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OFAC Sanctions List Search Across the SDN and Consolidated Lists
An OFAC sanctions list search looks up a name on every list the Office of Foreign Assets Control publishes, the SDN list and the consolidated non-SDN lists, to see whether a person, company or vessel is sanctioned. OfacScanner searches all of them in one step.
What is an OFAC sanctions list search
OFAC, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It publishes more than one list. The best known is the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. Next to it sit several consolidated non-SDN lists, each with its own restrictions. A full OFAC sanctions list search checks a name against all of them, not just the first one.
The difference matters. A company on the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications list is not fully blocked, but certain kinds of financing and dealings with it are prohibited. A search that only looks at the SDN list would miss it and report the name as clear.
Treasury offers its own Sanctions List Search tool and publishes the raw files through the Sanctions List Service. Both are official and useful. Neither one keeps a record of what you searched, when, and what you found.
Every list we search and when it last changed
OfacScanner checks the official files every 30 minutes. Each list below shows its source and the date of the version in use right now.
OFAC SDN
Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Published Oct 9, 2026, 19,416 entries
Every plan
OFAC Consolidated
Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Published Sep 14, 2026, 481 entries
Every plan
UN Consolidated
United Nations Security Council
Published Oct 10, 2026, 1,010 entries
Growth, Scale and Enterprise
EU Consolidated
European Commission
Published Sep 22, 2026, 6,241 entries
Growth, Scale and Enterprise
UK Sanctions List
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Published Oct 8, 2026, 6,406 entries
Growth, Scale and Enterprise
Canada SEMA
Global Affairs Canada
Published Oct 1, 2026, 5,707 entries
Growth, Scale and Enterprise
Australia DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Published Oct 7, 2026, 4,009 entries
Growth, Scale and Enterprise
Gather these details before you search
A name alone gives you candidates. A few extra facts let you separate a real match from a person who only shares the name.
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Full legal name
Use the name on the passport, ID or company register, plus any trade name the customer uses.
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Entity type
Person, organization, vessel or aircraft. A wrong type is one of the most common sources of noise.
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Date of birth
For people, the year or full date is the strongest single fact for clearing a namesake.
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Country
Nationality, residence or country of registration narrows the result set.
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Identifiers
Passport, national ID, tax number or IMO number for a vessel, when you have them.
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Your reference
A customer or invoice number, so the saved result links back to your own record.
How to search the OFAC sanctions lists with OfacScanner
One search, every OFAC list, and a result you can show an auditor.
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Type the name and type
Enter the name and choose individual, organization, vessel or any. Add date of birth and country if you have them.
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Let matching do the spelling work
Names are normalized, legal suffixes such as GmbH or JSC are removed, and Cyrillic, Arabic, Persian and Chinese names are compared in Latin form too.
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Read the candidates
Each candidate shows a 0 to 100 score, the list it is on, the sanctions program and the alias that matched.
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Record your decision
Clear a false positive with a reason or stop the deal. The list version, time, user and score breakdown are saved either way.
How to read a list search result
Every result gets one of four ratings, based on the score against your workspace threshold (85 by default) and any date of birth, country or identifier you added.
| Rating | What it means | Usual next step |
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| Clear | No candidate reaches your threshold | Proceed and keep the evidence record |
| Review | A candidate is close, but key facts are missing or differ | Compare date of birth, country and identifiers |
| Likely match | High score with supporting facts | Hold the deal and escalate to your compliance lead |
| Exact match | Name or alias matches a listed entry exactly | Stop, confirm the details and follow your program |
Thresholds can be set to Strict 95, Balanced 85 or Broad 75 to fit your risk appetite.
One search is a snapshot
OFAC adds, changes and removes entries several times a month. A customer who was clear last spring can be listed today. That is why a single OFAC sanctions list search at onboarding is only the start.
On Growth and higher, ongoing sanctions monitoring re-checks every saved record after each list update and alerts you only when something new appears. If you need to check a whole customer file at once, batch sanctions screening takes a CSV with up to 100,000 rows.
If you mainly need the main list, our SDN list search page explains how SDN entries are built and how to read them.
A name match is not the whole picture
Under the OFAC 50 percent rule, a company owned 50 percent or more, directly or indirectly, by one or more blocked persons is blocked too, even if its name is on no list. OfacScanner searches names and aliases, not ownership data, so ownership questions stay with your due diligence. The search result supports your decision, and the decision belongs to you. OfacScanner is not affiliated with OFAC or the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
OFAC sanctions list search questions
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Does an OFAC sanctions list search also cover UN or EU lists?
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Screen your first name in seconds
Type a person or company name, see the risk rating and top candidates from the current OFAC list, and keep the evidence when you sign up.
Results support your compliance decisions, and the final decision stays with your team. OfacScanner is not affiliated with OFAC or the U.S. Department of the Treasury.