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This is a list of official business registers around the world. There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a
court of law A court is an institution, often a government entity, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between Party (law), parties and Administration of justice, administer justice in Civil law (common law), civil, Criminal law, criminal, an ...
. In some cases, it may also be devolved to
self-governing Self-governance, self-government, self-sovereignty or self-rule is the ability of a person or group to exercise all necessary functions of regulation without intervention from an external authority. It may refer to personal conduct or to any ...
bodies, either commercial (a
chamber of commerce A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to a ...
) or professional (a
regulatory college Regulatory colleges are legal entities in Canada charged with serving the public interest by regulating the practice of a profession. They are state-sanctioned to regulate the practice of their professions within Canada. Most regulatory colleg ...
); or to a dedicated, highly regulated company (i.e., operator of a
stock exchange A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for ...
, a
multilateral trading facility A multilateral trading facility (MTF) is a European Union regulatory term for a self-regulated financial trading venue. These are alternatives to the traditional stock exchanges where a market is made in securities, typically using electronic ...
, a
central securities depository A central securities depository (CSD) is a specialized financial market infrastructure organization holding securities such as shares or bonds, either in certificated or uncertificated ( dematerialized) form, allowing ownership to be easily tra ...
or an
alternative trading system Alternative trading system (ATS) is a US and Canadian regulatory term for a non-exchange trading venue that matches buyers and sellers to find counterparties for transactions. Alternative trading systems are typically regulated as broker-dealers r ...
). The following is an incomplete list of official business registers by country.


Types of registers

A business register may include data on entities, as well as on their status for various purposes. Examples of such registers include: *
company register A company register is a register of business organizations such as companies in the jurisdiction they operate under. Registration is normally mandated by the government of that jurisdiction. A company register serves a purpose of protection, acco ...
— a register of legal entities in the jurisdiction they operate under, for the purpose of establishing,
dissolving Dissolution may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Dissolution'', a 2002 novel by Richard Lee Byers in the War of the Spider Queen series * ''Dissolution'' (Sansom novel), by C. J. Sansom, 2003 * ''Dissolution'' (Binge novel), by Nicholas Bing ...
, acquisition of legal capacity and (in some cases) juridical personality, determination of legal representation, protection, accountability, and control of legal entities. * list of undertakings cleared for access to classified information — register of companies authorized to work on contracts involving dealing with sensitive information documents of a government or an international organisation, usually maintained by a counter-intelligence service. *
statistical business register A statistical business register (SBR) plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office. In comparison, a company register has different purposes: protection, accountability, and control of legal ent ...
— plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a
national statistics office The following is a list of national and international statistical services. Central national statistical services Nearly every country in the world has set a central public sector unit entirely devoted to the production, harmonisation and dissemin ...
. Another group of business registers is focused on various
asset In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity. It is anything (tangible or intangible) that can be used to produce positive economic value. Assets represent value of ownership that can b ...
s or liabilities of an entity, rather than on entities themselves, these include: *
public contract Government procurement or public procurement is the purchase of goods, works (construction) or services by the state, such as by a government agency or a state-owned enterprise. In 2019, public procurement accounted for approximately 12% of GDP ...
register — a repository that aims at keeping track of all procurements, usually awarded through a tender, concluded by the public institutions, making this information available online, thereby providing a basis for monitoring the way in which public money is spent. * public aid register — an official register of businesses in difficulties which received aid from the state. * ultimate beneficial owner register — an official repository of natural person or persons who ultimately own or control a company, maintained to counteract
money laundering Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as dirty money) such as drug trafficking, sex work, terrorism, corruption, and embezzlement, and converting the funds i ...
and
terrorist financing Terrorism financing is the provision of funds or providing financial support to individual terrorists or non-state actors. Most countries have implemented measures to counter terrorism financing (CTF) often as part of their money laundering law ...
. * land and mortgage register — concerns titles, rights, and liabilities (such as real estate
lien A lien ( or ) is a form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the ''lienee'' and the pers ...
s or pledges) related to real estate, consisting of premises specified in a cadaster, such as land, buildings, or condominium units, *
cadaster A cadastre or cadaster ( ) is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.Jo Henssen, ''Basic Principles of the Main Cadastral Systems in the World,'/ref> Often it is represented graphically in ...
— determines the
geospatial Geographic data and information is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth (a geographic location or geographic position). It is also call ...
localization, the extent, and (in some cases) the value of premises, including land parcels, buildings, and
condominium A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual own ...
units, which together form real estate, subject to rights and liabilities registered in a land and mortgage register, *
vehicle register The Vehicle register in the United Kingdom is a database of motor vehicles. It is a legal requirement in the UK for most types of motor vehicle to be registered if they are to be used on the public road. All new and imported vehicles are required ...
(such as those for motor vehicles,
rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, Railroad car#Freight cars, freight and Passenger railroad car, passenger cars (or coaches) ...
, boat or ships, or
aircraft An aircraft ( aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to flight, fly by gaining support from the Atmosphere of Earth, air. It counters the force of gravity by using either Buoyancy, static lift or the Lift (force), dynamic lift of an airfoil, or, i ...
) — includes entries containing data on
vehicle identification number A vehicle identification number (VIN; also called a chassis number or frame number) is a unique code, including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters a ...
,
vehicle registration plate A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British, Indian and Australian English), license plate (American English) or licence plate (Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for ...
number,
vehicle title A vehicle () is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both. The term "vehicle" typically refers to land vehicles such as human-powered vehicles (e.g. bicycles, tricycles, velomobiles), animal-powere ...
,
type approval Type approval or certificate of conformity is granted to a product that meets a minimum set of regulatory, technical and safety requirements. Generally, type approval is required before a product is allowed to be sold in a particular country, so ...
,
vehicle inspection Vehicle inspection is a Standard Inspection Procedure, procedure mandated by national or subnational governments in many countries, in which a vehicle is inspected to ensure that it conforms to regulations governing Car safety, safety, Automobi ...
s,
liability insurance Liability insurance (also called third-party insurance) is a part of the general insurance system of risk financing to protect the purchaser (the "insured") from the risks of liabilities imposed by lawsuits and similar claims and protects the in ...
, as well as vehicle
lien A lien ( or ) is a form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the ''lienee'' and the pers ...
s, such as
maritime lien A maritime lien, in English and US law and elsewhere, is a specific aspect of admiralty law concerning a claim against a ship for services rendered to it or injury caused by it. United States Court of Appeals, Fourth CircuitBominflot ''et al'' v ...
s, and which sometimes may be connected to a register of pledges or
tax lien A tax lien is a lien which is imposed upon a property by law in order to secure the payment of taxes. A tax lien may be imposed for the purpose of collecting delinquent taxes which are owed on real property or personal property, or it may be i ...
s. * register of pledges — includes entries concerning liabilities (pledges and voluntary specific liens) of a pledgor to a creditor, secured by tying them to a pledgor's collateral, such as a movable, a
security Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercion). Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems, or any other entity or ...
, or an
intellectual property right Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...
. *
industrial property Industrial property is one of two subsets of intellectual property (the other being copyright), it takes a range of forms, including patents for inventions, industrial designs (aesthetic creations related to the appearance of industrial produc ...
register — an official database containing registered
trade mark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a form of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from oth ...
s, as well as
patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...
ed
invention An invention is a unique or novelty (patent), novel machine, device, Method_(patent), method, composition, idea, or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It m ...
s,
industrial design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in adva ...
s,
utility model A utility model is a patent-like intellectual property right to protect inventions. This type of right is available in many countries but, notably, not in the United States, United Kingdom or Canada. Although a utility model is similar to a patent ...
s, or
integrated circuit An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or simply chip, is a set of electronic circuits, consisting of various electronic components (such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors) and their interconnections. These components a ...
s, thus protecting and reserving the rights of the company which developed them or bought rights to them. * plant breeders’ rights register — registers rights to a protected plant variety, developed and registered by a plant breeder. Some types of business registers combine the features of both groups, these include: * tax register — a register used for the purpose of revenue collection, including taxes,
duties A duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; , past participle of ; , whence "debt") is a commitment or expectation to perform some action in general or if certain circumstances arise. A duty may arise from a system of ethics or morality, e ...
such as
tariffs A tariff or import tax is a duty imposed by a national government, customs territory, or supranational union on imports of goods and is paid by the importer. Exceptionally, an export tax may be levied on exports of goods or raw materials and is ...
or
excise file:Lincoln Beer Stamp 1871.JPG, upright=1.2, 1871 U.S. Revenue stamp for 1/6 barrel of beer. Brewers would receive the stamp sheets, cut them into individual stamps, cancel them, and paste them over the Bunghole, bung of the beer barrel so when ...
, as well as mandatory
social insurance Social insurance is a form of Social protection, social welfare that provides insurance against economic risks. The insurance may be provided publicly or through the subsidizing of private insurance. In contrast to other forms of Welfare spend ...
and
health insurance Health insurance or medical insurance (also known as medical aid in South Africa) is a type of insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses. As with other types of insurance, risk is shared among ma ...
contributions; such a register includes all taxable entities, as well as their tax liabilities, including
tax lien A tax lien is a lien which is imposed upon a property by law in order to secure the payment of taxes. A tax lien may be imposed for the purpose of collecting delinquent taxes which are owed on real property or personal property, or it may be i ...
s. *
public company A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of share capital, stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) co ...
and
securities A security is a tradable financial asset. The term commonly refers to any form of financial instrument, but its legal definition varies by jurisdiction. In some countries and languages people commonly use the term "security" to refer to any for ...
register — the official repository of
publicly listed A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (li ...
or unlisted companies whose at least one emission of securities was offered for the purpose of free trading to a number of persons exceeding certain threshold (varying according to jurisdiction), thus placing such a company under specific regulatory obligations, mainly concerning mandatory publication of information on the terms and rights attached to the offered security, as well as information on the company itself and its finances. * list of companies and their securities publicly traded on a stock market — maintained by a
stock exchange A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for ...
or an
alternative trading system Alternative trading system (ATS) is a US and Canadian regulatory term for a non-exchange trading venue that matches buyers and sellers to find counterparties for transactions. Alternative trading systems are typically regulated as broker-dealers r ...
for the purpose of
trading Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market (economics), market. Traders generally negotiate throu ...
and quoting companies’ stocks. * insolvency register — contains information on companies who entered
insolvency In accounting, insolvency is the state of being unable to pay the debts, by a person or company ( debtor), at maturity; those in a state of insolvency are said to be ''insolvent''. There are two forms: cash-flow insolvency and balance-sheet i ...
,
bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the deb ...
,
liquidation Liquidation is the process in accounting by which a Company (law), company is brought to an end. The assets and property of the business are redistributed. When a firm has been liquidated, it is sometimes referred to as :wikt:wind up#Noun, w ...
,
administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people. ** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a se ...
,
receivership In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver – a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights" – especia ...
,
debt restructuring Debt restructuring is a process that allows a private or public company or a sovereign entity facing cash flow problems and financial distress to reduce and renegotiate its delinquent debts to improve or restore liquidity so that it can continu ...
, or have been under futile execution, either of an administrative debt (by a government agency) or of a
private debt In economics, consumer debt is the amount owed by consumers (as opposed to amounts owed by businesses or governments). It includes debts incurred on purchase of goods that are consumable and/or do not appreciate. In macroeconomic terms, i ...
(by a bailiff), for longer than an amount of time specified by law, as well as on their liabilities. * register or a list of a specified type of regulated entities or activities — contains entries on companies officially authorized to perform a specified type of business, where prior obtaining of a permit, a license, a concession, or registration on such a list or register is a prerequisite required by law. Depending on situation, regulation may apply to an entity type, or to a type of entity's activity.__NOTOC__


