European Companies Search Engine
Democracy and Economy Require Transparency
"All actions relating to the rights of other people whose maxim is incompatible with publicity are wrong.“ —
Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace (1795)
About us
North Data provides clear, detailed and easy-to-understand company information that is publicly available from sources such as trade registers, annual reports, funding registers, trademark records, patent registries and others.
This immense amount of data is distilled and compiled using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence methods, which allows us to generate and display the information at lightning speed! Presentation of the data is always aimed at the general public so that you can understand everything even without previous commercial or legal expertise.
Among others, our products are currently used by leading credit agencies, fintech start-ups, insurance companies and law enforcement agencies. We also supply information to over 300 journalists and leading universities. North Data cooperates with the leading investigative teams in the German press, including the SZ team that published the famous "Panama Papers".
You can explore our renowned network graphs free of charge (terms of use). If you would like to use our database for more professional purposes, we offer premium services as well as an API and quarterly exports of our data services for machine processing and integration.
North Data was founded in 2011 as Biz-Q UG by entrepreneur and mathematician Frank Felix Debatin. In summer 2016, Karweg Ventures and Kölmel Management Group invested in the company. It was renamed North Data GmbH and entered into a strategic partnership with Echobot Media Technologies GmbH. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany.
