Equifax
E14065
Equifax is one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, providing consumer credit information and related financial services worldwide.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Equifax canonical | 14 |
| Equifax Inc. | 6 |
| Equifax Workforce Solutions | 5 |
| Equifax Canada | 3 |
| Equifax UK | 3 |
| Equifax Australia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128616 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Equifax Context triple: [Atlanta, isHeadquartersOf, Equifax]
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A.
Alliance Data Systems
Alliance Data Systems is a U.S.-based provider of data-driven marketing, loyalty, and private-label credit card services for retailers and other consumer-facing businesses.
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B.
Ford Motor Credit Company
Ford Motor Credit Company is the financial services arm of Ford that provides automotive financing and leasing solutions to dealers and customers.
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C.
Groupe ADP
Groupe ADP is a major French airport management company that owns and operates the Paris-area airports and provides aviation and related services worldwide.
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D.
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is a multinational media and information services company best known for providing news, legal, financial, and business information to professionals worldwide.
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E.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Equifax Target entity description: Equifax is one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, providing consumer credit information and related financial services worldwide.
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A.
Alliance Data Systems
Alliance Data Systems is a U.S.-based provider of data-driven marketing, loyalty, and private-label credit card services for retailers and other consumer-facing businesses.
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B.
Ford Motor Credit Company
Ford Motor Credit Company is the financial services arm of Ford that provides automotive financing and leasing solutions to dealers and customers.
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C.
Groupe ADP
Groupe ADP is a major French airport management company that owns and operates the Paris-area airports and provides aviation and related services worldwide.
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D.
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is a multinational media and information services company best known for providing news, legal, financial, and business information to professionals worldwide.
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E.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
credit reporting agency
ⓘ
multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| competitor |
Experian
ⓘ
TransUnion ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| finedFor | failures related to 2017 data breach ⓘ |
| formerName | Retail Credit Company ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Cator Woolford ⓘ |
| hasCustomer |
credit card issuers
ⓘ
employers ⓘ government agencies ⓘ insurance companies ⓘ lenders ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Equifax Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Equifax
Equifax Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Equifax
Equifax UK ⓘ
linked to:
Equifax
Equifax Workforce Solutions ⓘ
linked to:
Equifax
Talx ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
|
| inception | 1899 ⓘ |
| industry |
credit reporting
ⓘ
data analytics ⓘ financial services ⓘ |
| ISIN | US2944291051 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | U.S. credit reporting industry ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 2017 data breach exposing personal information of millions of consumers ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | over 10,000 ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Asia Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Asia-Pacific
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| positionInMarket | one of the three major U.S. credit bureaus ⓘ |
| product |
consumer credit reports
ⓘ
credit scores ⓘ employment verification services ⓘ fraud detection services ⓘ identity theft protection services ⓘ income verification services ⓘ marketing data services ⓘ |
| regulator |
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ⓘ
U.S. Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Trade Commission
state attorneys general in the United States ⓘ |
| serviceArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
business credit information
ⓘ
consumer credit information ⓘ decisioning technology ⓘ risk management solutions ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | EFX ⓘ |
| website | https://www.equifax.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Equifax Description of subject: Equifax is one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, providing consumer credit information and related financial services worldwide.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
subject linked to:
EFX
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
subject linked to:
Cator Woolford
subject linked to:
TRU
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
subject linked to:
NYSE:EFX
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax
linked to: Equifax