Before you ship or pay, know who you're dealing with.
Enter a company name, website or registration number. In about two minutes you get a check report with links to the official sources.
Company registries in 14 countries and territories · 21 trade tools · a source link on every fact
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Company registries in 14 countries and territories, checked directly
UK, US, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and more: 13 of them straight from the official government registers, mainland China via a third-party data service. Does the company exist, when was it set up, who runs it. EU VAT numbers too.
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Their whole online footprint, in one place
How old the domain is, how the website has changed, whether someone registered a look-alike domain, whether the name appears on sanctions lists. The things that are hardest to fake.
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21 free tools for traders
Volumetric weight, container number check, L/C amount in words, HS codes, FX rates, bank-detail change check and more. No sign-up needed.
We give you the facts and where they came from. The call is yours: no scores, no verdicts.
When to use it
- A new inquiry from a company you've never heard of Find out whether the company is real before you spend time on samples and quotes.
- Before the first big shipment on credit Take a look before the goods leave and the payment terms start.
- The buyer suddenly asks you to pay a new bank account Check the new details before any money moves.
- Checking a new supplier before the PO Make sure the factory is real before you place the order.
What the report looks like
The sample report uses a fictional company and has the same layout as a real one. You will see:
- Registry details, each with a link to its source
- A timeline of the company's online footprint
- What you can check next
Scope
What one report contains, and what it does not
Contains
- The registry record, where a registry source exists for the country (see coverage)
- Global sanctions and watch-list entries returned for the name
- Domain, DNS, TLS-certificate and web-archive footprint
- Public web mentions, quoted with their links
- A source link, retrieval time and status for each item (found / not found / temporarily unavailable)
Does not contain
- Credit scores
- Financial statements
- Customs bill-of-lading or shipment-history databases (a public web page that mentions shipments is quoted only as a web mention)
- Court or litigation record searches
- Any score, ranking or verdict on the company
Which countries you can check
You can check company registry records directly in these 14 countries and territories: 13 connect directly to the official registry; mainland China is via a third-party data service.
- Australia
- Brazil
- Finland
- France
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Norway
- Poland
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Mainland China (third-party data service)
Other countries: global lists + online footprint. See country details
Trade toolbox
- Account-Change Check Payment details changed at the last minute? Line up the new bank/BIC, sender email and official domain against the record before you wire.
- Daily FX reference rates Convert one amount using a dated daily reference snapshot from ECB, with a third-party fallback.
- Container check digit (ISO 6346) Calculate or compare a container-number check digit.
- Volumetric and chargeable weight Compare gross and volumetric weight for air or courier shipments.
- Letter-of-credit amount wording Convert a decimal amount into deterministic English words wrapped with SAY … ONLY.
- HS code library & structure check Look up UN Comtrade HS 2022 codes (official) and compare numeric length/hierarchy with WCO and selected national structures.
Pricing
- Sign up free and get 3 full reports after e-mail confirmation
- Single report $3, 5-report pack $12.50; monthly plans from $15
- No subscription needed for now: buy reports as you go
Common questions
How is this different from asking ChatGPT?
ChatGPT can make things up that sound real. We only show what was actually found in official registries and public sources, and every item links to the original so you can check it yourself.
Why don't you give a score?
You can't see the rules behind a score, and you can't explain it to your customer or your boss. We lay out what we found, say clearly where we found something and where we didn't, and leave the call to you.
What if nothing comes back?
Some countries have no public official registry. We say "temporarily unavailable" and never present "couldn't check" as "no such company". If the official registry check doesn't go through, that report is refunded automatically.
Where does the data come from?
Government company registries, the EU VAT system, public sanctions lists such as the UN's, and public web records like domain registrations and website archives. Mainland China companies come from a third-party business-data service and are labeled as such. We only use official APIs and public information, and we don't scrape websites.
Does it cost anything?
Sign up and confirm your e-mail address to get 3 full reports. Free company lookups and all the tools cost nothing. After that you buy reports one at a time or in a pack, or choose a monthly plan; see the pricing page.