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Independent business certification across Europe

Make your business credibility visible.

Proven™ independently evaluates established companies using documented, country-specific business and financial information. Businesses that meet every criterion receive a Proven™ & Trusted Business certification that customers, partners and procurement teams can verify.

Only qualifying businesses become Proven™.

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Proven™ countries
🇮🇪 IrelandAvailable 🇵🇹 PortugalComing soon 🇷🇴 RomaniaComing soon 🇪🇸 SpainComing soon 🇧🇪 BelgiumComing soon 🇭🇷 CroatiaComing soon
6+EU markets
~2M+Companies evaluated
Top 7%Qualify per country
100+Data points checked
AnnualRenewed & updated
1Concrete business value

What your company gains

Certification is more than a framed document. It gives your team a consistent, independently assessed way to present credibility at the moments when a customer or partner is deciding whether to trust you.

Independent evaluation

Evaluated against 100+ criteria using public data, credit bureau records, tax compliance information and payment behaviour.

Named digital certificate

A premium, print-ready certificate tied to the legal company, registration number, country and methodology, including the possibility to verify validity.

Public verification record

A permanent public listing in the Proven™ company registry, searchable by certificate number and company name, with a dedicated profile, status, key facts and clearly labelled company description.

Approved trust marks

Light and dark website badges, email-signature assets and a document stamp for proposals, presentations and appropriate print-ready materials.

Increased acceptance rate

A Proven™ badge on your proposal tells procurement teams, CFOs and enterprise clients you have passed an independent evaluation. Fewer questions. Shorter sales cycles. Better payment conditions.

Market credibility

Top candidates choose top and Proven™ companies. Financial institutions and large enterprise clients increasingly require proof of stability before engaging. Display and share the badge.

2What is Proven™ certification

You are only certified
if you are eligible.

Proven™ evaluates companies using all available financial and behavioural data, including government registries, credit bureau records, tax compliance history and payment behaviour toward suppliers and partners. No forms to fill in. No self-promotion. The score is the score.

Financial stability
Tax compliance
Supplier payment behaviour
Legal and insolvency status
Court judgements
Profitability track record
Liquidity and debt position
Filing and ownership transparency

Make your credibility easier to recognize.

For customers, partners and teams, trust matters before the first conversation begins.

Proven Companies
2026Trusted &ProvenBusiness

This certifies that

Example Company Ltd

Proven™ & Trusted BusinessCountry

has met the applicable Proven™ Companies certification requirements following an independent evaluation of its financial stability, operating performance and business reliability, based on information available at the assessment date.

Certificate IDPVN-EU-2026-A7K9-Q2M4
Company number123456 · demo
Issued15 May 2026
Valid until14 May 2027
Company activityBusiness services
Assessment countryCountry
PCFProven™ Founder
VERIFY CERTIFICATE VALIDITY: provencompanies.com/verify. Use the certificate code or company name.

You know your company is Proven. Be Proven for everyone.

The exact impact differs by business and cannot be guaranteed. PROVEN is designed to support these nine practical outcomes.

Greater customer confidence

Give prospects an independently assessed signal before they commit.

Faster sales conversations

Answer credibility questions earlier and support a shorter route to a decision.

Clear competitive difference

Add a verifiable distinction when buyers compare similar providers.

Easier partner engagement

Provide a structured trust reference in supplier and commercial discussions.

Stronger reputation

Connect brand claims to a dated assessment and public record.

Lower perceived customer risk

Reduce uncertainty by showing identity, status, validity and assessment context.

A stronger talent signal

Show candidates that the company values transparency and long-term credibility.

Business community access

Create a foundation for future events, introductions and shared visibility.

A shorter path to trust

Give customers, partners and teams one clear place to check your status.

Publicity, commercial outcomes, credit terms, partnership decisions and hiring outcomes remain at the discretion of third parties and are not promised by certification.

3How to get certified

From evaluation to recognition

No application forms, no documents to submit, no waiting rooms. We do the work. You receive the result.

