Konkurrentregistre

Konkurrentregistre is a registry maintained by a government authority or competition regulator that catalogs entities regarded as competitors within a specific market or set of markets. The purpose is to support competition policy, regulatory oversight, and public procurement by providing a consolidated reference of market participants, including their activity scope and relevant regulatory interactions.

Content typically found in a konkurrentregistre includes company name, legal form, primary industry or market segment, geographic scope, reported market share, notable regulatory actions (such as merger filings or antitrust investigations), status flags (active, suspended, de-listed), and bibliographic or public-source references. Data are collected from official filings, market reports, procurement records, and regulator communications, and are updated on a regular cycle to reflect mergers, exits, new entrants, or enforcement outcomes.

Use and access are usually restricted to public authorities, procurement bodies, and researchers under data-protection and confidentiality rules. In procurement, konkurrentregistre help assess competition risk and identify potential conflicts of interest or indicators of collusion. In market analysis, they support concentration indices and policy evaluation, aiding informed decision-making.

Legal and ethical considerations include data accuracy, timeliness, and privacy. Registries must comply with applicable data protection laws and provide mechanisms to challenge or correct errors. Some jurisdictions publish anonymized or aggregated statistics derived from the registry to protect sensitive information.

Relation to other registries: konkurrentregistre may overlap with corporate registries, trade registers, or antitrust case databases and are often part of broader competition or procurement information systems.