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What BvD products are contained in the BvD SUITE?
What are the benefits of the BvD SUITE of products?
What information is available for each company?
How is the information accessed?
What functionality does the BvD SUITE of products offer?
What can the products be used for?
What subscription options are available?
Can I try it free?

What BvD products are contained in the BvD SUITE?

The BvD SUITE currently incorporates:

AMADEUS 6.1 million European companies
FAME 2.6 million UK & Irish companies
DIANE 880,000 largest French companies
REACH 1.6 million Dutch companies
ICARUS 1.5 million public and private US companies
BANKSCOPE 13,000 banks worldwide
OSIRIS 27,500 listed corporates, banks and insurance companies worldwide
MARKUS 840,000 German companies and 60,000 Austrian companies
NOMINUS Detailed ownership information on all companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange
AIDA 200,000 Italian companies
BEL-FIRST Company reports for the 310,000 companies incorporated under Belgian law and the 400 largest Luxembourg companies
SCANNED REPORTS  
ZEPHYR Comprehensive M&A data with integrated detailed company information

Although not yet available as separate BvD SUITE modules, information from the following CD-ROMs is included in the BvD SUITE. The information can be accesses via the ORBIS facility.

ISIS over 6,300 insurance companies worldwide
JADE 110,000 Japanese companies

Other products included in the BvD SUITE with slightly different content are:

NOMINUS Detailed shareholding information (down to 0.05% of ownership) for approximately 2,000 publicly listed British companies.
EIU DataServices A package of services offering macro-economic and demographic statistical data on 117 countries and 123 cities, worldwide, with up to 20 years of historical data


Scanned, or digitalised, reports are available for many companies and also as separate modules for some country specific or specialised products.

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What are the benefits of the BvD SUITE of products?

Global coverage: using ORBIS you can research approaching 10 million companies from around the world, using just one product.
Simultaneous searching: you can search across the various modules seamlessly for simplified cross-border searching.
Unified information: the modules include standardised reports to facilitate global searching and comparisons.

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What information is available for each company?

For each company we have a varying amount of financial information (profit and loss account, balance sheet etc) and descriptive information (activity codes, directors, ownership and subsidiaries etc.). The information we have for each company is dependent on the filing requirements in the different countries we cover. Where possible we try and offer you a choice of reports with differing levels of detail and standardisation. Many scanned reports are also available.

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How is the information accessed?

Individual Modules. You can access each of the BvD SUITE modules separately (e.g. AMADEUS, FAME) on either a subscription or pay-per-view basis.

ORBIS is BvD's global information product that enables you to search across all 10 million companies.
It utilises a simple one-screen searching format which is ideal for end-users.

The FREE DIRECTORY is free to any visitor to our website. You can search by company name, size, country and business to get a preview list of companies free of charge. Pay-per-view credits can be used to access company reports.

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What functionality does the BvD SUITE products offer?

BvD's Internet products replicate all the searching, analysis and graphical options that are available on our CD-ROMs. For example, you can create instant peer and statistical analyses, illustrate complex group structures and use Boolean logic.

We offer both easy and expert searching options to suit all types of use and both complex and basic queries.

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What can the products be used for?

They can be used as a quick reference tool if you need to find out more about a company or verify its details.

You can also use the searching options to identify groups of companies that fulfil your chosen criteria. You can combine as many criteria as you like to make your searches very specific.

Graphical options are available to illustrate a company's performance and ownership structure. You can also analyse groups of companies; there are a number of graphical options to help you do this.

It's easy to download both graphics and reports (excluding ratings) into all major formats to use in your reports and presentations.

You can use this information to benefit your business in a number of ways, some of which are listed below:

General Research

Identifying the major players in various industries
Company verification and due diligence research
Competitor analysis
Segmentation analysis - researching industries and areas
Understanding complex ownership structures
Teaching and academic research
Procurement
Job search and pre-interview research

in a financial environment

Detailed financial analysis of individual and groups of companies
Identifying acquisition targets
Peer group analysis and benchmarking
Credit analysis
Research for transfer pricing

Business Development

Feasibility and market analysis
Background information for sales appointments
Pre-campaign research
Lead generation for sales teams
Creation of lists for direct marketing campaigns

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What subscription options are available?

There are two access options which you can combine for added flexibility. Access is pre-determined by your password.

Unlimited Access
Unlimited access to whichever "module(s)" you choose to subscribe to. Often the individual modules, e.g. AMADEUS, offer you various subscription options with different coverage based on company size. For example, AMADEUS has three options, the top 200,000 companies, top 1 million companies or all companies. If you choose to have unlimited access to ORBIS, you will have unlimited access to all reports for all 10 million companies - with additional access to the individual modules.

Pay-per-view
You can purchase credits that can be used in any area of the BvD SUITE. Credits are used when you view, print or download any information that is not a "free data item". You can search, view, print and download preview lists, without using credits. The various reports use different numbers of credits depending on the amount of detail they contain. The number of credits used by each action is always indicated. A credit account is easily set up in advance.

Combined Access
You can combine these two access modes to give you a cost-effective and flexible solution providing unlimited access to data you use frequently, and credits for information you need less often. For example, you may only need information on French companies occasionally and UK companies frequently. With Combined Access you can have a subscription to FAME (UK company module) with credits to access information on French companies when the need arises.

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Can I try it free?

Yes, you can have some free credits that you can use anywhere in the BvD SUITE. Click here to receive your instant free credits.

If you prefer you can request that one of our sales team contacts you to discuss how the BvD SUITE of products, or ORBIS can best benefit you. Click here to request a call/email.

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