(Nonexhaustive) list of credit rating agencies[1]including organizations and initiatives (registered/not registered by SEC, ESMA, FCA, FINMA, PBOC and other authorities) in the world (119 active and 31 inactive credit rating agencies/organizations in 50 countries). Please contact us if you know any further credit rating agency/organisation/project which is missing in this list.
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| ID | Credit Rating Agency | Headquarter | SEC | ESMA | FCA | FINMA | PBOC | other authorities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.M. Best (EU) Rating Services B.V. |  Netherlands |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 2 | A.M. Best Company |  United States |
yes | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 3 | A.M. Best Europe-Rating Services Ltd (AMBERS) |  United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[2]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 4 | ACRA Ratings |  Russia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 5 | Acuité Ratings & Research, Ltd. [3]a subsidy of SMERA Ratings, Ltd. |  India |
no | no | no | no | no | SEBI[4]Registered or recognized by the SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India, see https://www.acuite.in/downloads/SEBI-Permanent-Registration-Certificate-2.pdf and RBI[5]Registered or recognized by the RBI - Reserve Bank of India, see https://www.acuite.in/downloads/RBI-Accreditation-1.pdf |
| 6 | Agusto & Co. |  Nigeria |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 7 | Apoyo & Asociados Internacionales S.A.C. |  Peru |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 8 | ARC Ratings, S.A.[6]former Companhia Portuguesa de Rating, S.A |  Portugal |
no | yes | yes[7]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 9 | ASSEKURATA Assekuranz Rating-Agentur GmbH |  Germany |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 10 | Atradius |  Spain |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 11 | Austin Rating Serviços Financeiros, Ltda. |  Brazil |
no | no | no | no | no | CVM[8]Registered or recognized by the CVM - Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, see http://www.cvm.gov.br/menu/regulados/agenciasrisco/sobre.html |
| 12 | Bank Watch Ratings S.A. |  Ecuador |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 13 | BCRA Credit Rating Agency AD |  Bulgaria |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 14 | BRC Standard & Poor's[9]a S&P Global Company |  Colombia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 15 | Brickwork Ratings | India |
no | no | no | no | no | SEBI[10]Registered or recognized by the SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India and RBI[11]Registered or recognized by the RBI - Reserve Bank of India |
| 16 | Calificadora de Riesgo |  Uruguay |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 17 | Capital Intelligence Ratings Ltd |  Cyprus |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 18 | CARE Ratings Limited [12]former Credit Analysis & Research Ltd - CARE | India |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 19 | Caribbean Information & Credit Rating Services Ltd (CariCRIS) |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 20 | Cerved Rating Agency S.p.A.[13]former CERVED Group S.p.A. |  Italy |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 21 | Chengxin International Credit Rating Co. Ltd |  People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 22 | China Chengxin (Asia Pacific) Credit Rating Co. Ltd |
 Hong Kong |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 23 | China Lianhe Credit Rating Co. Ltd | People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 24 | Clasificadora de Riesgo Humphreys Ltda.[14]an affiliate of Moody's Investor Service |  Chile |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 25 | Compagnie Française d'Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur (COFACE) |
 France |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 26 | Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Ltd (CRAB) |  Bangladesh |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 27 | Credit Rating Information and Services Ltd | Bangladesh |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 28 | Credit Research Initiative (CRI)[15]part of the NUS Risk Management Institute |  Singapore |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 29 | Credit-Rating |  Ukraine |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 30 | Creditreform Rating AG | Germany |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 31 | CRIF Ratings S.r.l.[16]former CRIF S.p.a. | Italy |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 32 | CRISIL Ltd[17]a S&P Global Company | India |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 33 | CSCI Pengyuan[18]former Pengyuan Credit Rating Co., Ltd. | People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 34 | Dagong Global Credit Rating | People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 35 | DBRS Morningstar[19]former Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC | United States |
