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.
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
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Location
- Atlanta, United States
- Also known as
- Equifax, Inc., Talx
- Status
- Active
Official website
Equifax | Credit Bureau | Check Your Credit
Get credit reports and credit scores for businesses and consumers from Equifax today! We also have identity protection tools with daily monitoring and alerts
equifax.com →Link to the official site · 10,118 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 9500
- Revenue
- 3144000000
- 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
~10 min read
Article
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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