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Glossary

Sole proprietor

A business that is legally the same person as its owner.

A sole proprietorship has no separate legal personality and often no state registration, so there may be no filing to verify against. Verification leans instead on licences, tax identifiers and observed activity.

See also

Micro-business

The smallest operating businesses, often sole-operated.

KYB

Verifying a business customer and the people behind it.

Ground truth

Evidence a business cannot self-report.

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