List of company registers

The following is an incomplete list of company registers by country:

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Investment Support Agency - Investors Directory
• Ministry of Commerce and Industries - Central Business Registry

Albania

• National Registration Center

Algeria

• National Commercial Registry Center (CNRC) (French)
• National Commercial Registry Center (CNRC) (French)

Andorra

• Oficina de Marques

Angola

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights - Central Register of Business Names (Ficheiro Central de Denominações Sociais) (not searchable) (Portuguese)
• Ministry of Finance - Registry of State Suppliers (registration required)

(Portuguese)

Anguilla

• Anguilla Financial Services - Anguilla Commercial Online Registration Network (ACORN) (subscription required)

Antigua and Barbuda

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission (not searchable)

Argentina

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Spanish)
• Official Gazette (Spanish)
• Federal Administration of Public Revenue - tax identification number (CUIT) check (Spanish)
• National Securities Commission - Issuers
• National Procurement Office - Providers (Spanish)

Armenia

• Ministry of Justice - State Register of the Legal Entities
• Tax Service - Taxpayers
• Central Bank of Armenia - Listed Companies (Armenian)

Aruba

• Aruba Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Australia

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Search ASIC Registers
• Australian Business Register - Australian Business Number Lookup
• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations - Search Corporations

Austria

• Firmenbuch (German)

Azerbaijan

• Ministry of Taxes - State Register of Business Entities (Azerbaijani)
• Ministry of Taxes - Businesses engaged in production (Azerbaijani)

Bahamas

• Registrar General's Department

Bangladesh

• Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms

Bahrain

• Ministry of Industry & Commerce - Commercial Registration Inquiry Service
• Ministry of Industry & Commerce
• Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Members Search
• Central Bank of Bahrain - CBB Register

Barbados

• Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office - Registrants

Belarus

• Ministry of Justice - Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs (Belarusian)
• Ministry of Justice - Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs (Belarusian)

Belgium

• Central Enterprise Databank
• Coface Services Belgium
• Federal Public Service Justice - Enterprise Search (French)
• Financial Services and Markets Authority - Public companies register (STORI)

Belize

• International Business Companies Registry of Belize (subscription required)

Benin

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Directory of Businesses (French)

Bermuda

• Registrar of Companies

Bhutan

• Ministry of Economic Affairs (not searchable)

Bolivia

• Registry of Commerce (Fundempresa) (Spanish)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Registers of Business Entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Registers of Business Entities in the Republic of Srpska

• Republika Srpska - Central Registry of Securities - Issuers
• Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Registry of Securities

Botswana

• Ministry of Trade and Industry

Brazil

• Department of Business Registration and Integration (DREI) (Portuguese)
• Ministry of Finance - Federal Revenue - Tax identification number (CNPJ) search (Portuguese)
• BM&F Bovespa - Listed Companies

State registries

(Portuguese)

(Portuguese)

(Portuguese)

(Portuguese)

(Portuguese)

(Portuguese)

(Portuguese)

(Portuguese)

British Virgin Islands

• Financial Services Commission - Registry of Corporate Affairs (not searchable)

Brunei

• Brunei Attorney General's Chamber

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian trade register (Bulgarian)
• Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Trade Register

Burkina Faso

• House of Enterprises (Maison de l'Entreprise) (French)
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (French)

Burundi

• Investment Promotion Authority (not searchable)

Cambodia

• Ministry of Commerce - Business Registration Search

Cameroon

• Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) - Company Directory (French)
• Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) - Database of Industrial Enterprises (French)
• Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development - Business Directory (Annuaire des entreprises)

Canada

• Corporations Canada - Search for a Federal Corporation
• Industry Canada - Canadian Company Capabilities

