Why GSEIN
Organizations are identified differently across jurisdictions, databases and institutional systems. Names change, local registration formats vary, and cross-border datasets frequently describe the same entity in incompatible ways.
GSEIN addresses that fragmentation with a stable identity reference linked to authoritative source provenance, verification state and disclosure governance.
Core principles
Permanent identity
The identifier remains attached to the same entity across ordinary data updates.
Source authority
GSEIN preserves the role of authoritative registries rather than replacing them.
Traceable verification
Verification decisions remain linked to evidence and source provenance.
Controlled disclosure
Data availability is never treated as automatic permission to disclose.
What GSEIN is — and is not
GSEIN is an interoperability identifier and global entity-identification and interoperability layer. It is not a substitute for a national company register, tax identifier, licensing authority or legal incorporation record.
Its role is to provide a shared reference that can connect those systems while preserving their own identifiers and legal meaning.
The initiative
GSEIN is an independent global entity-identification and interoperability initiative. The project is being developed as standards-oriented infrastructure for entity identity, verification and institutional interoperability.