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Is This Company Legit? Find Out Who Is Behind It
Enter the company’s website, and its registration number if you have one. We look for the company in official registries (France, the UK, US public companies and the worldwide LEI register), read its Wikidata record, list the people a registry or its own pages name — each with the source — and search regulator warning lists when it offers financial services. You get a trust score from 0 to 100 with every check.
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Business Check
Open in betaWhat you need
The website address of the business
Optionally add the registration number, the country and the company name.
At a glance
$3.05B
Lost to business email compromise in 2025, from 24,768 complaints to the FBI: payments sent to a fake or hijacked supplier, partner or executive.
FBI IC3 2025 Internet Crime Report
0–100
A trust score with a level (high, medium, low, or not enough information) and every check behind it, each with its source.
AnyFact method
4 registries
France (Annuaire des entreprises), the UK (Companies House), US public companies (SEC EDGAR) and the worldwide LEI register (GLEIF).
Public registries
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Any free account can run a check (3 credits) and see how many checks were run and how many warning signs were found. The full report is on the Business plan ($49 a month).
AnyFact plans
Who is behind it? Why a company name proves little
Anyone can put a company name, an address and a registration number at the bottom of a website. Fake company names are often borrowed from real, registered businesses, so the name alone matches something in a register. What matters is whether the register entry is the same company as the site: same name, same address, same identifier, still active.
That is the comparison we make. A registry entry counts as confirmed only when the link to the site holds; a namesake with no proven link is shown as a possible match, worth fewer points. When the site belongs to a known organisation, its Wikidata record gives the country, the parent company, the stock listing and the leaders, each linked.
People are named only when a registry, Wikidata or the company’s own pages name them, with the link. When our AI cannot confirm who runs the business, the report says so, the score goes down, and on the Business plan our team takes the case by hand, with an answer within 48 hours. We never guess a director.
Does this sound familiar?
- A supplier you have never worked with sends a first invoice with new bank details.
- A recruiter offers a job at a company you cannot find anywhere outside its own site.
- An investment firm says it is regulated and gives a registration number.
- A company asks for a deposit before it delivers anything.
- You want to know who owns the site you are about to buy from.
Here's what we check
Enter the website
Optionally add the registration number, the country and the company name.
Registries, site, reputation
Up to 12 pages are read; the company is looked up in public registries; domain, Safe Browsing and web reputation are checked.
A trust score with its reasons
A score from 0 to 100 — high, medium or low, or “not enough information” — with every check and its source.
How to read the result
The company was found and matches the site, its operators are identified, and nothing worrying came up. Not a guarantee: keep normal caution.
Some signals are reassuring, others are missing or unclear. The report lists which, so you know what to check yourself.
Several things could not be verified or point the wrong way. A reason to check further before paying or signing, not an accusation.
Too few checks could be run (site unreachable, nothing found). We say so rather than guess a score.
Every report lists the checks that were run, those that could not be, and the source of each fact.
How to check if a company is legit, step by step
Start from what the company gave you: its website, the name and number on its invoice, contract or email signature. A legit company’s details agree with each other and with an official register.
- 01Enter the website. Add the registration number (SIREN, UK company number, LEI…) and the country when you have them.
- 02Read the identity block: the registered name, the status (active or closed), the incorporation date and the address, each linked to the register.
- 03Compare it with your documents. The name on the invoice, the address and the holder of the bank account should all match the register entry.
- 04Read the people block: who runs it, and where that information comes from.
- 05Read the checks that could not be confirmed. On the Business plan, our team takes those by hand, with an answer within 48 hours.
Which company registries do we check, and what do they tell you?
Four official sources are queried directly. For other countries, there is no free register we can query in this version, and we say so.
| Source | Covers | What it gives |
|---|---|---|
| Annuaire des entreprises (recherche-entreprises) | France | SIREN/SIRET, status, creation date, activity, address, directors |
| Companies House | United Kingdom | Company number, status, incorporation date, address, officers |
| SEC EDGAR | US public companies only | CIK, name, state, filings |
| GLEIF (LEI register) | Any country, entities with an LEI | Legal name, LEI, country, status, registered address |
| Wikidata | Known organisations | For the organisation whose official website is the domain: country, parent, stock listing, CEO and founders. Counted only with a Wikipedia page. |
| Identifiers printed on the site | Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Israel, Canada, US states | HRB, MERSİS, CR, trade licence or EIN numbers, shown as found and marked not verified |
Private US companies are registered by each state, not with the SEC, so a small US business will not appear in SEC EDGAR. The report then relies on the identifiers on the site, the domain, the reputation and the people it can confirm.
