Bureau van Dijk

Name: Bureau van Dijk
Brand: Bureau van Dijk
Rating: 3.8 (32 reviews)

Leader

Bureau van Dijk is a Moody's Analytics company

Est 1991|Valuation $3.5B|Raised $215.9M|6 Ref Customers

LinkedIn 43K|Web traffic 330K|FTEs 900|HQ Amsterdam, Netherlands

MarketsBusiness Intelligence (BI) and Analytics Verified Financial Database Private Markets Intelligence & Deal Sourcing Data

Platform CoversCounterparty & Credit Risk Intelligence

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

- Where BvD tends to perform well: - Cross-border standardized company data for **private entities** - **Ownership trees and linkages** to support group risk and beneficial ownership research - Integration of company financials with M&A and other datasets in a unified environment - Where alternatives may be preferred: - For **sales prospecting with contact data**, D&B/ZoomInfo-like ecosystems are commonly selected. - For **private market investor/deal intelligence**, PitchBook often has stronger workflow fit. - For **public markets analytics and terminal-like experience**, FactSet / S&P Capital IQ / LSEG are often preferred when market data and analytics tooling are primary requirements. - Customer evidence comparing to alternatives: - Community feedback has compared Orbis extraction to other academic distribution platforms (such as WRDS), indicating that delivery mechanism and usability for bulk data workflows can be a deciding factor.

	Bureau van Dijk (Orbis/Zephyr)	Dun & Bradstreet (D&B / Hoovers)	PitchBook
Starting Price	Quote-based; historical examples show high enterprise pricing (dated)	Public SMB tier exists plus enterprise quotes (varies)	Quote-based (typically enterprise)
Typical Use Cases	Global private company financials + ownership structures; cross-border comparability; compliance and entity linkage	Sales intelligence + commercial company/contact data; SMB to enterprise	Private markets: PE/VC deals, funding, investors, comps
Key Strength	Entity coverage breadth + ownership/linkage focus	Sales workflows and contact-centric prospecting; accessible entry tier	Deep private market deal/investor intelligence and workflows
Key Weakness	Cost, export/licensing constraints; variable private-company completeness by country	Coverage/quality varies; may be less strong on complex ownership for global private entities	Less focused on broad private company financial statements and corporate registry-style coverage

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Where BvD tends to perform well:
- Cross-border standardized company data for private entities
- Ownership trees and linkages to support group risk and beneficial ownership research
- Integration of company financials with M&A and other datasets in a unified environment
Where alternatives may be preferred:
- For sales prospecting with contact data, D&B/ZoomInfo-like ecosystems are commonly selected.
- For private market investor/deal intelligence, PitchBook often has stronger workflow fit.
- For public markets analytics and terminal-like experience, FactSet / S&P Capital IQ / LSEG are often preferred when market data and analytics tooling are primary requirements.
Customer evidence comparing to alternatives:
- Community feedback has compared Orbis extraction to other academic distribution platforms (such as WRDS), indicating that delivery mechanism and usability for bulk data workflows can be a deciding factor.

	Bureau van Dijk (Orbis/Zephyr)	Dun & Bradstreet (D&B / Hoovers)	PitchBook
Starting Price	Quote-based; historical examples show high enterprise pricing (dated)	Public SMB tier exists plus enterprise quotes (varies)	Quote-based (typically enterprise)
Typical Use Cases	Global private company financials + ownership structures; cross-border comparability; compliance and entity linkage	Sales intelligence + commercial company/contact data; SMB to enterprise	Private markets: PE/VC deals, funding, investors, comps
Key Strength	Entity coverage breadth + ownership/linkage focus	Sales workflows and contact-centric prospecting; accessible entry tier	Deep private market deal/investor intelligence and workflows
Key Weakness	Cost, export/licensing constraints; variable private-company completeness by country	Coverage/quality varies; may be less strong on complex ownership for global private entities	Less focused on broad private company financial statements and corporate registry-style coverage