Editorial intelligence for compliance
Global business compliance data
Practitioner guides to official company registries across 209 jurisdictions. Pricing, access, English UI, API availability, and FATF context. Written for KYC analysts, AML platforms, fund administrators, in-house counsel, and compliance officers.
Latest
Malaysia IPO Readiness Checklist: A Practitioner Guide for Founders and CFOs
Editorial checklist for Malaysian companies preparing to list on Bursa. Main Market eligibility, MCCG 2021 governance, MFRS reporting, due diligence, costs, timeline. Citations to Bursa, SC, and practitioner sources.
JurisdictionAlgeria Company Search Guide 2026: How to Verify an Algerian Business
Search Algeria's CNRC commercial registry at cnrc.dz. French-language portal, in-person extraction common, FATF grey-listed. Practical guide for foreign compliance buyers.
EducationalCorporate Governance Readiness for Listing on Bursa Malaysia
How MCCG 2021 board composition, audit committee mandate, RPT disclosure, and ESG requirements apply before a Bursa Malaysia IPO. Citations to SC and Bursa sources.
Where we cover
209 jurisdictions live
Click a highlighted country to read the registry guide. Coverage expands weekly.
ASEAN (11)
East Asia (8)
South Asia (8)
MENA (18)
Europe (56)
North America (2)
Latin America & Caribbean (39)
Africa (53)
Why this guide exists
Business data is fragmented. Every country has its own registry, its own format, its own pricing model. A buyer in Malaysia trying to verify a Singapore counterparty navigates three government portals, two commercial aggregators, and prices that range from free to USD 150 per record.
There is no single map.
This guide is that map. We document, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, what is available: the official registry, the local credit bureaus, the data scope, the pricing, the access constraints. Buyer-side. No paywall. Information only.
About
businessdataguide is a publication initiative by KG (Teh Kim Guan), a Malaysia-based ACMA/CGMA Product consultant. More at tehkimguan.com.