Company Related Sites
(This page was last updated on the 11/04/2024)
UK Company Information
Free Sites
www.company-information.service.gov.uk - free UK director & company information from Companies House
www.company-information.service.gov.uk - free UK disqualified directors register search on Companies House
www.company-information.service.gov.uk - UK Companies House Advanced Search page
www.companycheck.co.uk - searchable database of UK Companies & Directors, with lots of free information
www.pomanda.com - searchable database of UK Companies & Directors, with lots of free information
www.londonstockexchange.com - lots of useful company information for UK registered / traded companies
www.vat-search.co.uk - allows you to search via a company name or location for companies with UK vat numbers (plus all other EU countries)
www.vat-lookup.co.uk - allows you to search via a company name or vat number to find out company vat details, for the UK & Europe, not every company is covered by plenty are
www.dnb.co.uk - site allowing a free company search to locate their Dun & Bradstreet DUNS Number
Paid For Sites
www.creditsafe.com - limited & non-limited company reports covering the whole of the UK and also the Republic of Ireland & others
Useful Free Sites For Researching UK Companies
www.ico.org.uk - searchable database of Register of Data Controllers (DPA licence holders)
www.fca.org.uk - database of the FCA Consumer Credit Register, searchable by name & post code etc
www.thegazette.co.uk - searchable postings relating to current & historic UK company information
www.ipo.gov.uk - locate a UK trade mark by the company / holders name or postcode
www.ipo.gov.uk - search for a UK trade mark
Irish Company Information
www.cro.ie - Irish company information
www.rbo.gov.ie - new Irish register of the directory of beneficial ownership of companies
www.cro.ie - Irish disqualified directors register
www.vision-net.ie - Irish business directory
www.solocheck.ie - register for an account, then you can access free Irish company & directors information
Australia
www.asic.gov.au - Australian searchable registers of many different company registers, including those banned & disqualified persons in relation to the business & finance industry
Canada
www.canadasbusinessregistries.ca - searchable database for Canada's business registries
www.ic.gc.ca - searchable database for Canadian federal corporations
Channel Islands
www.jerseyfsc.org - searchable database for companies registered in Jersey
www.guernseyregistry.com - searchable database for companies registered in Guernsey
France
www.lefigaro.fr - searchable database for companies registered in France but the site is in French
www.pappers.fr - searchable database for companies registered in France but the site is in French
www.societe.ninja - searchable database for companies registered in France but the site is in French
Gibraltar
www.companieshouse.gi - searchable database for companies registered in Gibraltar
Hong Kong
www.databasesets.com - Hong Kong companies details
www.gov.hk - Hong Kong compulsory winding-up of companies & bankruptcies database
India
www.zaubacorp.com - allows you access basic company details and to download useful company reports & documents for mostly Indian based companies
www.indiancompany.info - allows you access to the standard company & director information for Indian registered companies
Isle of Man
www.gov.im - searchable database for companies registered in the Isle of Man
www.companieshouse.im - searchable database for companies registered in the Isle of Man
You can request a Directors search to be undertaken by a name only for any Isle of Man registered companies by Emailing a requests Here
Korea
www.koreabr.com - searchable database for companies registered in South Korea
Mauritius
www.onlinesearch.mns.mu - allows you access basic company details for companies registered in Mauritius
www.fscmauritius.org - allows you access details from the Register of Licensees at the Financial Services Commission in Mauritius
www.systemday.com - allows you purchase & download additional details of companies registered in Mauritius
New Zealand
www.business.govt.nz - search the New Zealand companies office register for company & director details
UAE
www.u.ae - searchable database for companies registered in the UAE
USA
www.sec.gov - searchable database for companies registered in the USA
EU Registers Of Beneficial Owners Of Companies / Legal Entities
www.openownership.org - search over 12million beneficial ownership records from around the world
The following were taken from an article at www.blockint.nl by Ludo Block. Most of the links to these countries sites are free to search but are not in English.
Useful International Company Information / Business Tools
Free Sites
www.companieshouse.gov.uk - links to different company registries from around the world
www.ebra.be - links to different company registries from around the world
www.molfar.com - useful site, with links to different business registers around the world
www.opencorporates.com - free basic company information from many places around the world
www.icij.org - a database from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, containing ownership information about companies in a number of offshore jurisdictions, includes those known as the Panama Papers & the Paradise Papers
www.occrp.org - the database from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) provides links to public data sources that are company related, shown for nearly every country
www.corporationwiki.com - allows you to find relationships between companies & people
www.bvdinfo.com - international company directory, basic information for free or pay for more details
www.annualreports.com - a site with over 70,000 annual reports from over 5,000 different international companies, searchable by company name
www.importyeti.com - search a company to see its suppliers and delivery details
www.importyeti.com - search a UK company to see its American suppliers and delivery details
www.gleif.org - legal entity identifier searchable database
www.vat-search.eu - search via a company name or location for EU companies with vat numbers
www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk - details of how different countries VAT numbers are formed
www.bloomberg.com - search for information on over 40,000 public and 300,000 private companies worldwide
www.compliance-exchange.com - links to company, investment & financial regulatory bodies around the world
Paid For Sites
www.icpcredit.com - international credit status reports on registered companies
www.info-clipper.com - business information for a wide selection of countries around the world
www.infocreditgroup.com - business & credit information for a wide selection of countries around the world
www.nexok.co.uk - allows you sign up for a free account to search for and access UK company information, with additional foreign company information available at a price