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    Small Business Credit Scores

    Many small business owners don’t realize that business credit scores are distinctly separate from personal credit scores. Your business credit score has no impact on your personal credit score, and vice versa.

    Business credit reflects your company’s image to potential lenders and business partners. Yet, unlike personal credit — which can be viewed only with the permission of the report holder — business credit scores are made available to the public. Anyone can view your business credit score for any reason.

    Furthermore, business credit is expressed with a different numerical range than personal credit. Business credit scores provide a quick view of a company’s risk potential based on a scale of 1 to 100 — the higher the score, the lower the risk.

    A small business credit score is vital for separating your personal and business financial risk. As a forward-thinking small business owner, you know that credit affects your ability to obtain capital to develop your small business. Your business credit report can influence:

    • The amount of your loan and what interest rates you'll pay
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    Experian's small business credit reports can help you establish, improve and monitor your business credit score. So you get the funding and credit you need, when you need it.

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    Once you are sure that you have a small business credit rating, take the first step to improving it. Get your Experian CreditScoreSM report and find out your business credit score today.

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