European Union and the European Economic Area

*
company register A company register is a register of business organizations such as companies in the jurisdiction they operate under. Registration is normally mandated by the government of that jurisdiction. A company register serves a purpose of protection, acco ...
s **
European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...
- the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS) (uses data from national registers operated by the member states) (searchable); List of European Research Infrastructure Consortia (online web list) **
European Committee of the Regions The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice w ...
- Register of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (uses data from national lists operated by the member states) (available unrestricted as a search engine and a GIS/cadaster) ** the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations - Register of
European political parties A European political party, formerly known as a political party at European levelArticle 10.4 of the 2007 Treaty on European Union states that "political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness" and Regul ...
and
European political foundation A European political foundation, formerly known as a political foundation at European level,European political foundations were referred to as "political foundation at European level" in Regulation 1524/2007, which set up a framework for their ...
s (EU only) (online web lists) * tax registers (
European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...
) ** VAT Information Exchange System (uses data from national registers operated by the member states) - taxpayers who obtained registration allowing to perform intra-community supply transactions; not mandatory for VAT-exempt entities involved in intra-community supply transactions of low worth in the given year, unless they do not perform services by delegating their employees to another EU country (online VAT number check) ** System of Exchange of Excise Data (SEED) (uses data from national lists operated by the member states) - (SEED number check) ** Registered Exporter System (REX) (central register with input operated by the member states) (REX number check) ** Economic Operator Identification and Registration System (EORI) (central register with input operated by the member states) – (EORI number check) ** Economic Operator Systems Authorized Economic Operator (central register with input operated by the member states) – Authorized Economic Operator Database (searchable) *vehicle registers ** EU Fleet Register (EU only, uses data from national lists operated by the member states) - registry of maritime commercial vessels used in
fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farm ...
within the
Common Fisheries Policy The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the fishery, fisheries policy of the European Union (EU). It sets quotas for which Member state of the European Union, member states are allowed to catch each type of fish, as well as encouraging the fishin ...
(searchable) ** EUCARIS (European Car and Driving License Information System)


Austria

* ''
Wiener Zeitung ''Wiener Zeitung'' () is an Austrian newspaper. First published as the ''Wiennerisches Diarium'' in 1703, it is one of the oldest newspapers in the world. Until April 2023, it was the official gazette of the government of the Republic of Austria ...
'' ' — the
official gazette A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establish ...
. (languages: German only) * ''Firmenbuch'' — the searchable database. (languages: German only) * Financial Market Authority (FMA) — has searchable database for companies that hold FMA-issued licenses. (languages: German only)


Belgium

* KBO Public Search — searchable database for public information on every registered active enterprise and establishment in Belgium. (languages: Dutch, French) * Central Balance Sheet Office (
National Bank of Belgium The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; , NBB; , BNB; , BNB) is the National central bank (Eurosystem), national central bank for Belgium within the Eurosystem. It was the Belgian central bank from 1850 until 1998, established by law of and issuin ...
) — has the accounts of companies, associations, and foundations active in Belgium. (languages: Dutch, French, German, English) * Crossroads Bank for Enterprises * Enterprise Search — maintained by the
Federal Public Service Justice The FPS Justice (, , ), formerly the Ministry of Justice, is a federal public service of Belgium. It was created by royal order on 23 May 2001, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government (1999–2003) to modernise the federal administra ...
(languages: French only) * Public companies register (''STORI'') — maintained by the
Financial Services and Markets Authority The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) (, ) is the Financial regulation, financial regulatory agency in Belgium. As a supervisory authority, the FSMA strives to ensure the honest and equitable treatment of financial consumers. It ai ...


Bulgaria

* Trade Register — electronic register. Companies must be entered into the commercial register that is kept with the relevant district court, where they can be viewed by the public. (languages: Bulgarian only) *D&B Report Guide Bulgaria — information on the different types of companies * Trade Register (Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)


Croatia

*Biznet — provides information and statistics on the Croatian economy, and access to the Register of Business Entities. It is maintained by the
Croatian Chamber of Commerce Croatian Chamber of Economy (, abbreviation HGK), is a professional association of businesspeople in Croatia, and the oldest institution of its kind on the Croatian territory. ] History It originates from the Chamber of Trades (''trgovačko-obrt ...
Biznet. (languages: Croatian language, Croatian and English) *D&B Report Guide Croatia — provides information on legal forms and filing requirements. *Croatian Company Directory * Business Register — maintained by the Ministry of Justice. (languages: Croatian only) * Export Directory — maintained by the Chamber of Economy. (languages: Croatian only)


Cyprus

* Department of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver — responsible for keeping the Register of Companies, Partnerships, Business Names, Trade Marks, Patents and Industrial Designs, as well as for administering properties of insolvent legal and natural persons.


Czech Republic

* Public register and the collection of documents — maintained by the
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
. (language:
Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...
) *Register of economic entities — maintained by the
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...
*Trade Licensing Register — maintained by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. (Czech version has additional detail.)


Denmark

*
Central Business Register The Central Business Register ( CVR — , ) is the central government register containing primary data on all businesses in Denmark (in Greenland with the effect from 1 January 2018), regardless of economic and organizational structure, except ...
— the official registry of Danish businesses. * Danish Commerce and Companies Agency ( :da:Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen) — former administrator of the Central Business Register, since a reorganization in 2012 a part of the Danish Business Authority ( :da:Erhvervsstyrelsen). * Financial Supervisory Authority — supervisory agency which administers a database of enterprises under increased supervision.


Estonia

* Central Commercial Register () — an online service based on the central database of Estonian registration departments of the courts. *Database of the Financial Supervision Authority () — searchable database of supervised entities. (languages: Estonian, English)


Finland

*
Finnish Trade Register The ''Finnish Trade Register'' (, ) is a company register in Finland. It provides official information on businesses in the whole country, including data from current and old register entries, articles of association, partnership agreements or rule ...
— official company register for Finnish companies, maintained by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office. (languages: Finnish, English, Swedish) *BIS Search — trade register of 470,000 Finnish companies via the Business Information System of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office. * : Åland Online — companies, organizations and associations


France

* Trade and Companies Register () — official register of over 3,200,000 French companies, maintained by the Commercial Court. (languages: French) *''Sirene'' —
statistical business register A statistical business register (SBR) plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office. In comparison, a company register has different purposes: protection, accountability, and control of legal ent ...
maintained by INSEE. (languages: French only) * Bulletin of Obligatory Legal Announcements — maintained by
Journal officiel de la République française The ''Official Journal of the French Republic'' (), also known as the ''JORF'' or ''JO'', is the government gazette of the French Republic. It publishes the major legal official information from the national Government of France, the French Pa ...
. (languages: French only) * Official Bulletin of Civil and Commercial Announcements (''Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales'', ''BODACC'') — publishes companies registered in the RCS (''registre du commerce et des sociétés''). (languages: French only) *: Paris Registry — maintained by the Clerk of the Commercial Court of Paris (''Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris'')


Germany

* German Commercial Register — judicial register of the federal states. (languages: German, English, Spanisch, French, Italian) * Business Register System () — centralized
statistical business register A statistical business register (SBR) plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office. In comparison, a company register has different purposes: protection, accountability, and control of legal ent ...
. (languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian) *
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (), better known by its abbreviation BaFin, is Germany's integrated financial regulatory authority. Since 2014, it has been Germany's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision. ...
— listed companies. (languages: German and English)


Greece

* General Commercial Registry (''Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο'') * Official gazette – Company search * Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EBEA)


Hungary

* Court of Company Registration — provides company information and electronic company registration service. It is maintained by the
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
. (languages: Hungarian) *Cégtaláló — searchable database. (languages: Hungarian) *Financial Services Register — maintained by the
Hungarian National Bank The Hungarian National Bank ( , MNB) is the central bank of Hungary and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). It was established in 1924 as a successor entity of the Austro-Hungarian Bank, under the economic assistance ...
, also provides supervision of listed companies on
Budapest Stock Exchange Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) (, (BÉT)) is the Stock exchange, third largest stock exchange in Central and Eastern Europe by market capitalization and Market liquidity, liquidity. It is located at 55 Krisztina Boulevard, Budapest, Hungary, in ...


Iceland

* Company Directory (Directorate of Internal Revenue) — (languages: Icelandic)


Ireland

* Companies Registration Office **Company Search — company directory **Registry of Friendly Societies


Italy

* Italian Business Register — public register of company details, maintained by the Italian Business Register Office, found in local Chambers of Commerce in Italy. (languages:
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
, English) *Infocamere — company register of the Italian Chambers of Commerce. Information can be obtained from Infocamere and via the
European Business Register The European Business Register Network (EBR Network) is a network of trade registers kept by the registration authorities of several European countries, managed by the European Business Registry Association. The EBR was developed as a part of the ...
(EBR). (languages: Italian, mostly) * Infoimprese — (languages: Italian) *
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa The Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB; Italian Companies and Exchange Commission) is the government authority of Italy responsible for regulating the Italian securities market. This includes the regulation of the Italian sto ...
listed companies


Latvia

* Registry of Enterprises of Latvia. Registry also publish free publicly accessible database of companies of Latvia. * Lursoft — database of all enterprises, public organizations, and foreign company agencies registered within the territory of Latvia, including information of their managers, shareholders
fixed capital In accounting, fixed capital is any kind of real, physical asset that is used repeatedly in the production of a product. In economics, fixed capital is a type of capital good that as a real, physical asset is used as a means of production which i ...
, and annual accounts. The information is based on original documents of the State Register of Enterprises. (languages: Latvian, mostly)


Liechtenstein

* Commercial Register — maintained by the Office of Justice. (languages: German only)


Lithuania

* Register of Legal Entities


Azerbaijan


The State Tax Service
under the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan is the state body that registers companies in Azerbaijan. Foreign individuals and foreign companies have equal rights to register their companies, just like local individuals and local companies in Azerbaijan.


Luxembourg

* Luxembourg Business Registers * Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés — the official register of companies and associations in Luxembourg. (languages: German, French) * Business permits * Official Gazette "Mémorial C"(Legilux) * Supervised entities (
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier The (CSSF) is the main financial regulatory authority in Luxembourg. Since 2014, it has been the country's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision. The CSSF is also responsible for the supervision of experts in the f ...
)


Malta

* Malta Business Registry — registry of companies


Netherlands

*Trade Register — company search, maintained by
Kamer van Koophandel The ''Kamer van Koophandel'' (KVK) is the Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. The KVK's main statutory tasks are to operate the official national Business Register and provide businesses with information and advice. It is operated as a quango ...
. In the Netherlands, registration in the trade register is compulsory for almost every company. (languages: Dutch, English)


Norway

*
Brønnøysund Register Centre Brønnøysund Register Centre ( Norwegian Bokmål: Brønnøysundregistrene; formal name Registerenheten i Brønnøysund, Norwegian Nynorsk: Brønnøysundregistra) is a Norwegian government agency that is responsible for the management of numero ...
— government body under the
Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry () was a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. It was first created in 1916, as the Ministry of Trade (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Shipping and Industry). It ...
, and consists of several different national EDP registers. (languages: Norwegian, mostly) * Registry of supervised entities ( Financial Supervisory Authority)


Poland


Regular company registers

There are two registers of entities which are obligated or allowed to register as entrepreneurs: * Ministry of Development (MR) – Central Registration and Information on Business (CEIDG) –
company register A company register is a register of business organizations such as companies in the jurisdiction they operate under. Registration is normally mandated by the government of that jurisdiction. A company register serves a purpose of protection, acco ...
for natural persons trading as
sole trader A sole proprietorship, also known as a sole tradership, individual entrepreneurship or proprietorship, is a type of enterprise owned and run by only one person and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business entity. ...
s or their civil law partnerships (searchable); such companies are prohibited from performing certain activities (e.g. operating a life insurance company), and proper agricultural activity (
animal breeding Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value (estimated breeding value, EBV) of livestock. Selecting for breeding animals with superior ...
,
plant cultivation Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created fo ...
) of an individual farmer is also excluded from registration in CEIDG; the register does not assign its own registration number, using the NIP (see below) for this purpose instead *
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
(MS): **National Court Register (KRS) (searchable) — register of the majority of juridical persons types, a well as other collective (private) legal entities (there are, however, numerous exceptions, see List of official business registers#Registers of businesses excluded from registration as entrepreneurs); assigns a registration number (numer KRS), mandatory to be exposed on all outbound company documents and letters; some activities (e.g. operating a school) are not available to all entities registered in KRS, but only to those who are juridical persons; members of some professions are not allowed to practise in all of the company types (e.g. an advocate is prohibited from practising the profession in the form of a limited liability company); its constituent parts are: *** Register of Entrepreneurs (''Rejestr przedsiębiorców'') — the
company register A company register is a register of business organizations such as companies in the jurisdiction they operate under. Registration is normally mandated by the government of that jurisdiction. A company register serves a purpose of protection, acco ...
for entities other than natural persons which hold an obligatory status of entrepreneurs: trade partnerships: either entities with legal capacity but lacking juridical personality (registered partnerships, limited partnerships, limited joint-stock partnerships, professional partnerships), or juridical persons (limited liability companies, joint-stock companies), as well as for other types of entrepreneurs who are juridical persons, as well as any of the juridical persons registered in the Register of Associations, Other Social and Professional Organizations, Foundations and Independent Public Healthcare Institutions (see below) if they intend to perform business activities (when allowed by their bylaws, excluding the stand-alone public healthcare institutions, as they are not allowed to register as an entrepreneur, as well as those of juridical persons or other legal entities who are registered in the KRS exclusively for the purpose of obtaining status of an officially recognized charity - public benefit organization, and would otherwise be excluded from the registration in the KRS - see below) *** Register of Associations, Other Social and Professional Organizations, Foundations and Stand-alone Public Healthcare Institutions (''Rejestr stowarzyszeń, innych organizacji społecznych i zawodowych, fundacji oraz samodzielnych publicznych zakładów opieki zdrowotnej'') — the other part of the KRS, is responsible for the registration of various other types of juridical persons. If any of the registered entities intend to perform business activities (when allowed by its bylaws), it also has to obtain registration in the Register of Entrepreneurs; in addition, juridical persons or any other legal entities (including those otherwise excluded or exempt from the registration in the KRS – see below) also have to register, if they apply for the status of an officially recognized charity (public benefit organization); however, as an exception, registration solely for that purpose neither confers juridical personality to entities lacking one nor does it create an obligation or right to register as an entrepreneur; ** Court and Commercial Gazette (''Monitor Sądowy i Gospodarczy'') – official gazette (searchable); ** Financial document viewer (''Przeglądarka dokumentów finansowych'') - the official free viewer of financial documents that allows downloading financial documents of an entity entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register, in particular financial statements, reports on activities, resolutions on the allocation of profit or coverage of losses. The KRS number of the entity is needed to search.


