What Company Check does

Company Check Ltd operates a web-based credit reference and business intelligence platform providing instant access to company and director credit reports across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Cardiff, Wales (with operational context in Nottingham), the platform aggregates over 15 million credit reports containing risk scores, recommended credit limits, County Court Judgements, charges and mortgages, up to 20 years of financial accounts, and director/shareholder information sourced from Companies House and equivalent Irish registries. Its core products are Company Reports, Director Reports, and supporting modules including Companies House Documents, Accounts with bulk table exports, a customisable Business Dashboard with monitoring and alerts, and Data Exports for bulk retrieval.

The company operates a product-led growth, self-serve model with a free ad-supported tier and tiered subscriptions — Individual at £30/month, Business Monthly at £35/month, and Business Annual at £350/year (a 15% saving). A registered base of 250,000+ users and 20+ million annual visitors generate over 100 million report deliveries per year, supported by SEO-led acquisition, content marketing through its hub blog, presence on Facebook, X/Twitter and LinkedIn, paid display and remarketing, email marketing, and PR features in publications such as Business Zone, CityAM and Elite Business. An advertising partner programme monetises the same audience via banner and interest-based advertising across report pages and director profiles.

Trusted-by logos displayed on the platform include BBC, Thomson, RBS, Co-operative, Expedia, and Nationwide, used as credibility signals rather than disclosed enterprise customers. The company is privately held with 1–10 employees, no disclosed external funding, no parent entity, and no AI/ML capabilities explicitly disclosed. Its primary use cases are business due diligence, credit risk management, market research and prospecting, recruitment/employer checks, and general company and director verification for finance teams, recruiters, consultants, and SMBs across the UK and Ireland.

Name

Company Check

Legal name

Company Check Ltd

Website

https://companycheck.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Company Check Ltd is a UK and Ireland web-based credit reference platform providing self-serve company and director credit reports, monitoring, and data exports to over 250,000 registered SMB and individual users via tiered subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Monthly and annual subscription plans providing unlimited access to company/director credit reports, documents, and data exports. Business Monthly at £35/month, Business Annual at £350/year, Individual access at £30/month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Company Check operates a web-based credit reference agency platform that provides instant access to over 15 million company and director credit reports across the UK and Ireland. The service delivers risk scores, recommended credit limits, County Court Judgements, mortgages and charges, up to 20 years of financial history, director and shareholder information, and corporate group structure for due diligence and credit risk decisions.

Product overview

Company Check is a UK business data platform offering a unified suite of company and director information services. The core offering consists of Company Reports (credit reports with risk scoring, CCJs, mortgages, financials, and corporate structure) and Director Reports (appointment history and combined financial profiles). These are supplemented by add-on modules including Documents (Companies House filings), Accounts (financial data with export capabilities), a customisable Business Dashboard for monitoring, and Data Exports for bulk retrieval. The platform covers over 15 million credit reports across the UK and Ireland, delivered through subscription plans (Business Monthly at £35/month or Business Annual at £350/year).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Company Reports
• Director Reports
• Documents
• Accounts
• Business Dashboard
• Data Exports

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 million reports delivered to users annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Advertising PartnersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCompany Check offers advertising opportunities across company report pages, director profiles, and platform touchpoints. Partners advertise to users actively researching UK businesses in a B2B environment.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Experian: Experian is a global credit bureau and information services giant with a major UK presence. It offers business credit reports, monitoring, and analytics well beyond Company Check's niche, competing for the same UK customers from the enterprise end.
• Dun & Bradstreet: Dun & Bradstreet is a leading global provider of business credit information and analytics. It serves enterprise UK customers with deeper data and international coverage than Company Check, representing the upper end of the competitive set.
• Equifax UK: Equifax is a global consumer and business credit reporting bureau with significant UK operations. It competes with Company Check for enterprise and mid-market UK business credit data customers, offering a broader portfolio of analytics and risk solutions.

Direct peers

• Endole: Endole is a UK business information platform providing free and paid company reports, director information, and credit data. It competes directly with Company Check on UK company and director credit report subscriptions targeting SMBs.
• Red Flag Alert: Red Flag Alert provides UK business credit reports, risk monitoring, and AML/compliance data. It is comparable to Company Check in offering credit reports and director checks, though with a stronger compliance and KYC tilt.
• DueDil: DueDil is a UK business information platform offering company data, credit reports, and compliance tools aimed at fintechs and financial institutions. It competes with Company Check in serving UK customers needing richer company and director intelligence.
• Company Watch: Company Watch is a UK credit analytics provider focused on financial health and corporate distress analysis. It overlaps with Company Check's risk scoring and credit report offerings, particularly for finance and credit management teams.
• Creditsafe: Creditsafe is one of Europe's largest business credit reporting agencies, offering company credit reports, monitoring, and data services across multiple countries. It directly competes with Company Check in the UK and Ireland SMB and enterprise credit information market.

Emerging players

• CheckASO / UK Data Plus: UK Data Plus and similar emerging players offer UK company and director checks at low price points. They overlap with Company Check's lower-tier subscription offerings, particularly for individual and SMB due diligence use cases.

Others

• Companies House (UK Government): Companies House is the UK's official public register of company information. While not a direct paid competitor, it provides the underlying free data that Company Check aggregates and presents, and serves as a baseline alternative for users seeking basic company data.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/companycheck
• Facebookfacebook.com/CompanyCheck
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/company-check-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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