Italian company report: cost and which level to choose

Updated to 26/10/2026

In short: a check on an Italian company costs a UK buyer very little at the official level (a few euros per document from the Italian business register) and €19, €49 or €99 for a Veryfy report, paid once with no subscription. The documents tell you what the company is; a report tells you who controls it, whether it is in difficulty and how much to risk with it. Pick the level by what you stand to lose on the deal, not by the price.

Part of the guide Checking an Italian company: a guide for UK businesses after Brexit. All guides: Guides.

What do official Italian documents cost?

For a UK company, Companies House makes the data it holds available free of charge and no registration is needed to view it (GOV.UK: search the Companies House register). Italy works differently: the register is kept by the Chambers of Commerce and published through the Registro Imprese portal, and the official extract (the visura camerale) is sold per document.

Registro Imprese fees for a visura, as published by the register
Document	Sole trader and other forms	Limited company (S.r.l., S.p.A.)	Partnership
Ordinary visura (current position)	€3.00	€5.00	€3.50
Historical visura (with the history of changes)	€4.00	€6.00	€4.50

Source: Registro Imprese: visura, historical visura and certificate. The same page says the visura is informative: it has no value as a certification and cannot be set against third parties, unlike the certificato camerale. It also notes that the legal representative or owner of a business can obtain the visura of their own business free of charge, even in English, through the Impresa italia service, so an Italian partner can send you theirs at no cost.

There is an official English version too. The register offers a Company Registration Report and a Company Registration Certificate for use abroad; the report costs the same as the Italian visura, and the certificate costs less than the Italian one because it is exempt from stamp duty (Registro Imprese: visura in English).

What a document does not tell you

A visura describes the company: its name, registered office, directors, shareholders and corporate status. It does not measure payment behaviour. Unpaid bills of exchange and bounced cheques sit in a separate register, the Registro Protesti, where each protest is kept for five years from publication or until it is cancelled, for example after payment or because it was wrongly lodged (Registro Imprese: protests). Our guide on Italian protests for UK suppliers explains how to read them.

So the cost question is really a coverage question. Pulling the visura, the protest search and the accounts separately means three searches in Italian, each with its own fee, and no one connecting them to the people behind the company.

What each Veryfy level adds

Every report is a one-off payment. Prices are in euros. The service and the report are in Italian, because they come from Italian official sources; company names, offices and procedures keep their original wording, and the guide How to read an Italian company report is the glossary.

Veryfy company reports
Product	Price	What it covers
Verification	€19	Full company check, beneficial owner, shareholders and directors, estimated operating credit line, protests and insolvency signals, comparison with the sector
Decision (most chosen)	€49	Everything in Verification, plus properties registered to the company, links with other companies and a restated financial statement
Investigation	€99	Everything in Decision, plus risk algorithms developed by experienced risk managers
Negative records and insolvency proceedings	€5.90	Protests and insolvency proceedings only, with source and date
Beneficial owner	€9.90	Who really controls the company
Rating and operating credit line	€9.90	Credit rating and estimated operating credit line
Essential	€14.90	Negative records and beneficial owner together, cheaper than buying both separately

Each company product comes with a free Check anti-truffa (anti-scam check): it looks at the VAT number in the EU VIES register, free webmail or disposable email, domain age, domains flagged for malware or phishing, SPF and DMARC protection, the VAT number shown on the website, data breaches affecting the site, and whether the IBAN is correctly written and from a country consistent with the company.

The estimated operating credit line is an estimate of how much you can reasonably risk with the company. It is not a guarantee and not payment insurance.

Which level for which deal?

This is practical guidance, not a rule: the right level depends on what you can afford to lose and on what you already know about the counterparty.

A practical way to choose
Your situation	Question to settle	Report
First order, small value, goods paid before dispatch	Is this a real company with a real owner?	Verification (€19), or Essential (€14.90) if you only need protests and ownership
Open account, or a framework contract with an Italian customer	Who is behind it, and is it linked to other companies?	Decision (€49)
Large exposure, an investment or a sensitive file	Do we need the finest reading of the risk?	Investigation (€99)
You only suspect payment trouble	Any protests or insolvency proceedings?	Negative records and insolvency proceedings (€5.90)

A one-off check does not replace monitoring: repeat it before renewing a contract or raising a credit line, because a company's position can change.

Ready to order? Start with a Verification at €19, or compare the levels on the pricing page. If a supplier has just sent you new bank details, read Italian supplier changed IBAN first.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a report on an Italian company cost?

Veryfy's three full reports cost €19 (Verification), €49 (Decision) and €99 (Investigation), each paid once with no subscription. Narrower reports run from €5.90 to €14.90, and a free anti-scam check comes with every company product.

Is Companies House enough to check an Italian company?

No. Companies House covers the UK register, and its name search excludes UK establishments of overseas companies. For an Italian company the official source is the Italian business register, Registro Imprese.

Can I get an Italian company extract in English?

Yes. Registro Imprese offers a Company Registration Report and a Certificate in English for use abroad. The Veryfy report itself is in Italian, because it is built from Italian official sources.

Does the operating credit line guarantee that the company will pay?

No. It is an estimate of how much you can reasonably risk with the company, not a guarantee or payment insurance.

Sources

Official sources opened and read on 2026-10-26.

General information, not legal advice. Sources verified on 2026-10-26.