The bottom line to keeping your business and personal credit strong is straightforward: Don’t borrow more than you can afford, and pay all your bills on time.
But what happens when your credit report includes a mistake – especially one that makes you look less creditworthy than you are?
Credit report mistakes do happen, although there’s some disagreement about how frequent they are. The big credit bureaus – TransUnion for consumers, Equifax and Experian for both consumers and businesses, and Dun & Bradstreet for businesses only – insist their error rate is low – with just one half of 1 percent of













