Supplier risk management: Control your risks

Up-to-date and in-depth insights to better assess current or potential business partners with our reports

Reduce supplier risk with confidence

At Coface, we don’t just monitor supplier health, we empower you to act on it. 

Managing supplier risk is critical to protecting your supply chain and sustaining growth. That’s why Coface Business Information delivers more than just data. It provides real-time, expert-driven insights powered by our global Data Factory and nearly 80 years of credit insurance expertise. 

With access to high-quality, constantly updated information—used daily by our own underwriters—you can assess the financial health of your suppliers, anticipate disruptions, and make confident, forward-looking decisions. Whether you're onboarding new partners or monitoring existing ones, our insights help you reduce credit risk, identify opportunities, and strengthen your operational resilience. 

Clear indicators to help you make decisions

Coface delivers credit risk insights in intuitive dashboards, dynamic reports, and real-time alerts, all designed to be clear, actionable, and easy to interpret. You don’t just get data, you get decision-ready information that helps you act fast and stay ahead of risk.

A unified dashboard for supplier oversight

View and track all your suppliers on a single dashboard. Our indicators, standardized on a global scale, give you clear and immediate visibility to measure and compare the financial health of your partners. This ensures robust supplier risk management and accurate risk mapping.

Country Risk Assessment: Understand global influence

Determine the risks associated with your partners’ country of origin using out Country Risk Assessment (CRA). Rated from very low risk to very high risk, it reflects a country's potential influence on companies’ financial commitments, enhancing the quality of your credit risk management strategies. 

Coface Score: Instantly assess default risk

Instantly assess the financial health of your suppliers with the Coface Score, a stability assessment on a scale of 0 to 10 that reflects a company’s risk of payment default within 12 months.

Exclusive, actionable data beyond the public domain

Unlike standard providers, Coface delivers proprietary insights you won’t find in public databases, enriched by decades of global trade experience and on-the-ground intelligence. With Coface Business Information, you gain access to exclusive, decision-ready data that gives you a competitive edge in assessing risk and opportunity.

Access proprietary payment history and behavioral data

Through its credit insurance business, Coface collects high value-added data that goes far beyond public information and includes companies' payment histories and behavior. This experience enables us to offer quality information that is unique, enriched and constantly updated by our credit risk experts and analysts. With our solutions and indicators, you have access to insights that are immediately readable so you can quickly take action to optimize your supplier risk management.

Get alerts and weak signal detection to stay ahead of risk

With our solutions and indicators, you’ll receive real-time alerts whenever changes or early warning signs appear among your suppliers.

Data enriched and verified by 600+ financial experts 

Behind every data point is the expertise of Coface’s global analyst network. Our 600+ risk management experts validate, enrich, and interpret data, ensuring you receive insights that are not only accurate, but truly actionable.

Urba360, an all-in-one supplier risk management solution

With Urba360, you gain access to a high-quality, easy-to-use business information solution designed to simplify decision-making. Assess the credit risks of all your suppliers and uncover valuable insights that empower quick and informed decisions.

  • 220 million companies in 200 markets

    Access exclusive data from our international network covering more than 220 million companies in 200 countries for supplier risk assessment worldwide.

  • 600+ risk management experts

    The 600+ experts in our international network regularly publish macroeconomic analyses, country risk assessments, sector evaluations and thematic reports.

  • $820 billion in exposure

    Use the data we use every day to make credit decisions and secure transactions.

  • Six key indicators

    Gain visibility into a company’s financial health with easy-to-read indicators, including financial solvency score, maximum credit recommendation, sector and country trends, financial ratios, and payment behavior monitoring.

Why did they choose Coface Business Information?

Matt Ahmad, Treasury Manager and Credit Manager, Argent Energy

The combination of local knowledge, industry insights, and proactive support makes Coface a highly valuable partner.

Dinetah Sims, Senior Vice President, Macsteel International

We need a partner with a global presence, a wealth of information on our various counterparties, and the ability to act quickly.

Venceslas Fedolliere, Director of Treasury, Financing and Credit Management, GEODIS

The data must be harmonized, so a Coface Score of 5 means that the score is 5 in France, but also in the United States and China.

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