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Data Sources
Finland uses two official data sources. Company profile data and legal representatives are AI-parsed from the official Trade Register Extract (kaupparekisteriote) PDF document, while activity codes are fetched from the YTJ open data API.- PRH VIRRE (Trade Register). The Finnish Trade Register, maintained by PRH since 1896, is the primary source for Finnish entity data. PRH operates the VIRRE information service for fetching Trade Register Extracts and Articles of Association, and for searching companies by name. The Trade Register Extract PDF is AI-parsed to produce structured company data including company name, legal form, status, registered address, share capital, activity description, and legal representatives.
- PRH ESR (Beneficial Owner Register). PRH’s separate Beneficial Owner Register (ESRServices10) provides Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) data. Companies are required to register their beneficial owners with PRH. The ESR API returns structured ownership and voting rights data for natural persons who hold significant control over a company.
- YTJ (Yritys- ja yhteisötietojärjestelmä / Finnish Business Information System). The YTJ open data API provides structured company data including official TOL (Toimialaluokitus) activity classification codes assigned by Statistics Finland. It is used to search by id and for fetching TOL codes, from which NACE and ISIC codes are derived deterministically.
Finland’s data extraction is document-based: the system fetches the
official Trade Register Extract PDF from PRH’s VIRRE service and uses AI to
parse structured company data from it. This means company profile and legal
representatives are extracted from the same authoritative document. Legal
form, status, activity descriptions, and role classifications are all
AI-parsed from the extract. Activity codes (TOL) are sourced separately from
the YTJ API and mapped deterministically to NACE and ISIC. UBO data comes from
the separate PRH ESR register.
Company Identifiers
Query Identifiers
Identifiers in API Response
Once you retrieve company data, theidentifiers object contains all available identifiers for that entity:
Search Capabilities
ID search implementation: Searching by Business ID uses the YTJ open data
API for fast, direct lookups. Name searches use the PRH VIRRE API for curated
results.
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Company Status
Company status is AI-parsed from the Trade Register Extract document. The AI extracts the current registration status and maps it to standardized status values.Because status extraction is AI-parsed from the Trade Register Extract
document, the exact local status text may vary. The AI maps Finnish or Swedish
status descriptions to standardized values. The
active boolean is derived
from the statusDetails.status field.Legal Forms
Finland uses a variety of legal forms defined in the Trade Register. Legal form mapping is AI-enriched — the AI parser reads the legal form from the Trade Register Extract and maps it to standardized categories and ISO 20275 codes.Key Business Forms
Partnerships
Sole Proprietorships
Cooperatives
Non-Profits & Foundations
Branch Offices & European Forms
Because legal form standardization and ISO 20275 assignment are AI-enriched,
exact mappings may evolve. The local Finnish legal form name is always
preserved verbatim from the Trade Register Extract.
Legal Representatives
Legal representatives are AI-parsed from the Trade Register Extract document. The AI extracts persons from sections such as “Hallitus” (Board), “Toimitusjohtaja” (CEO), and “Edustaminen” (Representation rules), and classifies them as legal representatives or other key persons.Board & Executive Roles
Board & Executive Roles
Signatory & Procuration Roles
Signatory & Procuration Roles
Roles Excluded from Legal Representatives
Roles Excluded from Legal Representatives
The classification of each role as legal representative vs. other key
person is AI-enriched and depends on the representation rules described in
the “Edustaminen” section of the Trade Register Extract. Board members are
included as legal representatives when the extract states that the board
represents the company by law (e.g., “Lain nojalla yhtiötä edustaa hallitus”).
Signatory rights (alone or jointly) are noted but do not affect extraction —
all named signatories are included.
Representation Mode
Legal representatives include arepresentationMode field extracted from the “Edustaminen” (Representation) section of the Trade Register Extract:
{ mode: "sole" }: Can sign alone (“yksin”){ mode: "joint", minimumSignatories: 2 }: Must sign jointly with one other (“kaksi yhdessä” / “two jointly”){ mode: "joint", minimumSignatories: 3 }: Must sign jointly with two others (“kolme yhdessä” / “three jointly”)null: No signing authority explicitly stated
Enrichment from Trade Register Extract
The AI parser also extracts:- Start dates: From person-level “Rekisteröity DD.MM.YYYY” dates or section-level registration dates
- Nationality: From “Voimassa olevat henkilötiedot” section (e.g., “Suomen kansalainen” = FI)
- Residence: City and country from personal details section
Other Key Persons
Auditors (“Tilintarkastajat”) and deputy board members (“Varajäsen”) are excluded from the legal representative extraction. These roles are present in the Trade Register Extract but are not currently extracted as structured data.Shareholders
The Finnish Trade Register (PRH) does not provide structured shareholder data. Individual shareholder information is not available through the PRH VIRRE API or the Trade Register Extract. Shareholder details may appear within the Articles of Association document if the company’s bylaws reference specific shareholders or share classes, but this is not extracted as structured data.Finland’s Trade Register does not maintain a shareholder register. Share
ownership information is held privately by each company. Only the total share
capital and share classes are registered with PRH.
Activity Code Mapping
The official TOL (Toimialaluokitus) code is fetched from the YTJ open data API. NACE and ISIC codes are then derived deterministically — no AI inference is involved when TOL is available.Deterministic mapping: When the YTJ API returns a TOL code, all activity
codes (TOL, NACE, ISIC) have
isAIInferred: false. If the YTJ API does not
return a TOL code for a given company, the system falls back to AI inference
from the Finnish activity description text (in which case isAIInferred will
be true).Supported Entity Families
Data Availability
Data Availability Matrix
Legend: ✅ Available | ❌ Not Available | ⚠️ Conditionally Available | Async = Asynchronous processing (1-3 min typical)
Why UBOs are not always available: Finnish law requires a natural person
to hold >25% of shares or voting rights (or exercise other significant
control) to be registered as a UBO. Public companies (Oyj) have dispersed
ownership below this threshold. State-owned companies have no natural person
owner. Associations, foundations, and cooperatives have no “owners” in the
legal sense. Sole entrepreneurs (Tmi) are not separate legal entities from
their owner, so UBO registration does not apply.
Documents by Company Type
All Finnish company types have the same documents available:Both documents are always listed as available for any Finnish company.
However, actual content depends on PRH having the document on file.
Example API Responses
All examples use placeholder data. Query:POST /v2/company with { "id": "<id>", "countryCode": "FI", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] }
Active Oy (Limited Company)
Active Oy (Limited Company)
Public Limited Company (Oyj)
Public Limited Company (Oyj)
incorporationDate may differ from registrationDate for older companies.UBO Response (dedicated datapoint)
UBO Response (dedicated datapoint)
Query with Note: UBO data comes from PRH’s ESR register (separate from Trade Register). Control types include
"dataPoints": ["ultimateBeneficialOwners"] for Holvi Retrieval Services Oy (2193756-4):ownership-of-shares (from ownershipExtent), voting-rights (from voteExtent), and significant-influence-or-control (from otherBeneficialOwnership). The residenceAddress.city is resolved from the Finnish municipality code (kuntanumero). Companies that declare no beneficial owners return an empty array. Public companies (Oyj), state-owned entities, associations, and foundations typically have no UBO data.Available Documents
Available Documents
Query with Note: Both documents are always listed as available for any Finnish company. The Trade Register Extract is the source document for AI-parsed company data.
"dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"]: