Legal-entity data you can trust

Fresh, standardized, auditable information direct from official primary sources across 140+ jurisdictions โ€” all underpinned by our Legal-Entity Data Principles and world-leading expertise in legal-entity data. This is data you can trust.

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Do you really know who youโ€™re dealing with?

We enter into contracts with companies every day. Each of those contracts was with something with legal personality โ€“ almost always a "legal entity". Yet too often we're ignorant of them and who is behind them, with all the attendant risks that brings.

Whether you're in business, government, journalism, activism, research or a consumer โ€” our goal is to help you better understand the companies you deal with.

Search the worldโ€™s largest open legal-entity database or plug the data direct into your applications and processes.

Fresh, standardized, auditable information underpinned by our Legal-Entity Data Principles, this is data you can trust.

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It shouldn't be hard to get legal-entity data you can trust

And yet it is. Legal-entity information is dispersed across hundreds of business registers that are hard to navigate and impossible to access at scale. Traditional company-data aggregators are no longer the answer either, given their opaque processes and provenance.

Verifiable accuracy is more important than ever, and you should expect more.

You need data built on deep expertise, rigorous data models and well-founded, forward-looking principles. Data sourced direct from primary sources, curated with clear decision-making and no hidden bias, and defined by open not proprietary identifiers and standards. Data you know you can trust.

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OpenCorporates was born out of the same frustrations you experience every day

We believe a fairer, more prosperous and sustainable society can only be achieved with greater corporate transparency.

Since 2010 weโ€™ve been working with government agencies, NGOs and public-benefit groups to improve the quality and accessibility of the foundational legal-entity data on which you depend.

Today we offer the world's largest open legal-entity database, providing a single unified set ofย  company records from over 140 government registries and other official sources around the world.

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80% of North America and Europe's largest banks use OpenCorporates

Standard in data trust

Our Data Principles set the industry standard for legal-entity data

We provide the foundational data you build on

Entity verification

Put your customer and supplier onboarding on a firm foundation

Data management

Create a foundational spine to simplify master-data management, entity resolution and data cleansing

Third-party risk

Keep abreast of changes in your trading partners that could spell trouble

Business discovery

Augment prospect intelligence with unique company and officer insights

Investigations

Join the dots to uncover crime, corruption, and financial, legal, regulatory or ESG risk

Research and analysis

Research company data to improve policy, oversight and crime prevention

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Latest news
March 27, 2024

2024: a pivotal year for legal entity data

Significant shifts are happening in the accessibility and scope of company-registry data around the world. In this first of a series of โ€˜state-of-the-nationsโ€™ articles, we explore developments in Canada and how it can lose its reputation for โ€œsnow-washingโ€.

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June 11, 2024

Can I use OpenCorporates? Hereโ€™s everything you need to know

Youโ€™ve just stumbled upon OpenCorporates, a vast repository of corporate data, and youโ€™re wondering, โ€œCan I really use this?โ€ This guide will walk you through the amazing features of our web portal, the importance of our data protection rules, and how you can be part of a global transparency movement.

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June 20, 2024

Transparent company data and law enforcement go together like peanut butter and jelly

Financial crime costs governments billions and erodes public trust. Law enforcement agencies are on the frontlines, but they often struggle due to limited resources and the increasing sophistication of the criminals theyโ€™re fighting.ย 

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