Resolve the operating entity
The planned method starts with registry identity, then checks dated operating evidence and the link to the trading business. Unresolved matches cannot be presented as checked operating companies.
Private Company Directory
A private company directory built for real target lists.
We are researching a hand-checked private company spreadsheet for teams mapping acquisition targets and markets. The planned records will connect legal identity to separate evidence of trading, with public contact routes only where supported. No market file is on sale yet. Review the method and register interest in the market you need.
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From register to research file Check each field
Legal identityRegistry source
Trading evidenceSeparate check
AddressesTwo fields
Contact routeIf published
What's in a record
Know what a record can support.
A register can anchor a legal name, number, status and registered office. It does not by itself establish current trading or a trading address. The planned file is designed to keep those checks distinct, with sources and dates that a buyer can assess.
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Who they are
Registered name and any trading name, legal form, incorporation date, and the registry identifier that makes the record checkable.
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What they do
The company’s published description of its activity and its filed industry code, kept as separate pieces of evidence.
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Where they are
Registered office and, where it differs, the address the business actually trades from. Recorded as two fields, never merged into one.
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How to reach them
A website, general company email or switchboard only where a public source supports it. Missing routes stay blank.
Depth varies by jurisdiction, because filing requirements do, and we will publish that detail on the coverage page rather than average it away. Fields a company does not publish are left blank, never estimated. See what a private company record can establish before using one in a target list. If you are comparing suppliers, use the private company database evaluation checklist to test the source and operating-evidence standard first.
How it's built
Checked by hand, one company at a time.
A registry search can include dissolved entities, holding companies and similar names. Companies House lists legal status, filings and registered office for UK companies; its records still need to be connected to current operating evidence.
Keep the source with the field
A filed legal status, an own-site activity claim and a separately evidenced trading address answer different questions. Revenue and headcount remain blank unless publicly reported.
Planned one-time file
The intended model is a one-time purchase per finished market. No file, price or purchase route is available while research is in progress.
What it won't tell you
The limits, stated up front.
Public filings vary by entity and jurisdiction. In the UK, small and micro companies can omit a public profit and loss account. The planned file will show what the sources support and leave other fields blank.
- Revenue and headcount
- Only where a company files or publishes them for an identifiable period. If a figure is not publicly supported, the field stays blank rather than becoming an estimate.
- Ultimate ownership
- Only what a relevant public register supports. An absent or incomplete public ownership record is not filled by reconstructing a shareholder chain.
- Whether they want to sell
- A company record is not evidence of sale or fundraising interest. Target research must never present an entity as open to an approach without a current, attributable statement.
Who it's for
Built for people mapping a real market.
Buyers building target lists
Find the companies that fit a thesis and never appear in a deal database, because they have never done a deal.
Corporate finance and research teams
Map an industry from the bottom up instead of re-deriving the same twenty names from the same three trade publications.
Sales and partnership teams
Build a territory list against what companies actually do, rather than the industry code they registered under a decade ago.
Not on sale yet
Tell us which market you need.
Research is under way and no market file is available yet. Say which country and sector matter to you so we can discuss the research scope by email.