D&B Hoovers Reviews & Insights

Score8.4 out of 10

179 Reviews and Ratings

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Pros

Efficient Data Compilation: Users have appreciated the tool's ease in compiling data using industry codes, simplifying the list-building process for many.

Valuable Company Insights: Reviewers find the detailed company profiles with valuable insights utilizing NAICS codes effectively, enhancing their research capabilities.

User-Friendly Navigation: The platform's user-friendly interface and easy navigation have been highlighted by users as key strengths, enabling them to efficiently analyze markets and find contacts.

Comprehensive Contact Segmentation: Users value the vast classification styles available for segmenting contacts, such as zip code radius, which aids in organizing data effectively.

Useful Export Functionality: The option to export contacts and classify them based on various parameters like NAIC and SIC codes is highly beneficial for users looking to streamline their processes.

Reviews

123 Reviews

D&B Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 21, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Prospecting for customers, identifying leads and contacts to call/email, identifying companies to reach out to. Sales teams or sales related roles.

Pros

Bombora Intent to identify customers that have a higher potential to buy.
Providing accurate contacts to reach out to at companies.
Providing companies to contact with their web address and phone numbers.

Cons

Accuracy of contacts could be better
Ability to bulk search for contacts by uploading a large list of addresses

Likelihood to Recommend

It's super helpful for prospecting for leads

Verified User

Account Manager in Corporate (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Good tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 21, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

gathering company data, with a focus on financial data. unfortunately, D&B provides only the estimates which is not ideal. but the great thing about it is the coverage - D&B tends to be the last resort when I'm struggling to find the data or identify a legal name of the company i'm looking for. one of the most useful tools for me is the searching bar being able to identify the company just by pasting the company's website into the search bar. it really helps a lot and saves tons of time during research.

Pros

company identification
estimate data

Cons

full financial data
deal data

Likelihood to Recommend

Verified User

Contributor in Research & Development (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

D&B Hoovers as a functional preliminary company research tool

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 9, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I utilize D&B Hoovers to conduct preliminary background research on potential clients of my organization. My first stop on D&B Hoovers is always to check the corporate family tree for any ownership or structure I was not previously aware of, and from there I can do further research when necessary. General revenue numbers and employee counts are also helpful, plus any relevant current news or articles written on the company.

Pros

Corporate family trees
Revenues
Employee counts
Company location
Credit overview

Cons

Additional company locations, notably manufacturing footprint
Past years of review growth or decline
Deeper industry overview

Likelihood to Recommend

Any preliminary company research is perfect for D&B Hoovers, whether in a client-focused, market research, or academic setting. It's a one-stop search that exceeds a simple web search or other networking site. I wouldn't recommend it for a more thorough search or understanding of a company's current financial situation or financial history.

Nate Zeff

Research Economist in Professional Services at IAM Union (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

D&B Hoovers Modern problems require modern solutions.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

September 4, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a research analyst for a labor organization. I generally use D&B Hoovers to gather information on a private company's high level aggerate sales figures, related industry news, and prescreen score. The prescreen score is very useful as it helps us determine the stability of a company prior to attempting to organize them. The closest industry peers is also very helpful to determine similar organizing targets.

Pros

Company sales figures
Company employee counts
Closest industry peers
Site contacts
Parent companies and related subsidiaries

Cons

Company summaries could be more detailed.
Latest news could be better sourced from local and regional newspapers.
Prescreen scores could better outline the determining factors.

Likelihood to Recommend

A common example that I refer to which fits both categories would be employee counts. When OSHA 300 logs are unavailable for a particular manufacturing or related facility, D&B Hoovers employee count is a great source. When OSHA logs are available, I tend to use them instead as D&B Hoovers is not as accurate or pulling that information for a credible source in my opinion.

Verified User

Professional (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

D&B Hoovers Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 21, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our GTM operations and data teams are the primary users of D&B Hoovers. We use the tool to expand our set of ICP accounts by finding net new accounts to add to our CRM. We also use D&B Hoovers to help fill out missing information on these accounts.

We also use D&B Hoovers to help find net new contacts for our marketing and seller teams. We want to find the best buying contact for each account.

Pros

It does a great job helping us look up data for a specific DUNS number
It helps us build lists to target new contacts by DUNS numbers
We can also build lists to help us find net new accounts.

