Bureau van Dijk (Moody's)

Bureau van Dijk (Moody's) is widely recognized as a specialist provider of both public and hard-to-reach private company information within the academic community.

Data Available:

Orbis - a tool used to verify a company exists and to source company reports.
Amadeus - comprehensive information on around 21 million companies Western and Eastern Europe.
Osiris - detailed information on major unlisted/delisted companies across the globe.
Moody's Analytics Bankfocus - comprehensive, portfolio-level view of a bank’s group exposure.

Products

Description
Data Product Details Title: BvD Amadeus Large Companies Description: Requires a subscription to Amadeus Very Large companies Product Code/Schema: bvd_ama_large Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1672-01-01 - 2027-05-28 Update Frequency: Legacy Data - No Longer Updated Total Size: 5.07 GiB Data Last Updated: June 7, 2025, 12:17 a.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Europe Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: Revelio Common Comscore 2017 WRDS SEC Platform NASDAQ trades and quotes for 1988 Comscore 2021 LSPD Monthly Product CRSP Index History Intraday (Quarterly) IvyDB Europe by OptionMetrics Research Quotient Factset Revere - Common Files included with all Revere subscriptions
Data Product Details Title: BvD Amadeus Medium Companies Description: Requires a subscription to Amadeus Very Large and Large companies Product Code/Schema: bvd_ama_medium Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1583-01-01 - 2030-11-18 Update Frequency: Legacy Data - No Longer Updated Total Size: 21.63 GiB Data Last Updated: June 7, 2025, 12:55 a.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Europe Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: WRDS Backtest Plus The Penn World Tables Database Event Study Intraday with Ravenpack HFR Active Funds D&B’s Global Archive/WorldBase Middle East CRSP Stock (Quarterly) ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) Corporate Takeover Defense and Governance Data S&P Compustat Preliminary History (Charter Oaks) Event Study Long Run with Capital IQ Capital IQ Ratings
Data Product Details Title: BvD Amadeus Small Companies Description: Requires a subscription to Amadeus Very Large, Large, and Medium companies Product Code/Schema: bvd_ama_small Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1582-09-06 - 2029-08-01 Update Frequency: Legacy Data - No Longer Updated Total Size: 101.88 GiB Data Last Updated: June 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Europe Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: S&P Compustat Point in Time (Charter Oaks) WRDS SEC Linking and helper tables BvD Orbis Small Companies Preqin venture capital and buyout deals Factset Revere - Geographic Revenue Exposure Calcbench - Leases - Capital and Operating Audit Analytics - Other Independent Audits IvyDB US by OptionMetrics IBES Key Performance Indicators Comscore 2010
Data Product Details Title: BvD Amadeus Very Large Companies Product Code/Schema: bvd_ama_verylarge Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1704-11-05 - 2025-12-31 Update Frequency: Legacy Data - No Longer Updated Total Size: 1.98 GiB Data Last Updated: June 7, 2025, 3:27 a.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Europe Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: Financial Database (3 Years) Audit Analytics - Other Independent Audits WRDS Bond Returns ISS Voting Analytics - Shareholder Proposals S&P Compustat Executive Compensation Philadelphia Stock Exchange Currency Options and Implied Volatility HFR Active Funds Event Study Intraday Pacap Malaysia NYSE Millisecond Trades & Quotes 2018
Data Product Details Title: BvD Orbis Bank Focus Product Code/Schema: bvd_bvdbankf Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1601-01-01 - 2031-12-31 Update Frequency: Annually Total Size: 9.06 GiB Data Last Updated: Aug. 19, 2025, 4:34 p.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: cik isin ticker Regions: Global Concepts: Banks Often Paired With: SEC Disclosure of Order Execution Statistics Linking Suite: Ibes - CRSP Event Study Long Run with Capital IQ Royalties Mergent FISD transactions ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) Shareholder Proposals (Legacy) MSRB - Municipal Securities Transaction Data Event Study US Comscore 2017 NYSE/AMEX trades and quotes for 1990