Registers of businesses excluded from registration as entrepreneurs

Registers of some of the types of businesses excluded from registration as entrepreneurs which are available online include the following (the list does not include registries of entities established through a centralized
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
-level procedure, namely the European Research Infrastructure Consortia, the
European political parties A European political party, formerly known as a political party at European levelArticle 10.4 of the 2007 Treaty on European Union states that "political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness" and Regul ...
and the
European political foundation A European political foundation, formerly known as a political foundation at European level,European political foundations were referred to as "political foundation at European level" in Regulation 1524/2007, which set up a framework for their ...
s): * Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMiR) – National Register of the Rural Women's Associations (searchable);Register of Producers, Agricultural Holdings and Applications for Payment Entitlements - (non-searchable; however, the bulk of data may be obtained from the Directory of
Common Agricultural Policy The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Commission. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce ...
Beneficiaries - see above); * Polish Waters National Water Management Holding (PGW WP) – IT system for protection against extraordinary hazards (ISOK) – Informatics System for Water Management (SIGW) – water cadaster, which includes the centralized register of water corporations, levee unions (input operated at the local level by the starostas) and the unions of water companies or levee unions (input operated at the local level by the voivodes) (searchable) * Central Office of Geodesy (Land Survey) and Cartography – 'Land and Buildings Records (EGiB) – land and buildings cadaster, which includes the centralized register of common land management corporations (input operated at the local level by the starostas) (searchable) * Polish Hunting Association (PZŁ) – Registers of Hunting Clubs, available on websites of each of the 49 district boards of the Association, located in: Biała Podlaska , Białystok , Bielsko-Biała , Bydgoszcz , Chełm , Ciechanów , Częstochowa , Elbląg , Gdańsk , Gorzów Wlkp. , Jelenia Góra , Kalisz , Katowice , Kielce , Konin , Koszalin , Kraków , Krosno , Legnica , Leszno , Lublin , Łomża , Łódź , Nowy Sącz , Olsztyn , Opole , Ostrołęka , Piła , Piotrków Tryb. , Płock , Poznań , Przemyśl , Radom , Rzeszów , Siedlce , Sieradz , Skierniewice , Słupsk , Suwałki , Szczecin , Tarnobrzeg , Tarnów , Toruń , Wałbrzych , Warszawa , Włocławek , Wrocław , Zamość , Zielona Góra *
Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences (, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars a ...
(PAN) – Register of (PAN) Research Institutes (searchable) * Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) – Register of Higher Education Institutions – includes both public and private institutions (searchable) * Ministry of National Education (MEN) – Register of Schools and Educational Institutions – includes also the ''jednostki systemu oświaty'' (schools or educational institutions other than higher education institutions) (searchable) * Ministry of Interior and Administration – register of inter-municipal unions, inter-county unions, as well as cross-category unions of municipalities and counties , (downloadable lists); Database of Territorial Self-Government Units , (downloadable lists in various formats); Register of Churches and Other Confessional Communities , (only the list of denominations downloadable; non-searchable is the detailed part of the register, covering ecclesiastical juridical persons or other legal entities); * Ministry of Justice - List of judicial enforcement officers (bailiffs) , (searchable), the list is also available as a search engine on the website of their regulatory college, the National Council of Judicial Officers , * General Directorate for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) – Central Register of Forms of Environmental Protection – includes the register of national parks, available as a search engine , or a GIS/cadaster (searchable), * Bureau for Forest Management and Geodesy State Enterprise on behalf of the State Forests National Forest Holding - Forest Data Bank - the official forest inventory and the forestry cadaster, also includes data on all territorial units of the State Forests (searchable), * District Court in Warsaw (Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie) – Register of Political Parties (searchable); Register of Pension Funds (searchable only in person; however, the bulk of the data may be obtained from the combined search engine of the
Polish Financial Supervision Authority The Polish Financial Supervision Authority, in Polish Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego (UKNF) is the main financial regulatory authority for Poland. UKNF was established in 2019 as a separate legal person under public law. It hosts the Financial ...
- see below); Register of Investment Funds (searchable only in person; however, the bulk of the data may be obtained from the combined search engine of the
Polish Financial Supervision Authority The Polish Financial Supervision Authority, in Polish Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego (UKNF) is the main financial regulatory authority for Poland. UKNF was established in 2019 as a separate legal person under public law. It hosts the Financial ...
- see below); * District Court in Piotrków Trybunalski (Sąd Okręgowy w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim) – Register of Family Foundations (available on site only) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs – List of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation registered in Poland (downloadable list) * Ministry of Infrastructure – info-car.pl website operated under contract with the Ministry by the Polish Security Printing Works – database of voivodeship road traffic centers (searchable) Notably absent are: * a central register of public cultural institutions. Each of the actual or potential parent entities (a ministry, a central government agency, or a territorial self-government unit) is obligated to maintain its own register of subordinate public cultural institutions, which results in almost 3000 separate official registers of such institutions, operated in various forms and independently of each other, each containing only a few to a dozen entries (if any), available on website of each of the parent entities; * a register of homeowner communities * a register of
common land Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person ...
communities