Provincial and territorial registries

Province/Territory	Freely searchable	Link to website
Alberta	No	Corporate Registry (subscription required)
British Columbia	No	British Columbia Corporate Registry (subscription required)
Manitoba	No	Manitoba Companies Office (subscription required)
New Brunswick	Yes	Corporate Affairs Registry Database
Newfoundland and Labrador	Yes	Companies and Deeds Online
Northwest Territories	Yes	Department of Justice - Corporate Registry
Nova Scotia	Yes	Registry of Joint Stock Companies
Nunavut	Yes	Department of Economic Development and Transportation
Nunavut	No	Department of Justice - Corporate Registries
Nunavut	Yes	Inuit Firm Registry
Ontario	No	Integrated Business Services Application (subscription required)
Prince Edward Island	Yes	Department of Environment, Labor and Justice - Corporate/Business Names Registry
Quebec	Yes	Registraire des entreprises Quebec (French)
Saskatchewan	No	Saskatchewan Corporate Registry (subscription required)
Yukon	No	Department of Community Services - Corporate Affairs
Yukon	Yes	Yukon Chamber of Commerce - Business Directory

Cape Verde

• Official Gazette (subscription required) (Portuguese)
• General Directorate of Taxation (DGCI) - Tax identification number (NIF) check (Portuguese)

Cayman Islands

• General Registry (subscription required)
• Cayman Islands Monetary Authority - Search for Entities

Chile

• Registry of Commerce of Santiago (Spanish)
• Official gazette (Spanish)
• Securities and Insurance Supervisor (Spanish)
• Ministry of Finance - Directory of Providers (Spanish)

People's Republic of China

• State Administration for Industry and Commerce - Enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• State Administration of Taxation - Corporate credit rating inquiry (Chinese)

Provincial, sub-provincial and municipal registries

• Anhui Province - Anhui Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Beijing - Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Chongqing - Chongqing Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Chongqing - Chongqing enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Fujian Province - Fujian Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Fujian Province - Fujian enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
  • Xiamen - Xiamen Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Xiamen - Xiamen enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Gansu Province - Gansu Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Guangdong Province - Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Guangzhou - Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Shenzhen - Market Supervision Administration of Shenzhen Municipality (Chinese)
  • Shenzhen - Shenzhen enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Guangxi Province - Guangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Guizhou Province - Guizhou Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Guiyang - Guiyang Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Hainan Province - Hainan Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Hebei Province - Hebei Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Heilongjiang Province - Heilongjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Heilongjiang Province - Heilongjiang enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
  • Harbin - Harbin enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Henan Province - Henan Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Hubei Province - Hubei Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Hubei Province - Hubei Department of Commerce
  • Wuhan - Wuhan Credit Network (Chinese)
• Hunan Province - Hunan Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Hunan Province - Hunan enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Inner Mongolia - Inner Mongolia Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Inner Mongolia - Inner Mongolia enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Jiangsu Province - Jiangsu Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Wuxi - Wuxi enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Jiangxi Province - Jiangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Jilin Province - Jilin Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Liaoning Province - Liaoning Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Liaoning Province - Liaoning enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
  • Dalian - Dalian Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Dandong - Dandong Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Shenyang - Shenyang Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region - Ningxia Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Qinghai Province - Qinghai Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Shaanxi Province - Shaanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Shaanxi Province - Shaanxi enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
  • Xi'an - Xi'an Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Shandong Province - Shandong Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Jining - Jining Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Qingdao - Qingdao Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Weihai - Weihai Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Shanghai - Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Shanxi Province - Shanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Sichuan Province - Sichuan Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Sichuan Province - Sichuan enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
  • Chengdu - Chengdu Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Tianjin - Tianjin City Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Binhai - Binhai company search (Chinese)
• Tibet Autonomous Region - Tibet Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region - Xinjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Yunnan Province - Yunnan Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Kunming - Kunming Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Zhejiang Province - Zhejiang Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
• Zhejiang Province - Zhejiang enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
  • Hangzhou - Hangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce (Chinese)
  • Hangzhou - Hangzhou enterprise credit information system (Chinese)

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Integrated Companies Registry Information System (ICRIS)
• Inland Revenue Department - Business Registration Number Enquiry
• Securities and Futures Commission - Public Register of Licensed Persons and Registered Institutions

Macau

• Government Printing Bureau
• Directorate of Justice Affairs Services (not searchable)

Colombia

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

Cook Islands

• Financial Supervisory Commission - Registrar's Office (not searchable)

