Details can be obtained from the Business Court and its Official Bulletin. The Statistical Office also provides information regarding each registered company. Many private firms provide bare-bones information for various company directories published throughout the Czech Republic. All limited liability companies and cooperatives with sales over 40 million CZK or equity greater than 20 million CZK must also release their financials. Interviews will help fill in the gaps.
Banks provide information on their clients, but details are limited by bank law.
The client's approval is usually required. After fifty years under various police states, an individual's privacy is highly valued. Trade references are rarely used. A private firm, NEFI, produces a monthly newsletter and database derived from creditors' listings that announce companies with debts sixty days beyond agreed terms. There are also public records of those debtors taken to court or that have had liens attached.