🇦🇹 Austria
Company data, people and shareholders for Austrian businesses
Overview
AiPrise verifies Austrian businesses against the Austrian Companies Register (Firmenbuch). A business verification returns the company profile, directors and legal representatives, shareholders, and the documents filed with the register.
Coverage
| Data point | Returned | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Company profile | Yes | Legal name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address |
| Directors and legal representatives | Yes | |
| Shareholders | Yes | |
| Ultimate beneficial owners | No | The Austrian UBO register (WiEReG) is not public |
| VAT number check | Yes | Separate check against the EU VAT register |
| Document | Returned |
|---|---|
| Register extract | Yes |
| Articles of association | Yes, when filed |
| Financial statements | Yes, when filed |
| UBO extract | No |
Documents, as the register names them
- Firmenbuchauszug (register extract), current or historical, in German or English
- Gesellschaftsvertrag (articles of association)
- Jahresabschluss (annual accounts)
Speed
| Step | Typical | 9 in 10 within |
|---|---|---|
| Business verification (company data, officers, shareholders) | 12 seconds | 40 seconds |
| Register documents (extract, articles, annual accounts) | 4 minutes | 30 minutes |
Documents are ordered from the register after the verification and arrive later, so use callbacks instead of waiting on the verification response. These are typical times from production, not a service-level commitment: set timeouts well above them.
Sources
| Register | What it gives |
|---|---|
| Firmenbuch (Austrian Companies Register) | Company profile, officers, shareholders, register extract, filed documents |
| VIES (EU VAT register) | VAT number check |
Identifiers
Send the Firmenbuch number as business_entity_id, with country_code set to AT.
| Identifier | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Firmenbuchnummer (FN) | Up to 6 digits followed by a check letter. The FN prefix is optional. | FN 123456a or 123456a |
| VAT number (UID) | ATU followed by 8 digits. Used only for the VAT check. | ATU12345678 |
You can also search by legal name.
Statuses and legal forms
Every result carries the register's own status in registration_info.status and an AiPrise status in registration_info.normalised_status. The normalised status is one of Active, Suspended, Dormant, Dissolved / Struck Off, In Liquidation / Insolvency or Unknown.
| Register status | Normalised status |
|---|---|
| active | Active |
| liquidation | In Liquidation / Insolvency |
| terminated | Dissolved / Struck Off |
Legal forms come back as the register writes them in entity_type, for example GmbH, GmbH & Co. KG, KG, OG and e.U..
Quirks and gotchas
- Send the Firmenbuch number (FN) in
business_entity_id, not the VAT number (ATU…). The VAT number is only for the VAT check. - Include the check letter at the end of the FN (
123456a). It is part of the number. - The register returns no UBOs, so a UBO check needs the business's WiEReG extract as an uploaded document.
- Sole traders listed in the Firmenbuch (
e.U.) are covered. Sole traders with only a trade licence (GISA) are not. - Older legal forms still appear on long-standing companies, for example
KEG(nowKG). - Register extracts come in current or historical versions, each in German or English. Pick the one your reviewers need.
Limits
- UBOs are not returned. Collect them with the business's UBO extract (WiEReG-Auszug) as an uploaded document.
- Articles of association and annual accounts come back only when the company has filed them with the register.
- Associations (Vereinsregister / ZVR) and sole traders (GISA) are not covered.
Updated about 4 hours ago