OpenSanctions KYB is a group of datasets related to corporate ownership and control. They are published in a well-defined data format and can be used to build complex knowledge graphs and analytical applications.
The datasets provide information regarding the control and ownership of companies in various jurisdictions. They are collected from public sources, and are published here in a cleaned and transformed structure, using the FollowTheMoney entity format.
Beneficial ownership data is used by businesses that want to understand if they're dealing with risky counterparties, and investigators who want to understand who is behind a particular company.
OpenSanctions KYB data is a building block, not an end-user product. Here's some ways you can use it:
Contact us about a data license if you plan to rely on the data for commercial use.
Our OpenSanctions default dataset collects entities that are directly or indirectly associated with some risk indication. This doesn't apply to the vast majority of companies.
The KYB datasets represent full company databases, irrespective of risk indications. Some company records from these datasets are routinely added to OpenSanctions core via data enrichment.
Unlike the OpenSanctions core data, the KYB datasets are not de-duplicated. This means that if a source registry publishes multiple records that describe a single person or company, they will be reproduced in this data as-is.
We update most sources once a week. This doesn't apply to data sources which - by their nature - do not change on a regular basis (e.g. the ICIJ OffshoreLeaks database).
Updates also exclude the Russian company database: since the Duma has passed laws which allow sanctioned companies to hide their information in the registry, we're using a static version dated 1. Jan 2022 as the last safe point of reference for Russia.
Brilliant, come talk to us! The OpenSanctions dataset is free to use for non-commercial purposes, including users from academia, activists and journalists. If you're interested in licensing the data for commercial purposes, please contact us.
Name: | icij_offshoreleaks |
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Summary: | Combined data from the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers and other cross-border investigations conducted by ICIJ and its partners. |
Publisher: | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) |
Coverage: | up until |
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Name: | gleif |
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Summary: | Base data for all entities which have been issued Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) codes, as well as the relationships between them. |
Publisher: | Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) |
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Name: | gb_coh_psc |
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Summary: | The database of beneficial owners of companies incorporated in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
Publisher: | UK Companies House (United Kingdom) |
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Name: | ru_egrul |
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Summary: | Companies database of the Russian Federation as maintained and published by the Federal Tax Service. |
Publisher: | Федеральная Налоговая Служба (Russia) |
Coverage: | up until |
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Name: | ua_edr |
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Summary: | The beneficial ownership database of legal entities registered in Ukraine (EDR) |
Publisher: | Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (Ukraine) |
Coverage: | up until |
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Name: | md_companies |
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Summary: | All companies in Moldova, with information on their founders, beneficial owners and directors. |
Publisher: | Agenția Servicii Publice (Moldova) |
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Name: | cy_companies |
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Summary: | Cypriot open data on companies, which names their officers but not any shareholders. |
Publisher: | Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (Cyprus) |
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Name: | dk_cvr |
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Summary: | Danish companies have to report beneficial owners (‘reelle ejere’) who directly control a company. Beneficial owners can be Danish or foreign natural persons. Data is collected by the Danish Business Authority. |
Publisher: | OpenOwnership |
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Name: | sk_rpvs |
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Summary: | Data is collected by the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic in the ‘Register partnerov verejného sektora’ (RPVS), and covers entities benefiting from public funding or conducting business with the state, so-called ‘Partners of Public Sector’. |
Publisher: | OpenOwnership |
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Name: | ee_ariregister |
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Summary: | A collection of all companies registered in Estonia, including directors and beneficial owners. |
Publisher: | Centre of Registers and Information Systems (Estonia) |
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Name: | lv_business_register |
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Summary: | The Latvian company registry lists directors, shareholders and beneficial owners as well as bank accounts for all companies and traders in the country. |
Publisher: | Latvijas Republikas Uzņēmumu reģistrs (Latvia) |
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Name: | cz_business_register |
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Summary: | Czech business register with company metadata and directorships as obtained from the open data xml dump by ARES. |
Publisher: | Administrativní registr ekonomických subjektů (ARES) (Czech Republic) |
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Name: | us_corpwatch |
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Summary: | Subsidiary relationship information from Exhibit 21 of companies' 10-K filings with the SEC (global subsidiaries of all publicly-listed companies in the US). |
Publisher: | CorpWatch (United States) |
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Name: | de_offeneregister |
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Summary: | The OpenCorporates dump of the german companies registry, recent until end of 2018, as published via OffeneRegister.de. Includes companies (HRA/HRB), organizations (VR/GnR/PR) and their officers. For some of the companies there is as well ownership data, but without share values. |
Publisher: | OffeneRegister.de / OKF DE (Germany) |
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Name: | openownership |
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Summary: | All datasets included in the OpenOwnership Register, an aggregator of datasets published in the BODS data format. |
Publisher: | OpenOwnership |
Datasets: | sk_rpvs · gb_coh_psc · lv_business_register · dk_cvr |
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Name: | graph |
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Publisher: | OpenSanctions |
Datasets: | ua_edr · md_companies · cz_business_register · dk_cvr · ru_egrul · gb_coh_psc · us_corpwatch · cy_companies · icij_offshoreleaks · de_offeneregister · sk_rpvs · ee_ariregister · lv_business_register · gleif |
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