Cons

It does not show inactive or out of business DUNS numbers. This makes it hard to do research using the tool
The list upload process is limited and does not work well for large lists.
The list building UI could be better streamlined for faster work.

Likelihood to Recommend

If they are looking up hierarchy information or conducting company research, I would recommend using it. This would be the same for net new accounts or contacts.

If they were conducting in-depth research, I would suggest they consider using a different tool. The limited ability to review out-of-business companies and data makes the tool limited in that type of research.

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Great tool for prospecting

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 25, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have challenges trying to find the decision makers within a company. I use D&B Hoovers to find exact job titles, phone numbers and email address.

Marketing and sales are teh primary users at my company.

Pros

# of contacts at a comany
job titles
contact information

Cons

up to date contact info

Likelihood to Recommend

D&B Hoovers is great for prospecting. It will provide valuable contact information on companies you are trying to sell to.

Verified User

Employee in Sales (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Helpful When Updated

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 25, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We look to locate contact information for senior executives at companies, as well as find out which companies are the leads in different kinds of industries. The website is also good for locating the headquarters for each business and providing a sense of the companies' revenue and related subsidiaries if applicable.

Pros

headquarter locations of companies
corporate hierarchy information
very easy to use interface

Cons

how updated contact information is
consider updating with Linkedin so current employees are better represented

Likelihood to Recommend

D&B does a good job of providing an initial place to look up information on companies and their management team. The ease of use of the website is a plus, as is the speed with which information is retrieved. The report capabilities are especially helpful when trying to learn about the leaders within an industry.

Verified User

Director in Marketing (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

D&B Hoovers 2025 Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 25, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

One of the challenges we have had with D&B Hoovers is that it does not integrate with all of the software and systems that we use. I think there is a huge opportunity to create some integration with these platforms. I also think the usage of AI to some capacity is an opportunity for D&B Hoovers to create more value for its customers.

Pros

Provide quality leads and contact information
It is extremely user-friendly
Ease of being able to customize lead lists

Cons

Integration with more systems
AI assistance
Not limit email downloads

Likelihood to Recommend

An example of when D&B Hoovers was well suited for our organization was when we could not get a prospect to return our calls regardless of how many times we called or left voicemails. We did some research on D&B Hoovers and found a contact and their email. I sent them an email and actually got a response from them expressing interest in our services. It ended up turning into a very lucrative contract for us.

Guido Salas

Shareholder in Marketing at Dan Martinez & Associates, LLC (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

9 years of experience

A personal review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 23, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use D&B Hoovers for researching on companies that either want to start a new relationship with us, or check for updates on existing companies.

We also use the system to validate details of group companies, financials, locations and other information to evaluate the relationship.

Our ops and compliance teams use the system.

Pros

Provides updated information to the company formation information.
Provides financial information for businesses.
Company and its group information

Cons

Provide more information on detailed ownership
Provide details on partnership companies and ownership

Likelihood to Recommend

The D&B Hoovers provides a lot of details on the static information, however, we would like to see more detailed information on ownership structure. A single system that helps pull up a detailed in-depth information on businesses such as, formation documents, registration certificates, ownership, director information. etc.

Verified User

Manager (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

11 years of experience

A great tool for your prospecting needs

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

D&B Hoovers is helpful in terms of prospecting research for marketing purposes. Our Marketing Team uses it to carry our preliminary research needed for different marketing campaigns aimed towards various prospects. D&B Hoovers provides you with the most up to date contact information for B2B connections and targeting. The list of contacts and information provided by D&B Hoovers is the most up to date information amongst other prospecting and research platforms.

Pros

Provides up to date contact information for business connections
Provides up to date industry information and statistics
Gives great market analysis tools with in-depth Market Research and Analysts' Reports

Cons

A mapping tool would be helpful for visualization
There could be more precise filtering criteria
Triggers functionality can include more details

Likelihood to Recommend

D&B Hoovers is great for carrying out prospecting research for point of contact for various businesses and industries. It also includes great information regarding different industries. From my experience, contact information in D&B Hoovers was the most up-to-date information found across all prospecting research tools. Certain tools within the platform that allows for more precise targeting are add-ons that come with additional subscription costs. That can be a downside as the cost increases quickly with additional add-ons.

Mehmet Calis

Marketing Analytics & Insights Specialist in Corporate at TowneBank (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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