The Open Ownership Principles set out best practice standards for effective beneficial ownership disclosure. They are intended to support governments implementing effective beneficial ownership transparency reforms and guide international institutions in understanding and supporting this work
Expert advice for implementing beneficial ownership transparency, covering the full journey from commitment to data use
Published: 01 July 2021
The Beneficial Ownership Data Standard is an open standard providing guidance for collecting, storing and exchanging high-quality data on beneficial ownership
Open Ownership has launched the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Evidence and Measurement (BEAM) Programme: an initiative to expand the evidence base for the impact of beneficial ownership transparency through collaboration, resources, and country programming. This blog post introduces the programme’s background, approach, and objectives.
Written by Alanna Markle
Published: 29 April 2026
In this blog post, Miranda Evans introduces our recent partnership with Zambia's Patents and Companies Registration Agency and the German Agency for International Cooperation in Zambia to overhaul how PACRA collects data on the real owners of corporate entities
Written by Miranda Evans
Published: 06 March 2026
This impact story examines how Senegal, with support from Opening Extractives, has expanded beneficial ownership declarations and advanced legal reforms for public access
Written by Nyasha Vera
Published: 20 February 2026
Introducing the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
Written by Tim Davies
Published: 29 June 2017
The Open Ownership Register has been updated to include information about the beneficial owners of over 240,000 Ukrainian companies
Written by Zosia Sztykowski
Published: 03 January 2018
Open Ownership recently launched a new feature allowing anyone to download the entire Register dataset in one go
Published: 26 February 2020
Open Ownership is launching a new software tool for visualising beneficial ownership data
Written by Steve Day
Published: 09 October 2020
Our technical team’s rapid assessment of the UK’s performance found that, overall, the UK aligns with the Open Ownership Principles
Published: 09 December 2020
In late 2020, the US government passed the National Defence Authorisation Act which included important corporate transparency reforms
Published: 14 January 2021