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For companies in the UK finding your DUNS number can be real pain, so for the record you can actually look it up yourself for free, with no wait: http://blog.thomseddon.co.uk/find-your-d-u-n-s-number-if-you...

And the TL;DR: http://www.dnb.co.uk/myduns

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Thanks for this! Took 5 minutes and they mailed my number back immediately.

Any idea why it's free in the UK?

You could probably submit a request under the Data Protection Act to force them to reveal it anyway, so it makes sense for them to just have a web form...

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