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 March 2003 (all of which are included in the consolidated financial statements):

 

Name of Subsidiary


  

State or

Country of

Incorporation


24/7 Mail, Inc. (22)

  

Florida

511759 N.B. Inc.(4)

  

New Brunswick

3032423 Nova Scotia Company (13)(18)

  

Nova Scotia

3651754 Canada Inc.(14)

  

Canada

Acrofax Inc.

  

Quebec

CD Holdings, Inc.(21)

  

Georgia

Clearing de Informes S.A.(11)

  

Uruguay

Compliance Data Center, Inc.

  

Georgia

Computer Ventures, Inc(1)

  

Delaware

Credit Northwest Corporation(1)

  

Washington

Dicom S.A.(12)

  

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.(11)

  

Chile

Equifax Decision Solutions, Inc.

  

Arizona

Equifax Decision Systems, B.V.

  

The Netherlands

Equifax do Brasil Holdings Ltda.(11)

  

Brazil

Equifax Direct Marketing Solutions, Inc.

  

Georgia

Equifax Europe LLC

  

Georgia

Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd.(6)

  

United Kingdom

Equifax Financial Services(14)(20)

  

Ontario

Equifax Finance (1), Inc.(1)

  

Georgia

Equifax Finance (2), Inc.(1)

  

Georgia


 

Equifax Infolink Plc(9)

  

United Kingdom

Equifax Information Services LLC

  

Georgia

Equifax Information Services Puerto Rico, Inc.

  

Georgia

Equifax Information Technology, Inc.

  

Georgia

Equifax Investment (South America) LLC (11)

  

Georgia

Equifax (Isle of Man) Ltd.(5)

  

Isle of Man

Equifax Italy Holdings, Srl(15)(16)

  

Italy

Equifax Italy, Srl(17)

  

Italy

Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.À.R.L.

  

Luxembourg

Equifax Luxembourg S.A.

  

Luxembourg

Equifx Plc(5)(19)

  

England

Equifax Real Estate Mortgage Solutions, LLC(1)

  

Georgia

Equifax Secure U.K. Ltd.(6)

  

United Kingdom

Equifax South America LLC

  

Georgia

Equifax U.K. Finance (No. 2)(15)

  

England

Equifax Ventures, Inc.

  

Georgia

Global Scan Ltd.(7)

  

England

Global Scan Investments Ltd.(8)

  

United Kingdom

High Integrity Systems, LLC

  

California

Imperitek Corporation

  

Georgia

Infocheck On-line Ltd.(7)

  

United Kingdom

Infolink Decision Services Ltd.(9)

  

United Kingdom

Infolink Ltd.(9)

  

England

Light Signatures, Inc.

  

California

Naviant, Inc.

  

Florida

Privista Inc.

  

Georgia

Propago S.A.(12)

  

Chile

Prospects Unlimited Canada Inc.(4)

  

New Brunswick

Prospects Unlimited Inc.(4)

  

New Brunswick

The Infocheck Group Ltd.(6)

  

England

UAPT-Infolink Plc(6)

  

United Kingdom

Verdad Informatica de Costa Rica, S.A. (3)

  

Costa Rica

 

Registrant’s subsidiary Equifax Europe LLC owns 59.2% 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 29.622% 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 LLC owns 79% of the stock of Organizacion Veraz, S.A. (Argentina).

 

Registrant’s subsidiary Equifax South America LLC owns 100% of the stock of Equifax de Chile S.A. which owns 100% of the stock of Propago S.A. and 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 LLC, wholly-owned subsidiary of Equifax Inc., which owns 2%, and 16% of the stock of InfoCorp S.A. (Peru), along with Dicom S.A. which owns 35%.

 

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%, along with FT/E, which owns 1% of Total Credit Services, L.P. (Delaware).

 

Registrant’s subsidiary Equifax do Brazil Holdings Ltda owns 80% of the stock of Equifax do Brasil Ltd. (Brazil).

 

Registrant’s subsidiary Equifax South America LLC owns 15% of the stock of Infocom Honduras S.A. de C.B. (Honduras).

 

(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 Plc

(7)Subsidiary of The Infocheck Group Ltd.

(8)Subsidiary of Global Scan Ltd.

(9)Subsidiary of UAPT-Infolink Plc

(10)Subsidiary of Infolink Ltd.

(11)Subsidiary of Equifax South America LLC

(12)Subsidiary of Equifax de Chile, S.A.

(13)Subsidiary of Equifax Finance (1), Inc.

(14)Subsidiary of 3032423 Nova Scotia Company

(15)Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.À.R.L.

(16)Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg S.A.

(17)Subsidiary of Equifax Italy Holdings, Srl.

(18)Subsidiary of Equifax Finance (2), Inc.

(19)Subsidiary of Equifax (Isle of Man) Ltd.

(20)Subsidiary of 3651754 Canada Inc.

(21)Subsidiary of Equifax Consumer Services, Inc.

(22)Subsidiary of Naviant, Inc.