# Austria

Company data from the Austria business register, through the Topograph API.

## Overview

Topograph reads Firmenbuch (Austrian Companies Register), Vereinsregister (ZVR), GISA (Gewerbeinformationssystem Austria) and firmenbuchgrundbuch.at (certified Firmenbuch extracts) and returns the company profile, legal representatives, other key persons and shareholders of Austria companies through one API.

## Coverage

What comes back for each datapoint and document, as on the coverage matrix.

Requests run in prefill mode (fast) or verification mode (the authoritative register answer).

| Datapoint | Returned | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Company profile | Yes |  |
| Legal representatives | Yes |  |
| Other key persons | Yes |  |
| Shareholders | Partly | Comes back in Verify. |

| Document | Returned |
| --- | --- |
| Register extract | Yes |
| Articles of association | No |
| Financials | Yes |
| UBO extract | No |

### Documents, as the register names them

- Firmenbuchauszug
- Vereinsregisterauszug
- GISA-Auszug
- Jahresabschluss

### Speed

A company profile typically comes back from the register in 5 s in verification mode. These are typical observations, not a service-level commitment: set your timeouts well above them.

## Sources

The registers this country’s data comes from. Secondary sources only enrich or check what the registers return.

- **[Firmenbuch (Austrian Companies Register)](https://justizonline.gv.at/jop/web/firmenbuchabfrage)**: Austrian Companies Register managed by the Federal Ministry of Justice via JustizOnline
- **[Vereinsregister (ZVR)](https://citizen.bmi.gv.at/at.gv.bmi.fnsweb-p/zvn/public/Registerauszug)**: Zentrales Vereinsregister – Austrian Central Association Register managed by BMI
- **[GISA (Gewerbeinformationssystem Austria)](https://www.gisa.gv.at/abfrage)**: Austrian Trade Information System – trade licence register managed by BMAW
- **[firmenbuchgrundbuch.at (certified Firmenbuch extracts)](https://www.firmenbuchgrundbuch.at)**: Credentialed web portal that delivers the official certified Firmenbuch extract (Firmenbuchauszug)
- **[GLEIF (Legal Entity Identifiers)](https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-golden-copy/download-the-golden-copy)** (secondary): Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation – Legal Entity Identifier reference data
- **[VIES (EU VAT)](https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/)** (secondary): VAT Information Exchange System – EU VAT number validation service

## Identifiers

Request a company by its FN (Firmenbuchnummer), ZVR number or GISA-Zahl as the `id`, with `countryCode` set to `AT`. Their formats, validation rules and example values are in the full reference.

## The full Austria reference

The full reference covers how each datapoint is sourced and mapped, the vocabularies the API returns, the documents you can order and exact example responses. It is free with a Topograph account.

| In the full reference | Entries |
| --- | --- |
| Identifiers and formats | 6 |
| Search patterns | 5 |
| Quirks | 13 |
| Legal forms | 25 |
| Officer roles | 40 |
| Company statuses | 4 |
| Documents | 5 |
| Example responses | 7 |

- Create a free account: https://www.topograph.co/sign-up?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fat
- Sign in: https://www.topograph.co/sign-in?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fat

With a session, https://www.topograph.co/countries/at.md returns the full reference as Markdown. Assistants signed in to the [Topograph Wizard MCP](https://docs.topograph.co/guides/topograph-mcp) can read it there too.

## Austria business register guide

[Austria business register guide](https://www.topograph.co/guides/business-registers-in-austria): how the register works, what it publishes and which documents it issues.

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Source: https://www.topograph.co/countries/at