DATA & METHODOLOGY
Useful company information should come with context. Here is where the data comes from, how we present it, and what it can’t tell you.
VATFind connects to Global Database’s KYB search and company-detail endpoints. We normalize the returned fields into a readable record and display the available source information.
Read the provider’s KYB documentation| Field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Legal name & registration number | Use these together to identify the legal entity. A trading name alone may not be enough. |
| VAT / tax ID | The identifier supplied in the company record, if available. Its presence is not authority validation. |
| Company registry status | The source’s reported status for the company. This is separate from its tax registration. |
| Registered address | The address provided in the result. Compare it with your company documents. |
| Source | The source name and link when supplied. A link is context, not a fresh authority check by VATFind. |
| Retrieved time | When VATFind obtained this result. It is not a guarantee of when every underlying field was updated. |
CLEAR LIMITS
All lookup requests go through Global Database. VATFind does not call external tax-authority APIs. The current KYB response does not provide an explicit VAT-registration validation result, so company registry status is never presented as VAT validity.
Some records have no tax ID, address, or status. No match and missing fields are not evidence that a company or tax number is invalid.
Company details can be cached for 15 minutes. The original retrieval time stays visible. Use an official source where a decision requires current registration evidence.
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