Sanctions List Screening for Companies, People and Vessels
Screen any company, person or vessel against 38,597 listed parties from 15 official lists: the US Consolidated Screening List, UN Security Council, UK OFSI and EU Financial Sanctions. Refreshed daily, sourced directly from the issuing authorities.
Auto-refreshed daily from official sources · last cycle 2026-10-29
What’s inside, counted live from the database
US Consolidated Screening List
U.S. Government (Trade.gov) — 13 lists incl. OFAC SDN, BIS Entity List, Denied Persons
The one U.S. check that covers 12 lists at once, OFAC SDN included.
Includes: Capta List · Denied Persons List · Entity List · ITAR Debarred · Military End User List · Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List · Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List · Nonproliferation Sanctions · Palestinian Legislative Council List · Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List · Specially Designated Nationals · Unverified List
Source: www.trade.gov · refreshed 2026-10-29
26,186
listed parties · 12 lists
UN Security Council Consolidated List
United Nations Security Council
The global baseline. If a counterparty is here, the deal is off everywhere.
Source: main.un.org · refreshed 2026-10-29
1,007
listed parties · 1 list
UK OFSI Consolidated List
UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (HM Treasury)
HM Treasury’s OFSI consolidated targets: asset freezes and financial restrictions under UK regimes.
Source: www.gov.uk · refreshed 2026-10-26
5,135
listed parties · 1 list
EU Financial Sanctions List
European Commission (FSF)
The EU’s consolidated financial sanctions: persons and entities under EU asset freezes.
Source: www.sanctionsmap.eu · refreshed 2026-10-29
6,269
listed parties · 1 list
Inside EximDataX, screening is automatic.
Every buyer and supplier the platform surfaces is screened against these lists as you browse, and your saved leads are re-screened every night, with an alert if a counterparty is ever added to a list. Your team never checks four websites again.
See automatic screening liveHow matching works: exact normalized name match, or match ignoring legal suffixes (Ltd, LLC, GmbH…), across primary names and all official aliases. No fuzzy matching: we would rather miss a creative misspelling than flag an innocent company.
What this is not: legal advice or a compliance system of record. A name match is not proof of identity; always verify against the linked official source. Lists are issued and amended by their authorities. The stamps above show exactly how current our copy is.
Sanctions list screening: the compliance check before the deal
Trading with a sanctioned or restricted party can cost you your banking relationships, your export privileges and, in serious cases, far more, and “we didn’t know” is not a defence regulators accept. That is why screening belongs at the top of the funnel: before you quote, before you ship, and again before you renew, because names are added to these lists every week.
Sanctions list screening also pairs naturally with vetting a counterparty’s real trading history in the customs shipment data: who they ship with, how often, and at what declared values, so the name you clear is also a name you understand.
Check a company against the OFAC SDN list in five steps
A check takes a few minutes. Use the name as it is written on your deal paperwork, and keep the legal suffix if one is shown.
Each result shows three things: the list that produced the match, a link to the official source entry, and the refresh date of that list.
- Step 1: Enter the name from the invoice, contract or bill of lading.
- Step 2: Run the search.
- Step 3: Note which list the match came from, such as SDN, Entity List, Denied Persons, OFSI or EU.
- Step 4: Open the linked source and compare the entry with your counterparty.
- Step 5: Record your decision, the source and the refresh date.
Who should you screen for sanctions? Denied party screening in a deal
Do not stop at the buyer. Restricted party screening is only as strong as the list of names you feed it, so cover every party on the transaction.
That means the buyer, the supplier, the consignee and the notify party. Add the vessel, plus any agent or intermediary named in the documents.
To understand who a cleared name actually trades with, read the customs shipment data behind each profile.
Restricted party screening false positive: what to do next
A common name can match an unrelated listed party. The fix is to compare identifiers, not to guess.
Open the official entry and check what it gives you. Useful fields include date of birth, address, nationality, registration details and vessel identifiers. If they differ from your counterparty, note why and keep the evidence on file.
Because matching is exact, false alarms stay low. If your paperwork spells a name more than one way, search each spelling.
Which list applies: Consolidated Screening List, UN, OFSI or EU?
Your exposure depends on where the money, the goods and the parties sit. Use this as a quick guide to which result to read first. One search still returns all of them.
- Dollar deals or any US link: read the Consolidated Screening List results first.
- Any cross-border deal: UN Security Council sanctions bind every member state.
- Sterling payments or UK partners: read the OFSI consolidated list results closely.
- Euro payments or EU supply chains: read the EU financial sanctions results closely.
Sanctions screening, asked and answered.
Which sanctions lists are covered?
Four sources, counted live in the directory above: the US Consolidated Screening List, the UN Security Council Consolidated List, UK OFSI and the EU Financial Sanctions list. The US bundle alone accounts for 12 of the 15 lists.
What is the BIS Consolidated Screening List?
It is the US government’s combined search across export-control and sanctions lists, such as the BIS Entity List, Denied Persons, the Unverified List and State Department debarments. All twelve of its lists are itemised in the US row above and covered by the same search.
How do I check the OFSI sanctions list?
Search the name above: the UK OFSI list (HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation) is part of every search, so there is no separate step. Its own refresh date sits in the UK row of the directory.
What is the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list?
OFAC SDN is OFAC’s primary sanctions list, blocking any dealing with the persons and entities on it. It sits inside the US Consolidated Screening List we search here, so you do not need to check it separately.
How current is the screening data?
Each list carries its own refresh stamp in the directory above. If a source fails to refresh, its row says so and the last good copy stays in use.
Sanctions screening for a vessel: is it possible?
Yes. A vessel name is searched the same way as a company or person name. As with a common company name, a hit on a vessel name needs the identifier check described above before you act on it.
How does denied party screening work?
It checks the names in a transaction against government lists of parties you may not deal with, such as the SDN or Entity List. A hit does not block anything by itself; it tells you which record to review before the deal goes ahead.
How often should you screen customers and suppliers for sanctions?
As often as the lists change, which is why a clear result is only as good as its date. For ongoing customers and suppliers, set a regular schedule on top of the checks before each quote and shipment.
Does the checker search aliases?
Yes. Aliases are searched alongside the primary name, so a party trading under an alternative name the authority has published still surfaces under its listed entry.
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