Many companies need outside funding from time to time. Whether you're looking for a loan so you can expand your business, buy or lease equipment, or do repairs, you're going to need a good credit history in order to get a good interest rate on your loan. Any bank out there is going to want to know how your credit history is before they'll be willing to give you the money you're asking for, and by establishing a good small business credit report, you can provide them with everything they need to reassure themselves that you're worth doing business with, and at a low interest rate.
Getting a small business credit report can be a hassle. While your personal credit report can be difficult to deal with, a small business credit report can be absolutely hellish if you don't know where to go. And if you haven't done your research ahead of time, it can take a very long time to compile all the information you need. The best thing you can do is to figure out what you need long ahead of time, so you don't have to worry about it when you need that small business credit report on hand.
In order to get a good credit report for your small business, you're going to need to have somebody tell your lender about you. That means you're going to need to have been doing business with someone. This may sound obvious, but if you haven't been keeping track of the business you've been doing, nobody is going to have a clue whether you've had a good credit history in your business. So you have to keep good accounts.
And while you're keeping good accounts, you should be aware that your vendors and suppliers should also be keeping good accounts. In order to get your small business credit report, you'll need to have five vendor lines, all keeping track of your goings-on with them. They'll need to report for you, so you'll want to make sure in advance that they're keeping good books, and they're willing to report about your business.
In addition to these five vendors, you're going to want to register your company with business credit agencies. These agencies will help you compile your information and will report your credit. These are like the stamp of approval on your credit score; it's who makes sure you've dotted all your "i"s, crossed your "t"s, and reported everything honestly. Three agencies come to mind here: Experian, Equifax, and Dun & Bradstreet. You'll want to be registered with all three of these to make sure your credit report is at its best.
In addition to all this, you'll want to have three reporting business cards. You can use these business cards for corporate credit or supply purchases that you would be making anyway. You'll want all three of these cards to be from three different companies, allowing you to establish a line of business credit with three different companies. That means that you'll have eight people reporting your business credit: five vendors and three credit card companies. In addition to these eight, you'll also have the three business credit agencies listed above. Clearly, this many witnesses will stack odds in your favor.
There are also twenty reasonably new policies you'll need to abide by in order to get your application past any lenders. These vital requirements may be new, but they're widespread, and you won't be able to get around them. You can find these requirements online, or you can contact your credit reporting agencies (newly acquired from two paragraphs above) to fully understand them. These requirements aren't difficult, and your credit reporting agencies can help you figure them out.
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