yes | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 36 | DBRS Rating GmbH | Germany |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 37 | DBRS Ratings Ltd |  Canada |
yes | no | no | yes | no | --- |
| 38 | DBRS Ratings Ltd (UK) | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[20]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 39 | Demotech Inc. | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 40 | Dun & Bradstreet | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 41 | Egan-Jones Ratings Company (EJR) | United States |
yes | yes | yes[21]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 42 | Emerging Credit Rating Ltd (ECRL) | Bangladesh |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 43 | EthiFinance[22]former Qivalio SAS | France |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 44 | EuroRating Sp. z o.o. |  Poland |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 45 | Far East Credit Rating Co., Ltd.[23]former Shanghai Far-East Credit Rating Co., Ltd. | People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 46 | Fedafin |  Switzerland |
no | no | no | yes | no | --- |
| 47 | Feller Rate Clasificadora de Riesgo | Chile |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 48 | FiinRatings |  Vietnam |
no | no | no | no | no | Licensed by the Ministry of Finance of Viet Nam[24]see https://www.apollo.io/companies/FiinRatings---Vietnam-Credit-Rating-Agency/5f409890f219590001d03693?chart=count |
| 49 | Fitch Ireland Ratings Limited |  Ireland |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 50 | Fitch Ratings | United States |
yes | no | no | yes | no | --- |
| 51 | Fitch Ratings CIS Limited | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[25]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 52 | Fitch Ratings España S.A.U. | Spain |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 53 | Fitch Ratings Limited | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[26]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 54 | FitchBohua | People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 55 | GBB-Rating Gesellschaft für Bonitätsbeurteilung GmbH |
Germany |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 56 | GCR Ratings[27]former Global Credit Ratings Co.[28]an affiliate of Moody's Investor Service |  South Africa |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 57 | Golden Credit Rating International Co., Ltd. | People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 58 | HR Ratings de México, S.A. de C.V. (HR Ratings) |  Mexico |
yes | yes | yes[29]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 59 | ICAP S.A. |  Greece |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 60 | ICRA[30]a Moody's Investor Service Company | India |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 61 | Inbonis SA | Spain |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 62 | Infomerics Ratings | India |
no | no | no | no | no | SEBI[31]Registered or recognized by the SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India and RBI[32]Registered or recognized by the RBI - Reserve Bank of India |
| 63 | Interfax Rating Agency (IRA) | Russia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 64 | Islamic International Rating Agency, B.S.C. (IIRA) |  Bahrain |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 65 | Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. |  Japan |
yes | yes | yes[33]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 66 | JCR Eurasia Rating (JCR-ER) |  Turkey |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 67 | Kobirate A.Ş. | Turkey |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 68 | Korea Investors Service[34]an affiliate of Moody's Investor Service |  South Korea |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 69 | Korea Ratings Corporation | South Korea |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 70 | Kroll Bond Rating Agency | United States |
yes | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 71 | Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited | Ireland |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 72 | Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK Limited | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[35]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 73 | Liberum Ratings Serviços Financeiros, Ltda. | Brazil |
no | no | no | no | no | CVM[36]Registered or recognized by the CVM - Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, see http://www.cvm.gov.br/menu/regulados/agenciasrisco/sobre.html |
| 74 | Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) |  Malaysia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 75 | modeFinance S.r.l. | Italy |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 76 | Moody’s Deutschland GmbH | Germany |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 77 | Moody’s France S.A.S. | France |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 78 | Moody's Investors Service | United States |
yes | no | no | yes | no | --- |
