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enterprise

vr.tr.enterprise · SOC.ORG

Let an agent handle enterprises by identity, legal form, sector, size, ownership and public records.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle enterprises by identity, legal form, sector, size, ownership and public records.

An organisation engaged in commercial, industrial or professional activity, such as companies, firms, state-owned enterprises, auction houses and trading businesses.

What it is for: Producing goods and services and employing people.

It can be look up registration and legal form; check size and sector classification; find filed accounts; verify ownership.

Distinguishing features

Commercial or industrial organisation

Legal forms vary

Size classes defined by law

Publicly registered

What it looks like

An organisation with a name, registration, premises and staff.

How it is recognised

Registered name and number

Legal form such as Ltd or GmbH

Sector codes such as NACE

Related models

is a kind of - category

organization and business

is registered in - record

company register

is classified by - sector codes

NACE and ISIC

is run by - people

businessperson

In practice

Families and kinds

sole proprietorships

partnerships

companies and corporations

state-owned enterprises

cooperatives and social enterprises

Identifiers

LEI Legal Entity Identifier entities

company number national register id registration

Standards and regulation

Company law

EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Accounting and filing rules

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing entities with similar names

Stale register data

Hidden ownership

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.enterprise-attribute

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which enterprise.

Registration identifies.

Registration

Register.

Registration

Registration.

  1. What is its registered name and number? provenance
  2. Is it active? provenance

Legal form

Structure.

Form

Legal form.

  1. What legal form does it have? definition
  2. Under which law? provenance
Profile Sector and size.

Classification matters.

Sector

Activity.

Sector

Sector.

  1. What does it do, and which sector code applies? definition
  2. From which register? provenance

Size

Employees and turnover.

Size

Size.

  1. How many employees and what turnover? measurement
  2. Which size class applies? definition
Ownership Who controls it.

Ownership must be transparent.

Owners

Shareholders.

Owners

Ownership.

  1. Who owns or controls it? provenance
  2. Is beneficial ownership disclosed? boundary

Group

Parents and subsidiaries.

Group

Group structure.

  1. Is it part of a group? provenance
  2. Which is the ultimate parent? provenance
Records Filings.

Records need sources.

Accounts

Filings.

Accounts

Filed accounts.

  1. What do its latest filed accounts show? provenance
  2. When were they filed? provenance

Disambiguation

Similar names.

Disambiguation

Disambiguation.

  1. Is this the right entity, not one with a similar name? boundary
  2. Which identifier confirms it? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should legal forms be separate entries?
  • How should registers be linked?
  • Registry aliases list specific firms; how should they be linked as instances?
Draft as JSON