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BIS Entity List Search

Check a foreign party against the Bureau of Industry and Security's Entity List. A match shows the licence requirement and licence review policy the list publishes for that party. The same search covers 14 more export and sanctions lists.

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Free scored matches on screen. A timestamped PDF screening record is $9.99, one-time, no account.

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BIS Entity List

US Bureau of Industry and Security Entity List: foreign parties subject to export licence requirements for items subject to the EAR.

Entries we screen
3,419
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Loaded daily from the International Trade Administration's Consolidated Screening List. A result is a name match against the published list at the time of the search, not an export authorisation.

About the List

What You Need to Know

What the Entity List is

The Entity List is Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations. It names foreign businesses, research institutions, government bodies and people that BIS has found to be involved in, or at significant risk of being involved in, activities contrary to US national security or foreign policy interests.

Each entry sets its own licence terms

Every entry states which items need a licence for that party, often all items subject to the EAR, and the policy BIS applies to licence applications, such as a presumption of denial. Licence exceptions are generally not available unless the entry says so. Our results show both fields on a match.

A match is where the work starts

Confirm that the match is the same party, using the address and aliases on the entry. Whether your export needs a licence depends on the item and the transaction as well as the party, so licensing questions go to BIS or your trade counsel.

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

The BIS Entity List, Unverified List, Military End-User List and Denied Persons List, the State Department's ITAR Debarred List and Nonproliferation Sanctions, and the OFAC lists. We load them daily from the Consolidated Screening List published by the International Trade Administration. Every search also covers the EU, UN, UK, Canadian and Swiss sanctions lists.
No. A screening tells you whether a party appears on the lists at the time of the search. Whether an export needs a licence also depends on the item's classification, the destination and the end use. Licensing questions go to BIS, DDTC or your trade counsel.
The entry's name, aliases, addresses and score, plus the licence requirement and licence review policy the list publishes for that party.
The Export Administration Regulations require records of export transactions to be kept for five years (15 CFR 762.6). The PDF report and a plan's search log both record what was searched, against which lists, and when.
No. We do not load the Department of Homeland Security's UFLPA Entity List, so a search here does not check it.
The search is free with no signup. A PDF record of one screening is $9.99, one-time. Plans start at $49 a month, record every search, run batch CSV files and re-screen saved parties daily, with a 14-day trial and no card.

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A plan records every search, runs batch CSV files and re-screens saved parties daily against the Entity List and every other list we load, from $49/month with a 14-day trial.

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