Equifax

Equifax Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryCredit risk assessment
Founded1899; 125 years ago (1899) (as Retail Credit Company)
Founders
  • Cator Woolford
  • Guy Woolford
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueIncrease US$5.27 billion (2023)
Decrease US$934 million (2023)
DecreaseUS$545 million (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$12.3 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$4.53 billion (2023)
Number of employees
c. 14,900 (2023)
Divisions
Websiteequifax.com
Footnotes / references
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Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion (together known as the "Big Three").[4] Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide. In addition to credit and demographic data and services to business,[5] Equifax sells credit monitoring and fraud prevention services directly to consumers.[6]

Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. With over 14,000 employees worldwide, Equifax has nearly US$5 billion in annual revenue and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EFX.[7]

  1. ^ "The New Equifax Boss Wants to Make Amends. We Have Some Questions". The New York Times. April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Equifax, Inc. (EFX) Income Statement - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com.
  3. ^ "Equifax Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". SEC.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "How to protect yourself against the theft of your identity". The Economist. September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "All Products and Solutions | Business | Equifax". Equifax.com. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  6. ^ Equifax. "All Credit Score, Credit Report & Identity Theft Products | Equifax". Equifax.com. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  7. ^ "Company Profile". equifax.co.uk. Equifax. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.