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Company name TEIKOKU DATABANK, Ltd.
TDB Company Code 986700000
Corporate Number 7010401018377
Head office 2-5-20 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku,Tokyo,107-8680　ACCESS MAP
Founded March 1900
Incorporated July 1987
Capital 90 million yen
President Nobuo Goto
Number of employees 3,300(1,700 as field researcher)
Number of business locations 83 in Japan
Annual sales 56.6 billion yen (term ending September 2024)
Services Provided Corporate Credit Research; Database Service; Market Research; Electronic Commerce Support; Publishing

History

1900 Teikoku Koshin-sho (detective agency) is established.
1926 The company grows to become number one in the industry.
1964 The monthly "National Corporate Bankruptcy Report" is launched.
1968 Computers are introduced at the firm, for the first time in the industry.
1972 The COSMOS corporate information database service is launched.
1981 The company is renamed Teikoku Databank, Ltd., and concentrates on business-to-business services.
1988 The company launched COSMOSNET, an online corporate information service.
1990 Marketing and planning services are added to the company's offerings.
1992 Teikoku Databank America, Inc., (TDA) is founded in New York.
2001 Teikoku Databank, Ltd., launches a bankruptcy probability modeling service.
2002 The monthly "Teikoku Databank Economic Trends Research" is launched.
2004 Teikoku Databank Credit information Korea, Ltd., is founded.
2007 The Teikoku Databank Historical Museum opens in Tokyo.
2008 TDB Macro Economy Outlook Service is launched.
2010 Teikoku Databank Axis, Ltd. is founded.
2011 BIMA customer management service and COSMOS1 Bulletin service are launched.
2016 Teikoku Databank Information System Service is launched.
2018 The company launches LEDIX (Local Economy Driver Index).