Business Information System (government service)

The Business Information System (BIS; Finnish: Yritys- ja yhteisötietojärjestelmä, YTJ) is a Finnish government service jointly maintained by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office [fi] (PRH) and the Finnish Tax Administration providing an access to the Finnish Trade Register and the Finnish Register of Foundations [fi] and an ability to file information for both agencies.^[1] The name is an abbreviation of the Finnish full name Yritys- ja yhteisötietojärjestelmä.^[2][3]

Searching companies in the Finnish Trade Register can be made with the name of the company or the Business ID (Finnish: Y-tunnus, Swedish: FO-nummer). The BIS database does not include the Finnish Register of Associations [fi].^[1]