Other general official business registers

*
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
(MS): **National Register of the Indebted (''Krajowy Rejestr Zadłużonych'') — insolvency register separate from the KRS, designed to include entries on insolvent debtors: either private natural persons (e.g. child support, maintenance or tax debtors, consumer bankrupts), entrepreneurs, or any other legal entities, regardless whether they are registered in the National Court Register or the Central Registration and Information on Business ; (searchable) ** Register of Pledges (''Rejestr Zastawów'') – allows to submit an inquiry concerning registered (thus legally binding) pledges and voluntary specific liens put on a collateral, either a movable, such as a vehicle (a road vehicle, a rolling stock vehicle, an aircraft, a boat, or a ship, excluding ships registered by one of the 2 maritime chambers in the Register of Ships, because they are covered by a dedicated instrument called ship mortgage), other types of machines, a controlled weapon, a movable object of
cultural property Cultural property, also known as cultural patrimony, comprises the physical items that are part of the cultural heritage of a group or society, as opposed to less tangible cultural expressions. They include such items as cultural landscapes, histo ...
, or on a security, as well as on an intellectual property right; the register is connected to the relevant vehicle, security, or intellectual property right register, in cases, where such exists ; ** Land and Mortgage Register (''Elektroniczne Księgi Wieczyste'') – contains official and legally binding entries (done by selected ''
sąd rejonowy The regional court ( Polish: ''sąd rejonowy'') is a type of a ordinary court in the judiciary system of Poland, that deals with a wide range of cases related to the scope of civil, criminal, family and guardianship, labour and social security ...
'' courts) on real estate rights (including ownership), obligations (such as any pledges or liens), as well as warnings concerning unsettled or ongoing claims, any detected outdated entries (e.g. a dead person or a dissolved entity listed as owner), or any detected discrepancies with the referenced relevant Land and Buildings Records (the cadaster) entry – search by the register number (searchable); ** National Criminal Register (''Krajowy Rejestr Karny'') – contains entries on all entities convicted and sentenced for a felony or crime, or for a fiscal felony or crime, either natural persons (including entrepreneurs), or (in selected types of felony or crime) juridical persons or other collective legal entities (such as trade partnerships) (access to data on a person or an entity is available on a paid request by the person or the entity concerned; on a paid request by an employer, in cases concerning a job restricted by law to unconvicted persons; on a paid request by a juridical person or other collective legal entity, in cases concerning membership of its governing body, status of its authorized signaotory, or acquisition of its shares, when restricted by law to unconvicted persons; on a free-of-charge-demand by an authorized public institution or authorities of another EU state (or a non-EU state, under an international agreement, or under the principle of reciprocity) ); * Central Office of Geodesy (Land Survey) and Cartography – Geoportal – provides access to the: ** Land and Buildings Records (EGiB) – the official
cadaster A cadastre or cadaster ( ) is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.Jo Henssen, ''Basic Principles of the Main Cadastral Systems in the World,'/ref> Often it is represented graphically in ...
of land, buildings, and owner-occupancies, ** Geodetic Records of Utilities Networks (GESUT) – the official cadaster of utilities networks, * Ministry of Finance (MF) – Central Register of Beneficial Owners (CRBR) – a register of ultimate beneficial owners (searchable) * National Fiscal Administration (KAS) ** Central Register of Entities – National Register of Taxpayers – tax register which assigns the Tax Identification Number (NIP) to all taxable entities, including companies, with the exception of natural persons not registered in the Central Registration and Information on Business, as they are required to use their Personal Identification Number (PESEL) instead of NIP for tax purposes. It is mandatory to include both seller's and buyer's NIP on all invoices (excluding those concerning consumer sales to private natural persons, where only the seller's NIP is required); its validation is available online (NIP validity check) ; *** List of VAT Taxpayers (so-called VAT white list) – list of registered, unregistered and deleted entities and restored to the VAT register (VAT status check by NIP); **** List of EU VAT Taxpayers – includes those Polish taxpayers who obtained registration allowing to perform intra-community supply transactions and to use their NIP with the ''PL-'' prefix as their EU VAT number; not mandatory for VAT-exempt entities involved in intra-community supply transactions worth altogether less than 50000PLN in the given year, unless they do not perform services by delegating their employees to another EU country (EU VAT status check available through the EU-operated VAT Information Exchange System ; ** Tax and Customs Service (SCS) – Electronic Services Portal of the Tax and Customs Service (PUESC) (searchable) – assigns the IDSISC number for customs or excise purposes, and provides access to the: *** Central Register of Excise Entities (CRPA) – confirms granting of excise authorization to excise entities, supplies their data to the EU Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) through the System for the Exchange of Excise Data (SEED), and registers their IDSISC number in the SEED PL database (searchable), IDSISC (SEED PL) number validation is also available on the website operated by the EU (SEED number check) *** (EU customs) Registered Exporter System (REX) – registered Polish entities (searchable), REX number validation oś also available on the website operated by the EU (REX number check) *** (EU customs) Economic Operator Identification and Registration System (EORI) (for registration purposes only) – EORI number validation is available on the website operated by the EU (EORI number check) *** (EU customs) Economic Operator Systems Authorized Economic Operator Database (EOS AEO) (for registration purposes only) – Authorized Economic Operator Database is available on the website operated by the EU (searchable) ** Register of Tax Liens – register of tax liens put on a collateral, either a movable, such as a vehicle (a road vehicle, a rolling stock vehicle, an aircraft, a boat, or a ship, excluding ships registered by one of the 2 maritime chambers in the Register of Ships, because they are covered by a dedicated instrument called ship mortgage), other types of machines, a firearm, a movable object of cultural property, or on a security, as well as on an intellectual property right; (searchable by serial or identification number) ; * Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) – Central Register of Contribution Payers (non-searchable) – tax register of all entities (including companies) paying compulsory social and health insurance contributions for their employees (or health insurance only, in the case of professions covered by special non-insurance pensions systems funded by the state budget: judges, public prosecutors, professional soldiers and members of other national uniformed services), as well as natural persons obligated to pay social and/or health insurance contributions for themselves (including sole traders, partners of a civil law partnership, registered partnership, limited partnership, limited joint-stock partnership, professional partnership, single-shareholder limited liability company, as well as artists), and people paying voluntary social and/or health insurance contributions; the register does not include individual farmers paying their social and health insurance contributions to the separate Agricultural Social Insurance Fund, as well as members of uniformed services delegated to work an undercover job. It does not assign a dedicated identification number, using the existing numbers (NIP, REGON, PESEL) for identification purposes instead; * Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS) - Register of Agricultural Social Insurance and Health Insurance Contribution Payers (non-searchable) – tax register of individual farmers for the purposes of collecting compulsory agricultural social insurance and health insurance contributions. Farmers paying the agricultural social insurance for at least 3 years may register as entrepreneurs in CEIDG and engage in additional business activities while retaining the right to remain in the agricultural social insurance system, under the conditions that they continue agricultural production and do not exceed certain limits on income from the additional activity. Farmers may also pay to KRUS health insurance and diminished social insurance contributions (limited to sickness, maternity and accident insurance, but excluding the pension and disability insurance) for seasonal workers employed up to 180 days per year for harvesting fruits, vegetables, herbs, tobacco, hop, or flowers. Any other employees of a farmer fall under the general Social Insurance Institution system. * Central Statistical Office (GUS) – National Official Business Register –
statistical business register A statistical business register (SBR) plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office. In comparison, a company register has different purposes: protection, accountability, and control of legal ent ...
which assigns the Statistical Identification Number (REGON) to all public and private juridical persons, as well as all other entities, with the exception of natural persons other than entrepreneurs. It is mandatory to expose REGON on all company stamps as well as outbound documents and letters (searchable); * Intellectual property registers ** Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) – Patent Office Registries e-Search industrial property database which includes trade marks, industrial designs, utility models, and integrated circuits (excluding those of the four types, which have been registered by the
European Union Intellectual Property Office The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) () is a decentralised agency of the EU responsible for the registration of EU-wide unitary trade marks and industrial design rights. These exist alongside the intellectual property rig ...
), as well as inventions (national patents), and (
European Patent Office The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation
) European patents, including the EU unitary patents (but without their unitary effect due to Polish opt-out caused by EU's failure to award the
Polish language Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic languages, West Slavic language of the Lechitic languages, Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spo ...
the status in the scheme equal to that of
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
, English or French, and therefore, such patents are treated in Poland as ordinary EPO patents) (searchable) ** Research Centre for Cultivar Testing (COBORU) – The List of Varieties Protected by Plant Breeders' Rights and The List of Varieties Which are the Subject of an Application for the Grant of the Plant Breeders' Rights – Protected by Provisional PBR – national register of plant breeders’ rights, does not include the varieties registered by the
Community Plant Variety Office The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) is an agencies of the European Union, agency of the European Union, located in Angers, France. It was established in 1994. Its task is to administer a system of plant breeders' rights, plant variety rights, ...
(downloadable list); List of breeders, breeders’ representatives and licensees (searchable); (some of these lists may also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies); * Official vehicle registries **
Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland ( Polish: ''Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów - lit. Chancellery of the President of the Council of Ministers''), or KPRM, is the executive office for the Prime Minister of Poland. Created under the ...
– Central Registry of Vehicles and Drivers *** Central Registry of Vehicles – contains data on all registered road vehicles. Vehicle History service (searchable by entering combination of vehicle registration number, date of first registration of the vehicle, and VIN number) ** Office of Rail Transport (UTK) – National Rail Vehicle Registry (non-searchable); ** Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) – Register of Civil Aircraft (non-searchable); ** Registries of vessels (registration is permitted in only single of the five registries at a time, depending on the vessel's size, designation, equipment, usage, and ownership; some of the vessels may require an additional registration: by a ship classification society, or for the purposes of obtaining the
ENI number Eni is an Italian oil and gas corporation. Eni or ENI may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Escuela Nacional de Inteligencia, the Argentine intelligence academy * Groupe des écoles nationales d’ingénieurs (Groupe ENI), a French engine ...
, the
IMO number The IMO number of the International Maritime Organization is a generic term with two distinct applications: * the IMO ship identification number is a unique ship identifier; or, * the IMO company and registered owner identification number is u ...
, or the
MMSI number A Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) is effectively a maritime object's international ''maritime telephone number'', a temporarily assigned UID issued by that object's current flag state (unlike an IMO number, which is a permanent global UID ...
- see sector specific registers and lists below; ships belonging to the Navy, the Border Guard or the Police are excluded from registration): *** Ministry of Infrastructure – Registry of Yachts and Other Vessels up to 24 m in Length (searchable by entering combination of: vessel registration number; vessel identification number such as HIN Hull Identification Number, CIN Craft Identification Number, WIN Watercraft Identification Number, vessels lacking any of them are awarded INI Individual Identification Number at first registration; date of first registration of the vessel) – responsible for the registration of following vessels up to 24 meters in length: all yachts (defined as ships used exclusively for sports and recreation, including jetski, houseboats, and wooden replicas of historical vessels); inland or maritime non-commercial yachts; inland or maritime commercial yachts up to 12 passengers (including yachts used for paid cruises, training cruises, chartered cruises, commercial lending for
recreational fishing Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is occupational fishing activities done for profit; or subsistence fishing, ...
and
angling Angling (from Old English ''angol'', meaning "hook") is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated with a fishing rod, although rodless te ...
or for other purposes); other inland commercial and non-commercial fishing or angling vessels; *** Inland Navigation Offices: in Bydgoszcz, in Szczecin, and in Wrocław – Administrative Registry of Inland Waterways Vessels (non-searchable) – registry of inland waterways vessels not covered by the Registry of Yachts and Other Vessels up to 24 m in Length; *** Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MRiRW) – Registry of Fishing Vessels (non-searchable at national level) – registry of Polish maritime commercial vessels used in
fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farm ...
within the
Common Fisheries Policy The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the fishery, fisheries policy of the European Union (EU). It sets quotas for which Member state of the European Union, member states are allowed to catch each type of fish, as well as encouraging the fishin ...
(searchable via the EU Fleet Register operated by the European Commission) *** Maritime Chambers: by the District Court in Szczecin and by the District Court in Gdańsk (seated Gdynia) – Registry of Ships (''Rejestr okrętowy'') (searchable in person on site free of charge, or on a written paid request, access unrestricted) – the primary official registry of all maritime ships used in international traffic and owned by Polish entities or other EU entities (if not registered in an other EU country), including merchant ships, excluding ships covered by the Registry of Yachts and Other Vessels up to 24 m in Length, or the Registry of Fishing Vessels. Contains information on all rights to the ship, as well as on all obligations ( ship mortgage, ship liens). May also contain entries (on a voluntary basis) on maritime ships owned by entities other than Polish, which obtained temporary Polish registration, maritime ships under construction on the Polish territory, and maritime ships exempt from obligation to register by the Maritime Chamber (see below); *** Maritime Offices: in Szczecin and in Gdynia: Administrative Registry of Maritime Ships (non-searchable) – obligatory registry for maritime ships exempt from registration in the ordinary Registry of Ships (maritime vessels not covered by the Registry of Yachts and Other Vessels up to 24 m in Length or by the Registry of Fishing Vessels, which are not used in international traffic: up to 15 m in length when equipped with mechanical propulsion, or any length when not equipped with mechanical propulsion) – unless owners of such vessel decided to waive exemption and choose to register in the regular Register of Ships; * Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) – Public Aid Data Sharing System (searchable) * Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MRiRW) – Directory of
Common Agricultural Policy The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Commission. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce ...
Beneficiaries (searchable) * Public Procurement Office – (UZP) e-Zamówienia (e-Procurement) Platform (searchable) * National Institute of Cultural Heritage -
Registry of Cultural Property Registry of Cultural Property may refer to: * Registry of Cultural Property (Lithuania) * Registry of Cultural Property (Poland) *Philippine Registry of Cultural Property The Philippine Registry of Cultural Property, abbreviated as PRECUP (), i ...
(partially searchable) - operated by the Voivodeship Offices for Cultural Property Protection, include immovable (monuments, buildings), archeological, and movable (artifacts)
cultural property Cultural property, also known as cultural patrimony, comprises the physical items that are part of the cultural heritage of a group or society, as opposed to less tangible cultural expressions. They include such items as cultural landscapes, histo ...
, in the latter two cases excluding movable items included in the national library fonds, the national archival fonds or in an inventory of a registered museum * Ministry of Interior and Administration - Arms Registration System (SRB) (non-searchable) - operated by the
Policja The Police (, ) is the Poland, Polish national civilian Police, police force. It is a primary law enforcement agency in the country, tasked with providing public safety and order, investigating and preventing crime. Polish Police is headed by ...
and (in regard to private firearms of soldiers in active service) by the
Military Gendarmerie The Military Gendarmerie (, ŻW) is a military police force established in 1990 in Poland as a specialized service of the Polish Armed Forces. The exact role of the gendarmerie has been historically difficult to ascertain, with several changes ...
; includes all firearms held by private persons, companies and public institutions, as well as their history, excluding the service firearms of the state uniformed services or other state armed formations (but not the municipal ones), issues the European Firearms Pass * Internal Security Agency (ABW) – (civilian) list of entities holding industrial security clearance (downloadable list with levels of awarded clearances, and their applicability to NATO, EU or ESA classified information) * Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW) – (military) list of issued industrial security clearances confirming the capability of an entrepreneur to protect classified information (downloadable lists with levels of awarded clearances, separately for national, NATO, EU and ESA classified information) *
Polish Financial Supervision Authority The Polish Financial Supervision Authority, in Polish Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego (UKNF) is the main financial regulatory authority for Poland. UKNF was established in 2019 as a separate legal person under public law. It hosts the Financial ...
(KNF) – list of public stock issues after 1 January 2020 and their issuers (public companies) (searchable); list of public issues of financial instruments (including public stock issues) prior 1 January 2020 and their issuers (public companies, in the case of stocks) (downloadable list); * Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK) State Research Institute - National Domain Register - the Polish
country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
register, member of Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries and
Country Code Names Supporting Organization The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the policy-development body for a narrow range of global issues regarding country code top-level domain A country code t ...
(searchable) * GS1 Poland Foundation - assigns the GTIN/
EAN Ean may refer to: People * Ean Campbell (1856–1921), Scottish Anglican cleric, bishop of Glasgow and Galloway * Ean Elliot Clevenger, American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter * Ean Evans (1960–2009), bassist for Lynyrd Skynyr ...
codes *
Warsaw Stock Exchange The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) () is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland. Founded in 1817, it was located in the Saxon Palace until 1877 when it was moved to the Exchange Building at the Saxon Garden. Currently, it is located at ul. Książęca ...
(GPW) Group ** GPW Main Market – the regulated market; ** NewConnect – an alternative (unregulated) stock exchange (
multilateral trading facility A multilateral trading facility (MTF) is a European Union regulatory term for a self-regulated financial trading venue. These are alternatives to the traditional stock exchanges where a market is made in securities, typically using electronic ...
), * Central Securities Depository of Poland (KDPW) –
central securities depository A central securities depository (CSD) is a specialized financial market infrastructure organization holding securities such as shares or bonds, either in certificated or uncertificated ( dematerialized) form, allowing ownership to be easily tra ...
registering dematerialized securities and their owners, and the
national numbering agency A national numbering agency (NNA) is the organisation in each country responsible for issuing International Securities Identification Numbers (ISIN) as described by the ISO 6166 standard and the Classification of Financial Instruments code as descr ...
which assigns the Financial Instrument Short Name, Classification of Financial Instruments code,
International Securities Identification Number An International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) is a code that uniquely identifies a security globally for the purposes of facilitating clearing, reporting and settlement of trades. Its structure is defined in ISO 6166. The ISIN code ...
, as well as
Legal Entity Identifier The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a unique global identifier for legal entities participating in financial transactions. Also known as an LEI code or LEI number, its purpose is to help identify legal entities on a globally accessible database. L ...
. Its subsidiary KDPW_CCP is the national
central counterparty clearing house A central clearing counterparty (CCP), also referred to as a central counterparty, is a financial market infrastructure organization that takes on counterparty credit risk between parties to a transaction and provides clearing (finance), clearing a ...
.