Data Product Details Title: BvD Orbis Very Large and Large Companies Product Code/Schema: bvd_orbis_large View Sample Data WRDS Overview Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1582-01-01 - 2917-09-29 Update Frequency: Annually Total Size: 94.38 GiB Data Last Updated: Aug. 15, 2025, 8 p.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Global Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: Audit Analytics -- Canada (SEDAR) CRSP Stock (Quarterly) NASDAQ trades and quotes for 1990 Factset Revere - Industry Classification and Business Segment Revenue S&P Ratings - legacy Trucost Environmental Capital IQ Capital Structure HFR Inactive Funds Thomson Reuters Institutional Managers (13f) Holdings Comscore 2019
Data Product Details Title: BvD Orbis Medium Companies Product Code/Schema: bvd_orbis_medium View Sample Data WRDS Overview Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1582-01-01 - 2616-04-23 Update Frequency: Annually Total Size: 376.38 GiB Data Last Updated: Aug. 16, 2025, 12:35 a.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Global Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: CRSP Stock-1962 (Quarterly) Event Study Intl using Compustat NYSE/AMEX trades and quotes for 1986 FTSE Russel US NYSE Millisecond Trades & Quotes 2023 WRDS Bank Regulatory Premium CRSP Mutual Funds (Quarterly) NASDAQ Trades and Quotes 2004 Comscore 2019 Fama-French portfolios and factors
Data Product Details Title: BvD Orbis Small Companies Product Code/Schema: bvd_orbis_small View Sample Data WRDS Overview Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1582-01-01 - 2910-10-13 Update Frequency: Annually Total Size: 2.75 TiB Data Last Updated: Aug. 19, 2025, 7:59 p.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Global Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: Datastream Economics Data RavenPack - Common Files (for all RavenPack subscribers) CRSP Ziman Real Estates (Quarterly) NYSE Millisecond Trades & Quotes 2016 Thomson Reuters - SDC New Issues CUSIP Master NYSE/AMEX trades and quotes for 1987 NYSE Millisecond Trades & Quotes 2018 BvD Amadeus Small Companies Factset Revere - Geographic Revenue Exposure
Data Product Details Title: BvD Osiris Product Code/Schema: bvd_osiris Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1865-01-01 - 3028-03-31 Update Frequency: Annually Total Size: 6.19 GiB Data Last Updated: Feb. 5, 2025, 4:39 p.m. Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: cik isin ticker Regions: Global Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: S&P ESG Contributed Database: CEO Turnover OTC Markets End-of-Day Pricing D&B U.S. DMI MSCI GMI Ratings CEOs; Companies; Directorships;Takeover ETF Global Analytics Contributed Database of corporate culture scores Pitchbook VC North America Markit Securities Finance - Analytics - Equity - Other Pacap Indonesia
Data Product Details Title: BvD Amadeus Trial Product Code/Schema: bvd_amadeus_trial Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1856-04-26 - 2013-07-16 Update Frequency: Legacy Data - No Longer Updated Total Size: 760 KiB Data Last Updated: None Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Europe Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: No related products specified.
Data Product Details Title: BvD Bank Focus Trial Product Code/Schema: bvd_bvdbankf_trial Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1991-12-31 - 2019-06-07 Update Frequency: N/A Total Size: 976 KiB Data Last Updated: None Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Global Concepts: Banks Often Paired With: No related products specified.
Data Product Details Title: BvD Orbis Sample Product Code/Schema: bvd_orbis_trial Data Dictionary Data Specifications Date Range: 1957-01-01 - 2016-12-30 Update Frequency: N/A Total Size: 1.6 MiB Data Last Updated: None Usage: Niche Extensive Content Summary Identifiers: No identifiers specified for this product. Regions: Global Concepts: Financial Statements Often Paired With: No related products specified.