🇮🇪 Ireland
Company data, directors, secretaries, shareholders and CRO filings for Irish businesses
Overview
AiPrise verifies Irish businesses against the Companies Registration Office (CRO). A business verification returns the company profile, directors and secretaries, shareholders, and documents filed with the CRO.
Coverage
| Data point | Returned | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Company profile | Yes | Legal name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address |
| Directors and legal representatives | Yes | Directors and company secretaries |
| Shareholders | Yes | From annual returns |
| Ultimate beneficial owners | No | |
| VAT number check | Yes | Separate check against the EU VAT register |
| Document | Returned |
|---|---|
| Company printout and profile | Yes |
| Letter of status | Yes |
| Annual return | Yes, when filed |
| Financial statements | Yes, when filed |
| Constitution | Yes, when filed |
Documents, as the register names them
- Company Printout and Company Profile
- Letter of Status
- Form B1 / B1C annual return
- Financial statements (filed with the annual return)
- Constitution
- Certificate of Incorporation
Speed
| Step | Typical | 9 in 10 within |
|---|---|---|
| Business verification (company data, officers, shareholders) | 11 seconds | 59 seconds |
These are typical times from production, not a service-level commitment: set timeouts well above them, or use callbacks.
Company types
Companies and registered business names in the CRO are covered.
| Company type | Legal forms | Covered | What to expect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private company limited by shares | LTD | Yes | Full data: officers, shareholders, documents |
| Designated activity company | DAC | Yes | Full data |
| Private unlimited company | ULC | Yes | Full data |
| Business name of an individual | Business name - Individual | Yes | Profile and owner |
| Business name of a company | Business name - Body Corporate | Yes | Profile |
| Business name of a partnership | Business name - Partnership | Yes | Profile and partners |
Sources
| Register | What it gives |
|---|---|
| Companies Registration Office (CRO) | Company profile, officers, shareholders, filed documents |
| VIES (EU VAT register) | VAT number check |
Identifiers
Send the CRO number as business_entity_id, with country_code set to IE.
| Identifier | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| CRO number | 5 or 6 digits | 123456 |
| VAT number | IE followed by 7 digits and 1 or 2 letters. Used only for the VAT check. | IE1234567T |
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 |
| Inactive | Dormant |
Legal forms come back as the CRO writes them in entity_type, for example LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares, DAC - Designated Activity Company and Business name - Individual.
Quirks and gotchas
Country-specific behaviour to know before you integrate.
| Quirk | Details |
|---|---|
| Business names | About 1 in 4 results are registered business names (sole traders, partnerships, trading names of companies), not companies. The owner comes back as Registered Business Owner, normalised role UNKNOWN. |
| Parent companies | Some results list the immediate or ultimate parent company as a related party. |
Inactive is Dormant | Inactive maps to Dormant, not to Dissolved / Struck Off. |
Limits
- UBOs are not returned.
- Shareholders come from the latest annual return, so recent changes may not show yet.
Updated about 20 hours ago