Sector-specific registers and lists of regulated activities

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Polish Financial Supervision Authority The Polish Financial Supervision Authority, in Polish Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego (UKNF) is the main financial regulatory authority for Poland. UKNF was established in 2019 as a separate legal person under public law. It hosts the Financial ...
(KNF) – register of securities listed on an exchange or on an alternative trading system; registers of various types of regulated financial entities (list incomplete): banks, co-operative banks, credit unions, pension funds, insurance companies, life insurance companies, mutual insurance companies, investment funds, stock exchanges, alternative trading systems, and commodities exchanges. A combined search engine. * Polish Bar Council (NRA) – National Register of Barristers (and their offices) (searchable); * National Chamber of Attorneys at Law (KIRP) – List of Attorneys at Law (and their offices) (searchable); * National Council of Notaries (KRN) – List of notarial offices (searchable), available also through the EU e-Justice Portal (searchable), as well as the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (searchable) * Polish Agency for Audit Oversight (PANA) – List of Audit Firms (searchable); * National Chamber of Tax Advisors (KIDP) – Register of Juridical Persons Authorized to Perform Tax Advisory Activities (downloadable list); List of Tax Advisors (and either their offices, in the forms of sole tradeship, registered partnerships, limited partnerships, limited joint-stock partnerships, professional partnerships, or of juridical persons employing them) (downloadable list) * Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) – List of Patent Attorneys (and either their offices, in the forms of sole tradeship, registered partnerships, limited partnerships, limited joint-stock partnerships, professional partnerships, or of juridical persons employing them) (searchable) * Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (MSWiA) – Register of Undertakings Licensed to Manufacture and Trade Explosives, Arms, Ammunition, and Devices or Technologies Designated for Police or Military Use (searchable); Register of Undertakings Performing Private Investigator Services (searchable); Register of Undertakings Licensed to Perform Personal and Property Protection Services (non-searchable); Register of Entities Performing Professional Lobbying Activities (downloadable list); *
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...
(MF) – List of licensed casinos (downloadable list); List of licensed bookmakers and licensed internet gambling entities (downloadable list); * Ministry of National Education (MEN) – Register of Schools and Educational Institutions – public and private schools and educational institutions, excluding higher education (searchable) * Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) – List of Non-Public Higher Education Institutions – list of licensed non-public universities and colleges (searchable) * Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (MRPiPS) – National Register of Employment Agencies (searchable); Register of Nurseries and Children's Clubs (searchable); Register of Social Assistance Units – register of public and private entities such as retirement homes, assisted living homes (but not nursing homes, as they are considered healthcare entities) (searchable) * Ministry of Health (MZ) ** Register of Entities Performing Medical Activities (RPWDL) , consists of: *** Register of Health Entities - includes public and private, commercial and non-commercial healthcare entities, registered by the relevant
voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...
, without caps on the numbers of medical professionals employed or (in case of private entities) specific restrictions on legal form or stakeholder composition of the entity; assigns an identification number (''kod resortowy'') to the whole entity, with an extension number for each of its organisational units; the catalogue of the covered types includes among others: hospitals, larger clinics (including dental), health spa entities, nursing homes, hospices, medical transport entities, diagnostic medical laboratories (obligated to register also on the List of Diagnostic Medical Laboratories of the National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians (KIDL), as well as stores (dispensaries) employing qualified medical technicians or craftsmen, involved in retail, fitting and repairs of various medical prosthetic devices (such as glasses, dental prostheses, hearing aides, orthopaedic devices); *** registers of individual and group professional practices of physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives, and physiotherapists (but excluding pharmacists, as pharmacies are registered in a separate register - see below, and laboratory diagnosticians, as a medical laboratory is in any case a health entity or a part of one - see above), operated by the respective
regulatory college Regulatory colleges are legal entities in Canada charged with serving the public interest by regulating the practice of a profession. They are state-sanctioned to regulate the practice of their professions within Canada. Most regulatory colleg ...
s, with legal entity types limited exclusively to
sole proprietorship A sole proprietorship, also known as a sole tradership, individual entrepreneurship or proprietorship, is a type of enterprise owned and run by only one person and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business entity. ...
in the case of individual practices, as well as to two types of trade partnerships (registered partnership or professional partnership) in the case of group practices; services are provided primarily by their owners, while employment of other-than-owner members of the same medical profession is generally prohibited, except for only a few specific situations, such as hiring for professional training, or hiring a temporary substitution during the owner's absence (searchable); ** Register of Pharmacies - with the State Pharmaceutical Inspection organs fulfilling the role of registration authority; includes community pharmacies, community dispensaries (scope-limited, allowed exclusively in rural areas lacking otherwise a pharmacy), establishment pharmacies (in prisons or military garrisons), hospital pharmacies, hospital
dispensaries A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment. In a traditional dispensary set-up, a pharmacist dispense ...
other than pharmacies (scope-limited, fulfilling basic dispensary tasks, with more advanced functions outsourced to an external
hospital pharmacy A hospital pharmacy is a department within a hospital that prepares, compounds, stocks and dispenses inpatient medications. Hospital pharmacies usually stock a larger range of medications, including more specialized and investigational medicatio ...
), the latter two types required to be also included as a unit of the parent entity in the Register of Heath Entities (searchable); ** Register of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (searchable) * National Health Fund (NFZ) – ''Central List of Healthcare Providers (CWŚ)'' – a public contract list of public and private healthcare providers operating under a contract with the NFZ within the general health insurance system (searchable) * State Sanitary Inspection - Register of Establishments Producing or Marketing Food Subject to the Official Control of the State Sanitary Inspection (non-searchable) - includes farmers cultivating plants, wholesalers, retailers and other undertakings involved in production, processing or marketing of food intended for human consumption, other than production, processing or marketing of animal-derived food already supervised by the Veterinary Inspection), as well as all gastronomy establishments, and producers or recyclers of materials designated for contact with food intended for human consumption; Register of Cosmetic Product Producers (non-searchable); List of designated yellow fever vaccination centers (downloadable list) * State Pharmaceutical Inspection (PIF) – Register of Manufacturers and Importers of Medicinal Products (searchable); National Register of Manufacturers, Importers and Distributors of Active Substances (searchable); * Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products (URPLWMiPB) – Register of Medicinal Products and the Register of Marketing Aurhorization Holders – register of all medicines with market authorization in Poland; including those authorized by the
European Medicines Agency The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) in charge of the evaluation and supervision of pharmaceutical products. Prior to 2004, it was known as the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products ...
; Record of manufacturers of active substances used in the manufacture of veterinary medicinal products with anabolic, anti-infectious, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, hormonal or psychotropic properties (non-searchable); * Polish Medicines Verification Organisation Foundation (KOWAL) - national operator of the European Medicines Verification System (non-searchable) * National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians (KIDL) – List of Diagnostic Medical Laboratories – list of healthcare entities operating a clinical laboratory (searchable) * Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MRiRW) – Register of entities producing or bottling wine products (downloadable list); Register of entities producing or processing ethyl alcohol (downloadable list); Register of entities producing tobacco products (downloadable list); Register of entities producing or bottling liquor drinks (downloadable list); (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies); * Veterinary Inspection (IW) – Lists and registers of supervised establishments, including: production, processing and marketing of meat, eggs, fish, milk, and dairy, production and marketing of animal feed, list of veterinary pharmaceutical wholesalers (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies) (downloadable lists); * Polish National Veterinary Chamber (KILW) - List of Veterinary Care Establishments (searchable) * State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service (PIORiN) – various registers of undertakings performing activities related to plant health, plant protection products and equipment used to apply them, seed production, as well as integrated plant production (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies) (partially available as downloadable lists); * National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR) (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies) – Register of biocomponent producers (downloadable list); Register of entities importing biocomponents (downloadable list); Register of farmers producing biofuels for their own use (downloadable list); Register of agricultural biogas producers (downloadable list); Register of first purchasers of cow milk (downloadable list); * Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMiR) – Register of Producers, Agricultural Holdings and Applications for Payment Entitlements – system operated for the purposes of state-funded, EU-funded or co-funded payment mechanisms in agriculture and fisheries; its constituent Register of Producers includes agricultural producers, animal holders, beneficiaries of fisheries programmes, organizations of producers, entities operating a rendering plant, and potential beneficiaries, as well as their farmę agricultural holdings (non-searchable); (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies); * Ministry of Sport and Tourism (MSiT) – Central List of Hotel Establishments – list of officially rated establishments providing legally specified services, including room service, bed-making and cleaning of sanitary facilities, at least on a daily basis, classified as: hotels, motels, boarding houses (all are rated category * to *****), trail shelters (rated "compliant"), inns, youth hostels, school youth hostels (all rated category I to III), as well as camping sites (rated category * to ****) and tent camp sites (rated "compliant"); it does not include certain other unrated and unclassified accommodation facilities (prohibited from using any of the abovementioned protected designations of type or category in their facility or company name), registered on a communal list only, such as hostels, holiday centres/dwellings, holiday youth centres, training-recreational centres, creative arts centres, complexes of tourist cottages, rooms for guests in private houses, private lodgings, rooms in spa healthcare entities, or agritourism facilities operated by farmers (searchable); List of Polish Sports Unions (list) * Insurance Guarantee Fund (UFG) – Central Records of Tour Operators and Entrepreneurs Facilitating Linked Travel Arrangements (searchable); Database of Compulsory Vehicle Liability Insurance (insurance check by registration number) * Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) – Register of Postal Operators (searchable); Register of Telecommunications Undertakings (searchable); Register of Maritime and Inland Ship Radio Station Permits with assigned ship callsigns,
MMSI A Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) is effectively a maritime object's international ''maritime telephone number'', a temporarily assigned UID issued by that object's current flag state (unlike an IMO number, which is a permanent global UID ...
and ATIS numbers (downloadable list); registers of various other permits, including radiocommunication, radio and TV broadcasting permits (concerning exclusively technical aspects, while the issues such as awarding radio and TV broadcasting licenses, assessment of proposed format or evaluation of already broadcast content, are handled by the National Broadcasting Council (see below) * Energy Regulatory Office (URE) – registries of various types of energy undertakings (list incomplete): holders of concessions for trade of liquid fuels, holders of concessions for trade of fuels other than liquid; electric energy distributors, operators of electric energy transmission systems; natural gas distributors, operators of natural gas transmission systems, natural gas storage facilities, natural gas liquefaction facilities, liquid natural gas regasification facilities. (downloadable lists) * Polish Centre for Accreditation - list of accredited organisations (includes: testing, medical and calibration laboratories; management systems, persons and product certification bodies, inspection bodies etc.) * Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) – List of Licensed Air Carriers, List of Holders of Air Operator Certificate (downloadable lists); List of holders of permits to provide ground handling services to third parties (downloadable list); List of Holders of Airport Handling Agent Certificate (downloadable list); List of Holders of Permits for Airport Management (downloadable list); Register of Civil Aerodromes, List of Officially Listed Civil Airfields (downloadable lists); *
Polish Register of Shipping Polish Register of Shipping, (), also known as PRS, is an independent classification society established in 1936. It is a not-for-profit company working on the marine market, developing technical rules and supervising their implementation, managin ...
ship classification society recognized at national, EU (both maritime and inland shipping), and IMO levels, member of
International Association of Classification Societies The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) is a technically based non-governmental organization that currently consists of twelve member marine classification societies. More than 90% of the world's cargo-carrying ships’ ...
; it brokers assignment of the
IMO number The IMO number of the International Maritime Organization is a generic term with two distinct applications: * the IMO ship identification number is a unique ship identifier; or, * the IMO company and registered owner identification number is u ...
(earchable) * Inland Navigation Offices (in Bydgoszcz, Szczecin and Warsaw) - Register of Ships Capable of Navigating on Inland European Waters – assigns the
ENI number Eni is an Italian oil and gas corporation. Eni or ENI may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Escuela Nacional de Inteligencia, the Argentine intelligence academy * Groupe des écoles nationales d’ingénieurs (Groupe ENI), a French engine ...
to vessels requiring classification by an EU-recognised inland ship classification society for navigation in EU inland waterways, upon their registration either in the Register of Inland Waterways Vessels or in the Register of Yachts and Other Vessels up to 24 m in Length (non-searchable); * Office of Rail Transport (UTK) – List of licensed rail carriers (downloadable list); * Inspection of Road Transport (ITD) – Polish Registry of Road Transport Undertakings (searchable) * State Geological Institute-State Research Institute/State Geological Service (PIG-PIB/PSG) – System of management and protection of mineral resources in Poland – MIDAS – register of deposits, mining areas and mining countries as well as related concessions, synonymous with a mining cadaster (searchable) * National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) – List of public broadcasters ; List of licensed broadcasters, registered internet TV broadcasters, cable TV network and satellite TV platform operators