Costa Rica

• National Registry (registration required)

(Spanish)

• General Directorate Of Taxation (DGT) - Company check (Spanish)
• Government Procurement System - Provider search (Spanish)

Côte d'Ivoire

• Center for Investment Promotion (not searchable) (French)
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (not searchable) (French)

Croatia

• Croatian Company Directory (Biznet)
• Ministry of Justice - Business Register (Croatian)
• Chamber of Economy - Export Directory (Croatian)

Cuba

• National Office of Statistics - Registries (Spanish)

Curaçao

• Curacao Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Cyprus

• Department of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver

Czech Republic

• Ministry of Justice - Czech business register search (Czech)
• Ministry of Finance - Czech register of economic entities (Czech)
• Ministry of Industry and Trade - Trade Licensing Register (English) (Czech version has more detail)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights - Business Registry (Guichet unique) (not searchable) (French)
• Steering Committee for Business Climate and Investment Improvement (not searchable) (French)

Denmark

• Central Business Register
• Financial Supervisory Authority - Enterprises under supervision

Danish realm

• Faroe Islands - Company Registration Authority
• Greenland - Greenland Business Register (GER) (Danish)
• Greenland - Greenland Business Register (GER) (Danish)

Djibouti

• Chamber of Commerce - Business Directory (French)

Dominica

• Companies and Intellectual Property Office - Name Search

Dominican Republic

• Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) - Tax-paying companies search (Spanish)
• Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) - Companies without operations (Spanish)
• National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) - Trade name search (Spanish)
• Santo Domingo - Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce and Production (Spanish)

Ecuador

• Superintendency of Companies (Spanish)
• Internal Revenue Service (SRI) - Company check (Spanish)
• National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) - Business Directory (Spanish)
• Official Public Procurement System - Provider search (Spanish)

Egypt

• Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade - Egyptian International Trade Point

El Salvador

• National Center of Registries - List of registered businesses (Spanish)
• Salvadoran Institute of Social Security - Solvent companies (Spanish)
• Public Procurement Unit (UNAC) - List of providers (Spanish)

Eritrea

• Ministry of Information - Official journal (Haddas Ertra) (Tigrinya)

Estonia

• Estonian Centre of Registers
• Financial Supervision Authority - Supervised Entities

Ethiopia

• Ministry of Trade and Industry (not searchable)

Federated States of Micronesia

• Registrar of Companies - Listing of FSM Corporations

Fiji

• Fiji Government - Companies and Business Registration (registration required)

Finland

• Finnish Trade Register - Company Search
• BIS Information Service
• Åland - Åland Online - Companies, Organizations and Associations

France

• Register of Commerce (Infogreffe) (French)
• INSEE - Company search (Sirene) (French)
• French Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris
• Journal officiel de la République française - Bulletin of Obligatory Legal Announcements (French)
• Autorité des marchés financiers - Decisions and financial disclosures database (BDIF)

Gabon

• Investment Promotion Agency (Centre de Développement des Entreprises) (not searchable) (French)

Gambia

• iCommerce Registry (registration required)

Georgia

• Public Registry (Georgian)

Germany

• German Trade Register - Company Search
• Bundesanzeiger - Company Register
• Federal Financial Supervisory Authority - Listed companies (German)

Ghana

• Registrar General's Department
• Public Procurement Authority - Registered Suppliers and Contractors

Gibraltar

• Companies House Gibraltar (subscription required)

Greece

• General Commercial Registry (Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο) (Greek)
• Official gazette - Company search (Greek)

Grenada

• Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (not searchable)

Guatemala

• Mercantile Registry (subscription required) (Spanish)
• State Procurement System - Provider search (Spanish)

Guinea

• Investment Promotion Agency (not searchable) (French)

Guyana

• Ministry of Legal Affairs - Deeds Registry (not searchable)
• Georgetown - Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Directory of Members

Haiti

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Electronic Commerce Registry (French)

Honduras

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (registration required)

(Spanish)

