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What is beneficial ownership transparency?

Beneficial ownership transparency reveals how companies and other legal entities or arrangements are owned and controlled by their beneficial owners

Published: 03 March 2022
Open Ownership map: Worldwide action on beneficial ownership transparency

Discover which countries have planned or are implementing beneficial ownership transparency reforms, which countries have launched live central registers, and visit country or regional profile pages
Guidance

Guide to drafting effective legislation for beneficial ownership transparency

This guide supports those involved in drafting and reviewing laws to understand the elements that constitute effective legislation for implementing beneficial ownership transparency reforms, laying the groundwork for establishing a beneficial ownership register

Written by Favour Ime , Tymon Kiepe

Published: 28 August 2024

Research report

Describing interests: Research note

In this research note, we set out to understand the full range of ways in which current legislation and beneficial ownership disclosure forms categorise the relationship between a beneficial owner and a legal vehicle (interests)

Written by Tim Davies, Peter Low

Published: 10 July 2025
Briefing

Open Ownership comment on the United States Corporate Transparency Act interim final rule 2025

This is Open Ownership's comment on the United States Corporate Transparency Act interim final rule: Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Revision and Deadline Extension.

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 28 May 2025
Case study Procurement

Beneficial ownership in Chile's public procurement reform

This case study explores the impacts of beneficial ownership transparency on the reform of Chile's public procurement system, ChileCompra.

Written by Guillermo Burr, Rodrigo Félix Montalvo

Published: 22 May 2025