Harry Thompson

Switzerland hosts disproportionate corporate value for its size — UBS, Nestlé, Roche, Novartis, ABB, Glencore, Holcim, Zurich Insurance, Swiss Re,

Italy has the largest commercial register in continental Europe — 6 million businesses, of which around 900,000 file annual financial

The Netherlands has one of the most digitally mature filing regimes in Europe — mandatory XBRL for nearly a decade,

Europe is home to roughly 40 million registered companies across the EU, the UK, the EEA, and Switzerland — and

Spain has 3.31 million economically active enterprises, 35 IBEX-listed blue chips, and one of Europe’s most punitive non-compliance regimes —

France runs one of Europe’s most digitised company data ecosystems — and one of its most fragmented. Three government registries,

Germany is Europe’s largest economy and home to over 3.3 million registered companies. Unlike the UK, where Companies House provides

The UK has the most accessible company registry in the world. Companies House makes every filed document available for free

If you work in compliance, credit risk, PE due diligence, or procurement — and you deal with companies across borders

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