Equifax
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Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion (together known as the "Big Three"). Equifax collects and aggregates information on more than 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide. In addition to credit and demographic data and services to business, Equifax sells credit monitoring and fraud prevention services directly to consumers.
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Equifax is an active company based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It operates as a consumer credit reporting and collection agency. The organization was established in 1899 and currently employs 9,500 people.
It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EFX. Equifax is recognized in the Sp 500 collection. Its fiscal year ends on December 31. The entity is classified as an operating company within the services sector for consumer credit reporting.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR, ROR, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Equifax Inc.
- Company.logo
- Equifax Logo.svg
- Company.image
- Equifax HQ.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 250px
- Company.image_caption
- Equifax's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.hq_location_city
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Company.hq_location_country
- United States
- Company.founded
- (as Retail Credit Company)
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Credit risk assessment
- Company.num_employees
- 14,700 (2024)
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
EFX- Industry
- Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies
- Exchange
- NYSE
- State of incorporation
- GA
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- SCHEDULE 13G/A · 2026-05-14
- Jurisdiction
- US-GA
- Headquarters
- ATLANTA, US
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Location
- Atlanta, United States
- Also known as
- Equifax, Inc., Talx
- Status
- Active
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Part of
- S&P 500
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- Atlanta
- Employees
- 9500
- Revenue
- 3144000000
- Stock exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Official website
- www.equifax.com
- Image
- Equifax HQ.jpg
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- inception
- 1899-00-00
- social media followers
- 23383
- total assets
- 6664000000
- net profit
- 488800000
- operating income
- 817900000
- described at URL
- www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/equifax-inc-history
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Products
- Security failings
- 2016 advance-warnings of insecure systems
- March 2017 security breach
- May–July 2017 data breach
- 2017 exposure of Argentine consumer data
- 2017 withdrawal of vulnerable mobile apps
- 2017 exposure of American salary data
- Website malware
- Criticism
- Lawsuits and fines
- See also
- References
- External links
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