EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES
Registrant - Equifax Inc. (a Georgia corporation).
The Registrant owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the stock of the following
subsidiaries as of February 2002 (all of which are included in the consolidated
financial statements):
State or
Country of
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation
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511759 N.B. Inc./(4)/ New Brunswick
3032423 Nova Scotia Company/(15)(23)/ Nova Scotia
3651754 Canada Inc./(16)/ Canada
AIF Srl/(22)/ Italy
Acrofax Inc. Quebec
Brentorian Ltd./(12)/ United Kingdom
CBI Ventures, Inc./(1)/ Georgia
Clearing de Informes S.A./(13)/ Uruguay
Compliance Data Center, Inc. Georgia
Computer Ventures, Inc./(1)/ Delaware
Credence, Inc. Georgia
Credit Northwest Corporation/(1)/ Washington
Dicom S.A./(14)/ Chile
Equifax Canada Inc./(2)/ Canada
Equifax City Directory Canada Inc./(4)/ New Brunswick
Equifax City Directory, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Commercial Services Ltd./(5)/ Ireland
Equifax Consumer Services, Inc. Georgia
Equifax de Chile, S.A./(13)/ Chile
Equifax Decision Solutions, Inc. Arizona
Equifax Decision Systems, B.V. The Netherlands
Equifax de Mexico Sociedad de Informacion Crediticia, S.A./(19)(20)/ Mexico
Equifax do Brasil Holdings Ltda./(13)/ Brazil
Equifax Direct Marketing Solutions, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Europe LLC Georgia
Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd.(8) United Kingdom
Equifax Financial Services/(16)(25)/ Ontario
Equifax Finance (1), Inc./(1)/ Georgia
Equifax Finance (2), Inc./(1)/ Georgia
Equifax Global Online Inc. Georgia
Equifax Healthcare Information Services, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc. Georgia
Equifax Information Services LLC Georgia
Equifax Information Technology, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Investment (South America) LLC/(13)/ Georgia
Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc. Georgia
Equifax Investments (U.S.) Inc. Georgia
Equifax (Isle of Man) Ltd./(5)/ Isle of Man
Equifax Italy Holdings, Srl/(17)(18)/ Italy
Equifax Italy, Srl/(21)/ Italy
Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A.R.L. Luxembourg
Equifax Luxembourg S.A. Luxembourg
Equifax Peru S.r.l./(13)/ Peru
Equifx Plc/(5)(24)/ England
Equifax Properties, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Real Estate Mortgage Solutions, LLC/(1)/ Georgia
Equifax Secure, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Secure U.K. Ltd./(6)/ United Kingdom
Equifax South America, Inc. Georgia
Equifax U.K. Finance Ltd./(18)/ England
Equifax U.K. Finance (No. 2)/(17)/ England
Equifax Ventures, Inc. Georgia
Global Scan Ltd./(9)/ England
Global Scan Investments Ltd./(10)/ United Kingdom
HISI California LLC California
H.P. Information Plc/(11)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck On-line Ltd./(9)/ United Kingdom
Infolink Decision Services Ltd./(11)/ United Kingdom
Infolink Ltd./(11)/ England
Light Signatures, Inc. California
Propago S.A./(14)/ Chile
Prospects Unlimited Canada Inc./(4)/ New Brunswick
Prospects Unlimited Inc./(4)/ New Brunswick
SEK S.r.l./(22)/ Italy
The Database Company Ltd./(7)/ Ireland
The Infocheck Group Ltd./(8)/ England
UAPT-Infolink Plc/(8)/ United Kingdom
Verdad Informatica de Costa Rica, S.A./(3)/ Costa Rica
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Europe LLC owns 60.244444% of the stock of
Equifax Iberica, S.L. (Spain), which owns 95% of the stock of ASNEF/Equifax
Servicios de Informacion Sobre Solvencia y Credito S.L. (Spain); 100% of the
stock of Dicodi, S.A. (Spain); 100% of the stock of Informacion Tecnica Del
Credito S.L. (Spain); and 54.622% of the stock of Credinformacoes, Informacoes
de Credito, LDA (Portugal), along with Equifax Decision Systems, B.V.,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Equifax Inc., which owns 25%.
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax South America, Inc. owns 79% of the stock of
Organizacion Veraz, S.A. (Argentina)
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Europe LLC owns 49% of the stock of Precision
Marketing Information Ltd. (Ireland).
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax South America, Inc. owns 100% of the stock of
Equifax do Brasil Holdings Ltda., which owns 80% of the stock of Equifax do
Brasil Ltda (Brazil) and 100% of the stock of Equifax de Chile, S.A., which owns
100% of the stock of Dicom S.A., which owns 49% of the stock of Dicom of
CentroAmerica (El Salvador), along with Equifax South America, Inc.,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Equifax Inc., which owns 2%, and 35% of the stock of
InfoCorp S.A. (Peru), along with Equifax Peru S.r.l., wholly-owned subsidiary of
Equifax South America, Inc., which owns 16%.
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Information Services LLC owns 60% of FT/E
Mortgage Soltuions, LLC (Delaware) and 100% of Equifax Real Estate Mortgage
Solutions, LLC (Georgia) which owns 59.4% of Total Credit Services, L.P.
(Delaware)
/(1)/Subsidiary of Equifax Information Services LLC
/(2)/Subsidiary of Acrofax Inc.
/(3)/Subsidiary of Equifax Direct Marketing Solutions, Inc.
/(4)/Subsidiary of Equifax Canada Inc.
/(5)/Subsidiary of Equifax Europe LLC
/(6)/Subsidiary of Equifax Secure, Inc.
/(7)/Subsidiary of Equifax Commercial Services Ltd.
/(8)/Subsidiary of Equifax Plc
/(9)/Subsidiary of The Infocheck Group Ltd.
/(10)/Subsidiary of Global Scan Ltd.
/(11)/Subsidiary of UAPT-Infolink Plc
/(12)/Subsidiary of Infolink Ltd.
/(13)/Subsidiary of Equifax South America, Inc.
/(14)/Subsidiary of Equifax de Chile, S.A.
/(15)/Subsidiary of Equifax Finance (1), Inc.
/(16)/Subsidiary of 3032423 Nova Scotia Company
/(17)/Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A.R.L.
/(18)/Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg S.A.
/(19)/Subsidiary of Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc.
/(20)/Subsidiary of Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc.
/(21)/Subsidiary of Equifax Italy Holdings, Srl.
/(22)/Subsidiary of Equifax Italy, Srl.
/(23)/Subsidiary of Equifax Finance (2), Inc.
/(24)/Subsidiary of Equifax (Isle of Man) Ltd.
/(25)/Subsidiary of 3651754 Canada Inc.