Company registry data

Company registry data is the official record held by government business registers: which legal entities exist, their status, registered address, officers and filed documents. It is the reference point for KYB checks, supplier onboarding, credit decisions, legal research and matching commercial company data.

Typical fields:

• Registration number and jurisdiction
• Legal name and previous names
• Legal form and incorporation date
• Status: active, dissolved, in liquidation
• Registered office address
• Directors and officers, with appointment dates
• Filings such as accounts, annual returns and charges, with dates
• Industry code where the register records one

Sources and collection

Data comes from national and regional registers. Some, such as Companies House in the UK, publish bulk data openly; others offer paid API access or document-by-document retrieval, and some restrict reuse. Providers collect, normalize and translate records into a common schema and track changes. Each register's reuse terms matter, especially for personal data about officers.

Delivery and pricing

Delivered as bulk snapshots with change files, API lookups for real-time checks, and monitoring alerts. Pricing is usually per lookup or per document, with annual licences for bulk coverage. The number of jurisdictions and the freshness of status updates drive price.

Before you buy

• Check the source and update lag for each jurisdiction you need.
• Confirm whether officer names and filings are included and lawful to reuse.
• Ask how historical names and addresses are kept.
• Verify identifiers match each register's own numbering.
• Review reuse and display terms set by each register.