| 79 | Moody’s Investors Service (Nordics) AB |  Sweden |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 80 | Moody’s Investors Service Cyprus Ltd | Cyprus |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 81 | Moody’s Investors Service España S.A. | Spain |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 82 | Moody’s Investors Service Ltd | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[37]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 83 | Moody’s Italia S.r.l. | Italy |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 84 | Moody's Local Peru[38]former Class y Asociados S.A. | Peru |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 85 | National Information & Credit Evaluation, Inc. (NICE) | South Korea |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 86 | Nordic Credit Rating AS |  Norway |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 87 | Pacific Credit Rating (PCR) | Peru |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 88 | Pakistan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (PACRA) |  Pakistan |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 89 | Pefindo Credit Rating Agency |  Indonesia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 90 | Philippine Rating Services (PhilRatings) |  Philippines |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 91 | RAEX LLC[39]former Expert RA | Russia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 92 | RAEX-Europe Rating-Agentur Expert RA GmbH[40]an affiliate of RAEX LLC | Germany |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 93 | RAM Rating Services Berhad | Malaysia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 94 | Rapid Ratings International, Inc. (RRI) | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 95 | Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) | Japan |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 96 | S&P Global Ratings | United States |
yes | no | no | yes | no | --- |
| 97 | S&P Global Ratings Europe Ltd | Ireland |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 98 | S&P Global Ratings UK Ltd | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[41]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 99 | SAHA A.Ş. | Turkey |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 100 | SaigonRatings | Vietnam |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 101 | Scope Hamburg GmbH[42]former Euler Hermes Rating GmbH | Germany |
no | yes | no | no | no | --- |
| 102 | Scope Ratings GmbH[43]former Scope Ratings AG and PSR Rating GmbH | Germany |
no | yes | no | yes | no | --- |
| 103 | Scope Ratings UK Ltd | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[44]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 104 | Seoul Credit Rating, Inc. (SCI) | South Korea |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 105 | Shanghai Brilliance Credit Rating & Investors Service Co., Ltd. |
People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 106 | Shanghai Credit Information Services Co., Ltd. (CIS) | People's Republic of China |
no | no | no | no | yes | --- |
| 107 | SMERA Ratings Private Ltd. | India |
no | no | no | no | no | SEBI[45]Registered or recognized by the SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| 108 | Sociedad Calificadora de Riesgo Centroamericana, S.A. (SCRiesgo) |
 Costa Rica |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 109 | SR Rating Prestação de Serviços, Ltda. | Brazil |
no | no | no | no | no | CVM[46]Registered or recognized by the CVM - Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, see http://www.cvm.gov.br/menu/regulados/agenciasrisco/sobre.html |
| 110 | Taiwan Ratings[47]a S&P Global Company |  Taiwan |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 111 | Thai Rating and Information Services Co., Ltd. (TRIS) |  Thailand |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 112 | The Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd | United Kingdom |
no | no | yes[48]See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras | no | no | --- |
| 113 | TURKrating | Turkey |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 114 | Uniratings Sagl[49]former Universalratings - RTS Ratings Pte Ltd | Switzerland |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 115 | Veribanc, Inc. | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 116 | Vietnam Investment Credit Rating | Vietnam |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 117 | VIS Credit Rating Company Limited[50]former JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company - VIS | Pakistan |
no | no | no | no | no | SECP and SBP[51]Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan and State Bank of Pakistan |
| 118 | Weiss Ratings, LLC | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 119 | Wikirating | Switzerland |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| ID | Credit Rating Agency | Headquarter | SEC | ESMA | FCA | FINMA | PBOC | other authorities |
Former Credit Rating Agencies
This list represents all former credit rating agencies[52]including organizations and initiatives which either have been acquired, merged, de-registered or closed.
