Company
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
Founded: 1996
Employees: 20,000
CEO: Mr. Brian J. Cassin
£26.99 Billion
GBP as of April 1, 2022
US$35.40 Billion
Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company. The company operates through two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. It provides data services to identify and understand their customers, as well as to manage the risks related with lending. The company also offers analytical and decision tools that enhance businesses to manage their customers, minimize the risk of fraud, comply with legal requirements, and automate decisions and processes. In addition, it provides financial education, free access to Experian credit reports and scores, online educational tools, and applications to manage their financial position, access credit offers, and protect themselves from identity fraud. The company serves customers in financial service, direct-to-consumer, health, retail, automotive, software and professional services, telecommunications and utility, insurance, media and technology, government and public, and other sectors. It operates in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Experian Group Limited and changed its name to Experian plc in July 2008. Experian plc was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Experian is an Anglo–Irish multinational consumer credit reporting company. Experian collects and aggregates information on over 1 billion people and businesses including 235 million individual U.S. consumers and more than 25 million U.S. businesses. Based in Dublin, Ireland, the company operates in 37 countries with offices in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company employs approximately 17,000 people and had a reported revenue of US$5.18 billion for the fiscal year ended in March 2020. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Experian is a partner in the U.K. government's Verify ID system and USPS Address Validation. It is one of the "Big Three" credit-reporting agencies, alongside TransUnion and Equifax. In addition to its credit services, Experian also sells decision analytic and marketing assistance to businesses, including individual fingerprinting and targeting. Its consumer services include online access to credit history and products meant to protect from fraud and identity theft. Like all credit reporting agencies, the company is required by U.S. law to provide consumers with one free credit report every year.
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved on March 31, 2022, 8:58 p.m.
Mike Rogers (chairperson) Brian Cassin (CEO)
Revenue: US$5.372 billion (FY2021)
Operating income: US$1.381 billion (FY2021)
Net income: US$0.802 billion (FY2021)
Total assets: US$10.071 billion (FY2021)
Total equity: US$3.081 billion (FY2021)
Experian plc has the following listings and related stock indices.
Stock: LSE: EXPN
Stock: FSX: J2B
Stock: OTC: EXPGF
Stock: OTC: EXPGY