• Executive Directorate of Income - company tax identification code (RTN) check (Spanish)
• State Office Procurement (ONCAE) - Provider search (Spanish)

Hungary

• Ministry of Public Administration and Justice - Company Information and Electronic Company Registration Service (Hungarian)
• Ministry of Public Administration and Justice - Company Information and Electronic Company Registration Service (Hungarian)
• Hungarian National Bank - Market participants

Iceland

• Directorate of Internal Revenue - Company Directory (Icelandic)

India

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs - Find Company/LLP

Indonesia

• Ministry of Law and Human Rights - Company information (Indonesian)
• Ministry of Industry - Industrial Company Directory (Indonesian)
• Ministry of Trade - Corporate Directory
• Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) (Indonesian)

Iran

• Iranian Official Journal (Persian)

Iraq

• Ministry of Trade - Iraq Registrar of Companies (not searchable)
• Baghdad - Chamber of Commerce - Companies Search (Arabic)
• Erbil - Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Companies List

Ireland

• Companies Registration Office - Company Search
• Companies Registration Office - Registry of Friendly Societies Search

Israel

• Justice Ministry - Registrar of Companies (Hebrew)
• Registrar of Companies (Hebrew)
• Israel Export Institute - Catalogue of Member Companies
• Israel Securities Authority - List of Public Companies

Italy

• Business Register of the Italian Chambers of Commerce
• Italian InfoCamere
• Infoimprese (Italian)
• Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa - Listed Companies

Jamaica

• Office of the Registrar of Companies

Japan

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Company Search (registration required)

(Japanese)

Jordan

• Companies Control Department (Arabic)
• Ministry of Industry and Trade - Trade Names
• Securities Depository Center - Public Shareholding Companies

Kazakhstan

• Ministry of Justice - Database of legal entities
• Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance - Legal entities (Russian)

Kenya

• State Law Office - Registrar General (not searchable)

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 (Arabic)
• Kuwait Stock Exchange - Listed Companies

Kyrgyzstan

• Ministry of Justice (Russian)

Laos

• Ministry of Industry and Commerce - Registered Enterprises

Latvia

• Register of Enterprises
• Database of all companies registered in Latvia
• Database of all companies registered in Latvia

Lebanon

• Investment Development Authority of Lebanon

Lesotho

• Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing - One Stop Business Facilitation Centre

Liberia

• Liberia Business Registry

Liechtenstein

• Business Names Index of the Office of Land and Trade Registry (GBOERA) (German)

Lithuania

• Register of Legal Entities

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg Registre de Commerce et des Societes (French)
• Légilux (French)
• Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - Supervised entities

Macedonia

• Central Registry (Macedonian)
• Securities and Exchange Commission - Registry of joint stock companies

Madagascar

• General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) - Taxable entity search (registration required)

(French)

Malta

• Malta Financial Services Authority - Registry of Companies

Malawi

• Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs - Registrar General (not searchable)

Malaysia

• Companies Commission of Malaysia - Company search (subscription required)
• Labuan - Labuan Financial Services Authority (registration required)

Maldives

• Ministry of Economic Development

Mali

• Investment Promotion Agency (not searchable)

Marshall Islands

• Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate Administrators

Mauritius

• Ministry of Finance and Economic Development - Companies Division
• Ministry of Finance and Economic Development - Companies Division

Mexico

• Secretariat of Economy - National Business Information Registry (SIEM) (Spanish)
• Secretariat of Economy - Company name search (Spanish)
• Mexican Institute of Industrial Property - Trade name search (Spanish)
• Secretariat of Economy - Integrated System of Registry Management (SIGER) - list of all state and municipal commercial registries (Spanish)
• Registry of Suppliers and Contractors (RUPC) (Spanish)

