ESEF Filings in Excel

Access and analyze European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) filings directly in Microsoft Excel using structured Inline XBRL (iXBRL) data.

Since 2020, issuers on regulated markets across the European Union have been required to publish annual financial reports in ESEF format, combining human-readable reports with machine-readable Inline XBRL data based on the IFRS Taxonomy.

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Main taxonomy:

European Union

EU national OAMs

Inline XBRL / XBRL

Free

ESEF Taxonomy

Filing Types

Annual Financial Reports

primarily IFRS consolidated financial statements using the ESEF Taxonomy, which is based on the IFRS Taxonomy.

Coverage & Market

ESEF is a cornerstone of Europe’s emerging digital corporate reporting ecosystem. Structured annual financial reports published by listed issuers provide a foundation for greater transparency, cross-border comparability and future European initiatives such as the European Single Access Point (ESAP).

2020
Mandatory digital reporting
ESEF became mandatory for annual financial reports of issuers on EU regulated markets for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2020.
27
EU Member States
ESEF provides a common digital reporting framework for listed issuers across European capital markets.
2027–2030
European Single Access Point
ESAP is expected to provide access to a broad range of European capital market information, including ESEF annual financial reports.

Supported Workflows

  • Financial statement analysis
  • Multi-period trend analysis
  • Peer company comparison
  • Disclosure extraction
  • Section-based analysis
  • AI-supported analysis workflows (planned)

Filing Characteristics

Structured disclosures

SEC fund filings increasingly include machine-readable Inline XBRL disclosures.

Dimensional data

Portfolio holdings and disclosure tables contain structured dimensions and tagged values.

Section-based reporting

Fund reports contain structured sections, tables and disclosure hierarchies.

Extension taxonomies

Many filers use filer-specific extensions in addition to ESEF taxonomy.

Typical Filers

Examples of large European issuers using ESEF structured reporting:

  • Airbus
  • ASML Holding
  • Banco Santander
  • ING Group
  • LVMH
 

Access & Resources

Access publicly available ESEF filings through the XBRL International filings portal.

Officially Appointed Mechanisms (OAMs) are the primary publication channels for ESEF annual financial reports across the European Union.

ESEF filing packages can be accessed directly from within the anuboXBRL Excel add-in via “Get XBRL reports on the Web“.

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