European Business Register (EBR)

Schmidt & Schmidt provides extracts from the European Business Register (EBR) with a translation.

The European Business Register was created in 1992. It is a public information source of the European Union that unites 28 countries, 20 of which are the European Union member states. Information about companies is gathered by corresponding institutions of the EBR members, using different methodology and legislative basis. As a rule, there is considerably less information in the EBR than in the national registers. However, extracts from the European Business Register allows to get information about more than 20 million companies located all over Europe.

EBR is administered online, and extracts from it are available in PDF format.

Countries presented in EBR:

Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark
Estonia	Finland	France	F.Y.R. Macedonia
Gibraltar	Guernsey	Germany	Greece
Ireland	Italy	Jersey	Latvia
Lithuania	Luxembourg	Malta	Netherlands
Norway	Serbia	Slovakia	Slovenia
Spain	Sweden	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Extract from the EBR can be used in order to:

• Obtain detailed information about potential business partners
• Negotiate foreign trade agreements

Extract contains the following information:

• Name of a company
• Type of business
• Legal address
• Phone number
• Registration number
• Date of registration
• Branches and subsidiaries
• Main activities
• Founders and CEO
• Registered capital
• Date of latest amendments
• Form of incorporation

NB: Information about some companies may be unavailable.

Sample of an extract from the EBR in English

To get a required document, you will need a company's name and country of registration.

Main types of businesses in the European Union

Apart from the national types of businesses, some companies can be registered according to the united corporate law of the European Union. These types of businesses are present in all EU member states.

Legal entities:
Societas Europaea (SE) – European Company, a type of joint-stock company
European Cooperative Society (SCE) – type of a cooperative, aimed at facilitating cooperatives’ cross-border and trans-national activities

Unincorporated:
European economic interest grouping (EEIG) – unlimited liability partnership

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