About TVA-Recherche.be

What makes our platform unique is the reversal of the process of validating VAT IDs. So it is possible to find VAT IDs even when you only have the name of the company. The main use case is companies who either need the number of their affiliates for writing invoices or update their customer databses. In the latter case the VAT Number register is perfectly suited because of its normalized and uniquely relatable data (with the VAT number as a primary key).
Alternatively, this service can also be used to check VAT numbers by inputting the number in the name field without considering the format.

Source of the Information

TVA-Recherche.be is directly connected to public institutions who publish the information in the first place.

This sites simplifies the search of the following data:

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Realtime-Validation-Capability in the Following Jurisdictions

• Émirats arabes unis
• Botswana
• Biélorussie
• Chili
• Ghana
• Islande
• Jordanie
• Kenya
• Maroc
• Malaisie
• Nigéria
• Oman
• Singapour
• Thaïlande
• Serbie
• Corée du Sud
• Inde
• Géorgie
• Pérou
• Vietnam

Functionality

This search engine has only been made possible to realize due to the high performance of compution. If you hit the search button, the search algorithm checks all VAT numbers, matches the given name with them and sorts them after their relevance. These following features make the search more efficient:

• Synonyms - different spellings and abbreviations of i.e. limited lead to nearly the same results.
• Fuzzy Search - even misspellings are no obstacle to the wanted results as the algorithm uses similarity based on Levenshtein edit distance.
• Global Indexing - you can search after all entries in the index, which is why it is for instance possible to find the VAT IDs of a certain company in Great Britain and Austria at once.
• Geo Coordinates - if you do not know twrihe name of the business you can enter the address and TVA-Recherche.be will find the nearest matches.
• Register Numbers - if the company is registered you can get the Register Report by only clicking once.
• Further Information - in countries including Great Britain and Belgium it is possible to get further information such as Incorporation Date, Status or Category about the company. This information is i.e. from the Companies House.

Privacy Concerns

Because sole traders often have a VAT number they are also listed in this search engine. Sometimes they see their privacy endangered, but if you contact Linkomat GmbH, your information will be deleted as soon as possible. However, exactly these entries are of great use for some companies due to the fact the VAT register can be the only publicly confirmed source for confirming the existence and status of their business activity. Linkomat is therefore confronted with two sides of sole traders. On the one hand, those who do not want their private addresses etc. publicly available and on the other hand, businesses who implicitly want to be found because it is a kind of advertisement for them and otherwise their business would seem dubious (when they would appear as if they had no VAT ID).