Schufa Holding AG, proper spelling SCHUFA, is a German private credit bureau supported by creditors. It has its headquarters in Wiesbaden.
Schufa's purpose is to protect its clients from credit risks. It also offers protection from insolvency to borrowers.
Schufa has 943 million records on 67.7 million natural persons, and 6 million companies. Schufa processes more than 165 million credit checks each year. Of those, 2.5 million are self-checks by citizens. Schufa employs 900 people. In 2016 Sales amounted to approx. 190 million Euros. From Wikipedia
