About and limits

This site republishes the establishment listings of TRACES NT, the European Commission’s system, and reconciles them with national registers where those are more complete.

What the numbers mean

Establishments	87 301
Countries	145
Sections of Annex III	15
Approval keys	86 671

⚠ Three limits, stated plainly

Coverage is uneven by country. TRACES lists 1 830 German establishments; the German national register lists 15 803. A number absent from this site is not evidence that an establishment is unapproved.

An approval number is not always unique. Measured at 0.25 % of keys, two establishments share one number within the same country. Both are shown. We do not pick one.

The data is a snapshot. Each page carries the date the source last updated it. Approvals are granted and withdrawn continuously.