🇮🇪How to verify a supplier in Ireland
To verify a supplier in Ireland, look the company up in the official CRO, Companies Registration Office for free and confirm it is registered and currently active. The registry returns company name, CRO number, company type, registered address, and status; free company search, paid documents.
Das amtliche Register
- Register
- CRO, Companies Registration Office
- Unternehmenskennung
- CRO number
- Kosten
- Einfache Abfrage kostenlos
- Status aktiv
- Status reads Normal or Dissolved/Strike Off; a live supplier is Normal and up to date on annual returns.
Branchenspezifische Ausfuhrlizenzen
Being a registered, active company is not the same as being allowed to export a specific product. In Ireland, some goods need their own export licence or certificate from a named body. Each entry says which goods it covers and when it applies; an entry marked “scope not checked” names the body, but we have not yet checked its product scope and conditions against the legal text, so confirm with that body whether it applies to your goods.
- dairyscope not checked
health certificate from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine.
Verify the manufacturer's plant code against the DAFM register of approved dairy export plants.
Official source
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice, and the list is not exhaustive.
Before you sign: five asks no registry can answer
The register proves the company exists and who signs. It says nothing about whether the supplier survives a bad quarter, a fire or a key person leaving. Serious suppliers answer these five asks without friction; hesitation on any of them is information too.
- Business continuity: what happens to your order if their plant loses power, a strike hits or their systems go down? Ask for the plan, not a reassurance.
- Liability insurance: is product or professional liability insured, with which insurer and to what ceiling? A certificate of insurance is a one-page email for a real firm.
- Exit terms: how do you terminate if it goes wrong, what notice and fees apply, and how do you get your tooling, molds or data back?
- Support in numbers: ask for response and resolution times as figures, not adjectives. A supplier who commits to hours in writing has a support process; one who writes fast support does not.
- Named people: who exactly runs production and who owns your account? Continuity of a named team matters more than a polished sales deck, and employee-review sites often show whether that team stays.
General commercial hygiene, not legal advice.
In vier Schritten prüfen
- 1
Open the CRO, Companies Registration Office
CRO, Companies Registration Office is the official government record of companies in Ireland. Basic name or number search is free.
- 2
Search the exact legal name or ID
Search the supplier's registered name or its CRO number. If the name does not match cleanly, treat it as a red flag, it may be a trade name, a different entity, or wrong.
- 3
Confirm it is active, not struck off
Status reads Normal or Dissolved/Strike Off; a live supplier is Normal and up to date on annual returns.
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Check it makes what it sells
Whatever activity CRO, Companies Registration Office records, the maker-or-middleman question is best answered by facility permits, inspections, product registrations or customs records. For an EU company, also validate the VAT number in the free EU VIES system.
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice. For the full method, see the 7 checks that separate a real supplier from a scam.
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On every Ireland company we list, we show what the open record says, each linked to its free public source so you can re-check it yourself, no paid badge. And we go past the big directories to the local and craft makers who are too small for them but real, then verify and sort them, so you find genuine Ireland suppliers, not just the loudest.
Ireland suppliers by sector
Every company on these pages shows what the open record says about it, each fact linked to its free public source.
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Is checking a Ireland supplier free?
Yes. A basic name or number lookup in the CRO, Companies Registration Office is free. Some full official extracts are paid, but confirming a company exists and is active costs nothing.
What ID does a Ireland company have?
Its CRO number. Ask the supplier for it, then confirm it in the CRO, Companies Registration Office and check the registered name matches.
How do I know a Ireland supplier is a real manufacturer, not a reseller?
Whatever activity CRO, Companies Registration Office records, the maker-or-middleman question is best answered by a facility permit, an inspection record or a product registration that names the site.