State registries

State/District	Searchable	Link to website
Aguascalientes	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Aguascalientes (Spanish)
Baja California	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Baja California (Spanish)
Baja California Sur	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Baja California Sur (Spanish)
Campeche	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Campeche (Spanish)
Chiapas	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Chiapas (Spanish)
Chihuahua	Yes	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Chihuahua (subscription required) (Spanish)
Coahuila	Yes	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Coahuila (subscription required) (Spanish)
Colima	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Colima (Spanish)
Federal District	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of the Federal District (Spanish)
Durango	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Durango(Spanish)
Guanajuato	Yes	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Guanajuato (subscription required) (Spanish)
Guerrero	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Guerrero (Spanish)
Hidalgo	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Hidalgo (Spanish)
Jalisco	Yes	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Jalisco (registration required) (Spanish)
Mexico State	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Mexico State (Spanish)
Michoacán	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Michoacán (Spanish)
Morelos	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Morelos (Spanish)
Nayarit	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Nayarit (Spanish)
Nuevo León	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Nuevo León (Spanish)
Oaxaca	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Oaxaca (Spanish)
Puebla	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Puebla (Spanish)
Querétaro	Yes	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Querétaro (registration required) (Spanish)
Quintana Roo	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Quintana Roo (Spanish)
San Luis Potosí	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of San Luis Potosí (Spanish)
Sinaloa	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Sinaloa (Spanish)
Sonora	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Sonora (Spanish)
Tabasco	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tabasco (Spanish)
Tamaulipas	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tamaulipas (Spanish)
Tlaxcala	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tlaxcala (Spanish)
Veracruz	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Veracruz (Spanish)
Yucatán	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Yucatán (Spanish)
Zacatecas	No	Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Zacatecas (Spanish)

Moldova

• Licensing Chamber
• Centre for State Information Resources “Registru” - Company check
• State Tax Service - List of taxable entities (Romanian)

Monaco

• Registry of Commerce and Industry (French)

Mongolia

• State Registration Office (Mongolian)

Montenegro

• Central Registry of the Commercial Court
• Montenegro Stock Exchange - Company search

Montserrat

• Financial Services Commission (not searchable)

Morocco

• Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) (subscription required) (French)
• Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) (French)
• Financial Markets Authority (CDVM) - Listed Companies
• Casablanca - Casablanca Chamber of Commerce (eRC) (French)

Mozambique

• Bulletin of the Republic (Portuguese)

Myanmar

• Directorate of Investment and Company Administration - Company List

Namibia

• Ministry of Trade and Industry (not searchable)
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Member Directory

Nauru

• Registrar of Corporations

Nepal

• Office of Company Registrar

Netherlands

• Trade Register - Company search (subscription required) (Dutch)

Caribbean Netherlands

• Bonaire Commercial Register
• Sint Eustatius and Saba Commercial Register

New Zealand

• Companies Office - Search for companies, company directors or shareholders

Nicaragua

• Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade - Business Directory (Spanish)
• General Revenue Service (DGI) - Business search (Spanish)
• General Directorate of State Procurement - Provider search (Spanish)

Niger

• National Institute of Statistics - Directory of Companies (French)

Nigeria

• Corporate Affairs Commission - Company Registration Portal (registration required)

Niue

• Companies Office of Niue

Norway

• Brønnøysund Register Centre - Company Register (Norwegian)
• Agency for Public Management and eGovernment - List of companies (Norwegian)
• Financial Supervisory Authority - Registry of supervised entities

Oman

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Commercial Name Search
• Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Trade Directory

Pakistan

• Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan - Company Name Search

Palau

• Office of the Attorney General - Registrar of Corporations (not searchable)

Panama

• Public Registry of Panama (registration required)

• Panadata (Spanish)

Papua New Guinea

• Investment Promotion Authority - Entity Search

Paraguay

• Ministry of Finance - Taxable entity search (Spanish)
• Undersecretary of State Taxation (SET) - company tax identification number (RUC) check (Spanish)
• Undersecretary of State Taxation (SET) - List of registered companies (Spanish)
• National Chamber of Commerce and Services - Business Information (registration required)

(Spanish)

• General Directorate of Public Records (not searchable) (Spanish)

Peru

• National Superintendency of Public Registries (SUNARP) (Spanish)
• National Superintendency of Tax Administration (SUNAT) (Spanish)
• Supervisory Agency for State Contracts (OSCE) - Provider search (Spanish)

