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FICO: History, Companies & Measurement

FICO (legal name: Fair Isaac Corporation), originally Fair, Isaac and Company, is an American data analytics company based in Bozeman, Montana, focused on credit scoring services. It was founded by Bill Fair and Earl Isaac in 1956. Its FICO score, a measure of consumer credit risk, has become a fixture of consumer lending in the United States.

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FICO topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around FICO.

Related topics
30
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
34
Extracted relationships
73
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
34

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

FICO score · 9 topics
History · 9 topics
Antitrust issues · 6 topics
Overview · 6 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1956; 70 years ago (1956) (as Fair, Isaac, and Company)
Founders
Bill Fair · Earl Isaac
Industry
Data analytics
Headquarters
Bozeman, Montana, US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
William Lansing (CEO)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Antitrust issues

FICO score

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How FICO connects Entity context

The extracted context around FICO shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, FICO → American, Bill, California, Company, Earl Judson Isaac, Fair, Isaac, July, Menlo Park, New York Stock Exchange, Selling, Stanford Research Institute, The, William Another extracted example is FICO → Between, Chang, December, DOJ, DOJ's Antitrust Division, In March, In September, Justice, US Department, US District Judge Edmond, US Senator Josh Hawley. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

FICO

Top relations

related to history · 14
FICO → American, Bill, California, Company, Earl Judson Isaac, Fair, Isaac, July, Menlo Park, New York Stock Exchange, Selling, Stanford Research Institute, The, William
related to Antitrust issues · 11
FICO → Between, Chang, December, DOJ, DOJ's Antitrust Division, In March, In September, Justice, US Department, US District Judge Edmond, US Senator Josh Hawley
related to Headquarters moves · 10
FICO → California, CEO, CEO William Lansing, In, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Originally, San Jose, San Rafael, Thomas Grudnowski
related to FICO score · 8
FICO → Canada, Equifax, Experian, Mexico, PRBC, TransUnion, United States, US
related to External links · 5
FICO → Fair Isaac Corporation, GoogleReutersSEC, How Does FICO Calculate, Official, Score
related to Name changes · 5
FICO → Company, Fair, Fair Isaac Corporation, Isaac, Originally
Founders · 2
FICO → Bill Fair, Earl Isaac
Traded as · 2
FICO → NYSE: FICO, S&P 500 component
Area served · 1
FICO → Worldwide
Founded · 1
FICO → 1956; 70 years ago (1956) (as Fair, Isaac, and Company)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

credit fair isaac company scores lenders score headquarters name american us corporation billion antitrust data bozeman montana services founded bill

FICO relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 73 structured relationships around FICO. Examples in this analysis include FICO → Area served → Worldwide and FICO → Founded → 1956; 70 years ago (1956) (as Fair, Isaac, and Company). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FICOArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
FICOFounded1956; 70 years ago (1956) (as Fair, Isaac, and Company)1.00infobox
FICOFoundersBill Fair1.00infobox
FICOFoundersEarl Isaac1.00infobox
FICOHeadquartersBozeman, Montana, US1.00infobox
FICOIndustryData analytics1.00infobox
FICOKey peopleWilliam Lansing (CEO)1.00infobox
FICONet incomeUS$652 million (2025)1.00infobox
FICONumber of employees3,811(2025)1.00infobox
FICOOperating incomeUS$925 million (2025)1.00infobox
FICOProductsFICO score1.00infobox
FICORevenueUS$1.99 billion (2025)1.00infobox
FICOServicesComputer software1.00infobox
FICOTotal assetsUS$1.87 billion (2025)1.00infobox
FICOTotal equity−US$1.7 billion (2025)1.00infobox
FICOTrade nameFICO1.00infobox
FICOTraded asNYSE: FICO1.00infobox
FICOTraded asS&P 500 component1.00infobox
FICOTypePublic1.00infobox
FICOWebsitewww.fico.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around FICO bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Credit, Scores and Us. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • FICO
    • Credit
    • Scores
    • Us
    • Company
    • American
    • Antitrust
    • Score
    • Lenders
    • Based
    • First
    • Name
    • Originally
  • fico
    • Credit
    • Scores
    • Us
    • Company
    • American
    • Antitrust
    • Score
    • Lenders
    • Based
    • First
    • Name
    • Originally
  • data analytics
    • Analytics
    • Bozeman
    • Data
    • Montana
    • Name
    • Services
    • Fair
    • Isaac
    • Corporation
    • Bill
    • Company
    • Earl
  • bozeman, montana
    • Montana
    • Data
    • Name
    • Services
    • Corporation
    • Headquarters
    • Fair
    • Isaac
    • Company
    • Bill
    • Earl
    • Founded
  • bill fair
    • Earl
    • Founded
    • Isaac
    • Corporation
    • Data
    • Name
    • Analytics
    • Bill
    • Fair
    • Company
    • Bozeman
    • Million
  • antitrust division
    • Us
    • Services
    • Lenders
    • Company
    • Fico
    • Bill
    • Credit
    • Earl
    • Founded
    • Million
    • Public
    • Revenue
  • fico scores
    • Credit
    • Scores
    • Us
    • Company
    • American
    • Antitrust
    • Score
    • Lenders
    • Based
    • First
    • Name
    • Originally
  • antitrust issues
    • Us
    • Services
    • Lenders
    • Company
    • Fico
    • Bill
    • Credit
    • Earl
    • Founded
    • Million
    • Public
    • Revenue

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For FICO, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects FICO with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
FICO — History · splits 25 ⟂ 10
FICO — FICO score · splits 25 ⟂ 10
FICO — Overview · splits 28 ⟂ 7
FICO — Antitrust issues · splits 28 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

FICO

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples73
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around FICO to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — FICO · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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