🇸🇰How to verify a supplier in Slovakia
To verify a supplier in Slovakia, look the company up for free in the official Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities (RPO) at the Statistical Office, with the Commercial Register (Obchodny register) as the court register and confirm it is registered and currently active. The registry returns the RPO open API returns the full name history with valid-from and valid-to dates, every registered address with its own validity period, the establishment date and the identifier itself, so a name change or a move is visible as dated history rather than as a single current line.
The official registry
- Registry
- Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities (RPO) at the Statistical Office, with the Commercial Register (Obchodny register) as the court register
- Company ID
- ICO (8 digits, the company identification number)
- Cost
- Free basic lookup
- Active status
- A dissolved Slovak company carries a termination date in the RPO record, and a current name entry has no valid-to date; if the name the supplier uses has a valid-to date in the past, they are quoting an old name.
- Machine-readable and keyless: https://api.statistics.sk/rpo/v1/search?identifier={ICO} returned a full JSON record on 2026-08-05, which makes an automated Slovak check free.
- Slovakia is in the EU, so a Slovak VAT number (SK plus 10 digits) validates for free in VIES, and the VIES name must match the register name.
- Financial statements are public in the Register uctovnych zavierok (registeruz.sk), so a Slovak maker's size can be checked rather than taken on trust.
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.
Verify it in four steps
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Open the Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities (RPO) at the Statistical Office, with the Commercial Register (Obchodny register) as the court register
Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities (RPO) at the Statistical Office, with the Commercial Register (Obchodny register) as the court register is the official government record of companies in Slovakia. Basic name or number search is free.
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Search the exact legal name or ID
Search the supplier's registered name or its ICO (8 digits, the company identification 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.
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Confirm it is active, not struck off
A dissolved Slovak company carries a termination date in the RPO record, and a current name entry has no valid-to date; if the name the supplier uses has a valid-to date in the past, they are quoting an old name.
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Check it makes what it sells
A real factory carries a manufacturing activity code and a consistent trade history; a middleman reselling everything is the most common mismatch. 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.
We do this check for you
On every Slovakia 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 Slovakia suppliers, not just the loudest.
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Questions
Is checking a Slovakia supplier free?
Yes. A basic name or number lookup in the Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities (RPO) at the Statistical Office, with the Commercial Register (Obchodny register) as the court register is free. Some full official extracts are paid, but confirming a company exists and is active costs nothing.
What ID does a Slovakia company have?
Its ICO (8 digits, the company identification number). Ask the supplier for it, then confirm it in the Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities (RPO) at the Statistical Office, with the Commercial Register (Obchodny register) as the court register and check the registered name matches.
How do I know a Slovakia supplier is a real manufacturer, not a reseller?
The registry's activity code is the tell: a manufacturing code means a real maker, a wholesale or retail code means a trader. Machine-readable and keyless: https://api.statistics.sk/rpo/v1/search?identifier={ICO} returned a full JSON record on 2026-08-05, which makes an automated Slovak check free.