1

We evaluate

Proven™ runs your company through our scoring model using all available data sources for your country. You don't need to submit anything. We retrieve and analyse the data independently.

2

You qualify & order

If your company meets every threshold, you receive a certification notification with your score. You then order your certificate and badge kit. We deliver the full package by email or courier, depending on the chosen package.

3

Use it everywhere

Deploy your badge on your website, email signature, client proposals, LinkedIn and printed materials. Your verified listing on provencompanies.com is live the same day.

How it works ↗
4Evaluation criteria

How companies are evaluated

Scoring is based entirely on objective, externally verifiable data: government filings, credit records, tax compliance and payment history. No interviews, no panels, no subjectivity.

What information is used

We pull data from all available sources for each country: national company registries, tax authority records, court and insolvency registers, credit bureau scores and, where available, payment behaviour databases. No single data source is sufficient on its own. A company must score well across all dimensions simultaneously.

Data sources

National company registries (financial filings)
Tax authority compliance records
Credit bureau scores & payment history
Court judgements & insolvency registers
Supplier & trade payment behaviour data
Director & shareholder public records
Read the methodology ↗
5Markets

Built locally. Designed to scale across Europe.

Country-specific scoring, one consistent global standard. Click a country to see its local certification page.

🇮🇪Ireland≈420k active companies · 2025 est.Apply now → 🇵🇹Portugal≈1.5m active companies · 2025 est.Coming soon 🇷🇴Romania≈1.0m active companies · 2025 est.Coming soon 🇪🇸Spain≈3.6m active companies · 2025 est.Coming soon 🇧🇪Belgium≈960k active companies · 2025 est.Coming soon 🇭🇷Croatia≈260k active companies · 2025 est.Coming soon

Source: Eurostat active enterprises (2023–2024). The 2025 enterprise counts are Proven estimates calculated by applying each country's latest observed annual growth rate to its 2024 Eurostat figure; rounded figures are shown.

6Certified companies

The Proven™ list

A public registry of Europe's most financially sound and behaviourally reliable businesses, updated annually and searchable by country, sector and year.

Why the list matters

Being on the Proven™ list sends a clear signal to customers, partners, banks and investors who search your company name. It says: this company has been independently evaluated and cleared across every criterion.

Public verification

For the strongest result, enter the unique certificate code printed on the certificate. You can also search by company name.

Open Proven™ List →
7The certificate package

Everything in the box

One certification includes a complete digital and print package, ready to use the same day you receive it.

Proven Companies
2026Trusted &ProvenBusiness

This certifies that

Example Company Ltd

Proven™ & Trusted BusinessCountry

has met the applicable Proven™ Companies certification requirements following an independent evaluation of its financial stability, operating performance and business reliability, based on information available at the assessment date.

Certificate IDPVN-EU-2026-A7K9-Q2M4
Company number123456 · demo
Issued15 May 2026
Valid until14 May 2027
Company activityBusiness services
Assessment countryCountry
PCFProven™ Founder
VERIFY CERTIFICATE VALIDITY: provencompanies.com/verify. Use the certificate code or company name.

PDF certificate

Dated, print-ready A4 certificate with your company name, country and year. Available in English and local language.

Website badge

PNG + SVG in light and dark versions. Retina-ready. Embed on your website with a single line of code.

Email signature badge

Correctly sized for Outlook, Gmail and Apple Mail. Adds credibility to every email you send.

Document stamp

High-resolution stamp for invoices, proposals, contracts and printed materials.

Verified listing

A permanent, publicly searchable entry on provencompanies.com with a unique URL you can link to.

Annual renewal

Renewing each year signals continuous strength, not just a one-time snapshot. It builds stronger trust over time.

Can your business prove it?

Let’s start with your company details.

Enter your company name or registration number. We run a preliminary check against our scoring model and let you know where you stand. There is no payment at this stage.

We will review your details and get back to you as soon as the evaluation is complete.