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manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers who seek or grant commercial credit, but it does not i include some of the service and ! professional businesses, such as beauty and barber shops, security dealers and real estate brokers. Therefore, the figures for total businesses in the United States would be higher than the three million quoted above.
When the owner or officer of a business enterprise, or his accountant, fills in and mails his financial statement to Dun & Bradstreet, it becomes a part of the credit report on his business and a factor in determining the credit rating of his business. Mailing the statement, rather than waiting for the Dun & Bradstreet reporter’s call, means a concern’s important suppliers will quickly have the latest facts on which to make credit and sales decisions. When the Dun & Bradstreet reporter receives a business man’s financial statement in advance of his periodic call, he can make a more detailed analysis of the financial condition of the business and discuss its operations more intelligently.
Back of each listing of a business in the Reference Book is a Dun & Bradstreet credit report. The report includes the following: a record of how the business is paying its bills; a history of the business (who owns it, who runs it, and how long it has been operating); a description
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