Bring confidence to every decision with Coface Business Information

Optimise your decision-making, control commercial risks.

Why business information matters

Business information matters to companies because it supports informed decision-making, strategic planning, and competitive advantage by providing insights into operations, markets, and customer behaviour. In trade, accurate business information is essential for assessing the reliability and financial stability of suppliers, helping to mitigate risks in the supply chain. It also enables companies to evaluate potential customers’ creditworthiness and purchasing patterns, ensuring more secure and profitable business relationships.

Customer risk assessment

Define your best investment strategy or accept new buyers with the right payment terms relying on our Score

Why choose Coface for your business information?

With almost 80 years of expertise in trade credit insurance, Coface helps companies better manage their risks, both locally and globally: 

  • A global network, providing access to over 220 million companies in over 200 countries
  • Macroeconomic researchers for sector analysis and understanding of economic and geopolitical environments. 
  • 13,000 credit risk decisions made every day thanks to Coface information. 
  • In-depth expertise, with more than 600 underwriters and risk analysts. Enough to support more than €720 billion in insured risks

Benefit from the same information used by Coface

Having strategic and useful information at the right time gives you a decisive competitive advantage. We provide solutions that enable you to manage your financial risk, from preventing payment defaults to securing your investments and supplies. It makes it easier to seize opportunities when expanding your business into new markets. Whether it's prospecting, credit management, supply chain security, financial auditing or accelerating your know your supplier processes, Coface Business Information meets your needs and helps you make decisions.

  • Ensure business continuity

    Our information solutions enable you to monitor the financial strength of your suppliers to avoid supply chain disruptions.

  • Boost growth

    What new markets could you expand into? What are the risks involved? How reliable are your export partners? Move forward with confidence thanks to our information and insights.

  • Analyse risks

    We provide you with the information, analysis and advice you need to simplify your credit assessments and enable you to offer the right terms to the right customers.

Access to Business Information online

iCON by Coface

Welcome to the future of informed decision-making! Explore the power of iCON by Coface. 

 

• Our cutting-edge platform transforms data into actionable insights, offering real-time information, credit scores, economic analyses, and more. 

 

• Elevate your business strategy, manage risks effectively, and stay ahead of the competition. 

 

• Discover a world of possibilities with iCON by Coface, where information becomes your competitive advantage.

Coface API portal

We provide web data exchange solutions (API) tailored to your company’s needs so you can manage your Coface credit insurance contract within your own tools.

 

Whether you opt for a simple technical solution or all-inclusive integration, you can connect your company directly to the information provided by Coface allowing you to focus on key risks securely and reliably.

 

Explore Coface's API catalogue: integrated solutions for Trade Credit Insurance and Business Information.

Urba360

Urba360 is an intuitive and interactive web application that provides access to Coface's exclusive data for assessing commercial risk worldwide.

 

Accessible via the iCON by Coface platform, Urba360 enables users to explore indicators such as the Coface Score, @Credit Opinion and country or sector risk assessments.

Expert opinion

Eric Joffin, Head of Enriched Information Centre, Coface

We integrate confidential balance sheets, several thousand per year, as well as unpaid debts received via our clients. This information is compiled to be included in the calculation of our Score.

Guillaume Huguet, Director of the Data Lab, Coface

By combining our expertise with the richness of our data and the power of technology, our clients benefit from intelligent solutions to manage risk.

Frequently Asked Questions about Business Information