How-to
How to check whether a company is missing from its national business registry
A company can have a real, valid LEI and still not show up where you'd expect it — its own country's commercial registry. Here's how to check, without guessing.
3 steps
- Get the entity's LEI — Look it up in GLEIF's public index if you only have a name — a company can have more than one, so match on the exact legal entity.
- Check what registry that LEI should link to — Its declared legal jurisdiction implies an expected registry (UK Companies House, Spain BORME, France SIRENE) — this is the expectation rule, not a guess.
- Query find_missing with the LEI — It tells you if GLEIF has that link on file — CONSISTENT or NO_HIGH_CONFIDENCE_MATCH — always with the reasoning, never a bare yes/no.