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🇩🇪 Germany

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Data Retrieval

We use both the Handelregister and the UnternehmenRegister to retrieve data and documents. This dual-source approach enables a fallback mechanism, ensuring higher data availability. However, in some cases, both sources might fail. In such scenarios, our system implements a retry mechanism:
  • An initial retry after 2 minutes.
  • If that fails, we continue with an exponential backoff strategy for up to 12 hours, with a maximum of 10 retries.
  • We only retrieve documents associated with the specific company ID provided. Documents associated with companies that have been merged into this company are not retrieved at this time. Please contact contact@topograph.co if you require this functionality.

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Shareholders Extraction

For shareholder extraction, we employ a Three-Source Extraction Strategy. The system automatically selects the best method based on the company’s legal form.
  • Gesellschafterliste extraction: Used for legal forms like GmbH, UG, KG, etc. Data is extracted from shareholder lists.
  • Trade register analysis: Used for legal forms like AG, SE, KGaA. Information is gathered from profit transfer agreements and control statements in the trade register.
  • Financial statement analysis: A new method to identify the parent company from annual reports.