Free ABN Check
Verify any Australian business against 11 government registers — in seconds. No account required for the standard checks.
Check a supplier now →What the free check covers
Eight checks run automatically at no cost for every verification. Each one queries a live government data source or authoritative third-party signal.
ABN Status
Active or cancelled, registration date, entity type, GST registration status from the Australian Business Register.
GST Registration
Whether the supplier is registered for GST and how long they have held that registration.
Web Presence
Active website, HTTPS certificate, parked-page detection — whether the company has a legitimate web presence.
WHOIS / Domain Age
Domain registration date, registrar, and spam listing check. Newly registered domains are a key phoenix indicator.
Email Domain
MX records, SPF and DMARC policy, Spamhaus and SURBL reputation check on the supplier's email domain.
Address
State and postcode cross-matched against ABR and ASIC records. Flags address inconsistencies.
Registry Links
ABR and ASIC registry cross-reference, trading name verification, entity relationship signals.
Threat Check
Domain and IP checked against Spamhaus DBL and SURBL threat databases.
Additional sector checks — NDIS compliance, SG non-compliance, ASIC insolvency, trade licences, charity status — are also free and available from the tile panel when you run a verification.
How it works
1
Search
Enter a business name, ABN, ACN, or postcode. Results pull from 26 million ABR and ASIC records.
2
Pin
Pin one or more results. You can verify multiple suppliers in a single run.
3
Verify
Hit Verify. Results stream in within seconds — PASS, WARN, or FAIL for each check.
4
Report
See your assurance score and detailed findings. Save the case as a permanent audit trail (account required).
ABN Lookup vs Gumshoe
The ABR's free ABN Lookup tool answers one question: is this ABN currently active? Gumshoe answers eleven.
| What's checked | ABN Lookup | Gumshoe |
|---|
| ABN active / cancelled | ✓ | ✓ |
| GST registration | ✓ | ✓ |
| ASIC company status & registration date | — | ✓ |
| ASIC insolvency register | — | ✓ |
| SG non-compliance (ATO) | — | ✓ |
| NDIS compliance actions | — | ✓ |
| Trade licences (QBCC, NSW Fair Trading) | — | ✓ |
| Domain age & WHOIS | — | ✓ |
| Email domain (MX, SPF, DMARC, reputation) | — | ✓ |
| Website legitimacy | — | ✓ |
| Threat & spam database check | — | ✓ |
| Assurance score | — | ✓ |
Phoenix entities pass a basic ABN check. They have valid ABNs. What catches them is the combination of ABN age, domain age, insolvency register, and director history — none of which ABN Lookup provides.
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