What Public Company Search is
Public Company Search is a feature in the FHR Exchange that lets members look up the Financial Health Rating (FHR) of any publicly traded company in the RapidRatings universe. Each rating is generated from standardized financial data, giving members a consistent, objective view of a company's financial condition.
Public Company Search is available to members on every tier — Basic, Essential, Pro 50, Pro 150, Pro 250, and Pro+. Each tier comes with a defined number of credits or a dedicated allotment that governs how many Public Companies a member can view. Viewing a Public Company FHR for the first time costs 1 credit on every tier. Reopening a Public Company a member has already viewed is free.
What members can do with Public Company Search
Public Company Search supports common financial due-diligence tasks:
Evaluate the financial risk of a publicly traded supplier, partner, or competitor.
Compare companies across industries using a single, consistent scoring methodology.
Build financial context before renewals, reviews, or strategic conversations.
Monitor companies of interest over time — previously viewed companies remain accessible at no further credit cost.
How to access Public Company Search
Public Company Search is reached through the Supplier Management page in the FHR Exchange.
There are two ways to get there:
From the Member Homepage, in the Supplier Risk Hub widget, click Search Public FHRs. This takes the member directly to the Public FHR tab.
From the portal navigation, open Supplier Management and select the Public FHR tab.
The Public FHR tab shows every Public Company the member has previously viewed, along with a search bar for new lookups. Searching returns matching companies; selecting a result opens the full FHR profile, subject to credit availability.
How credits work for Public Company Search
Action | Credit cost | Applies to |
First-time view of a Public Company FHR | 1 credit | All tiers (Basic through Pro+) |
Reopening a previously viewed Public Company | 0 credits | All tiers |
The persistent Credit Summary widget in the top-right of the Supplier Management page shows the member's available credits in real time. The balance updates immediately after each first-time view — no page refresh required.
If a member doesn't have enough credits, the platform denies the view with a message indicating the credit shortfall and a link to upgrade.
How allotments work by tier
How Public Company views are funded depends on the member's tier.
Basic and Essential tiers have a dedicated 10-credit Public Company allowance. This allowance is reserved specifically for Public Company views and cannot be spent on other features. At 1 credit per first-time view, this works out to 10 Public Companies before the allowance is exhausted.
Pro tiers (Pro 50, Pro 150, Pro 250, and Pro+) do not have a dedicated Public Company allotment. Instead, Pro members draw from a unified credit balance that is shared across all credit-gated features — Public Company views, FastTrack share acceptances, RiskPulse access, and (on Pro+) Outreach. Pro members decide how to allocate that balance across features based on their needs.
Tier | Source of credits for Public Company views |
Basic | Dedicated 10-credit Public Company allowance |
Essential | Dedicated 10-credit Public Company allowance |
Pro 50 | Unified 50-credit annual balance, shared with FastTrack and RiskPulse |
Pro 150 | Unified 150-credit annual balance, shared with FastTrack and RiskPulse |
Pro 250 | Unified 250-credit annual balance, shared with FastTrack and RiskPulse |
Pro+ | Unified annual credit balance, shared with FastTrack, RiskPulse, and Outreach |
Because Public Company views are only 1 credit each, they are the least expensive credit-gated action on any Pro tier. Pro members typically use Public Company Search as one part of a broader credit strategy that also includes FastTrack share acceptances (7.5 credits each) and RiskPulse access.
What happens to the allotment when a member upgrades
When a member upgrades from Basic to Essential, the Public Company allotment resets back to 10 — it is not additive. A member who has already viewed 5 Public Companies on Basic and then upgrades to Essential will have 10 Public Company views available on Essential, not 15.
When a member upgrades to a Pro tier, the dedicated Public Company allowance no longer applies. The member's unified credit balance is set to the new tier's full allotment (50, 150, or 250 credits, or the Pro+ balance) and can be spent flexibly across Public Company views, FastTrack share acceptances, RiskPulse access, and (on Pro+) Outreach.
Previously viewed Public Companies remain accessible at no cost across all tier changes.
What's included in a Public Company FHR view
Each Public Company FHR view gives the member:
The company's current Financial Health Rating (FHR) — a 0–100 score measuring overall financial health.
The supporting financial indicators that drive the rating.
Ongoing access to the company — once viewed, it appears in the member's All Suppliers list and can be reopened at any time without further credit cost.
Getting the most from Public Company Search
Members on Basic and Essential tiers have a capped Public Company allotment, so deliberate selection matters. The highest-value uses tend to be:
Critical suppliers and partners. Companies whose financial disruption would materially affect the member's operations or revenue.
Renewal and contract conversations. Companies the member is about to negotiate with, evaluate, or extend commitments to.
Peer comparisons. Companies in the same industry as the member or a key supplier, used to benchmark relative financial strength.
Monitoring high-risk relationships. Companies where prior signals — late payments, news coverage, supply disruptions — warrant a closer financial look.
Once a Public Company is viewed, it stays in the member's All Suppliers list and can be revisited at any time without additional credit cost, making it well suited to ongoing monitoring.