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---
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-classification
- feature-extraction
language:
- en
tags:
- entity-resolution
- named-entity-recognition
- company-data
- embeddings
- sqlite
- vector-search
size_categories:
- 1M<n<10M
---
# Entity References Database
A pre-built SQLite database with vector embeddings for organization/entity resolution. Used by the [corp-extractor](https://pypi.org/project/corp-extractor/) library for fast entity qualification via embedding similarity search.
## Overview
This database contains organization records from multiple authoritative sources, each with:
- Organization name (canonical)
- Source identifier (LEI, CIK, UK Company Number, Wikidata QID)
- Entity type classification (business, nonprofit, government, etc.)
- Vector embeddings for semantic search (768-dim, using [embeddinggemma-300m](https://huggingface.co/google/embeddinggemma-300m))
## Data Sources
| Source | Records | Identifier | Description |
|--------|---------|------------|-------------|
| GLEIF | ~3.2M | LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) | Global legal entities from the LEI system |
| SEC Edgar | ~100K+ | CIK (Central Index Key) | US SEC-registered filers |
| Companies House | ~5M | UK Company Number | UK registered companies |
| Wikidata | Variable | Wikidata QID | Notable organizations from Wikidata |
## Entity Types
Organizations are classified into the following types:
| Category | Types |
|----------|-------|
| Business | `business`, `fund`, `branch` |
| Non-profit | `nonprofit`, `ngo`, `foundation`, `trade_union` |
| Government | `government`, `international_org`, `political_party` |
| Other | `educational`, `research`, `healthcare`, `media`, `sports`, `religious`, `unknown` |
## Database Variants
| File | Description | Use Case |
|------|-------------|----------|
| `entities.db` | Full database with complete source record metadata | When you need full record details |
| `entities-lite.db` | Lite version without record data | Default - faster download, smaller size |
| `entities.db.gz` | Compressed full database | When bandwidth is limited |
| `entities-lite.db.gz` | Compressed lite database | Smallest download size |
## Schema
### organizations table
```sql
CREATE TABLE organizations (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
name_normalized TEXT NOT NULL,
source TEXT NOT NULL, -- 'gleif', 'sec_edgar', 'companies_house', 'wikipedia'
source_id TEXT NOT NULL,
region TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
entity_type TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'unknown',
record TEXT NOT NULL, -- JSON with full source record (empty in lite version)
UNIQUE(source, source_id)
);
```
### organization_embeddings table (sqlite-vec)
```sql
CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE organization_embeddings USING vec0(
org_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
embedding float[768]
);
```
## Usage with corp-extractor
```bash
# Install
pip install corp-extractor
# Download the database (lite version by default)
corp-extractor db download
# Download full version
corp-extractor db download --full
# Search for an organization
corp-extractor db search "Microsoft"
# Check database status
corp-extractor db status
```
### Python API
```python
from statement_extractor.database import OrganizationDatabase, CompanyEmbedder
# Load database
database = OrganizationDatabase()
embedder = CompanyEmbedder()
# Search by embedding similarity
query_embedding = embedder.embed("Microsoft Corporation")
results = database.search(query_embedding, top_k=5)
for record, similarity in results:
print(f"{record.name} ({record.source}:{record.source_id}) - {similarity:.3f}")
```
## Building Your Own Database
```bash
# Import from authoritative sources
corp-extractor db import-gleif --download
corp-extractor db import-sec --download
corp-extractor db import-companies-house --download
corp-extractor db import-wikidata --limit 50000
# Upload to HuggingFace
export HF_TOKEN="hf_..."
corp-extractor db upload
```
## License
MIT License - the database structure and embedding generation code are MIT licensed.
Individual data sources have their own licenses:
- GLEIF: Open license for LEI data
- SEC Edgar: Public domain (US government)
- Companies House: Open Government Licence
- Wikidata: CC0 (public domain)
## Links
- [Corp-Extractor on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/corp-extractor/)
- [Corp-Extractor GitHub](https://github.com/corp-o-rate/statement-extractor)
- [Statement Extractor Model](https://huggingface.co/Corp-o-Rate-Community/statement-extractor)