The D-U-N-S Number was created in 1962 by Dun & Bradstreet and was later adopted by the US government in 1997. It is now recommended or required by over 200 government, trade, and industry organizations worldwide. The D-U-N-S Number is linked to more than 225 million businesses globally. The US government awards hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts annually, with the top industries being aircraft manufacturing, engineering services, and facilities support services.

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D-U-N-S®
DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM
N U M B E R
1962 DUNS Number is born
1997 Adopted by US Government
2011 Recommended or required by
more than 200 government, trade &
industry organizations worldwide
2013 Linked to more than 225 million
businesses worldwide
Geographic Distribution
of Contracts
Africa
$0.1b
Asia
$4.4b
Australia
$0.2b
Europe
$7.4b
North America
$377b
South America
$0.2b
TOP 3 INDUSTRIES RECEIVING GRANTS
Concentration of Government Contractors
TOP 3 INDUSTRIES RECEIVING CONTRACTS
Aircraft
Manufacturing
Engineering
Services
Facilities
Support
Services
Administration
of Public Health
Administration
of Social and
Manpower
Programs
Regulation/
Administration of
Transportation
54,713
1,607

2. 1NUMBER
MANY
IMPACTS
+72%CONTRACTORS
(154,163)
in 2012 vs. 2002
301,585
FEDERAL LOANS
in 2012
$515mIN FEDERAL GRANTS
(462,671 grants)
-22% in number of grants since 2002
+17% in amount of funds
14,849 DEBARRED
ENTITIES
IMPACTING
154,709
related family members
30,818
CONTRACTS WORTH
$6bare awarded to financially
stressed companies
>31m
CONTRACTS
in the last
10 YEARS
valuing at
$4t
+5.7mSMALL BUSINESS
CONTRACTS
over the past
10 YEARS
valuing at
$316b
91,573CONTRACTS
to foreign recipients
totaling $14bin 2012
5,468GRANTS
to foreign recipients totaling
$2bin 2012
11,225DIRECT PAYMENTS
to foreign recipients totaling
$532min 2012
22,200GLOBAL SEARCHES
a month
for the DUNS Number
440,000
WEB PAGES
reference
the DUNS Number
+80
have the DUNS
Number embedded
PAYMENT
SYSTEMS