Private company

TransUnion CIBIL

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Indian credit bureau

TransUnion CIBIL Limited is a credit information company operating in India. It maintains credit files on 600 million individuals and 32 million businesses. TransUnion is one of four credit bureaus operating in India and is part of TransUnion, an American multinational group.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Aug 2000Founded1
  • HeadquartersMumbai1
  • Websitewww.transunioncibil.com
  • Legal formpublic company1
  • LEI335800Z2E3HE6O4MLT963
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressONE WORLD CENTER, 19TH FLOOR, TOWER 2A&2B, SENAPATI BAPAT MARG, LOWER PAREL, 400013 Mumbai, India3
  • Registered withMinistry of Corporate Affairs, U72300MH2000PLC1283593

TransUnion CIBIL Limited is a credit information company operating in India. It maintains credit files on 600 million individuals and 32 million businesses. TransUnion is one of four credit bureaus operating in India and is part of TransUnion, an American multinational group.2

Corporate structure

TransUnion CIBIL is part of a group headed by TransUnion. 72 entities, 30 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • TransUnion Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • TransUnion CIBIL Mumbai, India
    • TRANSUNION GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER LLP Subsidiary · 99% · Chennai, India
    • Argus Information and Advisory Services Australia Pty Ltd Subsidiary · Australia
    • Argus Information and Advisory Services UK Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Callcredit Marketing Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • CIFIN S.A.S. Subsidiary · Colombia
    • Collection Africa Ltd. Subsidiary · Tanzania
    • Confirma Sistemas de Informacion, S.L. Subsidiary · Spain
    • Credit Information Services Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
    • Credit Information Systems Company Limited Subsidiary · Kenya
    • Credit Reference Bureau (Holdings) Limited Subsidiary · Kenya
    • Credit Reference Bureau Africa (Pty) Ltd. Subsidiary · Botswana
    • Crown Acquisition BidCo, Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • CyberScout Adjusting Inc. Subsidiary · Canada
    • CyberScout Inc. Subsidiary · Canada
    • CyberScout Ventures Ltd. Subsidiary · Ireland
    • DecisionMetrics Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • iovation, Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • MarketShare Partners EMEA, Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Monevo Holdco 2 Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Monevo IPCo 1 Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Monevo Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Monevo Technology Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Neustar Brasil Tecnologia E Marketing Ltda. Subsidiary · Brazil
    • Neustar GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • and 45 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

2000: CIBIL (Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited) incorporated.

2004: Credit bureau services are launched in India (Consumer Bureau).

2006: Commercial bureau operations commenced.

2007: CIBIL Score, India's first generic risk scoring model for banks and financial institutions, was introduced.

2010: Two firsts for the credit industry in India with the launch of:

CIBIL Detect: India's first repository for information on high-risk activity.

CIBIL Mortgage Check: The first centralized database on mortgages in India.

2011: CIBIL Score is made available to individual consumers.

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2016: Transunion acquired 92.1% stake in CIBIL to become Transunion CIBIL.

2017: TransUnion CIBIL launches CIBIL MSME Rank to drive credit penetration in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and helping lenders assess risk better

2017: Bank of India sold its 5% share in the company for Rs190.6 crore, implying a value of US$592 million for TransUnion CIBIL

From Wikipedia’s article on TransUnion CIBIL, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

TransUnion CIBIL aggregates business financial and payment information for the purpose of assessing loan risk and pricing credit (setting the interest rate. It has partnered with New Jersey–based Dun and Bradstreet. D&B maintains files on 150 million business worldwide.

From Wikipedia’s article on TransUnion CIBIL, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Aug 2000Founded Founded1

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