Business Library / Official registers
Official company informationSearch company registers across 40 jurisdictions.
Use the official registry or government information page first. Registry data is a starting point and may not prove beneficial ownership, current activity or creditworthiness.
United Kingdom & international
Direct official and government-maintained routes.
United Kingdom — Companies HouseOfficial searchEuropean Union — BRIS company searchEU-wide searchUnited States — SEC EDGARFederal securities filingsUnited States — State registries directoryOfficial links directoryCanada — Business RegistriesFederal/provincial searchJapan — Corporate Number Publication SiteNational Tax AgencySingapore — ACRA BizfileOfficial business registerHong Kong — Companies RegistryElectronic searchAustralia — ASIC registersOfficial company searchNew Zealand — Companies RegisterOfficial searchSwitzerland — ZefixCentral Business Name IndexNorway — Brønnøysund Register CentreOfficial registersUnited Arab Emirates — National Economic RegisterFederal business search
All European Union countries
National register information through European e-Justice.
The EU Business Registers Interconnection System provides an EU-wide company search. The country pages below explain the competent national register and available information.
AustriaEuropean e-JusticeBelgiumEuropean e-JusticeBulgariaEuropean e-JusticeCroatiaEuropean e-JusticeCyprusEuropean e-JusticeCzech RepublicEuropean e-JusticeDenmarkEuropean e-JusticeEstoniaEuropean e-JusticeFinlandEuropean e-JusticeFranceEuropean e-JusticeGermanyEuropean e-JusticeGreeceEuropean e-JusticeHungaryEuropean e-JusticeIrelandEuropean e-JusticeItalyEuropean e-JusticeLatviaEuropean e-JusticeLithuaniaEuropean e-JusticeLuxembourgEuropean e-JusticeMaltaEuropean e-JusticeNetherlandsEuropean e-JusticePolandEuropean e-JusticePortugalEuropean e-JusticeRomaniaEuropean e-JusticeSlovakiaEuropean e-JusticeSloveniaEuropean e-JusticeSpainEuropean e-JusticeSwedenEuropean e-Justice
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Go beyond a name and company number.
Official records should be compared with authority, ownership, identity, website control, business activity and other relevant evidence.
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