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
Three years ago, Nigeria became the first country in Africa to launch a public beneficial ownership (BO) register, firmly placing itself at the forefront of the continent’s transparency movement. This blog post charts progress to date, and unpacks how Nigeria can turn BO data into public value.
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 25 May 2026
This blog post highlights key considerations from Open Ownership's recent policy briefing on designing access regimes effectively and maximising impact
Published: 06 May 2026
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
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
Denmark is the latest country to be added to the Open Ownership Register, the global platform that brings together beneficial ownership information from around the world
Written by Aleksi Knuutila
Published: 21 August 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