Part 4 in a series on the fundamentals of legal entity identity data. You might think your company has an identifier. It probably has several. But do any of them identify the legal entity itself?
Part 3 in a series on the fundamentals of legal entity identity data. In the previous post, we saw how a legal entity comes into being: through an act of registration that doesn't merely record the entity but creates it. We saw that the register is the authoritative source – the thing that makes a legal entity real. But if the register is the source of truth, how do you prove that truth to someone else? For centuries, the answer was simple: a certificate of incorporation. That answer is now dangerously inadequate.
Part 2 in a series on the fundamentals of legal entity identity data. In the previous post, we explored what a legal entity is: a construct so foundational to modern commerce that we rarely stop to examine what it actually is. We looked at the key features that make legal entities so powerful – distinct legal personality, universal recognition, chainability, and limited liability. Now we turn to a different question: how does a legal entity actually come into being?
Part 1 in a series on the fundamentals of legal entity identity data. Think about the last time you signed a contract. If it was done in a work context, perhaps it was a supplier agreement, a SaaS subscription like Salesforce, or with a new customer. You probably focused on the terms, the obligations, the price. But behind all of those details sits a more fundamental question: who, exactly, is entering into this agreement?
Today’s energy sector is evolving fast. With thousands of new companies emerging each year, keeping track of innovative startups is both a challenge and an opportunity. So how can investors, policymakers, and researchers quickly identify the most promising ventures, especially those with deep scientific expertise? In this post, I’ll walk through the methodology, share some key findings, and explain how this approach opens new doors for data-driven innovation analysis.
Delaware’s incorporations are still growing in absolute terms. Our data shows Delaware’s total recorded companies rising from 5.02m (Nov 2023) to 5.30m (Nov 2024) to 5.62m (Nov 2025), a ~10% increase over two years. The real change is in where new, small entities (especially LLCs) are being formed. Our December 2024 blog series documents that Wyoming overtook Delaware in new incorporations on a per‑capita basis, powered by a nationwide explosion in LLCs. High‑profile “DEXIT” reincorporations are happening, but they don’t equal an overall collapse. After court‑driven flashpoints, some large companies announced moves (e.g., Tesla and SpaceX), a visible but numerically limited subset of total formations.
What’s behind Wyoming’s spectacular rise as a jurisdiction of choice for LLCs?
Wyoming’s spectacular rise to overtake Delaware in per-capita company incorporations has been powered by what has fast become the dominant legal form in the US, the LLC, a form of limited partnership.
A massive growth in incorporations of LLCs in Wyoming over the past five years has caused it to overtake the historic leader in incorporations, Delaware, according to a new detailed analysis of US company incorporations by OpenCorporates.
We’re excited to announce the revival of our French company data, including coverage of French territories! This marks a crucial step forward, considering the significance of French legal entities within the EU and the jurisdiction’s substantial size.