Beneficial owner extract

An extract on beneficial owners contains the details of an individual company’s beneficial owners.

The individuals who are responsible for a company and the individuals to represent a company can download a beneficial owner extract for their company free of charge using the PRH’s beneficial owner information service. The service is available in Finnish and Swedish.

For other users, the beneficial owner extract is subject to a charge.

Please note that the details on the extract on beneficial owners are not public in the same way as other company details entered in the Finnish Trade Register.

You can obtain an extract on beneficial owners

either as an individual document order or
as a contract client of the Virre Information Service

On this page, you will find more information and instructions about the following:

Check first if a notification of beneficial owners has been registered

Before ordering an extract on beneficial owners, use our Virre Information Service to check free of charge if there is a notification of beneficial owners registered for the company or organisation.

Use the search on the Virre start page and search by the Business ID. The registration of a notification of beneficial owners is indicated in the basic details of the company or organisation. Go to the Virre Information Service.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen

Who can access the details on beneficial owners?

The PRH provides details on beneficial owners to parties intending to use the details in accordance with the Act on Money Laundering. In practice, these include the following:

Finnish supervisory authorities defined in the Act on Money Laundering;
Companies defined in the Act on Money Laundering who have an obligation to know their customers (such as banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, real estate agents, auditors);
Media representatives; and
Other parties whose purpose of use of the details complies with the Act on Money Laundering.

A purpose of use in accordance with the Act on Money Laundering means that the details are used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing, or to promote the detection of money laundering and terrorist financing.

The PRH collects details on the clients to whom they provide details on beneficial owners. Read more about the privacy statement for the information service about beneficial owners.

What details does an extract on beneficial owners contain?

The extract on beneficial owners contains the following details:

Company identification details (name, Business ID, registration date, company type, place of registered office, contact details)
Details on registered beneficial owners:

Date of birth
Full name
Nationality
Municipality of residence, or home country of a person living abroad
The extent of ownership and voting rights, or the fact that the role as a beneficial owner is based on other actual control

If the company has filed that it has no beneficial owners, the extract contains the following entry:

The organisation has no beneficial owners or no beneficial owners could be identified. In this case, the board of directors or general partners of the organisation or the managing director or any other person in a corresponding position are considered the beneficial owners.

How can I order an extract on beneficial owners as a document order?

You can order a single extract on beneficial owners as a document order. The extract will be sent by email or post.

Processing the order takes 2–3 working days.

To place your order:

Fill in and file the document order form.
Go to the document order form.
The PRH verifies your identity.
We must identify the person using the details.
When processing your order, we may ask you to identify yourself online.

You can also purchase extracts on beneficial owners at our customer service point in Helsinki. Book an appointment with our customer service point, where you will hand in the report on the purpose of use and present a passport or identity card (a driving licence is not valid proof of identity).Open the form: Report on the purpose of use (document order.

Go to the booking and contact details of our customer service.

How much does an extract cost?

An extract on beneficial owners as a document order

The price of the extract on beneficial owners as a document order is 7 euros/extract (VAT 0%), and possible delivery and invoice costs 12 are euros (VAT 0%).

A translated extract about beneficial owners in English costs 30,12 euros/extract (incl. VAT 25.5%). In addition, possible fees for invoicing (8.16 euros, incl. VAT 25.5%) and delivery (6.90 euros, incl. VAT 25.5%) are charged.

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