Beneficial Ownership

The Beneficial Ownership report provides the beneficial ownership details and data points that are associated with the business based on the search values that were entered.

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If you search by a business, then all of the available beneficial ownership information that is associated with that business is returned.

Report Section Descriptions

The following table contains descriptions for each section of the report.

Report Section Descriptions
Section Description
Header Information This section provides general information about the report.
Generated On
This line displays the date and the time when the report was generated.
Search Terms
This line displays the search terms that you entered into the search form.
Report Created For
This line displays who the report was created for.
Company Summary This section provides the company details.
Primary Name
Single name by which the organization searched is primarily known or identified
This field appears in the tab.
D-U-N-S Number
Nine-character numeric string that identifies the proprietary organizational identifier owned and managed by Dun & Bradstreet and provides unique identification of a subject
Address
Best address for the business
Business Status
Indicates whether the business is out of business or not primary
Industry Description
Description of the business activities represented by the primary U.S.SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) code (for example, highway and street construction).
Business Entity Type
Broad category of an organization structure into which all legal forms are grouped
These categories are created by Dun & Bradstreet for client use based on legal form association with one and only one legal form class.

Possible values:

  • Corporation
  • Partnership
  • Proprietorship
  • National Government
  • Local Government
  • Joint Venture
  • Non Profit Organization
  • Co-operative / Mutual Organization
  • Foreign Company
  • Legal forms that do not fit into an existing legal form class
Control Ownership Type
Name for the type of controlling ownership
Possible values:
  • Government Entity
  • Publicly Traded Company
  • Privately Owned
  • State owned Enterprise
Ownership Unavailable Reasons
Reason why ownership information for this entity is unavailable
Multiple reasons can be returned. This field is not returned when no reasons are available.
Possible values:
  • As a new business, this data has not yet been filed
  • No real estate assets
  • Details of real estate remain unknown
  • Subject rents facilities
  • Registered in Isle of Man
  • Registered in Channel Islands
  • Registered in Luxembourg
  • D&B didn't ask the question; data is unavailable/undetermined
  • D&B Cannot Disclose In Product
  • Offshore company without contact information
  • Details Were Not Available in Public Registry
  • File is Lost in Public Registry
  • No individual or entity with significant control
  • PSC exists but not identified
  • PSC details not confirmed
  • Steps to find PSC not yet completed
  • PSC contacted but no response
  • PSC has failed to confirm changed details
  • Company has issued restriction notice to a PSC
  • Registry not public and does not record shareholding information
  • Registry is public but does not record shareholding information
  • Registry started recording shareholding information recently
  • Registry records only domestic shareholding information
  • Registry records only shareholdings above certain percentage
  • Registry not public despite recording shareholding information
  • No shareholding information
  • Data for this facility is not available due to non-receipt from vendor or a validation error
  • Depth of shareholder information has been restricted
  • Subject is not required to file this data
  • Subject declined to provide this data
Persons of Significant Control Unavailable Reasons
No persons of significant control information available
Multiple reasons can be returned.
This field is not returned when no reasons are available.
note.pngSee Ownership Unavailable Reasons for possible values.
Dashboard This section provides a summary of the count of individual or organization owners based on the beneficial ownerships that are associated with the primary company.
Individuals
Number of owners of the entity that are identified as individuals
Organizations
Number of owners of the entity that are identified as business entities
Total Allocated Ownership Percentage
Sum of beneficial ownership percentages provided across all beneficiaries of the subject company
Total Persons of Significant Control
Number of PSCs (persons of significant control)

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This section also contains a map or table of the number of beneficial owners per country. The map is displayed by default; you toggle the Table button to view the information as a table.
Beneficial Ownership Summary This section provides the Beneficial Ownership summary details.
Beneficial Owners
Number of owners of the entity that can include direct, indirect, and beneficial owners
Organizations
Number of owners of the entity that are identified as business entities
Individuals
Number of owners of the entity that are identified as individuals
Unclassified Owners
Number of owners of the entity that are not categorized as individual or business
Corporate Beneficiaries
Number of beneficiaries of the entity that are identified as legally set up corporate businesses
State Owned Organizations
Number of owners of the entity that are classified as State Owned Organizations
This does not include the primary company.
Government Organizations
Number of owners of the entity that are classified as Government Organization
This does not include the primary company.
Publicly Trading Organizations
Number of owners of the entity that are classified as Publicly Trading Organizations
This does not include the primary company.
Privately Held Organizations
Number of owners of the entity that are classified as Privately Held Organizations
This does not include the primary company.
Unidentified Share Owners
Number of anonymous shareholders that were added to the ownership structure
Implied Percentage Owners
Number of nodes that have Dun & Bradstreet inferred ownership percentages within the ownership structure
Persons of Significant Control This section provides the summary of the count of nodes per type of PSC (person of significant control).
Associated Type
Details about the type of PSC

Possible values:

  • Business
  • Individual
  • Branch
  • Division
  • Super secure person
  • Legal person
  • Compound
  • Representative Office
Count
Number of PSCs that are present for this specific type
Associated Nationality
Nationality of each PSC present
Count
Number of PSCs present for each specific nationality
Associated Country
Country of each PSC present
Count
Number of PSCs present for each specific country
Individual Beneficial Owners This section provides the individual data points for each linked beneficial owner.
Name
Single name by which the organization searched for is primarily known or identified
Degree Of Separation
Distance between this beneficiary and the primary company within the ownership structure
Full Address
Best address for the business
D-U-N-S Number
Nine-character numeric string that identifies the proprietary organizational identifier owned and managed by Dun & Bradstreet and provides unique identification of a subject
Beneficiary
Indicates whether this owner is identified as a beneficiary
Possible values:
  • True
  • False
Control Ownership Type
Details of the type of controlling ownership
Possible values:
  • Government Entity
  • Publicly Traded Company
  • Privately Owned
  • State owned Enterprise
Business Type
Broad category of an organization structure into which all legal forms are grouped
Possible values:
  • Corporation
  • Partnership
  • Proprietorship
  • National Government
  • Local Government
  • Joint Venture
  • Non Profit Organization
  • Co-operative / Mutual Organization
  • Foreign Company
  • Legal forms that do not fit into an existing legal form class
Business Status
Indicates whether the owner entity is currently out of business
Possible values:
  • True
  • False
Legal Authority
Name of the government body or the law that supervises or regulates the individual or the company and exercises significant influence over the beneficiary
Legal Form
Legal form or structure of the company that exercises significant influence over the beneficiary, as registered with government authorities
Relationship Type
Type of relationship
Nature of Control Type
Describes the control and percentages of control
Person ID (if beneficial owner is a person)
PIN (Personal Identification Number) or shareholder number assigned by an external body that helps to identify a shareholder
Country of Residence (if Beneficial Owner is a person)
Name of the country in which the individual usually resides, if an individual
Beneficial Percentage
Owner's actual shareholding percentage
Direct Percentage
Owner's direct shareholding percentage
Indirect Percentage
Owner's indirect shareholding percentage
Beneficiary Type
Indicates whether the owner is an individual, company, or unknown
Possible values:
  • Business
  • Individual
  • Branch
  • Division
  • Super secure person
  • Legal person
  • Compound
  • Representative Office
Ownership Unavailable Reasons
Reason why ownership information for this entity is unavailable
Multiple reasons can be returned. This field is not returned when no reasons are available.
note.pngSee Ownership Unavailable Reasons for possible values.