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 20, 1997 (all of which are included in the consolidated financial statements): State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- 1nfo Inc. Georgia Acrofax Inc. Canada Admast Tax Free Shopping Ltd./(24)/ United Kingdom Brentorian Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom Callcheck Chargecard Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom CBI Ventures, Inc./(6)/ Georgia Central Credit Services Ltd./(22)/ Scotland Computacheck Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Computer Ventures, Inc./(6)/ Delaware Corporate Investigation UK Ltd./(22)/ United Kingdom Credence, Inc. Georgia Credit Northwest Corporation/(6)/ Washington Credit Union Card Services, Inc./(5)/ Wisconsin Dart Telemarketing Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom Decision (PTY) Ltd./(23)/ South Africa Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. Georgia Equifax Card Services, Inc./(12)/ Florida Equifax Card Services (Madison), Inc./(4)/ Wisconsin Equifax Check Services, Inc./(12)/ Delaware State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. Georgia Equifax Decision Systems B.V. Netherlands Equifax de Mexico Sociedad de Informacion Creditica, S.A./(9)(10)/ Mexico Equifax Europe Ltd. Georgia Equifax Europe Ltd./(8)/ United Kingdom Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd./(7)/ United Kingdom Equifax Government and Special Systems, Inc. Georgia Equifax Healthcare Information Services, Inc. Georgia Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc. Georgia Equifax India Private Ltd./(3)/ India Equifax Information Technology, Inc. Georgia Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc. Georgia Equifax Investments (U.S.) Inc. Georgia Equifax Luxembourg S.A./(1)(8)/ Luxembourg Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A. Luxembourg Equifax Marketing Decision Systems, Inc. Georgia Equifax Mauritius Private Limited/(3)/ Mauritius Equifax Payment Services, Inc./(20)/ Delaware Equifax Properties, Inc. Georgia Equifax-Rochester, Inc./(6)/ New York Equifax Services Inc. Georgia Equifax South America, Inc. Georgia Equifax U.K. Finance Ltd./(11)/ United Kingdom State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- Equifax U.K. Finance (No. 2)/(25)/ United Kingdom Equifax Ventures, Inc. Georgia Financial Institution Benefit Association, Inc./(12)/ District of Columbia Financial Insurance Marketing Group, Inc./(12)/ District of Columbia First Bankcard Systems, Inc. Georgia Freightcheck Information Services Limited/(19)/ United Kingdom Global Scan Investments Ltd./(14)/ United Kingdom Global Scan Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Global Scan (USA), Inc./(15)/ Delaware High Integrity Systems, Inc./(12)/ California H.P. Information plc/(23)/ United Kingdom H.P.I. Ltd./(16)/ United Kingdom Infocheck Computer Services Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infocheck Credit Indemnity Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infocheck Direct Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infocheck Financial Analysis Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infocheck Insurance Services Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infocheck On Line Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infocheck Online Scotland Ltd./(19)/ Scotland Infocheck Training Services Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infocredit Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom Infolink Decision Services Ltd./(23)/ United Kingdom Infolink Ltd./(23)/ United Kingdom State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- Intelligent Terminals Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom Intellisys, Inc./(13)/ Georgia Knowledgelink Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom Light Signatures, Inc./(12)/ California Market Knowledge, Incorporated/(6)/ Illinois Mid-American Technologies, Inc./(18)/ Kansas Mutual Indemnity Ltd. Bermuda Osborn Laboratories, Inc. Delaware Osborn Laboratories (Canada) Inc./(18)/ Canada PRC Corporation/(13)/ Georgia Precision Marketing International Ltd./(8)/ United Kingdom Professional Test Administrators, Inc./(13)/ Illinois Retail Credit Management Ltd./(22)/ United Kingdom School