Directories for Enterprise Software

Introduction

Enterprise buyers use directories differently from small businesses. A listing is rarely the first touch; it is consulted during evaluation, often by someone building a shortlist for a committee. That changes what a good listing contains: depth, verification and comparability matter more than persuasion.

It also means the review platforms that verify their reviewers are worth disproportionately more than those that do not.

Evidence base

Evidence base: 38 of 64 verified directories in the PetroHrys dataset accept enterprise software. Every figure and table on this page is generated from those records at build time. Fields that were never established are shown as Unknown rather than filled in.

Decision framework

Platform marketplaces first if you integrate with a major platform. That is distribution into an existing customer base, not discovery.
Then a verified-review platform. Enterprise buyers discount unverified reviews heavily.
Then a comparison directory so you appear in category shortlists.
Confirm your statutory register entry is current. Procurement will check it.

Comparison

Directories for Enterprise Software: verified directories, top 12 of 38 by editorial score
Directory	Country	Category	Scope	Submission	Verification required	Review system	PetroHrys Score
Companies House Register	united-kingdom	government	national	Free	Yes	No	95
ABN Lookup	australia	government	national	Free	Yes	No	93
Search ASIC registers	australia	government	national	Free	Yes	No	92
Baza Internetowa REGON	poland	government	national	Free	Yes	No	91
L'Annuaire des Entreprises	france	government	national	Free	Yes	No	91
Veřejný rejstřík a Sbírka listin	czech-republic	government	national	Free	Yes	No	91
Bundesanzeiger	germany	government	national	Unknown	Yes	No	90
Gemeinsames Registerportal der Länder	germany	government	national	Unknown	Yes	No	90
Registro Imprese	italy	government	national	Unknown	Yes	No	90
Care Quality Commission	united-kingdom	healthcare	national	Unknown	Yes	No	89
Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle	france	government	national	Unknown	Yes	No	89
USPTO Trademark Search	united-states	government	national	Free	Yes	No	89

Advantages recorded across these directories

Primary legal source for UK company data
Free public access to filings
Free, no login required
Authoritative ABN status and GST data
Free across every register
Includes banned and disqualified registers, which most registries omit

Disadvantages recorded across these directories

Companies House states it does not verify the accuracy of filed information
Limited to publicly disclosable ABR fields
Split across many separate register searches
Interface is primarily Polish-language
Interface is French-language
Interface is primarily Czech-language

Recommendations

Prioritise directories that verify. A platform that confirms reviewers were recent users is more useful in a procurement conversation than one with ten times the review volume and no verification.

When not to use this

Vendors with no integration story and no reference customers yet. A thin enterprise listing invites unfavourable comparison.
Companies unwilling to sustain review collection, since an abandoned profile is read as a signal.

Frequently asked questions

Do enterprise marketplaces charge to list?

Most in this dataset do not publish listing pricing, so their submission model is recorded as Unknown. Several take a revenue share, which is a separate question from a listing fee.

Editorial references

Every directory named here has its own page recording what was verified, when, by whom and from which source. Scoring is documented in How the PetroHrys Score Works, and the verification standard in How Directories Are Verified.