Start with the correct legal entity, follow direct and indirect relationships, and check the gaps before building your shortlist.
Find subsidiaries of your customerA website or brand name can point to several legal entities. Select the one your account actually belongs to.
Indirect subsidiaries can sit below intermediate owners and use names unrelated to the group brand.
If a familiar company is absent, investigate coverage rather than treating absence as evidence of independence.
State why an entity fits your market and what still needs confirming about need or purchasing.
Use this browser-local checklist before sharing a company list. It does not save or send the companies you research.
Resolve the starting legal company before tracing its group. A brand or website can refer to several entities.
Find the starting legal companyResolve the starting legal company before tracing its group. A brand or website can refer to several entities.
Find the starting legal companyRetain every intermediate entity and the evidence for each link. Shared branding or a director does not establish control; leave an unresolved connection open.
Distinguish company relationshipsRecord what the source says and when it relates to, then when you retrieved it. Do not substitute today’s retrieval date for the reporting date or silently resolve conflicting evidence.
Review the evidence methodWrite down expected entities independently, compare their identifiers and preserve missing companies as coverage questions. A checklist does not certify a complete corporate group.
Review coverage and limitationsAsk the account owner about operating activity, purchasing responsibility and existing agreement scope. Corporate affiliation alone does not establish an addressable sales opportunity.
Plan the commercial reviewStart with the registration number and jurisdiction if you have them. Otherwise use the website or company name to find candidates. Confirm the entity before researching its relationships: a brand may be associated with several group companies.
Look below the selected company for subsidiaries and above it for parents. A subsidiary several levels down may be commercially relevant even if its name does not resemble the group brand. Keep the full connection path in view.
Compare the countries returned with your knowledge of the group. A missing market does not prove there are no subsidiaries there. Review source classifications, unresolved entities and any limits disclosed by the tool.
A legal entity is not automatically an independent buyer. Check its operating activity and whether the current group agreement already covers it. Ask your existing customer about purchasing responsibility and potential introductions.
Keep a shortlist, an owner and a specific next action. When the group changes, revisit your assumptions rather than repeating the entire search. EntityReach supports those steps in the same workspace.
A branch can be an establishment of the same legal company, while a subsidiary is a separate legal entity. A brand can be shared by several companies. Record the entity type, registration identifier and relationship path before adding a business to an account list; if the evidence is unavailable, keep the classification open rather than guessing.
Start with the correct legal parent and review its available group relationships. Annual reports, statutory filings and company registries can provide additional evidence. Use more than a brand name, and retain the jurisdiction and registration number for each candidate.
Disclosure, jurisdiction coverage, unresolved company identity, indirect ownership and source availability can all create gaps. Compare a familiar group with the returned result and record missing companies as coverage questions.
No. A subsidiary is a separate legal company, while a branch is generally an establishment of the same entity. Check the record type and registration identifier before counting a separate account.
No. The relationship establishes corporate context. Confirm operating activity, territory, existing agreement coverage, need and buying responsibility before creating an opportunity.
Retain the complete relationship path through intermediate companies and check the evidence attached to each link. A distant entity can still be commercially relevant, but an incomplete path should remain a limitation.