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Commercial tenant credit check before signing

Use when a landlord, asset manager or leasing broker is about to sign a commercial lease and needs to know whether the tenant entity can pay. Identifies the entity in SEC or Companies House records, searches federal court dockets for suits and bankruptcies, screens the entity against sanctions lists and reads BBB complaints. Produces a tenant risk memo with suggested protections.

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SEC EDGARCompanyPrice5 creditsMedian145 msSuccess98.6%Empty4.2%
SEC EDGARFilingsPrice5 creditsMedian322 msSuccess98%Empty1.2%
Companies HouseSearchPrice5 creditsMedian717 msSuccess99%Empty4.6%
Companies HouseCompanyPrice5 creditsMedian531 msSuccess98.8%Empty0%
Companies HouseInsolvencyPrice5 creditsMedian–Success–Empty–
CourtListenerSearch docketsPrice5 creditsMedian2.9 sSuccess93.9%Empty34.1%
OpenSanctionsSearch entitiesPrice5 creditsMedian457 msSuccess56.3%Empty100%
Better Business BureauSearchPrice5 creditsMedian306 msSuccess100%Empty51.8%
Better Business BureauComplaintsPrice5 creditsMedian–Success–Empty–

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# Commercial tenant credit check before signing

For the tenant's legal entity name, any parent company and its state or country. Ask the tenant for financial statements as well; this skill covers what public records show.

## 1. Who the tenant really is

1. For US public companies or parents, read @[SEC · Company](alexandria:sec-gov/filings/company) (name or ticker) and @[SEC · Filings](alexandria:sec-gov/filings/filings) for recent 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K forms; note going-concern language, restatements or store-closure announcements.
2. For UK entities, find the company with @[Companies House · Search](alexandria:find-and-update-company-information-service-gov-uk/companies/search), read @[Companies House · Company](alexandria:find-and-update-company-information-service-gov-uk/companies/company) for status, incorporation date and overdue accounts, and @[Companies House · Insolvency](alexandria:find-and-update-company-information-service-gov-uk/companies/insolvency).

## 2. Litigation

3. Search @[CourtListener · Search dockets](alexandria:courtlistener-com/dockets/search_dockets) with `party_name` set to the entity and the parent: bankruptcy filings (chapter), landlord or contract suits and their dates.

## 3. Sanctions and conduct

4. Screen the entity and its parent with @[OpenSanctions · Search entities](alexandria:opensanctions-org/sanctions-screening/search_entities) and note any match with its topics.
5. For local operators, read @[BBB · Search](alexandria:bbb-org/businesses/search) and @[BBB · Complaints](alexandria:bbb-org/businesses/complaints) for rating and unresolved complaint patterns.

## Write the memo

- **Identity:** entity, status, age, parent, filings reviewed.
- **Red flags:** going-concern notes, insolvency, bankruptcies, landlord suits, sanctions matches, complaint patterns, each dated.
- **Suggested protections:** in words only (for example a parent guaranty, larger deposit or letter of credit); the amounts are the landlord's decision.
- **Sources:** cite each record to its capability. A name match is not proof of identity; say what could not be confirmed rather than guessing.

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