How do I check if a company claiming interest in my scrap is even a registered business?
Short answer: Ask for the company's business registration number or ABN and look it up directly through your country's official business registry, rather than relying on anything the company shows or tells you themselves — an official registry lookup gives you independent confirmation, while a company's own website or documents could potentially be fabricated.
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List Free →Why independent lookup matters
Any document or website a company shows you could theoretically be fabricated or misleading, but an official government business registry is an independent source you control checking yourself — this is a meaningfully more reliable verification method than trusting whatever the company presents to you directly.
What information you need to check
Ask for the specific business registration number or ABN, along with the exact registered business name, then search for that number directly through your country’s official business registry website rather than clicking any link the company provides you.
What to do with what you find
Confirm the registered name matches what you were told, check the registration is current and active rather than lapsed or deregistered, and be cautious if a company can’t provide this basic information promptly when asked — legitimate businesses generally have no hesitation sharing their registration details.
How ScrapTrade Makes This Easier
Buyers on ScrapTrade have their business registration checked as part of the platform’s verification process, which saves you from having to independently look up every new contact yourself.
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