Free resource · Updated June 2026

National Company Registers:
The B2B Prospector's Directory

Every legally trading company on earth is recorded in an official national register — long before it ever appears in Apollo or ZoomInfo. This is a free, maintained directory of those registers across 35+ markets, with the official access point and what each one gives you. Bookmark it, share it, prospect from the source.

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Why this exists: stored contact databases only hold the companies someone already harvested — heavily skewed to US tech. National registers list every company, including the local, family-owned and non-English-speaking firms aggregators miss, and they are the legal record, so they stay current. If you sell into Europe or any registry-rich market, the register is the better starting point.

Nordics

Open data is strong here — Finland and Norway publish bulk company data.
CountryOfficial registerWhat you getAccess
FinlandPRH / YTJY-tunnus, name, status, industry, address; bulk open dataFree + open data
SwedenBolagsverketOrg.nr, name, status, board, annual reportsFree search, paid extracts
NorwayBrønnøysund · EnhetsregisteretOrg.nr, roles, NACE, accounts; open APIFree + open API
DenmarkCVR (Virk)CVR no., name, status, directors; open dataFree + open data
IcelandSkatturinn (fyrirtækjaskrá)Kennitala, name, statusFree search

DACH & Benelux

The German Mittelstand and family firms aggregators systematically miss.
CountryOfficial registerWhat you getAccess
GermanyHandelsregister · BundesanzeigerHRB no., legal form, managing directors, annual filingsFree search, paid docs
AustriaFirmenbuch (JustizOnline)FN no., legal form, officersFree search, paid extracts
SwitzerlandZefixUID, name, purpose, officers; cantonal linksFree
NetherlandsKvK HandelsregisterKvK no., SBI codes, status; APIFree search, paid extracts
BelgiumKBO / BCEEnterprise no., NACE-BEL, status (FR/NL/DE)Free
LuxembourgRCS (LBR)RCS no., legal form, accountsFree search, paid docs

UK & Ireland

Among the most open registers in the world.
CountryOfficial registerWhat you getAccess
United KingdomCompanies HouseCompany no., officers, SIC, filings, accounts; free APIFully free + API
IrelandCRO · CORECRO no., directors, status, filingsFree search, paid docs

Southern Europe

CountryOfficial registerWhat you getAccess
FranceAnnuaire des Entreprises (INSEE/RNE) · InfogreffeSIREN/SIRET, NAF code, officers; SIRENE open dataFree + open data
SpainRegistro MercantilName, status, directors, accountsFree search, paid extracts
ItalyRegistro ImpreseREA/VAT, legal form, officers (Camere di Commercio)Free search, paid docs
PortugalPortal ePortugal / RNPCNIPC, name, status (CAE code)Free search, paid certs
GreeceGEMIGEMI no., legal form, statusFree search

Central & Eastern Europe + Baltics

CountryOfficial registerWhat you getAccess
PolandKRS · CEIDGKRS no., officers, PKD code, financialsFree
CzechiaObchodní rejstřík (justice.cz)IČO, legal form, officers, filingsFree
Estoniae-Business Register (RIK)Reg. code, board, EMTAK, accounts; open dataFree + open data
LatviaRegister of Enterprises · LursoftReg. no., officers, statusFree search, paid extracts
LithuaniaRegistrų centrasCompany code, status, managersFree search, paid docs
RomaniaONRCCUI, legal form, officers (CAEN code)Free search, paid docs
Hungarye-cégjegyzékReg. no., status, officersFree search

North America, APAC & rest of world

The US has no single national register — it is state-by-state, plus SEC EDGAR for public companies.
CountryOfficial registerWhat you getAccess
United StatesState Secretary of State filings · SEC EDGARPer-state incorporation data; EDGAR for public-co filingsFree (varies by state)
CanadaCorporations Canada + provincialCorp. no., directors, statusFree search
AustraliaASIC ConnectACN/ABN, status, officersFree search, paid extracts
New ZealandNZ Companies OfficeCompany no., directors, statusFully free
SingaporeACRA BizFileUEN, officers, statusFree search, paid profiles
IndiaMCA21CIN, directors, status, filingsFree search, paid docs
JapanNational Tax Agency · Corporate NumberCorporate number, name, address; open dataFree + open data
BrazilCNPJ (Receita Federal)CNPJ, name, CNAE, status; open dataFree + open data

Notes: some Gulf and emerging markets register companies inside free-zone authorities rather than one national register; coverage and openness vary. Spotted an error or a missing market? It is meant to be maintained — tell us at atlasforgex@proton.me.

The catch: registers are the truth, but they don't hand you a sales list

A register tells you a company exists and is trading. It does not hand you the decision-maker, a direct phone number, a verified email, or a buying signal — and checking 40 registers by hand, each in its own language and format, does not scale.

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