Item: D&B Hoovers
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Able to address the question on a number of enterprises in a particular region split by employee count/revenue etc because of the exhaustiveness.

Pros and Cons

Estimated annual revenue of any private enterprise
Details of headcount of all companies
Wide coverage of listed and unlisted companies

Exporting a long list in excel
Screening of companies
Adding relevant columns according to requirement

Return on Investment

Can't put a number but have helped quite a bit when it comes to looking for revenue of US private firms
D&B Hoovers is the only source we have that provides US private players revenue estimates
It has helped case teams to bring forward many proposals to the clients

As mentioned previously, D&B Hoovers is the only source that can give us estimated annual sales of US private firms. So it is a BIG plus. Apart from this, the coverage exhaustiveness of the company data is really impressive.

Contact Data

Haven't really used contact data much.

Alternatives Considered

Factiva

If we talk about company coverage, D&B Hoovers is more exhaustive.

Key Insights

Do you think D&B Hoovers delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with D&B Hoovers's feature set?

Yes

Did D&B Hoovers live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of D&B Hoovers go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy D&B Hoovers again?

Yes

Other Software Used

S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg Terminal, Crunchbase

Likelihood to Recommend

Best suited when someone is looking for listed and unlisted companies' data. Least suited when anyone is looking for a list of all companies in a particular region.

Our Saviour when it comes to finding US private companies' revenue.

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with D&B Hoovers