Equifax

Equifax Inc.
TypePublic
IndustryCredit risk assessment
Founded1899 (1899) (as Retail Credit Company)
Founders
  • Cator Woolford
  • Guy Woolford
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
,
US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueIncrease US$5.68 billion (2024)
Increase US$1.04 billion (2024)
IncreaseUS$604 million (2024)
Total assetsDecrease US$11.7 billion (2024)
Total equityIncrease US$4.81 billion (2024)
Number of employees
14,700 (2024)
Divisions
Websiteequifax.com
Footnotes

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"). Equifax collects and aggregates information on more than 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide. In addition to credit and demographic data and services to business, Equifax sells credit monitoring and fraud prevention services directly to consumers.

Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. With more than 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.