Portugal

* Citizen Portal – Company search *
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
– Entity Search


Romania

* Ministry of Public Finance – Business search *
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
– The National Trade Register Office (ONRC) * Financial Supervisory Authority *
Bucharest Stock Exchange The Bucharest Stock Exchange (, BVB) is the stock exchange of Romania located in Bucharest. In 2023, the BVB's market capitalization increased by 52.7% to $64.9 billion. , there were 85 companies listed on the BVB. The capitalization of the Roma ...
– Companies directory


Slovakia

*Companies Register of the Slovak Republic — searchable directory. (languages: Slovak, English)


Slovenia

* Slovenian Business Register (ePRS) — maintained by the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES). ePRS includes companies (partnerships and corporations), sole proprietors, legal entities governed by private law, societies, natural persons performing registered or regulated activities, subsidiaries and other divisions of business entities and main offices of foreign business entities. (languages: interface in Slovene, English, German, Italian; information in Slovene, English) * Firmica.si — provides company formation services in Slovenia; not an official registry *List of taxable legal entities (Financial Administration) — (languages: Slovene) * Central Securities Clearing Corporation * List of public companies (Securities Market Agency)


Spain

* Central Mercantile Registry (, RMC) — subscription service providing legal Information of companies, statistics, and company names. (languages: English, French, German, Spanish). * Association of Spanish Property & Commercial Registers — subscription service * National Securities Market Commission (''Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores''), search by entity — (languages: Spanish)


Sweden

* Companies Registration Office ( Swedish: ''Bolagsverket'') — (languages: Swedish, some English) * Financial Supervisory Authority: **Listed company search (''Börsinformation'') **Company register


Afghanistan

* Minister of Commerce and Industries – Central Business Registry


Albania

* National Business Center (''Qendra Kombetare e Biznesit'')


Algeria

*The National Center of The Trade Register (''Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC)'')


Andorra

* Oficina de Marques


Angola

* Ministry of Justice and Human Rights – Central Register of Business Names (''Ficheiro Central de Denominações Sociais'') (not searchable) *
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...
– Registry of State Suppliers


Antigua and Barbuda

* Financial Services Regulatory Commission (not searchable)


Argentina

* Ministry of Justice and Human Rights * Official Gazette (Click on "Sociedades") * Federal Administration of Public Revenue – tax identification number (''CUIT'') check * National Securities Commission – Issuers * National Procurement Office – Providers *
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship (; abbreviated MRECIC), informally referred to as the Chancellery (), is the Argentine government ministry dealing with the foreign relations of Argentina, Argentina's foreign p ...
– Directory of Importers/Exporters


Armenia

* Ministry of Justice – State Register of the Legal Entities * Tax Service – Taxpayers *
Central Bank of Armenia The Central Bank of Armenia () is the central bank of Armenia with its headquarters in Yerevan. The CBA is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country, overseeing and regulating the banking sector and ...
– Listed Companies


Australia

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Australian Securities & Investments Commission The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is an independent commission of the Australian Government tasked as the national corporate regulator. ASIC's role is to regulate company and financial services and enforce laws to pro ...
– Search ASIC Registers * Australian Securities & Investments Commission – Datasets *
Australian Business Register The Australian Business Number (ABN) is a unique 11-digit identifier issued by the Australian Business Register (ABR) which is operated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The ABN was introduced on 1 July 2000 by John Howard's Liberal gov ...
– Australian Business Number Lookup *
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations The Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) assists the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations in administering the ''Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006'' ("CATSI Act") and in supporting and regulatin ...
– Search Corporations


Azerbaijan


State Tax Service
under the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan – State Register of Business Entities
State Tax Service
under the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Businesses engaged in production


Bahamas

* Registrar General's Department


Bangladesh

* Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms


Bahrain

* Ministry of Industry & Commerce * Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Members Search * Central Bank of Bahrain – CBB Register


Barbados

*
Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office The Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) is a Barbadian governmental agency in charge of various aspects of industrial property right affairs including: patents, trademarks, and industrial designs. It is a division of the '' ...
– Registrants


Belarus

*Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs —
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
(In Russian)


Belize

* International Business Companies Registry of Belize


Benin

* Ministry of Industry, Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises – Business Registry (''GUFE'')


Bhutan

* Office of the Registrar of Companies, Corporate Regulatory Authority, MoENR (not searchable)


Bolivia

* Registry of Commerce (''Fundempresa'')


Bosnia and Herzegovina

* and
Brčko District Brčko District ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Brčko distrikt, Брчко дистрикт, separator=" / "), officially the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Brčko distrikt Bosne i Hercegovine, Брчко дистрикт Босне ...
: **Registers of Business Entities **Registry of Securities – Issuers * : **Registers of Business Entities **Central Registry of Securities – Issuers


Botswana

* Companies and Intellectual Property Authority


Brazil

* BM&F Bovespa – Listed Companies *
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...
– Federal Revenue – Legal entity tax identification number (
CNPJ The Brazilian National Registry of Legal Entities (Portuguese: ''Cadastro Nacional de Pessoas Jurídicas'', “CNPJ”) is a nationwide registry of corporations, partnerships, foundations, investment funds, and other legal entities, created and ...
) search * State registries ** Department of Business Registration and Integration (DREI) – Map of commercial registries (''juntas comerciais'')


Brunei

* Brunei Attorney General's Chamber


Burkina Faso

* House of Enterprises (''Maison de l'Entreprise'') – Company search


Burundi

* Investment Promotion Authority (not searchable)


Cambodia

*
Ministry of Commerce A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...
– Business Registration


Cameroon

* Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Company Directory * Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Database of Industrial Enterprises * Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development – Business Directory (''Annuaire des entreprises'') * National Institute of Statistics – List of companies


Canada

*
Corporations Canada Canadian corporate law concerns the operation of corporations in Canada, which can be established under either federal or provincial authority. Federal incorporation of for-profit corporations is governed by Corporations Canada under the ''Canad ...
– Search for a Federal Corporation *Canada's Business Registries *Provincial and territorial registries


Cape Verde

* Official Gazette


Central African Republic

* Ministry of Commerce and Industry * Ministry for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises


Chad

* Business Formalities Center of National Agency for Investments and Exports of Chad.


Chile

* Registry of Commerce of Santiago * Official gazette * Securities and Insurance Supervisor *
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...
– Directory of Providers


China, People's Republic of

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State Administration for Market Regulation The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR; ) is a ministerial-level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China responsible for market supervision and management. SAMR was established in 2018. It is China ...
* Credit China *
Ministry of Commerce A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...
– Corporate Credit Rating System * State Administration of Taxation – Corporate credit rating inquiry * Provincial, sub-provincial and municipal registries ** Anhui Province – Anhui Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Hefei Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...
– Hefei Administration for Industry and Commerce **Beijing – Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...
– Chongqing Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Chongqing – Chongqing Enterprise Credit Information System ** Fujian Province – Fujian Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Fujian Province – Fujian Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
– Fuzhou Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Xiamen Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...
– Xiamen Enterprise Credit Information System **
Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...
– Gansu Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
– Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
– Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce *** Guangzhou – Guangzhou Commercial Registration Information ***
Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
– Market Supervision Administration of Shenzhen Municipality *** Shenzhen – Shenzhen Enterprise Credit Information System **
Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
– Guangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Guizhou ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_map = Guizhou in China (+all claims hatched).svg , mapsize = 275px , map_alt = Map showing the location of Guizhou Province , map_caption = Map s ...
– Guizhou Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Guizhou Province – Guizhou Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Guiyang Guiyang; Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively as Kweiyang is the capital of Guizhou, Guizhou province in China. It is centrally located within the province, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, eastern part of the Yun ...
– Guiyang Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...
– Hainan Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...
– Hebei Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...
– Heilongjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Heilongjiang Province – Heilongjiang Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...
– Harbin Enterprise Credit Information System **
Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...
– Henan Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...
– Hubei Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
– Wuhan Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...
– Hunan Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Hunan Province – Hunan Enterprise Credit Information System **
Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...
– Inner Mongolia Administration for Industry and Commerce * Inner Mongolia – Inner Mongolia Enterprise Credit Information System **
Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...
-– Jiangsu Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Wuxi Wuxi ( zh, s=无锡, p=Wúxī, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu, China. As of the 2024 census, it had a population of 7,495,000. The city lies in the southern Yangtze delta and borders Lake Tai. Notable landmarks include Lihu Park, the Mt. Lings ...
– Wuxi Enterprise Credit Information System **
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– Jiangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce **
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– Jilin Administration for Industry and Commerce **
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– Liaoning Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Liaoning Province – Liaoning Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Dalian Dalian ( ) is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China (after Shenyang ...
– Dalian Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Dandong Dandong ( zh, s=丹东 , t=丹東 , p=Dāndōng; lit. "Red East"), formerly known as Andong, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southeastern Liaoning province, in the northeastern region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest ...
– Dandong Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...
– Shenyang Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Ningxia Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous ...
Hui Autonomous Region – Ningxia Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Qinghai Qinghai is an inland Provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. It is the largest provinces of China, province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xin ...
– Qinghai Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
– Shaanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Shaanxi Province – Shaanxi enterprise credit information system ***
Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...
– Xi'an Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
– Shandong Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Dongying Dongying ( zh, s=东营 , t=東營 , p=Dōngyíng), is a prefecture-level city on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people resided within its administrative area of ...
– Dongying Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...
– Qingdao Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Weihai Weihai ( zh, t=, p=Wēihǎi), formerly Weihaiwei ( zh, s=, p=Wēihǎiwèi, l=Mighty Sea Fort, first=t), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport city in the easternmost Shandong province of China. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow ...
– Weihai Administration for Industry and Commerce **Shanghai – Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
– Shanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...
– Sichuan Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Sichuan Province – Sichuan Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...
– Chengdu Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...
– Tianjin City Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Binhai Binhai, fully known as Binhai New Area (), abbreviated as Binhai and Bincheng, is a sub-provincial division, new area and special economic zone of China under the jurisdiction of Tianjin, People's Republic of China, located in the eastern co ...
– Binhai company search **
Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...
– Tibet Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
Uyghur Autonomous Region – Xinjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce **
Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
– Yunnan Administration for Industry and Commerce ***
Kunming Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Ch ...
– Kunming Administration for Industry and Commerce **
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– Zhejiang Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Zhejiang Province – Zhejiang Enterprise Credit Information System ***
Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
– Hangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce *** Hangzhou – Hangzhou Enterprise Credit Information System *Special Administrative Territories ** Hong Kong *** Hong Kong Integrated Companies Registry Information System (ICRIS) – Companies Register *** Inland Revenue Department – Business Registration Number Enquiry ***
Securities and Futures Commission The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is the independent statutory body charged with regulating the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. The SFC is responsible for fostering an orderly securities and futures markets ...
– Public Register of Licensed Persons and Registered Institutions **Macau ***
Government Printing Bureau The Printing Bureau ( or IO; ) is the publisher of Macau's government gazettes. The bureau was headquartered on ''Rua de Imprensa Nacional'' () in São Lourenço (Saint Lawrence's Parish).
*** Directorate of Justice Affairs Services (not searchable)


China, Republic of (Taiwan)

*
Ministry of Economic Affairs **Company Registration Enquiry **Business registration lists **Business registration lists (by municipality) **List of Taiwanese companies in mainland China **List of Taiwanese companies doing business outside of Taiwan **List of non-Taiwanese companies registered in Taiwan *
Taiwan Stock Exchange The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE; ) is a financial institution, located in Taipei 101, in Taipei, Taiwan. The TWSE was established in 1961 and began operating as a stock exchange on 9 February 1962. It is regulated by the Financial S ...
– Market Observation Post System


Colombia

* Unified Commercial and Social Registry (''RUES'') * Superintendency of Corporations **Business Check **''SIREM'' Company Search * Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia – Comprehensive Stock Market Information System (''SIMEV'')


Congo, Democratic Republic of the

* Ministry of Justice and Human Rights – Business Registry (''Guichet unique'')


Congo, Republic of the

* National Center for Statistics and Economic Studies – "''Base de données''" * Official gazette


Cook Islands

* Financial Supervisory Commission – Registrar's Office (not searchable)


Costa Rica

* National Registry * General Directorate Of Taxation (DGT) – Company check * Government Procurement System – Provider search


