BrightQuery’s mission is to provide the most trusted, accurate and up to-date information about companies and their employees. BQ tracks over 200 million private and public companies around the world, along with over 1 billion employees and 300 million directors and officers. BQ provides quarterly financials, monthly headcount and payroll, and firmographics on all companies based on government filings. BQ data solutions are valuable across multiple industries and business applications: Hedge funds, PE firms and other institutional investors use BQ data in their investment analysis, including quantitative analysis and fundamental research. Underwriters and risk managers in banking and insurance use BQ company data for verified firmographics and credit metrics. Compliance managers and banks use BQ data to enhance their KYC and client monitoring procedures. Marketers benefit from BQ’s superior company data quality to accelerate sales and improve master data management. Researchers and consultants use BQ data to gain insights into economic trends across sectors and regions. Commercial real estate professionals use BQ data for analyzing and monitoring tenant credit risk, property valuations, acquisitions, tenant firmographics, and tenant prospecting.