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Improvement
a week ago

Same actions, better placement

We’ve streamlined how you work with Advanced Search results on the platform.


Always-accessible actions

  • ‘Export results to CSV’ and ‘Save results to a collection’ are now pinned in a sticky bar at the bottom of your results screen.
  • You’ll also always see the total number of results right there for quick reference.



Save templates to get started quickly

Saved searches are now called templates, because they act as a reusable starting point for your frequent searches. Templates can be accessed from the header, at the top of the page.


Save as a collection to leverage the power of auto-add, activity alerts, and collaboration

As a reminder: Saving companies to a collection isn’t just a static list - it keeps working for you:

  • 💡 Dynamic updates: As new companies match your saved criteria, they’ll be added automatically.
  • ⏰ Timely activity alerts: Get notified when companies in your collection raise funding, change leadership, or other events you care about.
  • 👀 Collaborative features: Keep all your lists in one place, ready to review or share with your colleagues so you can work together.


Create your tailored list

Run an Advanced Search to generate results you can keep leveraging over time.

Avatar of authorJuspreet Virdee
Improvement
a month ago

Looking for CleanTech and Environmental Innovators? 🌎💚

Then have we got the update for you!

✨ What’s new?

  • The number of companies tagged with the CleanTech buzzword has grown by over 60% in the last year, significantly improving how this critical theme is represented in our dataset.
  • But that’s not all. Our Environmental Signals—which use a wide range of data points to detect companies innovating in sustainability—have increased by 70% over the same period.

🔎 Helping you to discover

  • Startups building climate resilience technologies
  • Scaleups rolling out low-carbon infrastructure
  • Consultancies supporting the circular economy
  • Manufacturers pioneering sustainable materials

These insights are powered by Beauhurst’s uniquely rich dataset using a blend of machine learning and expert curation. Capturing green innovation at every stage.

🌱 Why this matters?

As sustainability becomes a core consideration across investment, procurement, policy, and research, better data on environmental innovation is essential.

Our better coverage can help you to:

  • Spot high-growth companies driving environmental change
  • Track emerging trends across CleanTech and sustainability
  • Align with procurement and investment mandates
  • Back policy and funding decisions with evidence

As climate and ESG considerations become central to public and private sector decisions, we’re making sure you have the data to act with confidence.

📍Explore now

Explore UK CleanTech Scaleups

Did you know?
You can use Beauhurst to find German companies in this space too. Check out Recently funded German environmental businesses:
Funded German Green Companies

Avatar of authorChynna Brenham
Improvement
a month ago

🕵️‍♀️ Explore Company Journeys Like Never Before

🎨 The Horizontal Timeline just got a major upgrade

We’ve redesigned the timeline to make it easier than ever to understand a company’s history at a glance.

What’s new?

  • Zoom in on recent activity with the date range slider
  • Instantly spot key events with milestone markers
  • Separate Signal events from the rest for faster insight
  • Clean new layout and improved event icons
  • Save default filters so you only see what matters to you

Ready to explore?

Go to Timeline ›

Avatar of authorMichael Hurley
ImprovementNew Data
2 months ago

📈 You asked. We delivered. Expanded Acquisition Coverage by 75%

 

We’re now identifying around 75% more acquisitions every month — including much stronger coverage of PE buyouts.

What’s new?

  1. Identify all acquisitions announced in the press — even if the company hasn’t hit another Signal
  2. We continue to identify and track companies post-acquisition — we’ve lifted our general “ceased tracking” rule
  3. Backfilled timelines — we’ve added historic acquisitions for previously ceased tracking companies

Why it matters

Acquisitions are powerful triggers. More coverage means you can:

  • Find companies undergoing strategic change.
  • Find people making pivotal career moves.
  • Win opportunities at exactly the right moment.
  • Monitor portfolios for exits or buy-side trends.
  • Report impact through successful M&A and PE Buyout activity


We’re not just adding more acquisitions — we’re combining them with rich company data to help you move faster, spot opportunities, and stay ahead.


Get started

Looking for any company that has acquired or been acquired? 

Head to Advanced Search and filter using Signals:

Looking for recent acquisitions? 

Search acquisitions in the last 2 months, layered with industries relevant to you. Here's an example:

Looking for PE buyouts? 

Search for acquisitions that are PE buyouts. Here’s an example:


There's more to come — we’re growing our acquisition data even further. Want to help shape what’s next? Let’s talk.

Avatar of authorChynna Brenham
New FeatureImprovementNew Data
5 months ago

New and improved German data 🇩🇪

One searchable database, two countries, unlimited opportunities

We’ve been covering 2.8 million active German businesses for a few months now. With this new update, we’ve expanded our datasets with more transactions, events, and industry classifications. Plus, our new search experience makes finding and verifying your next German opportunity even easier.

