BVD-DATA

Données Bureau van Dijk. See official source.

Definition

Worldwide company data published by Bureau van Dijk (Moody's Analytics group) — SIREN/SIRET, KvK, Companies House, EIN; a common pivot for EDI onboarding and KYC compliance.

Origin

Bureau van Dijk, founded in 1991 in Brussels, aggregates over 400 million company records. Acquired by Moody's in 2017.

Use

B2B/EDI platforms query BvD at trading-partner onboarding time to verify legal existence, SIREN/SIRET or EIN, and trigger KYC/AML checks.

Related

• DUNS — see entry.
• SIREN — see entry.
• TRADING PARTNER — see entry.