Côte d'Ivoire

* Center for Investment Promotion – Company search


Cuba

* National Office of Statistics – Registries


Danish realms

*: Company Registration Authority *: Greenland Business Register — (language: Danish)


Djibouti

* Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC) – Official Bulletin


Dominica

* Companies and Intellectual Property Office – Name search


Dominican Republic

* Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) – Tax-paying companies search * Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) – Companies without operations * National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) – Trade name search * General Directorate of Public Procurement – Provider search * Santo Domingo – Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce and Production


Dutch Caribbean

*: Aruba Chamber of Commerce and Industry *: Bonaire Commercial Register * : Curaçao Chamber of Commerce & Industry * **: Sint Eustatius and Saba Commercial Register **: Sint Eustatius and Saba Commercial Register **: St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (not searchable)


Ecuador

* Superintendency of Companies * Internal Revenue Service (SRI) – Company check * National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) – Business Directory * National Secretariat of Policy Management – Directory of Social Organizations * Official Public Procurement System – Provider search


Egypt

* Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade – Egyptian International Trade Point * General Authority for Free Zones and Investment


El Salvador

* National Center of Registries – List of registered businesses * Official Gazette search * Salvadoran Institute of Social Security – Solvent companies * Public Procurement Unit (UNAC) – List of providers


Eritrea

* Ministry of Information – Official journal (''Haddas Ertra'')


Ethiopia

* Ministry of Trade * Ministry of Tourism


Fiji

* Fiji Government – Companies and Business Registration


Gabon

* Investment Promotion Agency (''Centre de Développement des Entreprises'') (not searchable)


Georgia

* D&B Report Guide Georgia — summary of legal forms and filing requirements. (languages: Georgian only) *Public Registry — (languages: Georgian only)


Ghana

* Registrar General's Department * Public Procurement Authority – Registered Suppliers and Contractors


Grenada

* Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (not searchable)


Guatemala

* Mercantile Registry * State Procurement System – Provider search


Guinea

* Investment Promotion Agency


Guyana

* Ministry of Legal Affairs – Deeds Registry (not searchable) * '' The Official Gazette of Guyana'' * Georgetown – Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Directory of Members


Haiti

*
Ministry of Commerce and Industry A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...
– Electronic Commerce Registry


Hong Kong

* Business Registration Office (of the Inland Revenue Department) * Companies Registry


Honduras

* Chamber of Commerce and Industry * Executive Directorate of Income – company tax identification code (''RTN'') check * State Office Procurement (ONCAE) – Provider search


India

*
Ministry of Corporate Affairs The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is an Indian government ministry primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2 ...
– Find Company/LLP


Indonesia

* Ministry of Industry – Industrial Company Directory * Ministry of Trade – Corporate Directory * Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) * Indonesia Charter bus – Transportation


Iran

* Iranian Judiciary System - under (SSAA) Legal Entities National ID Portal Official Journal (RRK) older archived url https://web.archive.org/web/gazette.ir * Official Journal (Dastour) * Tehran – Tehran Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Mines – Trade Directory


Iraq

* Ministry of Trade – Iraq Registrar of Companies * Baghdad – Chamber of Commerce – Companies Search * Erbil – Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Companies List


Israel

*
Justice Ministry A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
– Israeli Corporations Authority * Justice Ministry – Israeli Corporations Authority – Additional details available in company extract *
Israel Securities Authority The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) (Hebrew: רשות ניירות ערך) is the national securities regulator of Israel. Established by law in 1968, the Israel Securities Authority sees its mandate as a way to ensure an efficient capital mar ...
– List of Public Companies * Ministry of Construction – Contractors Registrar


Jamaica

* Office of the Registrar of Companies * National Contracts Commission – Registered Contractors


Japan

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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry The , METI for short, is a ministry of the Government of Japan. It was created by the 2001 Central Government Reform when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) merged with agencies from other ministries related to economic acti ...
– Company Search *
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The is a Cabinet (government), cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. Its English name was Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) prior to 2004. It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Centr ...


Jordan

* Companies Control Department * Ministry of Industry and Trade – Trade Names * Securities Depository Center – Public Shareholding Companies


Kazakhstan

* Ministry of Justice – Database of legal entities * State Revenue Committee – Legal entities * Business Licenses


Kenya

* State Law Office – Registrar General (not searchable) * National Construction Authority – Registered Contractors


Kiribati

* Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives (not searchable)


Kosovo

* Ministry of Trade and Industry – Business Registration Agency


Kuwait

* Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Company Search *
Kuwait Stock Exchange Boursa Kuwait Securities Co., is the private-sector corporate owner and operator of the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE), the national stock market of Kuwait. History Although several share holding companies (such as the National Bank of Kuwait in 1 ...
– Listed Companies


Kyrgyzstan

* Ministry of Justice – Register of Legal Entities


Laos

* Ministry of Industry and Commerce – Registered Enterprises


Lebanon

* Investment Development Authority of Lebanon


Lesotho

* Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing


Liberia

* Liberia Business Registry


Libya

* Libyan Commercial Registry. Available only for Libyan residents after registration.


Madagascar

* Economic Development Board of Madagascar – List of companies * General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) – Taxable entity search


Malawi

* Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs – Registrar General (not searchable)


Malaysia

*
Companies Commission of Malaysia The Companies Commission of Malaysia (, abbreviated SSM) is a statutory body formed under an Act of Parliament that regulates corporate and business affairs in Malaysia. The SSM was formed in 2002 under the ''Companies Commission of Malaysia Act ...
– Company search *
Labuan Labuan (), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan (), is an island federal territory of Malaysia. It includes and six smaller islands off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia. Labuan's capital is Victoria, which is best kno ...
– Labuan Financial Services Authority


Maldives

* Ministry of Economic Development


Mali

* Investment Promotion Agency


Marshall Islands

* Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate Administrators


Mauritania

* Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (Click on "''Répertoires des entreprises''")


Mauritius

* Ministry of Finance and Economic Development – Corporate and Business Registration Department


Mexico

*
Secretariat of Economy In Mexico, the Secretariat of the Economy (Spanish Language, Spanish: ''Secretaría de Economía''; abbreviated "SE") is the Ministry (government department), government department in charge of matters related to the economy. The Secretary of th ...
**National Business Information Registry (SIEM) **Company name search **Integrated System of Registry Management (SIGER) – list of all state and municipal commercial registries *
Mexican Institute of Industrial Property The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (; IMPI) is the patent and trademark administration body of Mexico. The IMPI was created on 10 December 1993 by the '.ProMéxico – Directory of Exporters * State registries


Micronesia, Federated States of

* Registrar of Companies – Listing of FSM Corporations


Moldova

* Licensing Chamber *
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
**State Registration Chamber **State Register of non-profit Organizations * State Tax Service **Taxable entity search – search by Unique State Identification Number (IDNO) **List of taxable entities


Monaco

* Registry of Commerce and Industry


Montenegro

* Central Registry of Business Entities * Montenegro Stock Exchange – Company search


Mongolia

* General Authority for State Registration


Morocco

* Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) * Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) * Financial Markets Authority (CDVM) – Listed Companies *
Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
– Register of Commerce *
Fès Fez () or Fes (; ) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according to the 2024 census. Located to the nort ...
– Register of Commerce *
Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...
– Register of Commerce *
Meknès Meknes (, ) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became the capita ...
– Register of Commerce *
Oujda Oujda (, ) is a major city in northeast Morocco near the Algeria–Morocco border, border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental (Morocco), Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of 506,224 people (2024 censu ...
– Register of Commerce *
Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. ...
– Register of Commerce *
Salé Salé (, ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Along with some smaller nearby towns, Rabat and Salé form together a single m ...
– Register of Commerce *
Tangier Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...
– Register of Commerce


Mozambique

* Bulletin of the Republic


Myanmar

*
Directorate of Investment and Company Administration The Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA; ), a government agency under thMinistry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER) is Myanmar's company register. DICA was formed on 13 October 1993, and serves as the prim ...


Namibia

* Business and Intellectual Property Authority


Nauru

* Registrar of Corporations


Nepal

* Office of Company Registrar


New Zealand

*
Companies Office The New Zealand Companies Office (a service of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) is a government agency that provides business registry services in relation to corporate entities, personal property and capital ma ...
– Search for companies, company directors or shareholders


Nicaragua

* Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade * General Revenue Service (DGI) – Business search * General Directorate of State Procurement – Provider search


Niger

* National Institute of Statistics – Directory of Companies


Nigeria

* Corporate Affairs Commission * Bureau of Public Procurement – Registered Contractors


Niue

* Companies Office of Niue


North Macedonia

* Central Registry * Securities and Exchange Commission – Registry of joint stock companies


Oman

*
Ministry of Commerce and Industry A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...
– Search Company Listings * Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Trade Directory


Pakistan

*
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) (), formerly known as Company Law Administration, Company Law Board, and Corporate Law Authority, is the corporate legislative and financial regulatory agency of Pakistan whose objectiv ...
– Company Name Search


Palau

* Office of the Attorney General – Registrar of Corporations (not searchable)


Palestine

* Ministry of National Economy – Companies Registry


Panama

* Public Registry of Panama * Panama Emprende at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries * Panadata (third-party commercial website)


Papua New Guinea

* Investment Promotion Authority – Entity Search


Paraguay

* Ministry of Finance – Taxable entity search * Find out the adress of any RUC (in Spanish) * List of rucs * Undersecretary of State Taxation (SET) – company tax identification number (''RUC'') check * National Directorate of Public Procurement – Provider search


Peru

* National Superintendency of Public Registries (SUNARP) * National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) * National Superintendency for Banks, Insurance Companies and Pension Fund Administrators (SBS) * National Superintendency for the Securities Market (SMV) - Supervised companies search * Supervisory Agency for State Contracts (OSCE) – Provider search


Philippines


Philippine Business Hub
* Department of Trade and Industry – Business Name Registration System (BNRS) *
Securities and Exchange Commission The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Its primary purpose is to enforce laws against market m ...
– Electronic Simplified Processing of Application for Registration of Company (eSPARC) *
Cooperative Development Authority The Cooperative Development Authority, shortened as CDA, is a government agency attached to the Department of Trade and Industry in charge to promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments of equity, social justice and economic d ...
- Cooperative Registration Information System (CoopRIS)


Qatar

* Ministry of Business and Trade – Companies Control Department (''Hukoomi'') * Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Business Directory * Qatar Financial Centre Authority – Public Register


Russia

* Federal Tax Service – Unified State Register of Legal Entities * National Classifier of Enterprises and Organizations


Rwanda

* Office of the Registrar General (ORG) * Rwanda Revenue Authority – VAT Registered Taxpayers


San Marino

* Trade Register


Saint Kitts and Nevis

* Financial Services Regulatory Commission – Registrar of Companies * Nevis Financial Regulatory Services Commission


Saint Lucia

* Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property (ROCIP) * Registry of International Business Companies and International Trusts (Pinnacle)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Commerce and Intellectual Property Office


Samoa

* Samoa Business Registry


São Tomé and Príncipe

* Ministry of Justice – Company Registry


Saudi Arabia

* Ministry of Commerce and Industry * Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority – License Search *
Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...
– Riyadh Chamber of Commerce & Industry * Jeddah –
Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JCCI) is the chamber of commerce in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. JCCI is one of the oldest business and services organizations in Saudi Arabia. It was established by a royal decree dated January 19 ...
– Business Directory


Senegal

* Business Creation Support Bureau


Serbia

* Serbian Business Registers Agency — runs three registers. (languages: Serbian) **Business Register — business entities and entrepreneurs **Register of Pledges over Movable Property and Rights **Register of Financial Leasing *Central Securities Depository and Clearing House — includes ownership structure of companies * Public Company Register — maintained by the Securities Commission. (languages: Serbian) * Lists of Providers of Financial Services (
National Bank of Serbia The National Bank of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Народна банка Србије, Narodna banka Srbije) is the central bank of Serbia. History The National Bank of Serbia succeeds several institutions, all based in Belgrade, mirroring the complex ...
)


Seychelles

* Seychelles Business Register (onshore companies only) * Seychelles Financial Services Authority (not searchable)


Sierra Leone

* Office of the Administrator and Registrar General


Singapore

*
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) is a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government, statutory board under the Ministry of Finance (Singapore), Ministry of Finance of the Government of Singapore. ACRA is the regulator of bu ...
– Entity search *
Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Singapore in charge of tax collection. History Early beginnings The Singapore Income Tax Department was created in 1947 ...
– GST Registered Business Search *
Monetary Authority of Singapore The Monetary Authority of Singapore or (MAS), is the central bank and financial regulatory authority of Singapore. It administers the various statutes pertaining to money, banking, insurance, securities and the financial sector in general, as ...
– Financial Institutions Directory


