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Coverage and Matching Data

Country Coverage

Data Cleaning allows you to match your records to companies across 23 countries and enrich company data across 20 of those countries.

Countries Supporting Matching and Enrichment with Country-Specific and Global Data:

  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • France
  • Greece
  • Ireland (Limited companies only)
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom (including Jersey and Isle of Man)
  • United States

Countries Supporting Matching and Enrichment with Global Data Only (International Jobs):

  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Luxembourg
  • Mexico
  • Spain

Countries Supporting Safe Number Matching Only (No Enrichment):

  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Liechtenstein

Determining a Company Match

Creditsafe’s matching service is designed to match on 14 core data elements, including business names, addresses, postal/zip codes, and telephone numbers. Additionally, Creditsafe supports matching against public IDs commonly used by clients as identification numbers within their systems.

Supported Public IDs for Matching:

  • Local Company Registration Numbers
    Matching is supported for the following countries:

    • United Kingdom (8-digit format required)
    • Sweden
    • France
    • Germany
    • Italy
    • Netherlands
    • Ireland
    • Belgium
    • Norway
    • Denmark

    Note:
    For France, if the organization number is provided as a SIREN, it is converted to a SIRET of the head office and matched that way. If the organization number is provided as a SIRET, it will be matched directly.

  • VAT/Tax Numbers
    Matching on VAT/Tax numbers is supported for the following countries:

    • Poland
    • Sweden
    • Austria
    • Greece
    • France (11 digits required)
    • Belgium (BE + 10 digits required)
    • Italy
    • Germany

    Note:
    Many national governments do not provide VAT identification numbers due to data protection laws. Availability of VAT numbers depends on the data provided by each country. For example, in Italy, only tax codes are matched.

If neither a registration number nor VAT number is provided, the input file must contain at least a company name and postcode or company name and telephone number.

Validation Requirements

VAT Number Validation

CountryRequirementExampleComments
France11-digit format30434504619
GermanyVAT is supported115235681
BelgiumBE + 10 digitsBE0578969739
Italy11-digit format02202740201
SwedenNo specific format556059357501
PolandNo specific format7741559448Only limited companies can be matched.
AustriaNo specific format23482309
GreeceNo specific format5730233699

Registration Number Validation

CountryRequirementExampleComments
United Kingdom8-digit format51476929
FranceSIRET Number51476929800027If provided as SIREN, it is converted to a SIRET of the head office.
GermanyRespect spaces between letters and numbers.HRB 12345 GERegistration number is supported when combined with company name.
Netherlands12-digit format123456780000Only 12 digits are acceptable for KvK numbers.
Belgium9-digit format413564941
Sweden10 or 12 characters5565716924
PolandNo specific format922195242
GreeceNo specific format3664201000
AustriaNo specific format134416

Creditsafe Matching Information

Creditsafe’s matching service uses a range of routines to evaluate potential matches. While the service matches on 14 core elements, it also evaluates hundreds or thousands of permutations of data to ensure accurate results.

Creditsafe Safe Number

For further information on Creditsafe Safe Numbers and supported IDs, refer to the Creditsafe Identification Numbers Document.

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