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Company research
Find out which business is behind a name or website. We review available company records, filings, website history and news coverage to help you assess a supplier, partner or other business.
Research & verification
OSINT services.
Need to check a company, look into a suspicious website or verify something you’ve been told? CMX’s OSINT services help you research and check publicly available information. OSINT stands for open-source intelligence. You’ll receive a report explaining what we found, with links to the sources and any questions we couldn’t resolve.
Check the story
against the records.
What we investigate
Companies, websites
and public claims.
You might be choosing a supplier, checking an offer or trying to understand an online incident. Tell us what happened and what you need to know. We’ll agree on the research and the cost before starting.
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Checking a claim
Find the original source of a statement and see whether the evidence supports it. This can include checking dates, comparing versions of a page and working out whether several articles all repeat the same source.
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Website & domain research
Look into a domain’s registration, technical records and previous website content. These can help explain how a site has changed and point to connections worth checking.
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Public profiles & connections
Compare public profiles, names, websites and affiliations. We check whether the records belong to the same organization and look into conflicting or outdated information.
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Suspicious offers & online incidents
Check an unfamiliar website or offer, or review public material related to impersonation or online abuse. We can preserve relevant pages and organize the evidence for your team to review.
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Timelines & monitoring
Piece together when something changed using archived pages, filings and other dated records. If you need regular updates, we can monitor agreed sources and report the changes.
Illustrative example
Has this company really been operating since 2014?
Suppose a company’s website says it started in 2014, but its registration is dated 2019. Is there an explanation? Here’s how we’d check.
Checking a company's history
The records we found
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Current website
The company says it has been operating since 2014.
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Company registration
The legal entity was incorporated in 2019.
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Archived website
A saved page shows the brand online in 2015.
Start with the records.
The dates look inconsistent, but they describe different things. A company registration tells us when a legal entity was formed. An archived page shows what was online at the time it was saved.
We keep the links and dates so you can review the same records.
What needs checking
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Is it the same business?
Compare the names, registration details and website information.
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What happened before 2019?
Look for earlier records of the business and its trading name.
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Is there evidence from 2014?
Find dated records that could support the claimed start date.
Look for an explanation.
A business may trade before forming a particular company. We check whether that's what happened here, rather than assume the different dates mean the website is wrong.
The archived page gives us something to investigate. It doesn't tell us when the business first began trading.
The report
ConfirmedThe brand was online in 2015.
The archived page shows it before the company's 2019 incorporation.
Not yet confirmedThe claimed 2014 start date.
We haven't found a record showing that the business was operating in 2014.
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Follow up with the company
Ask for dated records of its earlier trading history.
Explain what we've established.
There's evidence of the brand before the company was incorporated. We still need more information to verify the 2014 claim.
You now know which part of the story checks out and what to ask the company next.
Have a question about a company or website?
What you receive
A report you can
read and use.
We explain the findings in plain language and include the sources behind them. If records conflict or a question remains unanswered, we’ll say so.
- The answer: what we found and how it relates to your question.
- The evidence: links, dates and copies of relevant records.
- Next steps: anything that needs further checking.
The format depends on the project. You may need a short memo, a detailed report, a timeline or a dataset your team can work with.
How we work with you.
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Discuss the question
Tell us what you know, what you need to find out and when you need it. We agree on the scope, price and report format.
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Research the sources
We look for relevant public records and save the information needed to check them later.
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Check the findings
We compare records, investigate discrepancies and check that names and dates refer to the right subject.
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Review the report
You receive the findings and supporting sources. We walk through the results and discuss any follow-up.
Ongoing research
Need to keep
checking for changes?
We can build tools to collect information from agreed sources, compare documents or alert your team when a page changes. That can save time when you’re checking the same companies, websites or records regularly.
Automation and AI can help with collection and organization. We check important findings against the original material before reporting them.
Read our OSINT guide for more about the sources and tools, or see how we verify public information.
Questions about OSINT services.
What does OSINT mean?
OSINT stands for open-source intelligence. It means researching and analyzing publicly available information. For example, we might compare company records, archived websites and news reports to check a business's history.
What should I send you to get started?
Send a short description of the situation, the question you need answered and your deadline. Company names, website addresses and relevant public links are helpful. We'll let you know what else we need.
How much does the research cost?
It depends on what you need checked, how many companies or websites are involved, and which records are available. We review your request and agree on a price before starting. If more work is needed, we'll discuss it with you first.
Can you identify someone behind an anonymous account?
Sometimes public information reveals a connection, but a matching username or shared server is not enough to identify someone. We can review the available material and explain what it shows. We can't guarantee that it will establish who is behind an account.
What information can you access?
We use public sources and material you're authorized to provide. We don't enter private accounts or bypass access controls. If your request needs a licensed investigator or a formal background check, we'll flag that before agreeing to the work.
What if you can't find the answer?
We'll explain what we checked, what we found and what's still unknown. Where possible, we'll suggest a follow-up, such as requesting a particular record from the company. Some questions can't be answered from public information alone.
What do you need
to find out?
Send a brief description, any relevant names or links, and any deadline you have in mind. We’ll review the request and talk through how we can help.