About EORI-Search.eu
EORI-Search.eu was originally a project for a so called VWA, translated from German a pre-scientific paper during the final exam in Austria.
Because the page got so popular and had so many visitors, who out of a sudden were able to find VAT IDs, the website was absorbed by Linkomat GmbH, placed in Vienna.
What makes this site unique is the reverse of the process of proofing VAT IDs. Moreover, it is possible to find these VAT IDs even when you only have the name of the company. This is mostly applied by companies, who either need the number of their affiliates for writing invoices or update their customer databses. In the latter case the VAT Number Register is perfectly suited because of its normalized and uniquely relatable data (with the VAT number as primary key).
Alternatively this service can also be used to check vat numbers by inputting the number in the name field without considering the format .
Source of the Information
EORI-Search.eu is directly connected to public institutions who publish the information in the first place.
This sites simplifies the search of the following data:
- over 8,200.000 VAT IDs from
Argentina
- over 1,129.000 VAT IDs from
Austria
- over 19,005.000 VAT IDs from
Australia
- over 2,357.000 VAT IDs from
Belgium
- over 1,206.000 VAT IDs from
Bulgaria
- over 53,466.000 VAT IDs from
Brazil
- over 1,140.000 VAT IDs from
Switzerland
- over 365.000 VAT IDs from
Czechia
- over 5,245.000 VAT IDs from
Germany
- over 2,156.000 VAT IDs from
Denmark
- over 159.000 VAT IDs from
Estonia
- over 877.000 VAT IDs from
Finland
- over 27,624.000 VAT IDs from
France
- over 10,809.000 VAT IDs from
Great Britain
- over 0.000 VAT IDs from
Greece
- over 284.000 VAT IDs from
Croatia
- over 708.000 VAT IDs from
Hungary
- over 374.000 VAT IDs from
Ireland
- over 2,630.000 VAT IDs from
Italy
- over 5,552.000 VAT IDs from
Japan
- over 146.000 VAT IDs from
Luxembourg
- over 473.000 VAT IDs from
Latvia
- over 95.000 VAT IDs from
Malta
- over 6,665.000 VAT IDs from
the Netherlands
- over 1,266.000 VAT IDs from
Norway
- over 1,692.000 VAT IDs from
New Zealand
- over 6,314.000 VAT IDs from
Poland
- over 803.000 VAT IDs from
Portugal
- over 3,724.000 VAT IDs from
Romania
- over 10,825.000 VAT IDs from
Russia
- over 795.000 VAT IDs from
Sweden
- over 178.000 VAT IDs from
Slovenia
- over 368.000 VAT IDs from
Slovakia
- over 1,564.000 VAT IDs from
the Ukraine
- over 1,042.000 VAT IDs from
South Africa
- together 179,237.000 VAT IDs from
Europe
Functionality
This search engine has only been made possible to realise due to the high performance of compution. If you hit the search button, the search algorithm checks all VAT numbers, matches the given name with them and sorts them after their relevance.
Following functions make the search more efficient:
- Synonyms - different spellings and abbreviations of i.e. Limited lead to nearly the same results.
- Fuzzy Search - even misspellings are no obstacle to the wanted results as the algorithm uses similarity based on Levenshtein edit distance.
- Global Indexing - you can search after all entries in the index, which is why it is for instance possible to find the VAT IDs of a certain company in Great Britain and Austria at once.
- Geo Coordinates - if you do not know twrihe name of the business you can enter the address and EORI-Search.eu will find the nearest matches.
- Register Numbers - if the company is registered you can get the Register Report by only clicking once.
- Further Information - in countries including Great Britain and Belgium it is possible to get further information such as Incorporation Date, Status or Category about the company. This information is i.e. from the Companies House.
Privacy Concerns
Because sole traders often have a VAT number they are also listed in this search engine. Sometimes they see their privacy endangered, but if you contact Linkomat GmbH, your information will be deleted as soon as possible. However, exactly these entries are very interesting for some companies as these sole traders sometimes do not have any entry in the internet. The Linkomat GmbH is therefore confronted with two sides of sole traders. On the one hand person who do not want their private addresses etc. publicly available and on the other hand businesses who implicitly want to be found because it is a kind of advertisement for them and otherwise their business would seem dubious (when the would appear as if they had no VAT ID).