OpenCorporates is a company-records site. It collects corporate data from official public sources and republishes it. Its public records privacy policy says the records about officers, shareholders and beneficial owners can include a name, an address, a unique identifier, a partial or full date of birth, occupation, nationality, and the person's position and dates with the company. So if you ever filed a company with your home address on it, OpenCorporates may show that address.
OpenCorporates has no self-serve opt-out. Its help article on removal says it does not remove companies or data that can be located in the public record, that it assesses requests case by case, and that it tells you the outcome. The record follows the official register: when the register removes or limits your details and OpenCorporates is told, it says it updates to match.
Checked against OpenCorporates' public records privacy policy (last updated March 10, 2023), its knowledge base articles on removal, temporary redaction, personal safety, search engines and registered-user access, and its support portal on October 23, 2026. We read the pages; we did not fill in or submit anything.
What OpenCorporates will and won't do
- It won't delete data that is still on the official register. The removal article says it does not remove companies or data that can be located in the public record. The privacy policy adds that it does not automatically delete information from its register after a set period.
- It follows the register. The privacy policy says that if OpenCorporates is informed that a public company register has removed, or limited access to, certain information, it will update its records in a timely manner.
- It can hide details for a while. The policy says it can temporarily redact information while the official public record is being changed. Its knowledge base says temporary redaction normally lasts 4 weeks, after which the information becomes visible again, and its personal safety article says the redaction can be extended if the correction at the register is still under way.
- Records about minors get a no-index tag. The policy says that where a record clearly relates to a minor, OpenCorporates adds a no-index tag that stops the page appearing in a Google search.
- Officer details are behind a free login. A knowledge base article says that since August 1, 2023, the details of company directors and officers, and of beneficial owners, are accessible to registered users only. The same article says the site remains free for personal use and public-benefit purposes.
Step 1: change the official record
OpenCorporates republishes official register data, so the change that lasts is the one at the source. For a US company, that is the state office where the company was filed. Ask it what it allows, for example whether the filing can show a business or registered agent's address instead of your home.
If your safety is at risk, OpenCorporates' personal safety article says to inform the relevant register immediately and ask it to amend or redact its records. The same article says that redacting your name and address on OpenCorporates alone would not remove the risk, because the information stays public at the source.
Step 2: ask OpenCorporates to update or redact
- Copy the URL of every OpenCorporates page that shows you, such as the company page and your officer page.
- Open the support portal at opencorporates.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/4/group/17. The removal article links there for data inquiries about personal information.
- Choose Data Privacy and GDPR Requests, which the portal describes as a GDPR erasure or rectification request.
- Give what the privacy policy asks for: the relevant URLs, your position in the company, and full details of your reasons for asking for the removal or limitation.
- If the register has already removed or limited your details, say so. That is the case the policy says it updates for.
- For a safety request, the personal safety article asks for your position within the entity, the reason, and the steps you have taken with the public register. Ask for a temporary redaction while the register's record is being changed.
The policy says redaction requests must come from the person concerned or their legal representatives, and it covers parents or guardians for minors. It also says OpenCorporates may ask for more information and may seek to verify it. We did not open the request form, so we can't list its fields.
Search engines
OpenCorporates' article on search engines says it does not block any search engines from indexing its site, because doing so would reduce access to data, and that each search engine is responsible for what it indexes and shows. It links to Google's removal form and says other search engines have similar forms.
Once the OpenCorporates page has changed, Google's Refresh outdated content tool asks Google to update a result that still shows the old page: you enter the URL of the page and submit. For the wider picture, see how to remove your home address from Google search results.
How long does it take?
OpenCorporates doesn't give a timeframe. The policy says requests are assessed case by case and the outcome is communicated, and that updates after a register change happen in a timely manner. A temporary redaction normally lasts 4 weeks, so plan the change at the register inside that window.
If it doesn't work
- Use your data rights. The privacy policy lists rights to access, correction, objection, erasure, restriction and portability, and says not all of these rights are available to everyone all of the time.
- Complain to the regulator. The policy names the UK Information Commissioner as the supervisory authority and links to ico.org.uk/concerns.
- Write. The policy gives OpenCorporates Ltd, Aston House, Cornwall Avenue, London, N3 1LF, United Kingdom.
OpenCorporates isn't one of the sites in Defynta's free scan, and Defynta doesn't file requests with it: this one is do-it-yourself. The scan looks you up on the people-search sites we track and gives you a direct link to check each one.
Who runs OpenCorporates. The privacy policy names OpenCorporates Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registration number 07444723). We did not find OpenCorporates on California's data broker registry (searched October 23, 2026), so the state's DROP tool, which sends requests to registered brokers, is not a route here. File directly.
Related pages
- Bizapedia, another business-records site that can show the people behind a company
- What to do if your home address is exposed online
- How to remove your home address from Google search results
- Where data brokers get your information
Full list: the master opt-out guide.
Frequently asked questions
Can I delete my name from OpenCorporates completely?
Not while the information is still in the public record. OpenCorporates says it does not remove data that can be located there. Once the official register removes or limits your details and OpenCorporates is told, its policy says it updates its records to match.
Why did my details come back on OpenCorporates?
A temporary redaction normally lasts 4 weeks, after which OpenCorporates says the information becomes visible again. It can be extended while the correction at the register is still under way, so the lasting fix is the change at the register.
Why can't I see officer details on OpenCorporates?
Since August 1, 2023, OpenCorporates shows the details of directors, officers and beneficial owners to registered users only. The site says it remains free for personal use.
Does OpenCorporates stop Google showing my page?
No. It says it does not block search engines, and it sends removal requests to the search engines themselves. The exception in its policy is a record that clearly relates to a minor, which gets a no-index tag.
Does an OpenCorporates request cost anything?
None of the pages we read mention a fee for a privacy request.
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