🇱🇹How to verify a supplier in Lithuania

Registry

Register of Legal Entities (Juridiniu asmenu registras, JAR), State Enterprise Centre of Registers (Registru centras)

Company ID

company code (9 digits)

Cost

Free basic lookup

Active status

A live company has no de-registration date and a normal status; the register's own closure marker is the de-registration (isregistravimo) date, and statuses such as in liquidation or in bankruptcy mean it is winding down.

• The whole JAR is published as keyless open data: get.data.gov.lt exposes a JSON API (datasets/gov/rc/jar/iregistruoti/JuridinisAsmuo) returning each entity's code, name, registration and de-registration dates, so a Lithuanian company can be checked programmatically for free.
• Validate the VAT number (LT plus 9 or 12 digits) free in the EU VIES checker; the standard VAT rate stays 21 percent in 2026, while the reduced rate rose from 9 to 12 percent and medicines and books moved to 5 percent on 1 January 2026.
• Know the legal forms: UAB is the standard private limited company, AB is a public company, MB (mazoji bendrija, small partnership) is an ultra-cheap form with no minimum capital and often no employees. A claimed factory that turns out to be an MB with no staff deserves extra questions; ask for the production address and cross-check the activity in the paid extract if the order is large.
• The free search and the open-data feed carry no activity (EVRK/NACE) code and no officer list, so maker-vs-trader cannot be read from the free record alone; that detail sits in the paid extract or must be verified against the company's real-world footprint.

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.