Creditsafe Group
{{Primary sources|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox company
| name = The Creditsafe Group
| logo = Creditsafe Logo.svg
| f⁹ounded = 1997
| hq_location = Dublin, Ireland
| area_served = Europe
North America
Japan
| key_people =
| products =
| website = https://www.creditsafe.com/
}}
The Creditsafe Group is a privately owned multinational provider of on-line company credit scores and credit report information. Founded in 1997 the company has expanded and now has operations in 12 countries across Europe, North America & Japan and claims to be the world’s most-used provider of company credit reports. Creditsafe now employs over 1,200 people and has a customer base in excess of 100,000 subscription customers worldwide.
History
Creditsafe was founded in 1997 in Oslo, Norway with the idea of using the then emerging technology of the internet to supply business information to a market of smaller and medium-sized businesses by selling over the telephone and delivering reports over the internet.{{cite web|title=Creditsafe Group|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=1586691|website=Bloomberg.com|accessdate=4 November 2016}} Following the Norwegian launch Creditsafe established an office in Gothenburg Sweden in 1998 before moving to the UK in 2000. Creditsafe re-located the UK sales operation to Caerphilly in South Wales in 2002. In 2006 Creditsafe France was launched in Roubaix near Lille. Additional entities were later launched in Dublin in Ireland in 2007 by James Beadle, The Hague in the Netherlands in 2008, Berlin, Germany in 2010, Brussels, Belgium in 2011 and Turin in Italy in 2013. Creditsafe moved outside Europe in 2012 with the founding of Creditsafe United States in Allentown, Pennsylvania."Creditsafe USA to create 250 jobs in South Whitehall" - http://southwhitehall.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/creditsafe-usa-to-create-250-jobs-in-south-whitehall Since launching in the USA, Creditsafe have now increased its US workforce by opening a new office in Tempe, Arizona"Creditsafe opens office in Tempe; plans to hire 150" - http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2014/11/18/creditsafe-opens-office-in-tempe-plans-to-hire-150.html Creditsafe established a shared service centre in Cardiff Bay, Wales in 2006 which has grown to support the sales operations around the world. In September 2016, Creditsafe set up its own operation in Japan. Creditsafe Japan has its offices in Fukuoka and Tokyo{{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/creditsafe-brings-new-intelligence-to-japan-300324730.html|title = Creditsafe Brings New Intelligence to Japan}}
Current status
In each country in which it operates Creditsafe has a sales and customer service operation dealing with customers over the telephone and internet. Creditsafe employs over 1,200 people in its 16 offices in 10 countries it currently has just over 200,000 subscription users.
Creditsafe claims to be the world’s most-used provider of on-line company credit reports and estimates it will deliver over 110 million reports during 2016.“Creditsafe - About Us Presentation” - http://www.creditsafe.com/media/662974/creditsafe-introduction-presentation.pptx