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A database of foreign ownership : FOWN contains yearly firm-level data on firms active in EU28 but owned by a company/family/individual located outside the European Union. These data are used to monitor non EU investments into EU28

Contributors

Michela Nardo; Michela Rancan; Nathalie Ndacyayisenga; Wildmer Gregori

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): FOWN: a database on foreign ownership. [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.KXZ6HER PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/eec16eab-722e-4939-a787-f911efab6982

Data access

Foreign investment in the EU : the FOWN dataset
Word DOC

DOC is a proprietary binary Word document format used by Microsoft Word word processor.
Visualization

A visualization of the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

Publications

Publication
COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT on FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE EU Following up on the Commission Communication "Welcoming Foreign Direct Investment while Protecting Essential Interests" of 13 September 2017

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2007-01-01 2016-01-01

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
Michela.NARDO (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
irregular

The event occurs at uneven intervals.

Language(s)
English

English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language.

Data theme(s)
Economy and finance

dataset theme covering the domains of economic activity which involves production, distribution, trade, and consumption of goods and services, and finance activity focusing on the management of money at the individual, company, or government level

Geographical name(s)
European Union
Issued date
2019-01-01
Created date
10 Oct 2019 06:39
Modified date
25 Nov 2019 16:14
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/eec16eab-722e-4939-a787-f911efab6982
Other identifiers
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