If You Are an Enterprise

Introduction

An enterprise vendor's problem is not visibility but consistency. Listings already exist, often created years ago by different teams, and the risk is that a procurement reviewer finds three descriptions that disagree.

The work here is consolidation before expansion.

Evidence base

Evidence base: 35 of 64 verified directories in the PetroHrys dataset accept enterprise vendors and require verification. 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

Inventory existing listings and claim any unclaimed profiles.
Standardise the description, categories and contact details across all of them.
Confirm the statutory register entry matches the legal entity used in contracts.
Only then consider new listings, prioritising directories that verify their reviewers.

Comparison

If You Are an Enterprise: verified directories, top 12 of 35 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

Work through the framework above in order and stop at the point where the next listing has no specific purpose.

When not to use this

Teams treating directories as a lead-generation channel in isolation.

Frequently asked questions

Are unclaimed profiles a risk?

They can be. A profile you do not control may carry stale information, and several directories allow reviews on unclaimed listings.

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.