About
BrightQuery
BrightQuery is the sole provider of historical and current financials, employment and payroll data for both private & public US companies, sourced from up-to-date validated government filings.
The BQ proprietary Imputation methodology is derived from over ten years of collaborative academic research with U.S. statistical agencies and has been validated for accuracy via extensive back-testing with the IRS.
BrightQuery was founded in 2019 by Jose M. Plehn, Founder & CEO. Since it’s founding, BQ has delivered multiple products to help Industries drive targeted sales, understand risk, drive acquisitions and numerous other use cases.
BQ continues to build valuable IP with predictive analytics and expansion of the dataset into global markets.
Leadership
& Advisory
Jose Plehn
Founder & CEO
Jose Plehn is the CEO, Chief Data Officer, and Founder of BrightQuery (“BQ”). Jose has over ten years of academic experience working with U.S. statistical agencies, including the IRS, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Small Business Administration (SBA). Full Bio
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Cassie Kozyrkov
BQ Advisor &
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Anthony Chan
BQ Chief Economist
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Amy Crews Cutts
BQ Chief Economist
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BrightQuery
Clients
The BQ-BAI Small Business Report aggregates US private and public company data on financials, employment and payroll.
BQ data for multiple use cases, with particular focus on sales & marketing, is available via ZoomInfo (Ringlead)
BQ employment and payroll data on private companies is available from Eagle Alpha via their Default Reveal Platform.
BQ data is linked to Open Corporates business registration filings