Solomon Islands

* Solomon Islands Business Registry


South Africa

*
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southern ...
(CIPC)


South Korea

* Start-Biz Online * Small and Medium Business Administration *
Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...
– Registry *
Financial Supervisory Service The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is South Korea's integrated financial regulator that examines and supervises financial institutions under the broad oversight of the Financial Services Commission (South Korea), Financial Services Commission ...
– Repository of Korea's Corporate Filings


South Sudan

*
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
– Business Registry (not searchable)


Sri Lanka

* Department of Registrar of Companies


Sudan

* Ministry of Justice – Commercial Registrations Department


Suriname

* Chamber of Commerce and Factories * Ghana-Suriname Chamber of Commerce * Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce * Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce * Suriname-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry * Suriname-Netherlands Chamber of Commerce


Swaziland

*


Switzerland

— Swiss company registers are organized at
cantonal The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the Federated state, member states of the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important ...
level. (There are currently around 45 cantonal commercial registers in Switzerland.) * Central Business Names Index (''Zefix'') — maintained by the Federal Commercial Registry Office. Contains information of corporate bodies (corporations, corporations with unlimited partners, limited liability companies, co-operatives, non-profit associations and foundations) and public-law corporations registered in the Commercial Register. (languages: English, French, German, Italian) ** Swiss Commercial Gazette (SHAB) — official
gazette A gazette is an official journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper. In English and French speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name ''Gazette'' since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers ...
that publishes new entries and changes in the commercial register. * Moneyhouse (''moneyhouse'') — maintained by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (''NZZ''). Contains information of ultimate beneficial owners, corporate bodies and public-law corporations registered in the Commercial Register. (languages: English, French, German, Italian)


Tajikistan

* Tax Committee – Register of Legal Entities


Tanzania

* Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)


Thailand

*
Ministry of Commerce A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...
– Department of Business Development


Timor-Leste

* Institute for Business Support – Enterprises * Service Registry and Company Verification (not yet searchable) * Official Gazette


Tonga

* Business Registries Office


Togo

* Business Start-up Center


Tunisia

* Registry of Commerce * Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation – Directory of industrial enterprises


Turkey

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Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey () is a confederation of all local chambers of commerce, industry and maritime as well as commodity exchanges in Turkey. Overview The union was founded on March 8, 1950, as an umbrella o ...
– Turkish Trade Registry Gazette * Central Registration System (MERSİS) * Turkish Standards Institution – Company Search *
Adana Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...
– Adana Chamber of Commerce – Trade Name Search *
Aksaray Aksaray () is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Aksaray Province and Aksaray District.
– Aksaray Chamber of Commerce *
Bursa Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...
– Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Search for Member Companies *
Gaziantep Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...
– Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce – Member Search *
Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
– Istanbul Chamber of Commerce – Company Search *
Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...
– Konya Chamber of Commerce – Company Directory *
Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...
– Mersin Chamber of Commerce


Trinidad and Tobago

* Companies Registry *
Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission The Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) is the sole regulator of the securities industry in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The commission came into being as a result of the proclamation of the Securities Industry Ac ...
– Registered Companies, Individuals & Securities


Uganda

* Uganda Registration Services Bureau * Register of Providers


Ukraine

* State Enterprise Information Resource Centre () — official, searchable companies register for Ukraine. (languages: Ukrainian only) * State Fiscal Service: ** Business Search — (languages: Ukrainian only) ** Register of VAT payers — (languages: Ukrainian only) ** Register of Fixed (or single) tax payers — (languages: Ukrainian only) * State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets: **Integrated Information System — (languages: Ukrainian only) **Other registers — (languages: Ukrainian only) * Unified Register of Civic Organizations — maintained by the
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...


United Arab Emirates

* Ministry of Economy – Business Name Search * Securities and Commodities Authority – Company Details *
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...
– Department of Economic Development – Trade Name Search * Abu Dhabi – Abu Dhabi Business Center – Business License Search * Abu Dhabi – Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Commercial Directory * Abu Dhabi –
Abu Dhabi Global Market Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) is an international financial centre and free zone located on Al Maryah Island in the United Arab Emirates's capital, Abu Dhabi. The financial centre was established in 2013 and became fully operational in Octobe ...
Registration Authority * Abu Dhabi – Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange – Listed Companies *
Ajman Ajman ( '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ''ʿYmān'') is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Loca ...
– Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Commercial Search * Ajman – Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Industrial Search * Ajman –
Ajman Free Zone Ajman Free Zone (AFZA) () is a free trade zone and one of the designated freezones located in Ajman, United Arab Emirates (UAE). First established in 1988, it is one of a number of unbonded free zones in the UAE offering offshore company setup a ...
– Directory *
Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
– Department of Economic Development – Trade Name Search * Dubai –
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dubai Chambers is a non-profit organisation that serves the needs of the business community in Dubai. Dubai Chambers’ key responsibilities include delivering value-added services to the business community, driving effective advocacy to enhance ...
– Commercial Directory * Dubai –
Dubai Financial Market The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) () is a stock exchange located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was founded on 26 March 2000. Overview , there are 67 companies listed on DFM. Most of them are United Arab Emirates, UAE-based companies and a fe ...
– Listed Companies * Dubai –
Dubai Financial Services Authority The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is the financial regulatory agency of the special economic zone, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is distinct from the UAE's federal Securities and ...
– Public Register * Dubai – Dubai Multi Commodities Centre - DMCC official Website * Dubai –
Dubai International Financial Centre The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is a special economic zone in Dubai covering , established in 2004 as a financial hub for companies operating throughout the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) markets. DIFC is regulated ...
– Client Directory * Dubai – Dubai Airport Freezone – Directory * Dubai –
Jebel Ali Free Zone Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza; Arabic: (جافزا) المنطقة الحرّة لجبل علي al-Munṭaqa al-Ḥurra le Jabal ʿAlī) is a free economic zone located in the Jebel Ali area at the far western end of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, n ...
– Client Directory * Dubai –
Dubai Internet City Dubai Internet City (DIC) () is a neighborhood and an information technology and business park created by the Government of Dubai as a free economic zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. History Dubai Internet City, a member of Dubai Holding s ...
– Partners Directory * Dubai –
Dubai Knowledge Village Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), informally known as Academic City, is a university town in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates along the E 66 road (United Arab Emirates), Dubai-Al Ain Road. The project was launched in May 2006 in lia ...
– Partners Directory * Dubai – NASDAQ Dubai – Listed Companies *
Fujairah Fujairah City () is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Em ...
– Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Business Directory * Fujairah – Fujairah Free Zone – Company Listing *
Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (; ), often referred to its initials RAK, is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the U.A.E. The city had a population of 191,753 in 2025, and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai, Abu ...
Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority *
Sharjah Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...
– Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Business Directory * Sharjah – Hamriyah Free Zone – Directory * Sharjah – Sharjah Airport International Free Zone – Investor Directory *
Umm al-Quwain Umm Al Quwain (UAQ; Arabic: أم القيوين, pronounced: Arabic phonology, /ʔumː alqejˈwejn/, Gulf Arabic: Gulf Arabic, ʊm͜ː 'æl ge̞ˈwe̞n) is the capital and largest city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emir ...
– Chamber of Commerce and Industry


United Kingdom

* **
Companies House Companies House is the executive agency of the British Government that maintains the Company register, register of companies, employs the company registrars and is responsible for Incorporation (business), incorporating all forms of Company, co ...
— the official UK body to which UK companies must send their accounts. Companies House has two ways to search for company and director information: ***WebCHeck ***Disqualified Directors Register ** Financial Services Register (
Financial Conduct Authority The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom. It operates independently of the UK Government and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry. The FCA regulates financi ...
) *
British Overseas Territories The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, ...
** : Anguilla Financial Services — Anguilla Commercial Online Registration Network (ACORN) ** : Registrar of Companies ** : Financial Services Commission — Registry of Corporate Affairs (not searchable) ** : *** General Registry (subscription) ***
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) is the primary financial services regulator of the Cayman Islands and supervises its currency board. The CIMA manages the Cayman Islands currency, regulates and supervises financial services, provide ...
— Search for Entities ** *** Companies House Gibraltar ** : Financial Services Commission — not searchable ** : Financial Services Commission, companies registry — not searchable *
Crown Dependencies The Crown Dependencies are three dependent territory, offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the The Crown, British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, both lo ...
** *** Guernsey Registry — includes the Bailiwick of Guernsey Intellectual Property Office which administers all trademark and design registrations and activities, and provides information on the intellectual property laws enacted in the
Bailiwick A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. In English, the original French combi ...
. ** *** The Companies Registry — responsible for the regulation of Manx companies, as well as the administration of legislation relating to foreign companies, limited liability companies, business names, limited partnerships, and societies incorporated under the ''Industrial and Building Societies Acts''. It is part of the
Isle of Man Government The Isle of Man Government () is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of the Lord of Mann (currently Char ...
. There is a searchable directory. ** *** JFSC Companies Registry — maintained by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.


United States

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Its primary purpose is to enforce laws against market m ...
– Search for Company Filings * State registries *District/Territorial registries


Uruguay

* Agency for Development of Electronic Government and Society of Information and Knowledge (AGESIC) – Incorporated businesses (''e-Diario'') * Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining – Directory of Industrial Enterprises * National Institute of Statistics – Directory of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises * Official Gazette search * State Purchasing and Contracting Agency – Provider search * Investment and Export Promotion Institute – Directory of Exporters


Uzbekistan

* Registration of limited, stock and other types of the companies are made on municipal level. Online registration of companies and register is available in the center of state services Bir Darcha.


Vanuatu

* Vanuatu Financial Services Commission


Venezuela

* National Procurement Service (RNC) – Registered government contractor search * SENIAT – company tax identification code (''RIF'') check * Supreme Tribunal of Justice – Official Gazette * Autonomous Registries and Notaries Service (not searchable)


Vietnam

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Ministry of Planning and Investment The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI, ), formerly the Committee of State Planning, is a governmental ministry charged with the role of state management over planning and investment. The ministry's headquarters is located in Hanoi.
– Agency of Business Registration *
Ministry of Planning and Investment The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI, ), formerly the Committee of State Planning, is a governmental ministry charged with the role of state management over planning and investment. The ministry's headquarters is located in Hanoi.
– E-gazette search *
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...
– General Department of Taxation – Taxpayer Directory


Yemen

* Ministry of Industry and Trade


Zambia

* Patents and Companies Registration Agency * Zambia Revenue Authority – Taxpayer Search (Click on "Other e-Services")


Zimbabwe

* Department of Deeds, Companies & Intellectual Property


Other

* the European Business Register Network (EBR) is a network of trade registers kept by the registration authorities in most of the
European countries The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political. Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international reco ...


See also

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Corporate Registers Forum The Corporate Registers Forum is an association grouping the corporate registries among the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The membership is open to government agencies and their officials responsible for the administration of body cor ...
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European business register The European Business Register Network (EBR Network) is a network of trade registers kept by the registration authorities of several European countries, managed by the European Business Registry Association. The EBR was developed as a part of the ...
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International Business Registration Number The International Business Registration Number (IBRN) is a globally unique identifier for legal entity, legal entities, derived from their local registration number issued by government at time of origin combined with an international prefix. The ...
(IBRN) *
Legal Entity Identifier The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a unique global identifier for legal entities participating in financial transactions. Also known as an LEI code or LEI number, its purpose is to help identify legal entities on a globally accessible database. L ...
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List of financial regulatory authorities by country In this list of financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, central banks are only listed where they act as direct supervisors of individual financial firms, and competition authorities and takeover panels are not listed unless they are set ...
* List of offshore financial centres *
List of stock exchanges A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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OpenCorporates OpenCorporates is a website that shares data on corporations under the copyleft Open Database Licence, Open Database License. The company, OpenCorporates Ltd, was incorporated on 18 December 2010 by Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon, and the websit ...
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Statistical business register A statistical business register (SBR) plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office. In comparison, a company register has different purposes: protection, accountability, and control of legal ent ...


References


External links


European Commission – Business registers in Member States

Investigative Dashboard – External Databases

Global Open Data Index – Company Register

OpenCorporates.com – All company registers

Company Registration in Azerbaijan
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