House U.K. Ltd./(22)/ United Kingdom Scorelink Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom S.S.R. Ltd./(16)/ United Kingdom Stewardship, Inc./(6)/ Mississippi Taxback Ltd./(24)/ United Kingdom TecniCob S.A./(7)(8)/ France The Equifax Database Company Ltd./(7)/ Ireland The Infocheck Group Ltd./(8)/ United Kingdom The Kit Factory, Inc./(18)/ Kansas The Quantum Card Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- T.I. Holding Corp. Delaware Transax Australia plc/(22)/ United Kingdom Transax France plc/(22)/ United Kingdom Transax (Ireland) plc/(22)/ Ireland Transax Ltd./(22)/ New Zealand Transax plc./(8)/ United Kingdom Transax pty Ltd./(22)/ Australia Transax S.N.C./(2)(21)/ France UAPT-Infolink, plc/(8)/ United Kingdom Vivat plc/(22)/ United Kingdom Wincheck Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom In addition, Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Services Inc. owns 70% of the stock of CDB Infotek (California). CDB Infotek owns 100% of the stock of Charles E. Simon & Company (Delaware) and Innovative Data Services, Inc. (Delaware). Registrant's Canadian subsidiary Acrofax Inc. owns 84% of the stock of Equifax Canada Inc. (Canada). Equifax Canada Inc. owns 100% of the stock of Telecredit Canada, Inc., Equifax Canada (AFX) Inc. (Canadian corporations). In addition, the Company also manages Equifax Accounts Receivable Services, Inc. Registrant's subsidiary Equifax South America, Inc. owns 33% of the stock of Organizacion Veraz, S.A. (Argentina), and, also, owns 99% of the stock of Equifax de Chile, S.A. (Chile). Equifax de Chile, S.A. owns 50% of the stock of TICSA (Chile) and 50% of the stock of Dicom S.A. (Chile). Dicom S.A. owns 99% of the stock of Cobranza Integral S.A. (Chile), 50% of Covidata S.A. (Columbia), 100% of Dial S.A. (Argentina), 100% of Dicom Comercial Ltda. (Chile), 50% of Dicom Dominicana (Dominican Republic), 60% of Global Data Servicios Integradoes de Informacion S.A. (Ecuador), 35% of InfoCorp S.A. (Peru), 50% of Infotrade Argentina S.A. (Argentina), 99% of Infotrade S.A. (Chile), 54% of Softmarket S.A. (Chile), and 96% of DIPAS S.A. de C.V. which owns 50% of DICOM Centroamerica, S.A. de C.V. Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia corporation) owns 49% of the stock of Precision Marketing Information Ltd. (Ireland) and 49% of the stock of ASNEF-Equifax Servicios de Informacion de Credito S.L. (Spain). ASNEF- Equifax owns 50% of the stock of Credinformacoes, Informacoes de Credito, LDA (Portugal), along with Equifax Decision Systems B.V. which owns 25%. Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia) owns 100% of Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd., which owns 100% of the stock of The Infocheck Group Ltd. (United Kingdom) which owns 22% of the stock of EFIS Ltd. Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. owns 50% of the stock of Equifax Venture Infotek Private Limited (India). Registrant's - ------------- /(1)/Subsidiary of Acrofax Inc. /(2)/Subsidiary of Central Credit Services Ltd. /(3)/Subsidiary of Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. /(4)/Subsidiary of Equifax Card Services, Inc. /(5)/Subsidiary of Equifax Card Services (Madison), Inc. /(6)/Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. /(7)/Subsidiary of Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia corporation) /(8)/Subsidiary of Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd. /(9)/Subsidiary of Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc. /(10)/Subsidiary of Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc. /(11)/Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg, S.A. /(12)/Subsidiary of Equifax Payment Services, Inc. /(13)/Subsidiary of Equifax Services Inc. /(14)/Subsidiary of Global Scan Limited /(15)/Subsidiary of Global Scan Investments Limited /(16)/Subsidiary of H.P. Information plc /(17)/Subsidiary of Infolink Ltd. /(18)/Subsidiary of Osborn Laboratories, Inc. /(19)/Subsidiary of The Infocheck Group Limited /(20)/Subsidiary of T.I. Holding Corp. /(21)/Subsidiary of Transax France plc /(22)/Subsidiary of Transax plc /(23)/Subsidiary of UAPT-Infolink plc /(24)/Subsidiary of Vivat plc /(25)/Subsidiary of Equifax Inc. and Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A.