Data Sources
Every fact on Entio traces back to one of the primary sources below — official government registers and open datasets, not a third-party aggregator. This page lists them all, with what each one is used for and how often it updates.
Weekly list of newly incorporated companies
Updated weeklyCompanies Registry, HKSAR Government
The base company records on this site — English/Chinese name, BRN, and incorporation date — come directly from this weekly file.
https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-cr-crdata-list-newly-registered-companies-2526Registered office address lookup (by BRN)
Updated dailyCompanies Registry, HKSAR Government
Used to fetch each company's official registered office address, which we then match against known area names to assign a district.
https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-cr-crdata-list-addrTrust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) licensee register
Updated monthlyCompanies Registry, HKSAR Government
Cross-referenced against every company's registered address to identify licensed company-secretarial providers — see our TCSP guide for what the licence means.
https://www.tcsp.cr.gov.hk/open-data/licensees.csvGazetted street name list
Updated as publishedLands Department, HKSAR Government
Used to romanize Chinese-language registered addresses to their real, official English street and district names rather than a generic phonetic guess.
https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/street-name/Gazetted_Street_Name.pdfWhat we add on top
Beyond reproducing these sources, Entio computes a small number of derived fields — industry classification (from a keyword match, disclosed with a confidence score), district assignment, registered-address density, and a Data Completeness score. None of these are official registry facts; each is labelled with its own source and confidence so it's never confused with verified government data. See our Methodology page for the full detail.