Official how-to guides

How-to guides

Step-by-step, source-cited guides for verifying companies and looking up official data — free, from the primary source.

Search companies by name

Find any registered company from a partial name — free, no signup.

What the official register holds, and how to search it free.

Match a trading name to the registered legal entity behind it.

Tell apart several entities registered under near-identical names.

Search by the official identifier — exactly one entity, every time.

See whether an entity is active, dissolved or struck off.

Confirm any company is legally registered — free, from the primary source.

Look up the official ID that appears on invoices and contracts.

When you need a certified document — and when the free record is enough.

Validate EU VAT numbers using the official VIES service.

Get the current directors, officers and legal representatives.

See exactly what each national registry offers free vs. paid.