moody’s cites more than 2 billion ownership links, including over 193 million active links. It adds financial strength metrics, modelled projected financials, qualitative scores for companies without full accounts, Bitsight cyber risk ratings for more than 6 million entities, and optional sanctions, PEP and adverse-news screening modules[17].

The Orbis page does not present a business credit score in the bureau sense, describing financial strength indicators instead, and it publishes no prices; access is arranged through a demo and contract[17]. For a small business wishing to check its own file Orbis is not a practical route, but for multinational credit work its comparable financials and group links are its distinguishing features.

Moody’s Orbis (formerly Bureau van Dijk) features

  • 650M+ companies and entities
  • 2B+ ownership links incl. historic
  • Corporate trees showing beneficial owners
  • Register documents from 200+ jurisdictions
  • Indirect and circular ownership analysis
  • Change and news alerts
  • Web, API, bulk and cloud delivery
  • 650M+ entities from 145+ sources

Moody’s Orbis (formerly Bureau van Dijk) pricing

Quote-based; both product pages offer a demo request only.

Moody’s Orbis (formerly Bureau van Dijk) strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Largest stated ownership-link data set on this list
  • Historic as well as current links
  • Official register documents available
  • Many delivery channels including bulk
  • Largest stated entity count in this list
  • Standardised formats allow cross-border comparison

Limitations

  • No published pricing
  • UBO thresholds not stated on the product page
  • Two products with separate interfaces
  • Enterprise orientation
  • Entity count does not indicate how many have financials
  • Country-specific formats are sold as separate databases

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