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Overview

In Kyckr’s migration from the EBR (European Business Registry Network), we’ve updated Search, Lite Profile, and Enhanced Profile responses for Estonia (ISO code EE). Enhanced Profiles remain available and have been improved with better data quality and additional fields.

Search results

We’ve improved the structure and data quality of Search responses for Estonia companies.

Response structure changes

The search response structure has been updated for better consistency and additional company information. Before:
After:

Key changes

The following fields are now populated in search responses:
  • Address information: addressInOneLineField is now populated with the full Estonian format address
  • Legal form: legalFormField now provides the company’s legal form (e.g., “Public limited company”)
  • Legal status: legalStatusField now provides the company’s legal status (e.g., “Entered into the register”)
  • Registration number: registrationNumberField now provides the company’s registration number
  • Registration date: registrationDateField now provides the company’s registration date in ISO format
The following fields have been removed:
  • registrationAuthorityCodeField is no longer included
  • lineField, cityTownField, and additional empty address fields have been removed

Lite profile changes

The response structure has been updated due to the new provider, with improved activity data, address parsing, and additional fields.

Response structure changes

Before (V1 format):
After (V1 format):

Field mapping changes

Activity data

Key improvements:
  • Activity codes (codeField) are now populated
  • Multiple activities are now captured when available

Address structure

The address structure has been improved with better parsing and more populated fields: Key improvements:
  • countryField is now populated (previously empty)
  • cityTownField, regionStateField, and postcodeField are now properly parsed and populated

Company identification

Key changes:
  • registrationNumberField is now included, providing the registration number separately from codeField
  • foundationDateField is now populated with the company’s foundation date
  • registrationDateField format has been improved to ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) instead of DD.MM.YYYY
Key changes:
  • Status normalization now uses title case ("Active") instead of uppercase ("ACTIVE")

Additional fields

New fields added:
  • aliasesField: Array of company aliases (may be empty)
  • otherIdentifiersField: Array of other company identifiers (may be empty)

Enhanced profile changes

The response structure has been updated due to the new provider, with improved data quality across multiple fields.

Response structure changes

Before (V1 format):
After (V1 format):

Field mapping changes

Activity data

Key improvements:
  • Activity descriptions (descriptionField) are now populated alongside codes
  • Multiple activities are now captured when available

Address structure

The address structure has been improved with better parsing:
  • addressInOneLineField now uses Estonian format (region first)
  • cityTownField, countryField, postcodeField, and regionStateField are now populated
  • typeField now uses standardized descriptions (e.g., “Registered Address” instead of “Business address”)

Directors and representatives

Key improvements:
  • appointedOnField is now populated with appointment dates in ISO format
  • directorNumberField is now included for director identification

Shareholders

New fields added:
  • shareHoldersField is now populated with share holdings and shareholder details
  • Includes shareholder identification (idField), name (nameField), share percentage (percentageField), nominal value (nominalValueField), and shareholder type (shareholderTypeField - “Person” or “Company”)

Capital information

Key improvements:
  • typeCodeField is now populated (e.g., “L” for Ordinary ownership)
  • typeField now uses standardized descriptions (e.g., “Ordinary ownership” instead of “Capital”)
Key changes:
  • legalFormField now provides English translated legal form (e.g., “Public limited company” instead of “Aktsiaselts (AS)”)
  • Status normalization now uses title case ("Active") instead of uppercase ("ACTIVE")

Identifiers

Key changes:
  • vatNumberField is deprecated and no longer populated
  • otherIdentifiersField is now populated and captures VAT numbers where available (e.g., {"typeField": "EE100154681", "valueField": "EE_VAT_CD"})
  • This provides a more structured approach to handling various identifier types

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