Company legitimacy check
Is this company real?
Enter a company name or website. Get a legitimacy verdict backed by registries, domain history, and public records.
Verify in three steps
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Enter the company
Name or URL. We disambiguate when multiple companies share a name.
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Sources cross-checked
Business registries, domain WHOIS, news presence, hiring footprint, sanctions screens.
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Verdict + evidence
Legitimacy score with the specific evidence behind it, plus any red flags we surfaced.
What weakens a legitimacy signal
Each weakness is a yellow flag in isolation. Clusters of them turn red.
No business registration we can find
Company claims a jurisdiction but no registry record matches the legal name.
Brand-new domain
Domain registered weeks ago, masked WHOIS, no archive history.
No employee footprint
Zero verifiable employees on professional networks for a company claiming dozens.
Address resolves to a coworking mailbox
Registered HQ is a virtual office address shared by hundreds of unrelated companies.
Press is paid-only or absent
Only mentions are press-release wires and pay-to-play directories — no independent coverage.
Inconsistent jurisdiction claims
Site says US HQ, registry says Seychelles, support team posts from a third country with no explanation.
Quick FAQ
It means the legitimacy signals we can see are consistent. Always pair it with the scam-risk score and the red-flag list before you act.
Yes. Coverage thins in opaque jurisdictions — we surface that as 'limited data' rather than guessing.
Small footprint is normal. We adjust expectations by company age and stage rather than punishing thin data automatically.
Registries and sanctions feeds are refreshed daily. Web and social signals are pulled at investigation time.
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