Who Owns Moody's Analytics?

Moody's Analytics emerged as a distinct business in 2007, when Moody's Corporation formally separated its non-ratings businesses into a dedicated segment. The underlying assets were older: its economic research came largely from Economy.com, the forecasting firm Moody's acquired in 2005, which gave the division its macroeconomic analysis capability.

The strategic purpose was to monetize Moody's data and analytical expertise beyond the regulated ratings franchise. Where Moody's Ratings generates revenue from issuers paying for credit ratings, Moody's Analytics sells to the buy side: banks, insurers, asset managers, and corporations that need data, models, and software to assess risk themselves.

Growth ran through acquisition and organic product development. The division bought Bureau van Dijk in 2017, adding the Orbis database that made it the largest company information source globally, and has continued acquiring KYC, compliance, and risk capabilities. Its product set expanded from economic research into three businesses: Decision Solutions (banking, insurance, and KYC workflow software), Research & Insights (economic and fixed income research), and Data & Information (company and credit data).

By 2025 it produced $3.6 billion in revenue, up 9 percent, with annualized recurring revenue of $3.5 billion growing 8 percent as the company deliberately shifted away from transactional revenue toward subscriptions. It now operates as the AI-enabled data and workflow arm of the corporation, embedding its data into client decision systems.