What’s New?

Seamless Insights Across UK & Germany

Discover UK and German businesses side by side in our new True Companies search. No need to switch between searches - everything you need is in one place. More updates to this experience are coming soon, so stay tuned 👀

Stay on Top of Key Company Events

Explore over 4,000 German companies with significant events & fundraisings. Helping you to uncover new German opportunities and track industry activity. With this update, we now cover the following events:

More Comprehensive Industry Data

We’ve added industry classifications to 1.5 million German companies. That’s over 1 million more since our last update in November. Whether you want to find businesses in manufacturing, or understand growth patterns in insurance - industries make it easier to find the businesses that matter to you.

Refined Location Searches

Drill down beyond cities with new regional search options, helping you discover companies in key business areas. Search for companies within a German state, district, municipality or the specific postal code.

Start exploring now and see what our enhanced German data can do for you!
Open a search

Avatar of authorChynna Brenham
New FeatureImprovement
9 months ago

Autumn Platform Update 🍂

As the leaves crunch underfoot, we're excited to introduce the Autumn Platform Refresh!

Our team has been hard at work bringing a range of updates to the platform to elevate your experience. With these changes, we’re bring more of the platform up to date and introducing features we think you’ll love.


Transactions Rework

We’ve revamped MBOs, IPOs, Spin-outs, Fundraisings, Grants, and Acquisitions!

  • New designs make it easier than ever to understand transaction details at a glance.
  • Seamlessly switch between transactions with just one click.

Collections Are Even Better Now 

Collections have received a major update as part of our navigation improvements, giving it a cleaner, more user-friendly layout.

  • Improved navigation: Enjoy more space to interact with side bar options, descriptions, and purposes—without the clutter.
  • Back to Collections: A handy button at the top-left makes it simple to return to your main Collections page.

We’ve also added exciting new features:

🔎 Search for Collections

Quickly locate the exact Collection you need using our new search function in the Collection Index.

⭐️ Favourites

Organising your Collections just got easier:

  • Star your most-used Collections to save them in a dedicated Favourites tab.
  • Access your favourites anytime from the side bar.

🚮 Auto-Remove

Keep your Collections truly dynamic:

  • Automatically remove items that no longer match your AVS criteria.
  • Perfect for ensuring a focused view, whether tracking local performance or industry trends.

Which update is your favourite? Comment below 👇

Avatar of authorHenry Gale
Improvement
11 months ago

Explore Changes in Financials to Identify Germany's Growing Businesses

We've now added the ability to search over the change in financials to German legal entity searches 🔍


This means you can now search over the absolute or percentage change in a financial statement compared to previous years, unlocking a quick and easy way to find exciting, growing companies 📈 or even identify those that are on the decline 📉



New to German data?

Check it out by going to Advanced Search and selecting German legal entities from the drop down to get started: 


Alternatively, try out this search to jump straight in and see how our new German data can help you:

Search German companies

Avatar of authorChynna Brenham
New FeatureImprovement
a year ago

Quick Search Update 🏃‍♀️

Quick Search is fundamental to getting the most out of Beauhurst, so we’ve given it a bit of love and attention, to make it easier to use.

No more rooting around for a CHID to find that obscure company on Beauhurst.

With more than 1.15 million companies across the UK with matched URLs, our quick search makes finding your desired company easier than ever.

Instantly move from a company's website to their Beauhurst page with a simple copy and paste.

We know you know what you’re looking for!

To make your quick search more efficient, we now allow you to specify the type of quick search you're performing. Whether you're looking for a company, fund or people, you can get more relevant results by selecting the appropriate entity filter.

Try It Out

Avatar of authorHenry Gale
New FeatureImprovement
a year ago

🏛️ Custom Columns 🏛️ in Collections

Compare and contrast within your collections just got a whole lot easier

Remember our custom columns on advanced search? Well, let's give a warm welcome to Custom Columns in Collections!

All the functionality you know and love, now in a new place

Easily switch and insert new columns in your collections, including turnover, employee count, EBITDA, and more.

Check It Out

Avatar of authorHenry Gale
ImprovementNew Data
a year ago

Spring 🌷 Cleaning PDFs

Discover Our Enhanced PDF Design & Data

We’ve revamped our PDFs to offer a cleaner display, improved organisation, and added handy links to platform information.


But that’s not all! Dive into an abundance of new data:

  • Industries
  • Statistics
  • Signals
  • Detailed Financials
  • Transactions
  • Corporate Structure
  • Comprehensive People Data

Happy Sharing 🛫

Avatar of authorHenry Gale