Fake company names: how a borrowed identity shows up
The most common trick is not an invented company but a real one used as a costume: a scam site copies the name and number of a registered business that has nothing to do with it. These are the gaps that give it away.
- The register entry exists but its address, activity or website do not match the site. We show it as a possible match, not a confirmed one.
- The company in the register is closed, dissolved or struck off. That costs 30 points.
- The company was registered decades ago but the website’s domain is a few weeks old.
- The site names a director that no register or company page confirms.
- The email comes from a free mailbox or a domain other than the company’s website.
The suppliers and partners guide covers the payment side: new bank details, first invoices and deposits. The job offers guide covers recruiters who borrow a real company’s name.
Investment, trading and payment companies: the regulator check
When the site offers investment, trading, crypto or payments, two more checks run. We look the firm up in the UK FCA register when we can, and we search the warning lists of the FCA, the AMF, CySEC, ASIC, CONSOB, CNMV, BaFin and other regulators for the domain and the name.
A claim such as “regulated by CySEC” is reported as not verifiable in this version when it is not in a register we can check: open the regulator’s own register to confirm it. The investment platforms guide lists where to look.
What a company check cannot tell you
- Whether the company can pay its debts: we do not read credit ratings, accounts or court records.
- Whether the person writing to you really works there. Call the company on a number from its official site, not from the email.
- Whether a product or service is good. For software vendors, the SaaS reliability check looks at customers, documentation and security claims.
For popular sites, our dated trust reports show the same check already run, with the company and the people behind each one.
Before you check
Is the score proof that a business is legitimate, or not?▼
No. It is an indication built from public signals, not a legal or financial assessment. A young or small business can be legitimate, and an established-looking site can still be fraudulent. Use the report to decide what to verify next.
Which countries can you check in an official registry?▼
France, the United Kingdom, US public companies (SEC EDGAR) and any entity with an LEI, worldwide. For other countries, including Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Israel and Canada, there is no free registry we can query in this version: we show the registration numbers printed on the site as found, marked not verified.
Do you show who runs the business?▼
Only when a public registry or the company’s own pages (legal notice, about, team) name them, with a link to that source. If our AI cannot confirm anyone, the report says so and our team takes the case manually, with an answer within 48 hours: we never guess a name, and an unidentified operator lowers the score.
What does a low score mean?▼
That several things could not be verified or point the wrong way: no registration confirmed, no legal notice, a very recent domain, a Google Safe Browsing listing, or repeated complaints in search results. It is a reason to check further, not a judgement. For investment platforms, always check the regulator of your own country before sending money.
What do you not check?▼
We do not log in, fill in forms, buy anything or contact the company. We do not read court records, credit ratings or private databases. Regulation is checked against the UK FCA register only; other claims, such as “regulated by CySEC”, are reported as not verifiable in this version.
How is AI used in the report?▼
Claude, Anthropic’s model, reviews the facts we extracted and short excerpts of the pages. Each of its findings must quote the text or the page it is based on; findings without evidence are dropped, and its effect on the score is capped. It also writes the summary, from the checks only.
What does it cost?▼
Any free account can run a Business Check (3 credits, out of 10 free credits a month) and see a preview: how many checks were run and how many warning signs were found. The full report — trust score, company, people, every source and the PDF — is part of the Business plan ($49 a month): unlimited Business Checks and AI checks under a fair-use limit of 5,000 credits a month, and a manual review by our team, with an answer within 48 hours, when the AI cannot confirm everything or when you are not satisfied with a result. When you upgrade, the checks you already ran unlock.
Can I check a company without its website?▼
The Business Check starts from a website address, because most of the signals come from it. If you only have a name and a number, the official register of its country is the place to start: Companies House in the UK, the Annuaire des entreprises in France, or the GLEIF search for an LEI.
Do you show the owners of a company?▼
We show the people that a registry, the Wikidata entry of the organisation or the company’s own pages name, with their role and the link. When the site belongs to a known organisation, Wikidata also gives its parent company and its stock listing. We never guess a name.
The company is registered. Does that make it legit?▼
It is a good sign, not a guarantee. Registration is cheap in most countries, and scam sites borrow the details of real companies. What matters is that the entry is active and matches the site: same name, address and identifier.
Check the company before you sign, pay or send your documents
What you need
The website address of the business
Free preview with a free account (3 credits a check). Full report on the Business plan — $49 a month, unlimited Business Checks (fair use).
The score is an indication, not a verdict on the business.
We only read public pages and public registries.
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