
Search, verify and purchase global company data
EC Public Search is a single platform for compliance, legal, and risk professionals to search, verify, and purchase official company data and filings from more than 160 authoritative global registries, with full data provenance and an audit trail. Get started immediately with free self-serve access through the Search hub, or connect through our API or Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to bring registry data into your own systems and AI environment.
Who is EC Public Search for?
EC Public Search is used by banks, financial institutions, payment service providers, law firms, consultancies and corporates to conduct company checks fast. Key roles that benefit from EC Public Search include:
Instant access to official, auditable company data enables faster onboarding and periodic reviews with a defensible audit trail, reducing compliance risk and time spent chasing data.
Verify and export filings for a case with instant access to official filings from authoritative registries, exportable in seconds, eliminating manual searches and reducing due diligence turnaround.
Check counterparty legitimacy instantly with real-time verification of company status, ownership, and registration from primary sources, enabling faster, more confident risk decisions.
Validate a new partner or vendor quickly with access to verified company data via our Search hub, no contract required. Complete KYC and vendor checks in minutes rather than days.
How it works
Start searching on our Search hub now for free.
Contact us to discuss API or MCP integration.
Access data from 160+ global business registries
Source critical Know your business (KYB) public company data and documents in real-time, directly from authoritative government and regulatory registries.
EC Public Search provides confidence that the data you rely on is always current and traceable to its primary source.
Stop purchasing the same document multiple times.
Key features
No onboarding, training, or IT setup required. EC Public Search gets your team to the data they need, fast.
Three ways to access EC Public Search
Start searching on our Search hub now for free.
Contact us to discuss API or MCP integration.
Enterprise-grade security
- ISO 27001
- AICPA SOC 2 Type II
Benefits
Pricing
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FAQs
EC Public Search is a single platform for searching, verifying, and purchasing official company data and filings from more than 160 global business registries, with full data provenance and an audit trail.
EC Public Search is self-serve via the Search hub. You can start searching and purchasing documents immediately. API and MCP access, for embedding EC Public Search data into your own systems, are available through our sales team.
Search hub is a self-serve, browser-based way to search and purchase documents individually. API and MCP access let you embed EC Public Search data directly into your own systems and workflows and are set up through our sales team.
MCP is an open standard that lets AI agents and language models call external tools directly. The MCP server exposes company search, profile, and document data as a suite of self-describing tools, so an AI environment can query authoritative registry data on demand rather than relying on static or cached information. Access is arranged through our sales team.
Yes. EC Public Search is available through the Search hub for self-serve use, an API for embedding registry data directly into existing systems, and a MCP server that connects a client’s AI environment, including systems, language models, and agents, to company data on demand. API and MCP access are set up through our sales team.
KYB is the process of verifying the identity, ownership, and legal status of a business, similar to how KYC verifies individual customers. EC Public Search supports KYB by sourcing this data directly from authoritative registries.
EC Public Search connects to more than 160 authoritative government and regulatory registries worldwide, covering company registration, filings, and office holder data. This covers registries in North America, Europe, UK and APAC, including Delaware Division of Corporations, Germany’s Handelsregister, UK Companies House, and Singapore’s ACRA.
Yes. Company profiles and documents are sourced directly from primary registries and delivered in seconds, so the data reflects the current registry record rather than a cached copy.
Data provenance means every piece of data can be traced back to its original source registry, with a record of when and how it was retrieved. This matters for compliance teams because it provides evidence for regulators and auditors that due diligence data is authoritative and current.
Yes, it is free to conduct a company search on EC Public Search via the Search hub. Official registry documents found as part of the search are available to download for free or purchase when specified. Please get in touch to discuss integrating EC Public Search via API and MCP.
Yes. Documents can be downloaded individually or purchased in bulk, and once purchased, they can easily be shared across teams, reducing the risk of documents being purchased again unnecessarily.
Instead of searching each country’s registry separately, EC Public Search accesses data from over 160 registries through one platform, creating consistent company profiles, with adverse media insight and audit trail built in.
EC Public Search is delivered through our secure, enterprise-grade SaaS EC360 platform. It is ISO 27001-certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant. All company profile information sourced from trusted registries is processed securely, with full auditability.
Compliance, legal, and risk teams at banks and financial institutions use EC Public Search for know-your-business checks, corporate due diligence, and ongoing monitoring.
No. EC Public Search is designed for immediate use with no onboarding, training, or IT setup required.
You can start searching immediately through the Search hub at ecpublicsearch.com, either as an individual user or as a team. For API or MCP server access, contact our sales team.
Documents can be purchased by debit or credit card in EC Public Search. You can also purchase credit bundles or subscribe to receive monthly credits, used to purchase documents at a discounted price. All document and credit purchases are processed by Stripe and billed instantly for one-off purchases or monthly in advance for credit subscriptions. EC Public Search supports three checkout currencies: GBP, EUR and USD.
You can view purchases in the Transactions screen in EC Public Search. This includes documents purchased, adverse media and associated entities reports, credit purchases and subscriptions. Credit subscriptions can be changed or canceled in the Billing screen at any time. View transactions and spending by individuals or by team, and control spending levels by allocating credits to specific teams.
EC Public Search has three roles, with each providing different levels of access:
- Guest – guests can search for and view company profiles and purchase documents with credit or debit cards only.
- Team Member – team members have the same access as guests, plus access to view historical searches, access the document library, and run adverse media and associated entity reports. As part of a team, you will also be able to purchase documents with credits (if credits have been purchased)
- Admin – Admins have the same access as team members, plus the ability to manage teams, allocate credits to teams, view transactions and manage credit subscriptions.


