North Korea

North Korea company check & sanctions screening

Why we do not offer conventional company credit reports on North Korean entities — and what we can do instead.

North Korea (DPRK) does not maintain a public corporate register accessible for conventional commercial verification, and is also subject to the most extensive international sanctions architecture imposed on any country. We do not offer a standard company credit report on entities registered in North Korea. If you have identified a potential DPRK connection on a counterparty registered elsewhere, search by that counterparty's actual country of registration.

No conventional company report is available for North Korea

North Korea (DPRK) operates one of the most closed economies in the world. It does not maintain a public corporate register accessible for conventional commercial verification, and the formal economy is not structured around the kind of registered limited entities that exist elsewhere.

For these reasons we do not offer a standard company credit report on entities registered in North Korea. We cannot reliably verify the existence, identity, ownership, financial position or trading status of a DPRK-registered entity, and no investigated report on such an entity can meaningfully be produced.

North Korea is also subject to the most extensive international sanctions architecture imposed on any country, including UN Security Council resolutions and US, EU and UK measures. Wider questions of sanctions exposure or transaction permissibility, whether direct or through indirect connections, are matters for the reader's own compliance channels and are not within the scope of a commercial credit and verification report.

What we can do. If you have identified a potential DPRK connection on a counterparty registered in another jurisdiction, we can produce a report on that counterparty in its actual country of registration. The report will cover credit standing, financial position, ownership and identity in the normal way. Search by the country of registration of the entity you are checking.

Find the right country

Most enquiries that begin with a potential North Korean connection are resolved by ordering a report on the counterparty's actual country of registration, frequently China, Russia, or another regional jurisdiction. Use the country directory to identify the correct country and request a report there.

North Korea at a glance

Country reference information.

Capital
Pyongyang
Currency
North Korean Won (KPW)
Company registry
No public register
Official language
Korean
Reports available
None — search by counterparty's actual country of registration

Search by country of registration

If your counterparty is registered in another jurisdiction with a possible DPRK link, request a report on that jurisdiction. Most reports are delivered in English from 2 working days.