21st century
In 2000, Dun & Bradstreet spun off Moody's Corporation.[21]
In 2001, Dun & Bradstreet acquired Harris InfoSource International, Inc., a data company. In February 2003, the company acquired Hoover's, a business reporting service.[22]
On February 5, 2003, Dun & Bradstreet restated prior period results to correct timing errors in recognizing some of the revenue associated with 14 of the company's 200+ products, after reviewing its revenue recognition from 1997 through 2002.[23][24] In August 2010, Dun & Bradstreet spun off and sold its credit monitoring and management business to a newly formed company, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. In 2007, Dun & Bradstreet acquired AllBusiness.com and sold the company in 2012.[25]
In October 2013, Bob Carrigan became the CEO of Dun & Bradstreet.[26]
On January 5, 2015, Dun & Bradstreet acquired the data management firm NetProspex.[27] In April 2015, Dun & Bradstreet acquired Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. and announced the formation of a new division, Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Business. In January 2017, Dun & Bradstreet acquired Avention, the maker of OneSource solutions.[28]
On August 8, 2018, Dun & Bradstreet announced the appointment of Thomas J. Manning, who had served as the company's interim CEO, as its new Chief Executive Officer; at the same time they announced that the company had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by CC Capital, Cannae Holdings, and Thomas H. Lee Partners.[29]
On February 8, 2019, the investor group completed the acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet and it became a privately held company. Its former ticker symbol, DNB, was retired.[30]
On July 1, 2020, Dun & Bradstreet re-listed shares on the New York Stock Exchange, once again trading under the ticker symbol DNB.[31]
In January 2021, Dun & Bradstreet acquired Bisnode Business Information Group AB (“Bisnode”), a European data and analytics firm and long-standing member of the Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Network, for an enterprise value of SEK7.2 billion (US$818 million).[32]
On May 20, 2021, Dun & Bradstreet announced its intention to move its global headquarters to Jacksonville, Florida.[33]
In 2024, Dun & Bradstreet integrated business banking and financial tools of Lili into its myD&B platform.[34]
On March 24, 2025, Dun & Bradstreet announced its agreement to be acquired by Clearlake Capital Group for 4.1 billion in cash, in a transaction valued at $7.7 billion, including debt.[35]
