A legitime interest exists e.g., if you would like to ship goods on invoice or close a contract for work and services including an incoming risk. This, of course, also applies for your existing business relations including a permanent incoming risk.
The obtaining of credit reports related to prospective business partners, where a (current) business relationship has (not yet) been established, is not permitted and enforced by penalties. Among these count, for example, leads, prospective business partners which are selected for a direct mailing, or former resp. inactive customers.
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