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Schufa

private German credit bureau
Organization business Q2250672
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Summary

Schufa is a business[1]. Schufa ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,352 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Verband der Anbieter von Telekommunikations- und Mehrwertdiensten[3], eco - Association of the Internet Industry[4], Bundesverband Credit Management e.V.[5], Bundesverband Deutscher Inkasso-Unternehmen[6], Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland[7], Q131895818[8], Economic Council Germany[9], Wirtschaftsforum der SPD[10], Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wirtschaftliche Verwaltung e.V.[11], Bundesdeutsche Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Management[12], bitkom[13], Banking Association[14], Bundesverband Deutscher Leasing-Unternehmen[15], Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung[16]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wiesbaden[17]
  • Country: Germany[18]
  • Instance of: credit bureau[19]
  • Headquarters location: Wiesbaden[20]
  • Child organization or unit: Q139900480[21]
  • Commons category: Schufa[22]
  • Industry: financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding[23], financial services[24]
  • Inception: 1928[25]
  • Official website: https://www.schufa.de/[26]
  • Email address: mailto:kontakt@schufa.de[27], mailto:meineSCHUFA@schufa.de[28], mailto:datenschutz@schufa.de[29]
  • Phone number: +49-611-92780[30]
  • Official name: Schufa Holding AG[31]
  • Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft[32]
  • Short name: Schufa[33]
  • Member count: 22[34]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://www.schufa.de/datenschutz-dsgvo/[35], https://www.schufa.de/global/datenschutz/[36]
  • Social media followers: 5340[37], 6190[38], 7000[39], 10,800[40], 12,400[41], 22,000[42], 25,200[43], 29,700[44], 34,200[45]
  • FAQ URL: https://www.schufa.de/faq/[46]
  • Official jobs URL: https://www.schufa.de/ueber-uns/karriere/index.jsp[47]
  • Contact page URL: https://www.schufa.de/kontakt/[48]
  • Press information URL: https://www.schufa.de/ueber-uns/presse/[49]
  • Impressum URL: https://www.schufa.de/global/impressum/[50]
  • Login URL: https://www.schufa.de/s4b-loginseite.jsp[51]

Why It Matters

Schufa has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Schufa is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Related Entities

business Germany

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . schufa.de. schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . schufa.de. Retrieved . schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . bonify.de. bonify.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . schufa.de. schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . vatm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [11] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [12] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [13] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [14] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [15] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [16] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . schufa.de. schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . schufa.de. schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . schufa.de. Retrieved . schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . schufa.de. Retrieved . schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . schufa.de. Retrieved . schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . schufa.de. Retrieved . schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . schufa.de. Retrieved . schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . schufa.de. Retrieved . schufa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Datenlecklurch · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Email address → mailto:kontakt@schufa.de, mailto:meineSCHUFA@schufa.de, mailto:datenschutz@schufa.de
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Email address: mailto:datenschutz@schufa.de"
  2. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bs', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'pl', 'sv', 'tr']
    Gnd id → 10112463-6
    Industry → financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding, financial services
    Sitelink count → 8
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 21w ago · Dharmoslap · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → Q139900480
    Industry → —
    Inception → +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+5340'}, {'amount': '+6190'}, {'amount': '+7000'} +6
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Child organization or unit: Q139900480"
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