Corporate Credit Ratings

Just like your personal credit history or rating there is business credit ratings too which are have the same place while considering the reputation of the particular business. The potential lenders that are very important for the proper running of the business decide whether to lend money or goods on credit to the concerned business. The credit worthiness of the corporation is determined by the business credit ratings. The most important tool to determine the business credit ratings is D&B's PAYDEX system.

The business credit ratings considers the size of business and the number of employees to determine its rating. The personal credit rating is established by the information gained from the credit cards companies or the financial institutions. But the business credit rating is determined by the information gathered from the owner, suppliers, vendor and other trade accounts. So if two different bureaus provide the same service of rating the credit score of the business, it is quite possible the rating may be different. It depends upon the stress given on certain qualifications more than others.

D&B has been the topmost business credit rating service from many years. When this service had started it used to give only the credit analysis and background information of the business details of the big companies with the other big companies. Now the service has been expanded and they provide business credit rating for small businesses also so that they too have proper chances to grow. The company's financial strength is full analysed in the credit report prepared by D&B. It gives only three stages of ratings i.e. high score, good score and fair score.

The credit performance of a company determines the credit analysis. The company's payment experiences are analysed because it reflects it's overall credit risk and a range of scores is provided by the D&B's PAYDEX system. The company that is making its payments on time has a higher credit score because its credit risk is low. The PAYDEX score is also decided after D&B provides the reports of the company's account history. By studying 2-3 scores of a company the company's performance is evaluated for the period of time of the scores available.

There are companies other than D&B that also provide service for business credit ratings. D&B is the foremost company to provide business credit report's service. These services gather information for small businesses and evaluate their credit reports by giving the analysis report on the independent databases available.