History: What to check
Name of the legal entity and history of its changes.
Some companies change their names due to serious reputational losses. Make sure that the potential contractor is not one of these.
Contact information.
If the company often changes the location, make sure this is not related to work instability or fraudulent schemes.
Names of company executives and frequency of their changes.
Names contains links. Click to find out which companies and when the manager was connected to.
Activity changes.
Radical changes in the mair business activity may signal lack of experience, even if the company exists for a long time.
List of legal entity founders.
Find out who previously owned the company. Would this not affect its contractors?
Share capital size and changes.
Analyze the company path: the growth of authorized capital indicates an increasing presence in the market, and a decrease indicates a possible termination of activity.