Independent knowledge hub · EU / EEA
The European Single Access Point, explained — before it goes live.
From 10 July 2027, ESAP will give investors one free, machine-readable entry point to the public data of every EU company that files under capital-markets rules. esap.pro explains what that changes for companies, advisers and data users — in plain language, with sources, and with data we compute ourselves.
- 10 July 2026Collection bodies started feeding ESAP (phase 1)
- 10 July 2027Public ESAP portal and API open
- 10 January 2028Second group of EU acts added
- 10 January 2030Full scope; voluntary submissions possible
What you will find here
ESAP explained
What the Single Access Point is and is not, who feeds it, what it will contain, and what it changes for a company that already files its reports today.
Read the guide →Timeline 2023–2030
Every date that matters, from the regulation's entry into force to voluntary submissions in 2030 — and what each one means in practice.
See the dates →Investor visibility
How investors and their tools will consume ESAP data, what makes a company findable and comparable, and what ESAP will not do for you.
Read the guide →Filing-quality data
Our own analysis of 14,804 ESEF filings from 3,271 issuers in 26 EU/EEA countries — the data that will flow into ESAP.
See the numbers →The data that will enter ESAP is not as clean as it looks
Annual reports of listed companies are already filed in a machine-readable format (ESEF). We analysed the public index of those filings in October 2026. Among filings for the 2024 and 2025 financial years:
Source: our analysis of the filings.xbrl.org index (XBRL International), October 2026. Warnings reflect the ESEF taxonomy's formula rules as checked by the index operator; they are not the same as a regulatory finding. Germany and Ireland are not covered by the index. Method, country table and caveats →
Why a company should care now, not in 2027
ESAP does not create a single new reporting obligation. What it changes is who reads your data and how. Today a warning in an ESEF file sits in one national repository and is seen by few. From July 2027 the same file is searchable by LEI, sector, size and country in one EU portal and retrievable through a free API — by analysts, data vendors and automated screening tools. Responsibility for the accuracy of the data stays with the company that filed it.
Our position, in one line: being findable and comparable in ESAP is a necessary condition for investor attention, not a guarantee of it. We say so on every page where the question comes up — see investor visibility with ESAP.
How we work
Knowledge, free of charge
Guides, dates and data on this site are free to read, quote and share with attribution. We publish what we learn as we learn it, with sources, and we date every update.
About esap.pro →Written advice and audits, paid
When your company needs work done on its own data — a readiness audit of past filings, a written answer to a specific question, or help preparing for voluntary submissions — we offer paid services with a written scope and a fixed fee.
Services →Independent
esap.pro is not affiliated with ESMA, the European Commission or any national authority, and we do not tag, file or audit reports. That is what lets us say plainly what the data shows.
Legal notice →Coming up
24 November 2026 — ESMA Data Day, Paris. ESMA staff will present the work done so far on ESAP and show a first prototype of the portal ahead of the July 2027 go-live (session "ESAP: preparing for the go-live", 13:30–14:30, followed by panels on the accessibility of company information and on whether ESAP will deliver for data users). We will publish a plain-language summary of what the prototype means for a small issuer. Agenda: ESMA Data Day 2026 (PDF).
10 January 2028 — draft technical standards for voluntary submissions. The European Supervisory Authorities must submit draft implementing technical standards on the metadata, formats and templates for voluntary information to the European Commission by this date. Until then, nobody knows exactly what a voluntary submission will look like. What is known today →