# Company Search & Insights

### Company Search & Insights Overview

Company Search enables you to automate **KYB (Know Your Business)** onboarding and **business verification** by retrieving verified business data for **150M+ companies** across **50+ jurisdictions**.

Use it to retrieve **company profile data**, **directors**, and **ownership / beneficial ownership (UBO)** insights sourced from **official business registers**.

This is a **company registry lookup** for KYB, corporate due diligence, and compliance automation.

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[Learn about the Company Search API.](/documentation/api-reference/tools/company-search.md)
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### Common use cases

Company Search is commonly used for:

* **KYB onboarding**: Verify businesses during merchant, partner, or vendor onboarding.
* **Beneficial ownership (UBO) discovery**: Support ownership understanding and control checks.
* **Company status checks**: Confirm the entity is active (and not dissolved/struck off), where available.
* **Corporate due diligence**: Enrich internal records with authoritative registry data.

### Data & insights returned

The results depend on the jurisdiction and available register data. Responses typically include:

* **Company details** such as legal name, registration number, status, and registered address.
* **Officers / directors** and related appointment information where available.
* **Ownership and control data**, including shareholder or beneficial ownership (UBO) where available.

### How it works

1. You submit a company search request using a company name.
2. ComplyCube queries official business registers for the matching entity.
3. You receive structured business data and insights you can use in KYB workflows and reviews.

### Country coverage

Company Search currently supports the following countries and territories.

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#### Europe

* 🇦🇱 Albania
* 🇧🇾 Belarus
* 🇧🇪 Belgium
* 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
* 🇭🇷 Croatia
* 🇨🇾 Cyprus
* 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
* 🇩🇰 Denmark
* 🇫🇮 Finland
* 🇫🇷 France
* 🇩🇪 Germany
* 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
* 🇬🇷 Greece
* 🇬🇱 Greenland
* 🇬🇬 Guernsey
* 🇮🇸 Iceland
* 🇮🇪 Ireland
* 🇮🇲 Isle of Man
* 🇯🇪 Jersey
* 🇱🇻 Latvia
* 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
* 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
* 🇲🇹 Malta
* 🇲🇩 Moldova
* 🇲🇪 Montenegro
* 🇳🇱 Netherlands
* 🇳🇴 Norway
* 🇵🇱 Poland
* 🇷🇴 Romania
* 🇸🇰 Slovakia
* 🇸🇮 Slovenia
* 🇪🇸 Spain
* 🇸🇪 Sweden
* 🇨🇭 Switzerland
* 🇺🇦 Ukraine
* 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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#### Asia-Pacific

* 🇦🇺 Australia
* 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
* 🇰🇭 Cambodia
* 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
* 🇮🇳 India
* 🇯🇵 Japan
* 🇲🇾 Malaysia
* 🇲🇲 Myanmar
* 🇳🇿 New Zealand
* 🇵🇰 Pakistan
* 🇸🇬 Singapore
* 🇹🇭 Thailand
* 🇻🇳 Vietnam
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#### North America and Caribbean

* 🇧🇸 Bahamas
* 🇧🇧 Barbados
* 🇧🇿 Belize
* 🇧🇲 Bermuda
* 🇨🇦 Canada
* 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
* 🇯🇲 Jamaica
* 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
* 🇺🇸 United States
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#### **Africa**

* 🇲🇺 Mauritius
* 🇷🇼 Rwanda
* 🇿🇦 South Africa
* 🇹🇿 Tanzania
* 🇹🇳 Tunisia
* 🇺🇬 Uganda
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#### Latin America

* 🇧🇴 Bolivia
* 🇧🇷 Brazil
* 🇲🇽 Mexico
* 🇵🇦 Panama
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#### **Middle East**

* 🇧🇭 Bahrain
* 🇮🇷 Iran
* 🇮🇱 Israel
* 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
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#### Other / Territories

* 🇦🇼 Aruba
* 🇲🇶 Martinique
* 🇹🇴 Tonga
* 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
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### Frequently asked questions

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<summary>What is Company Search for KYB?</summary>

Company Search is a **KYB company search** and **business verification** service.

It retrieves structured business data from official registers to support merchant, partner, and vendor onboarding.

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<summary>What company data does Company Search return?</summary>

Company Search can return **legal name**, **registration number**, **status**, **registered address**, **directors**, and **ownership or beneficial ownership data** where available.

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<summary>Does Company Search include directors and beneficial owners?</summary>

Yes, where the jurisdiction and source register provide that data.

This can include **officers**, **directors**, shareholders, and **UBO-related** information.

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<summary>Are Company Search results sourced from official business registers?</summary>

Yes.

Company Search retrieves data from **official business registers** and returns it in a structured format for KYB workflows and reviews.

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<summary>How many companies and countries does Company Search cover?</summary>

Company Search covers **150M+ businesses** across **50+ jurisdictions**.

See the country coverage section above for the current supported jurisdictions.

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<summary>Can I use Company Search in a KYB onboarding workflow?</summary>

Yes.

Company Search is well suited to **KYB onboarding**, **corporate due diligence**, and business verification flows where you need authoritative registry data.

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