Check a supplier yourself: guides to the official registers

Every check we run in a paid report can be done by hand against the official public sources, and these guides show exactly how, register by register. They are written for the moment that matters: you are about to send a first payment to a supplier you have never met.

Check the company in its official register

• UK: check a company on Companies House before paying
• Germany: check a company in the Handelsregister from abroad
• Netherlands: verify a KVK number before a wire transfer
• France: verify a SIREN/SIRET before paying

Cross-checks that catch what registers miss

• Validate an EU VAT number in VIES, and what valid really means
• Screen a company and its directors against EU, UK, and US sanctions lists
• What a registry extract shows, and what it hides

Fraud patterns around first payments

• Supplier asked to change bank details: the invoice fraud checklist
• 12 red flags to check before paying a new overseas supplier
• Alibaba and B2B marketplace suppliers in Europe: verify independently

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