Preserve jurisdiction context
Keep the country and identifier type with every submitted value instead of treating numbers as globally unique.
CROSS-BORDER ENTITY RESOLUTION
Cross-border company identity resolution.
Put identity evidence into the workflow.
Standardise legal-company identities across countries where names, tax identifiers, registration formats and source coverage differ.
START WITHCompany name or identifier + jurisdictionREVIEWCanonical local entity + source context
Design the control around your systems and policy.Define countries, inputs, match rules, exceptions, evidence and delivery before integration.
WHEN TO USE IT
Create consistent company identities across jurisdictions without forcing every country into one identifier model.
Use the company match as structured evidence inside the operating workflow. Keep inputs, results, source, retrieval time and exceptions together.
- A multinational supplier or customer dataset contains inconsistent local identifiers.
- Group brands and local subsidiaries are being confused in CRM, ERP or onboarding systems.
- Data operations need country-aware matching before consolidation or enrichment.
THE WORKFLOW
Four steps. One clear result boundary.
Resolve the local company
Match the name and available identifiers against the relevant country records.
Standardise core fields
Return a canonical legal name, registration number, tax ID, address and source context.
Separate entities from groups
Keep the local contracting company distinct from its brand, branch, parent or wider corporate group.
WHAT YOU CAN REVIEW
The record, not just the number.
Fields vary by country and company. VATFind labels absent information instead of inventing a result.
- 01Jurisdiction-specific entity
- The legal company resolved within the correct registration country.
- 02Local identifiers
- Tax and registration identifiers labelled by type rather than merged into one field.
- 03Canonical legal name
- A consistent source-reported name for downstream systems.
- 04Address and legal form
- Local context for disambiguating similar companies.
- 05Source provenance
- The country source and retrieval context attached to the match.
READ THE RESULT CORRECTLY
Cross-border matching must remain country aware.
Identifier availability, formatting, status definitions and update cadence differ by jurisdiction. A global matching workflow needs country-specific rules, confidence thresholds and exception handling rather than one universal pass or fail rule.
Review data and limitationsCOMMON QUESTIONS
Before you implement the workflow.
These answers define where company identity evidence fits—and what controls must remain separate.