What our Greece company report includes
Our Greece reports can draw on various sources including the General Commercial Registry (GEMI / Γ.Ε.ΜΗ.) operated by the local chambers of commerce, the AADE (Independent Authority for Public Revenue) tax-authority records, the GEMI publicity portal, court records, the HCMC and ATHEX for listed entities, and direct in-country enquiry; fees may apply for certain records. Depth of any given section reflects what the subject company has filed and what is publicly retrievable at the time of the search. Findings are translated from Greek and presented in plain English.
In Greece, statutory company publications and announcements are made through the GEMI publicity portal, operated under the Ministry of Development, with certain corporate acts also published in the Government Gazette.
Identity & registration
- ✓ GEMI Number (Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο)
- ✓ AFM (ΑΦΜ, tax registration, 9-digit)
- ✓ Intra-community VAT number (EL + AFM)
- ✓ Legal form (AE / SA, EPE / Ltd, IKE, OE, EE)
- ✓ Date of incorporation, KAD activity code
- ✓ Status (active, under liquidation, struck off)
People & ownership
- ✓ Diachiristis / Diikitiko Symvoulio (manager / board)
- ✓ Elegktes (statutory auditors, where required)
- ✓ Etairoi / metochoi (shareholders) and capital
- ✓ Beneficial owners (Central Register of Beneficial Owners — restricted access)
- ✓ Group / parent (where disclosed)
Financial & trading
- ✓ Filed annual accounts (oikonomikes katastaseis)
- ✓ Multi-year revenue, profit & balance-sheet trend
- ✓ Greek GAAP vs IFRS (listed and certain entities)
- ✓ Charges and pledges
- ✓ Risk indicator and calculated credit limit
Risk & public records
- ✓ Ptochefsi (bankruptcy) & exygiansis (rehabilitation)
- ✓ Court judgements and enforcement proceedings
- ✓ AADE tax-debt lists (case-specific)
- ✓ EFKA social-security arrears (case-specific)
Note on Greece data: Greek limited companies must file annual accounts with GEMI and these are publicly accessible. The AADE publishes a list of significant tax debtors ("liste megalon ofeilon"), a widely used Greek credit-screening reference. The Greek bankruptcy regime was reformed in 2020 under the Insolvency Code (Law 4738/2020), introducing new procedures including out-of-court workouts and the unified ptochefsi (bankruptcy) framework.
Why verify a Greece company?
Greece operates a corporate transparency regime that has improved substantially over the past decade. The General Commercial Registry (Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο, GEMI) is operated by the local chambers of commerce under the Ministry of Development, and the publicly accessible GEMI database now captures every entity together with directors, shareholders, capital, articles of association, and filed annual accounts. The AFM (tax registration number, ΑΦΜ) is the universal tax identifier and is used together with the GEMI number throughout Greek commerce.
For credit and procurement decisions on Greek counterparties, GEMI and AADE data together provide a strong basis. The dimensions to flag are the recent insolvency reform: under Law 4738/2020, the unified Insolvency Code, the older ptochefsi (bankruptcy) and exygiansis (rehabilitation) procedures were modernised and an out-of-court workout (exodikastikos mechanismos) was strengthened. Any insolvency-related proceeding is publicly recorded through the relevant Court of First Instance. The AADE publishes a public list of significant tax debtors and a list of VAT-suspended counterparties, both of which are checked in Greek credit screening.
Risk patterns we can identify in Greece reports include open insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency Code; AADE tax-debt entries on the large-debtors list; EFKA (social-security) arrears; suspension of VAT registration; significant recent changes of directors or share capital; non-filing of accounts at GEMI; and adverse rulings from the administrative courts. For Greek shipping entities, a substantial part of the economy, the operating company and the vessel-owning special-purpose vehicle are typically separate, and our reports flag both where relevant.