Case studies

How Bermuda uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard for its new beneficial ownership register

Bermuda's Registrar of Companies collects beneficial ownership information using the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) and visualises it using the BODS visualisation library

How Botswana uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Botswana's Companies and Intellectual Property Authority collects beneficial ownership data using the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) and visualises it using the BODS visualisation library

How Armenia uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Armenia's state register for companies uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to capture beneficial ownership declarations and visualises it using the BODS visualisation library

How Nigeria used the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Nigeria was the first African country to collect data in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

How Canada uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Canada has committed to use the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to help power a pan-Canadian beneficial ownership repository

How Latvia used the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

In 2021, Latvia became the first country in the world to publish its national beneficial ownership data in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

How Foster Moore uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Foster Moore created its Verne® Beneficial Ownership product and Catalyst Beneficial Ownership product using the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) and the BODS visualisation library

How NRD Companies uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

NRD Companies created its BOREG© beneficial ownership register product using the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) and the BODS visualisation library

How eWealth Global Group uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

eWealth Global Group uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard as a core construct for the receipt, processing and visualisation of corporate structure data, including in its Structuriser product

How the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

A partnership between GLEIF and Open Ownership demonstrated how to incorporate Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) into data produced in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

How Global Energy Monitor uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Global Energy Monitor organises its data on international energy company ownership structures following the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

How OpenSanctions uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

OpenSanctions transforms and republishes data produced in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to combine it with sanctions and PEPs data

How Senzing uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Senzing uses data produced in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard in its entity resolution offerings and investigations

How the Euromedia Ownership Monitor uses the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

The Euromedia Ownership Monitor research consortium collects ownership data in line with BODS to explain who owns and controls the news media across the European Union