Dun & Bradstreet U.S. DMI Archive
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Description
D&B's U.S. DMI Archive provides information on business-to-business marketing and selected company profiles. The collection consists of year-end U.S. DUNS Marketing Identifier (DMI) files, which represent D&B's source for U.S. business-to-business marketing information at year-end from 1969 to present, excluding 1981 and 1984. In addition to year-by-year files, D&B's U.S. DMI Archive includes the D&B Hoovers in-depth file, which provides additional information on companies that have been selected by D&B for more detailed description.
Other (English)
Data documentation is made available openly, while data access is restricted to NYU users only. For more information, see the D&B Research Guide.
Access is further restricted by status: Undergraduate students - completing a capstone, graduate students, staff, faculty, visiting scholar/scholar-in-residence
To request access, kindly use the Library Mediated Accounts Request Form
Please note that access to D&B Historical data is restricted solely for the purpose of personal academic research.
Once you have been granted access to the data, you can download it using one of two available options:
- Downloading from Globus
- Downloading from Research Workspace
- project_name: db_nets
- Instructions for mounting your drive.
Data can be downloaded either from the Research Workspace or Globus. However, accessing data files in the cloud (without downloading) is only possible through the Research Workspace.
Technical info
The individual data files are large and may not open properly in software such as Microsoft Excel. You may need to use Python, R, or another program to view or analyze the data.
Files
DB_US_DMI_Archive_README.txt
Files
(4.9 MB)
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D&BHistoricalUS-UserGuide.pdf
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DB_US_DMI_Archive_README.txt
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HooversIndepth.xlsx
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indepth.xsd
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Additional details
Dates
- Other
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1969/2025Coverage