Official source
VIES; Registro Imprese not yet connected
Accepted identifiers
- Italian VAT number (Partita IVA)
- Company name, website, email, phone and IBAN
Italy
Partial coverageCheck an Italian company – current coverage
For Italian entities, we validate EU VAT numbers through VIES and assess whether the company identity matches the offer, website and payment.
Checks performed
What the result can verify
- EU VAT validity through VIES
- Domain age, technical signals and contacts
- Conflicts across company identity, invoice and bank account
Country-specific risks
Signals worth checking
- The Partita IVA belongs to a different company than the website claims
- An invoice uses an Italian identity while payment goes to an unrelated account
- The contact communicates only by chat and cannot prove a link to the company
Before payment
Practical next steps
- Submit the Partita IVA together with the URL and invoice
- Compare the VIES name with the seller's legal details
- For higher-value orders, use a reversible payment method or escrow
Questions and answers
Checking a company in Italy
Do you check the Italian Registro Imprese?
Not automatically. VIES and global website, contact and payment checks are active; the national register is not reported as connected.
What if VIES does not return the company name?
Some member states limit the returned details. The result must then avoid claiming a name match, making documents, website and payment evidence more important.
Coverage limitation
Registro Imprese is the official national source, but we have not confirmed an open production API for exact automated queries. The result therefore reports partial coverage.