Company register

A company register is a register of organizations in the jurisdiction they operate under.[1]

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A statistical business register has a different purpose than a company register. While a commercial/trade register serves a purpose of protection, accountability and control, a statistical register plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office.[2]

Company registers in the world
Main article: List of company registers

Each country's company register has different registrar types, contents, purpose, and public availability.

Openness

According to ratings published by the website OpenCorporates, Denmark and United Kingdom are the leaders with regard to openness of information available in a company's register.[3] Registries/registrars in these countries are named, correspondingly, Central Business Register and Companies House.

References
  1. World Bank (24 October 2014). Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency. World Bank Publications. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4648-0352-9.
  2. Ritzen, Jean. "Statistical Business Register: Content, place and role in Economic Statistics" (PDF). Statistics Netherlands.
  3. "Open Company Data Index". registries.opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
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