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Used by Over 2000 Companies
Legal-entity data you can trust
Fresh, standardized, auditable information direct from official primary sources across 140+ jurisdictions — all underpinned by our Legal-Entity Data Principles and world-leading expertise in legal-entity data. This is data you can trust.
Trusted by Leading Brands
Do you really know who you’re dealing with?
We enter into contracts with companies every day. Each of those contracts was with something with legal personality – 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 — our goal is to help you better understand the companies you deal with.
Search the world’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.
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.
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 we’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 of 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
Three simple steps to transform your processes
Follow our step-by-step user guides
Find get-started user guides for search, API services, and more in our knowledge base
Speak to a solution expert
Our solution experts can help save you time and effort evaluating and deploying our data
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 ‘state-of-the-nations’ articles, we explore developments in Canada and how it can lose its reputation for “snow-washing”.
June 11, 2024
Can I use OpenCorporates? Here’s everything you need to know
You’ve just stumbled upon OpenCorporates, a vast repository of corporate data, and you’re wondering, “Can I really use this?” 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.
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 they’re fighting.
