M&A Deal Summary

Dun & Bradstreet Acquires Harris InfoSource International

On October 1, 2001, Dun & Bradstreet acquired internet software and services company Harris InfoSource International

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dun & Bradstreet’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Dun & Bradstreet’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dun & Bradstreet’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-10-01
Target Harris InfoSource International
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Dun & Bradstreet
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Harris InfoSource International

Twinsburg, Ohio, United States
Harris InfoSource International, Inc. provides an online database of profiles of manufacturers for sales and marketing professionals.

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Buyer

Dun & Bradstreet

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1841
Sector Information Services
Revenue 2.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Dun & Bradstreet's corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.
Dun & Bradstreet's corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.

Dun & Bradstreet provides business information, analytics, and data intelligence solutions by leveraging a company information, credit data, and analytics database. The company offers a comprehensive suite of products and services designed to help clients identify growth opportunities, enhance supply chain management, and mitigate financial and operational risks. Dun & Bradstreet was formed in 1841 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 24
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 21
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 4 of 19
Year: 2001 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-08-01 The Receivable Management Services

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

The Receivable Management Services Corp. (RMS) is a provider of commercial collection services in North America and among the ten largest collection agencies in the world. RMS also provides several types of commercial receivable management services, including total outsourcing solutions, third party collections, customer verification and profiling, to thousands of corporate clients.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-08-13 Data House

Milan, Italy

Data House S.p.A. is a provider of commercial and personal Italian real estate information which is used extensively in Italy by banks, notaries, real estate agencies and corporations to make better, more confident small business loan decisions.

Buy $22M