Austria Company, Owner & Shareholder Directory
Company register search for 635,165 Austria companies, plus shareholder, officer and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Austria company register data is held on the Firmenbuch (Companies Register), administered regionally through district commercial courts (Firmenbuchgerichte) rather than one central office, though searchable nationally via Justiz Online for a fee. Beneficial ownership is tracked separately on the Register der wirtschaftlichen Eigentümer (WiEReG-Register), in force since January 2018 under EU anti-money-laundering rules, at a threshold above 25% direct or indirect ownership, voting rights, or management control. Following the EU's November 2022 Court of Justice ruling, access has narrowed to parties who can show a legitimate interest. Listed companies are largely exempt.
Austria beneficial ownership guideTop Companies in Austria
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts by data layer for Austria, as of the last reconciliation.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you about Austria
Austria’s Register of Beneficial Owners (Wirtschaftliche Eigentümer Registergesetz, WiEReG), run by the Federal Ministry of Finance via the Unternehmensserviceportal, is not openly public like the Firmenbuch commercial register — access is granted case by case for a €4 fee, and only to parties who can show a qualifying interest. A 1 October 2025 amendment widened who qualifies as having ‘legitimate interest’ — now including obliged entities in third countries, journalists, academics and counterparties entering a business relationship with a specific entity — but the sign-up process still requires an Austrian or EU electronic ID, leaving access difficult in practice for non-EU professionals.
Austria’s Firmenbuch (commercial register), maintained jointly by the courts and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich), covered over 857,000 registered entities at the end of 2025, of which roughly 474,000 were sole proprietorships and 218,000 corporations. The underlying business population is dominated by the smallest entities: micro enterprises (0–9 employees) made up 89.3% of Austria’s non-financial business sector in 2024, and SMEs overall (under 250 employees) were 99.7% of roughly 604,100 enterprises, generating €169 billion in gross value added — 56% of the market economy’s total — while employing 2.46 million people.
Austria company base, broken down
Charts render from live counts. Where coverage is partial, the excluded population is stated on the chart.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file. Entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Enterprises by size category
A simplified 2-band split of Austria’s non-financial business sector, 2024: the 10+ band spans small, medium and large enterprises together, which combined were 10.7% of the roughly 604,100 enterprises counted, of which 99.7% overall were SMEs (under 250 employees) — a finer small/medium/large breakdown was not independently confirmed to a reliable, dated source in this pass. Source: Statistik Austria / European Commission, Austria SME Fact Sheet 2025.
Who uses Austria ownership data
The three checks this page's data is most often run for.
KYB onboarding
Verifying a Austria counterparty means confirming the beneficial owner behind the entity and evidencing where that answer came from, not just pulling the registered name.
AML and sanctions screening
Sanctions exposure often sits above the operating company, in a holding layer registered elsewhere. Screening the local entity alone will not surface it; screening the resolved ownership chain will.
Supplier and credit risk
Only 204,568 Austria entities have digitized accounts on file, so group membership is often a better solvency signal than a standalone balance sheet.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies does Zavia have on record for Austria?
Zavia holds 635,165 company records for Austria, of which 367,281 (58%) are currently active on the register.
Is beneficial ownership (UBO) data public in Austria?
Austria company register data is held on the Firmenbuch (Companies Register), administered regionally through district commercial courts (Firmenbuchgerichte) rather than one central office, though searchable nationally via Justiz Online for a fee. Beneficial ownership is tracked separately on the Register der wirtschaftlichen Eigentümer (WiEReG-Register), in force since January 2018 under EU anti-money-laundering rules, at a threshold above 25% direct or indirect ownership, voting rights, or management control. Following the EU's November 2022 Court of Justice ruling, access has narrowed to parties who can show a legitimate interest. Listed companies are largely exempt.
Does Zavia have shareholder and group structure data for Austria companies?
Yes. Zavia holds 80,534 shareholder records for Austria companies, with 163,691 ultimate parent relationships resolved for group-structure and ownership-chain mapping.
Does Zavia have director and officer data for Austria companies?
Yes. Zavia holds 677,294 officer and director records for Austria companies, sourced directly from the same official register as the company's own filing.
Does Zavia have VAT registration data for Austria companies?
Yes. Zavia holds 764,354 VAT records for Austria companies, linked to the same registered entity as its company profile.
Does Zavia have financial report data for Austria companies?
Yes. Zavia holds 204,568 digitized financial reports for Austria companies, available through Zavia's enriched company data for verified users.
Can I access Austria's company data through an API?
Yes. Zavia's API connects directly to official government ownership registries across 195 countries and territories, including Austria, so company registration, shareholder, UBO, officer, and group-structure records can be queried programmatically instead of browsed one page at a time.
Where can I read more about how UBO verification works in Austria?
Zavia's Austria beneficial ownership guide covers the register, the UBO threshold, and how to verify a company's ownership chain in more depth than this directory page.