# How to read a record — Irish companies in liquidation

> What the record is, what the status means, and what is left out.

## How to read these records

### Which companies

Two tests, both from the CRO open file: the status is “Liquidation” or “Examinership”, and the last accounts were
made up to a date in 2019 or later. Health-care companies are left out.

### The date is the date of the status

“In liquidation since” is the date the register status changed. It is close to, but not always the same as, the
date the liquidator was appointed.

### What the file does not say

Whether the liquidation is voluntary or court-ordered, solvent or insolvent; who the liquidator is; how many
people the company employed.

### What is not here

Names of liquidators, directors or any individual. Street addresses. Dissolved companies. Companies whose last
accounts are older than 2019.

**Liquidator or former director?**

The internal data of a company that employed 50 people or more (Slack or Microsoft Teams archive, documentation, project histories) may still have value after it has stopped operating.

[Check whether this company’s data qualifies →](/pro.md) We are paid by the buyer if a partnership is signed, never by the company. Whether personal data in those archives can be transferred is a legal question for whoever controls them. Not affiliated with the Companies Registration Office.

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Página: https://ireland-liquidation-company-records.pages.dev/how-to-read/
Fonte: https://opendata.cro.ie/dataset/companies
Recolha: 2026-10-12