What our Hungary company report includes
Our Hungary reports draw on sources including the Cégjegyzék (company register) administered by the Cégbíróság at each regional court, the Cégközlöny official gazette, the e-Cégjegyzék portal, the e-beszámolo electronic financial-statements portal, NAV (the National Tax and Customs Administration) records, court records, MNB and the Budapest Stock Exchange for listed entities, and direct in-country enquiry; fees may apply for certain records. Coverage of any individual source depends on what the subject company has filed and what is publicly accessible at the time of the search. Findings are translated from Hungarian and presented in plain English.
Identity & registration
- ✓ Cégjegyzékszám (XX-XX-XXXXXX format)
- ✓ Adószám (tax number, XXXXXXXX-X-XX)
- ✓ Intra-community VAT (HU + first 8 digits of Adószám)
- ✓ Legal form (Kft., Zrt., Nyrt., Bt., Kkt.)
- ✓ Date of incorporation, TEÁOR activity code
- ✓ Status (active, under termination, deleted)
People & ownership
- ✓ Ügyvezető (managing director, Kft.)
- ✓ Igazgatóság (board of directors, Zrt./Nyrt.)
- ✓ Felügyelőbizottság (supervisory board)
- ✓ Tagok / részvényesek (shareholders) and jegyzett tőke (registered capital)
- ✓ Beneficial owners (UBO register)
Financial & trading
- ✓ Beszámoló (annual accounts) at e-beszámolo
- ✓ Multi-year revenue, profit & balance-sheet trend
- ✓ Size classification (mikro / kis / közép / nagy)
- ✓ Audit opinion (where required)
- ✓ Risk indicator and calculated credit limit
Risk & public records
- ✓ Felszámolás (liquidation) & csődeljárás (bankruptcy reorganisation)
- ✓ Végrehajtás (enforcement) records
- ✓ NAV tax-debt list and adóhatóság flags (case-specific)
- ✓ VAT-registration suspension or cancellation (case-specific)
Note on Hungary data: Hungarian Kft. and Zrt. companies must file annual accounts (beszámoló) electronically through e-beszámolo within five months of year end. These are publicly accessible. NAV maintains a public list of large tax debtors ("adótartozás" / "köztartozásmentes adózó") which is widely used as a Hungarian credit-screening reference.
Why verify a Hungary company?
Hungary operates a strong corporate transparency framework. The Cégbíróság (Court of Registration) at each of Hungary's regional courts is the official company registrar, and the e-Cégjegyzék portal aggregates this data nationally. Every limited entity is recorded with directors, shareholders, capital and articles of association. Annual accounts (beszámoló) must be filed electronically through the e-beszámolo system within five months of year end, and these are publicly accessible. The Cégközlöny is the official gazette and the primary publication source for corporate events.
For credit and procurement decisions on Hungarian counterparties, registry and e-beszámolo financial data together provide a strong basis. The Hungary-specific dimensions to flag are the NAV public lists: the National Tax and Customs Administration publishes searchable lists of large tax debtors (köztartozás), defaulting taxpayers, and entities whose VAT registration has been cancelled. Each of these is a useful screening reference. Hungary also classifies companies by size category (mikro, kis, közép, nagy) under the Accounting Act, with smaller categories filing abbreviated accounts.
Risk patterns we can identify in Hungary reports include felszámolás (liquidation) and csődeljárás (bankruptcy reorganisation) filings published in the Cégközlöny; végrehajtás (enforcement) records; NAV tax-debt entries on the large-debtors list; VAT-registration suspension or cancellation; recent changes of ügyvezető; non-filing of beszámoló beyond the statutory window; and discrepancies between the registered office and operating premises. Each is material to a credit, procurement or partnership decision.