Use cases
Verification is not one job.
The same record answers different questions depending on who is asking. Below are the eight jobs teams bring to Firmso, and what each one needs from the data.
01
Supplier & Vendor Verification
Onboard suppliers knowing who you are actually paying.
Verify business identity, registrations and relevant company information before onboarding suppliers or making significant transactions.
Confirm the entity exists, that its registration is active, that the address and directors match what you were told, and that nothing in the record contradicts the story you were sold.
What you get
- Registration identity and current status
- Directors and their other directorships
- Registered address against the one you were given
- Incorporation history and any previous names
02
Customer & Counterparty Verification
Before credit, before large orders, before commitments.
Verify businesses before extending credit, accepting large transactions or entering commercial relationships.
A buyer that cannot be tied to a registered entity, or whose filing history does not match the scale of the order, is a decision you want to make with that fact in front of you.
What you get
- Confirmation that the counterparty is a registered entity
- Filed financial periods and how current they are
- Compliance history visible on the record
- Evidence you can attach to a credit decision
03
Business Due Diligence
Reliable information, from sources you can name.
Access reliable company information from authoritative and licensed sources to support informed business decisions.
Firmso assembles the record and states where each part of it came from. Where something could not be obtained, that is stated too — because a gap and a negative finding are different things.
What you get
- A structured dossier rather than scattered lookups
- Source and fetch date on every field
- Ownership, charges and filing history in one view
- Coverage limits stated explicitly
04
Fraud & Identity Risk Checks
Find the inconsistencies before they cost you.
Identify inconsistencies in business information and potential warning signals before entering a transaction.
Most business fraud is not a forged document — it is a real registration presented as something it is not. Firmso surfaces the mismatches: dormant status sold as active, a director network that does not match the pitch, addresses shared across unrelated entities.
What you get
- Status and filing-recency checks
- Director and address network signals
- Related-entity patterns worth a second look
- Warning signals labelled as signals, never as verdicts
05
Partner & Distributor Verification
Dealers, contractors and partners, checked before onboarding.
Conduct due diligence on distributors, dealers, contractors and business partners before onboarding.
Channel partners carry your brand into the market. Verifying them at onboarding — and keeping an eye on them afterwards — protects the relationship on both sides.
What you get
- Entity and registration verification
- Directors and promoter background
- Charge and borrowing history
- A repeatable onboarding standard
06
Ongoing Business Monitoring
The businesses you already work with keep changing.
Monitor relevant changes in companies with which a business maintains an ongoing commercial relationship.
Verification at onboarding decays. Directors resign, filings stop, charges get registered, statuses change. Monitoring turns a one-time check into a standing control.
What you get
- Watchlists for suppliers, customers and partners
- Alerts on the changes you nominated
- An audit trail of what changed and when
- A portfolio view across every relationship
07
Professional Due Diligence
For the professionals who carry the professional risk.
Help CAs, CSs, lawyers and other professionals conduct business verification and due diligence for their clients.
Client work needs a defensible record. Firmso produces the sourced facts and keeps the evidence trail intact, so the professional judgement stays where it belongs — with the professional.
What you get
- Sourced facts ready for a working paper
- Evidence with source and date on every field
- Repeatable checks across a client book
- Clear statement of what is derived analysis
08
Business Research & Market Intelligence
Understand a market using information you are allowed to use.
Research companies and markets using legally available business information.
Screen by industry, state, incorporation period and status to understand who operates where — using openly licensed and licensed-for-use data rather than scraped pages.
What you get
- Faceted screening across the index
- Industry and geography breakdowns
- Incorporation and status trends
- Lawfully sourced, attributable information
Not sure where to start
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The fastest way to judge whether Firmso is useful is to look up a counterparty you already know something about, and see whether the record agrees with what you were told.