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Technology

Open Ownership works with partners worldwide to develop technology products which use beneficial ownership data. These allow you to follow ownership or control structures wherever they lead, as the real value of information is unlocked once it can be used without borders. We have tools which let you search, import, map, visualise and analyse data. You can find these tools and the research that supports them below.

  • Interoperable data

    Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    The Beneficial Ownership Data Standard is an open standard providing guidance for collecting, sharing and using high-quality data on beneficial ownership

  • A Beneficial Ownership Visualisation System (BOVS) diagram
    Guidance

    Beneficial Ownership Visualisation System

    The Beneficial Ownership Visualisation System specifies how to illustrate beneficial ownership structures using diagrams

  • Data flows

    Open Ownership Register

    The Open Ownership Register is a prototype public beneficial ownership register which connects data from different jurisdictions. It makes millions of records available, in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Tools and support

  • Beneficial Ownership Data Standard data generator
    Tools Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Beneficial Ownership Data Standard data generator

    This spreadsheet template allows anyone to convert beneficial ownership information so that it can be represented as Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) 0.3 data

    Written by Emma Howard , Kadie Armstrong

    Published: 16 March 2021

  • Beneficial Ownership Data Standard data analysis tools
    Tools Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Beneficial ownership data analysis tools

    Discover, download and analyse sources of beneficial ownership data published in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard via our open source data analysis tools

  • Helpdesk

    Helpdesk

    Submit a query to the Open Ownership helpdesk to request assistance with any aspect of the implementation of beneficial ownership registers

    Published: 13 March 2022

Latest publications

  • Defining and capturing data on the ownership and control of state-owned enterprises cover image
    Technical guidance Extractives Opening Extractives

    Defining and capturing data on the ownership and control of state-owned enterprises

    This guidance explores what information is needed on the corporate governance of state-owned enterprises to support transparency efforts. It demonstrates how capturing high-quality structured data on ownership or control structures aids information-checking

    Written by Emma Howard , Stephen Abbott Pugh

    Published: 10 February 2023

  • Beneficial Ownership Data Standard visualisation library
    Tools Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Beneficial Ownership Data Standard visualisation library

    Automatically visualise beneficial ownership structures as clearly as possible using Open Ownership’s data visualisation tool. The tool accepts Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) JSON as an input and outputs SVG content on a webpage

  • Building an auditable record of beneficial ownership transparency
    Technical guidance Opening Extractives

    Building an auditable record of beneficial ownership

    Keeping up to date and historic beneficial ownership records underpins any transparency initiative around company ownership and control. This technical guidance sets out the key features to consider to make sure beneficial ownership are easy to access, interpret and check

    Written by Kadie Armstrong

    Published: 22 August 2022

Latest blog posts

  • Deliberations
    Blog post Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Feedback sought to help shape version 0.4 of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    We are continuing our work on developing the world’s leading open standard for beneficial ownership data, and are requesting technical feedback on our latest draft proposals

    Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Kadie Armstrong

    Published: 07 March 2023

  • SOE-blog-post-2023
    Blog post Extractives Opening Extractives

    How we visualised the ownership and control of state-owned enterprises using Open Ownership tools

    In this blog post, we explain how we used Open Ownership’s open source technology tools to convert publicly available information on two state-owned enterprises into structured data

    Written by Emma Howard , Stephen Abbott Pugh

    Published: 10 February 2023

  • Updated data analysis toolkit for BODS
    Blog post Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Analyse and reuse beneficial ownership data from the UK, Denmark or Slovakia

    Open Ownership has updated our data analysis toolkit to help those using open data published in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Kadie Armstrong , Simon Whitehouse , Emma Howard , Lewis Spurgin

    Published: 14 December 2022

Latest news

  • An example of a network visualisation in OpenScreening
    News article Beneficial Ownership Data Standard Open Ownership Register

    Connecting beneficial ownership, PEPs and sanctions data with OpenScreening

    Millions of open data records can now be explored using a tool to help uncover hidden relationships between beneficial owners, politicians, sanction targets, and networks of companies

    Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh

    Published: 27 February 2023

  • Microsoft small
    News article Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Microsoft ACTS and Open Ownership focus on global data standard to boost beneficial ownership transparency

    Open Ownership is partnering with Microsoft ACTS to help ensure enhanced data governance and security by using the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Written by Open Ownership

    Published: 05 December 2022

  • Contract signing
    News article Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Partnering with registry software companies to spread usage of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Open Ownership partners with Foster Moore and NRD Companies, two of the world's leading company registry software companies, to spread usage of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard across the globe

    Written by Thom Townsend , Stephen Abbott Pugh

    Published: 26 September 2022

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