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OpenCorporates
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OpenCorporates

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Also known as opencorporates.com, Open Corporates, OC

OpenCorporates is a website that shares data on corporations under the copyleft Open Database License. The company, OpenCorporates Ltd, was incorporated on 18 December 2010 by Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon, and the website was officially launched on 20th.

Key facts

Website.name
OpenCorporates
Website.logo
OpenCorporates logo.svg
Website.type
Public records database
Website.registration
Optional
Website.language
English
Website.content_license
Open Database Licence
Website.owner
OpenCorporates Ltd
Website.current_status
Active

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Official website

Link to the official site · 11,507 chars · not written by Vinony

Source code

This is where code for widgets for OpenCorporates live. These are intended as examples of how to use the OpenCorporates API (

Excerpt from the source-code README · 227 chars · not written by Vinony

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Recognition
  • Usage
  • See also
  • Explanatory notes
  • References
  • External links

OpenCorporates is a website that shares data on corporations under the copyleft Open Database License. The company, OpenCorporates Ltd, was incorporated on 18 December 2010 by Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon, and the website was officially launched on 20th.

Data is sourced from national business registries in 140 jurisdictions, and presented in a standardised form. Collected data comprises the name of the entity, date of incorporation, registered addresses, and the names of directors. Some data, such as the ownership structure, is contributed by users.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “OpenCorporates” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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