| ID | Credit Rating Agency | Headquarter | SEC | ESMA | FCA | FINMA | PBOC | other authorities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Academic Credit Rating (ACR) | Spain |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 2 | ACRA Europe, a.s.[53]former European Rating Agency ERA |  Slovakia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 3 | Axesor Risk Management SL | Spain |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 4 | Berkshire Hathaway Credit Ratings Inc. | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 5 | Beyond Ratings SAS | France |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 6 | Capital Standards Rating (CSR) |  Kuwait |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 7 | Central European Rating Agency (CERA) | Poland |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 8 | DG International Ratings SRL[54]former Dagong Europe Credit Rating Srl | Italy |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 9 | Equilibrium Clasificadora de Riesgo Panama[55]an affiliate of Moody's Investor Service |  Panama |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 10 | Equilibrium Clasificadora de Riesgo Peru[56]an affiliate of Moody's Investor Service | Peru |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 11 | Euromoney Country Risk (ECR) | United Kingdom |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 12 | Feri EuroRating Services AG | Germany |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 13 | Fitch Deutschland GmbH | Germany |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 14 | Fitch France S.A.S. | France |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 15 | Fitch Italia S.p.A. | Italy |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 16 | Fitch Polska S.A. | Poland |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 17 | INC Rating Sp. z o.o. | Poland |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 18 | International Non-Profit Credit Rating Agency (INCRA) | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 19 | Levin and Goldstein |  Zambia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 20 | Moody’s Investors Service EMEA Ltd | United Kingdom |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 21 | Muros Ratings | Russia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 22 | ONICRA Credit Rating Agency of India Ltd. | India |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 23 | Ontonix | Italy |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 24 | Public Sector Credit Solutions | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 25 | Qivalio SAS[57]former Spread Research | France |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 26 | Realpoint, LLC | United States |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 27 | RusRating | Russia |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 28 | S&P Global Ratings Italy S.r.l. | Italy |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 29 | S&P Global Ratings Italy SAS | France |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 30 | SPMW Rating Sp.z.o.o. | Poland |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| 31 | TCR - Turkish Credit Rating A.Ş. | Turkey |
no | no | no | no | no | --- |
| ID | Credit Rating Agency | Headquarter | SEC | ESMA | FCA | FINMA | PBOC | other authorities |
References[+]
| ↑1, ↑52 | including organizations and initiatives |
|---|---|
| ↑2, ↑7, ↑20, ↑21, ↑25, ↑26, ↑29, ↑33, ↑35, ↑37, ↑41, ↑44, ↑48 | See https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/credit-rating-agencies/registered-certified-cras |
| ↑3 | a subsidy of SMERA Ratings, Ltd. |
| ↑4 | Registered or recognized by the SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India, see https://www.acuite.in/downloads/SEBI-Permanent-Registration-Certificate-2.pdf |
| ↑5 | Registered or recognized by the RBI - Reserve Bank of India, see https://www.acuite.in/downloads/RBI-Accreditation-1.pdf |
| ↑6 | former Companhia Portuguesa de Rating, S.A |
| ↑8, ↑36, ↑46 | Registered or recognized by the CVM - Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, see http://www.cvm.gov.br/menu/regulados/agenciasrisco/sobre.html |
| ↑9, ↑17, ↑47 | a S&P Global Company |
| ↑10, ↑31, ↑45 | Registered or recognized by the SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| ↑11, ↑32 | Registered or recognized by the RBI - Reserve Bank of India |
| ↑12 | former Credit Analysis & Research Ltd - CARE |
| ↑13 | former CERVED Group S.p.A. |
| ↑14, ↑28, ↑34, ↑55, ↑56 | an affiliate of Moody's Investor Service |
| ↑15 | part of the NUS Risk Management Institute |
| ↑16 | former CRIF S.p.a. |
| ↑18 | former Pengyuan Credit Rating Co., Ltd. |
| ↑19 | former Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC |
| ↑22 | former Qivalio SAS |
| ↑23 | former Shanghai Far-East Credit Rating Co., Ltd. |
| ↑24 | see https://www.apollo.io/companies/FiinRatings---Vietnam-Credit-Rating-Agency/5f409890f219590001d03693?chart=count |
| ↑27 | former Global Credit Ratings Co. |
| ↑30 | a Moody's Investor Service Company |
| ↑38 | former Class y Asociados S.A. |
| ↑39 | former Expert RA |
| ↑40 | an affiliate of RAEX LLC |
| ↑42 | former Euler Hermes Rating GmbH |
| ↑43 | former Scope Ratings AG and PSR Rating GmbH |
| ↑49 | former Universalratings - RTS Ratings Pte Ltd |
| ↑50 | former JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company - VIS |
| ↑51 | Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan and State Bank of Pakistan |
| ↑53 | former European Rating Agency ERA |
| ↑54 | former Dagong Europe Credit Rating Srl |
| ↑57 | former Spread Research |