Supplier Verify

Why Verify a Supplier?

Before shortlisting a supplier — whether you're a buyer running a procurement or a prime contractor assembling a bid consortium — you need to know the basics: does this legal entity actually exist, is it active or dissolved, and has it delivered anything comparable in the Irish public sector before? Supplier Verify pulls these two independent data points together in one place.

The CRO record comes straight from services.cro.ie, the official Irish Companies Registration Office. The award history is drawn from Tender​Watch's parsed feed of Irish procurement notices published on TED. Neither source is exhaustive on its own — but together they catch most of the obvious red flags.

Frequently Asked Questions

What data does Supplier Verify use?

It combines two live sources: the Irish Companies Registration Office (CRO) Open Services REST API for the official company registration record, and our own dataset of Irish public-sector award notices parsed from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily). The CRO record gives you the legal registration status, company number, and registered address. The award history shows any matching public contracts we have recorded.

Is this an official credit check or due diligence report?

No. Supplier Verify is a free, lightweight first-pass check. It confirms whether a company exists on the Irish register, whether it is active or dissolved, and whether it has won any public contracts in our dataset. For formal procurement decisions you should still run a full credit check, request current tax clearance, and verify insurance directly with the supplier.

Why might a company not be found?

Several possibilities. The company may be a sole trader or partnership (not required to register with CRO), it may be registered under a slightly different legal name, it may be registered outside Ireland, or our cached CRO data may not include it yet. If a live CRO lookup is configured, we will try the API directly for any unknown name — otherwise we only match against pre-verified records.

What does "Dissolved" mean in the CRO status?

A dissolved company has been formally struck off the Irish register — typically because it stopped filing annual returns, was wound up, or completed liquidation. You cannot legally contract with a dissolved company. If Supplier Verify flags a dissolved status, treat that as a hard stop and confirm the current trading entity before engaging.

Is the CRO data free?

The core CompanySearch and CompanyDetails calls on the CRO Open Services API are free of charge, subject to their terms of use. Some advanced endpoints (e.g. filed submission documents) are pay-per-call. Supplier Verify only uses the free tier.