Philippines

• Philippine Business Registry
• Securities and Exchange Commission - Search Reserved/Registered Company Names

Poland

• Ministry of Justice - National Court Register (Polish)

Portugal

• Citizen Portal - Company search (Portuguese)
• Ministry of Justice - Entity Search

Qatar

• Ministry of Business and Trade - Companies Control Department (Hukoomi) (registration required)

• Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Business Directory
• Qatar Financial Centre Authority - Public Register

Republic of the Congo

• National Center for Statistics and Economic Studies (French)

Romania

• Ministry of Justice - The National Trade Register Office (ONRC) (registration required)

(Romanian)

• The National Trade Register Office (Romanian)
• Financial Supervisory Authority - Public Register (Romanian)
• Bucharest Stock Exchange - Companies directory

Russian Federation

• Federal Tax Service - Unified State Register of Legal Entities - searchable by company name, registration number, etc. (Russian)
• Central Bank of Russia - Financial market participants (Russian)

Rwanda

• Office of the Registrar General (ORG)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission - Registrar of Companies (registration required)

• 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 (subscription required)

Samoa

• Samoa Company Registry

San Marino

• Trade Register

Saudi Arabia

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Arabic)
• Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority - License Search (Arabic)
• Riyadh - Riyadh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Arabic)
• Jeddah - Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Business Directory

Senegal

• Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts - Trade Point Senegal (French)
• Industry Observatory of Senegal (OBS) (French)

Serbia

• The Serbian Business Registers Agency (Serbian)
• Central Securities Depository and Clearing House
• Securities Commission - Public Company Register (Serbian)
• National Bank of Serbia - Lists of Providers of Financial Services

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 - Directory of Registered Entities (subscription required)
• Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore - GST Registered Business Search
• Monetary Authority of Singapore - Financial Institutions Directory

Slovakia

• Ministry of Justice - Business Register

Slovenia

• Slovenian Business Register (registration required)

• Tax Administration - List of taxable legal entities (Slovene)
• Central Securities Clearing Corporation
• Securities Market Agency - List of public companies

Solomon Islands

• Company Haus of Solomon Islands

South Africa

• Companies and Intellectual Property Commission

South Korea

• Start-Biz Online (Korean)
• Small and Medium Business Administration (Korean)
• Supreme Court - Registry (Korean)
• Financial Supervisory Service - Repository of Korea's Corporate Filings

South Sudan

• Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Justice - Directorate of Registration of Businesses, Associations and NGO's (not searchable)

Spain

• Central Mercantile Register (RMC) (subscription required)
• Association of Spanish Property & Commercial Registers (subscription required)
• Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores - Search by entity (Spanish)

Sri Lanka

• Department of Registrar of Companies

Sint Maarten

• St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (registration required)

Sudan

• Ministry of Justice - Commercial Registrations Department (not searchable) (Arabic)

Suriname

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Business Directory

Swaziland

• Registrar of Companies (not searchable)

Sweden

• Companies Registration Office (Bolagsverket)
• Financial Supervisory Authority - Listed company search (Börsinformation)
• Financial Supervisory Authority - Company register

Switzerland

• Federal Commercial Registry Office - Central Business Names Index (Zefix)
• Official Gazette of Commerce

Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Ministry of Economic Affairs - Company Registration Enquiry (Chinese)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs - Business registration lists (Chinese)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs - Business registration lists (by municipality) (Chinese)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs - List of Taiwanese companies in mainland China (Chinese)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs - List of Taiwanese companies doing business outside of Taiwan (Chinese)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs - List of non-Taiwanese companies registered in Taiwan (Chinese)
• Taiwan Stock Exchange - Market Observation Post System

Tajikistan

• Tax Committee - Register of Legal Entities (Russian)

Tanzania

• Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)

Thailand

• Ministry of Commerce - Department of Business Development

Timor-Leste

• Service Registry and Company Verification (not searchable) (Portuguese)
• Ministry of Justice (Portuguese)
• Official Gazette (Portuguese)
• Institute for Business Support - Enterprises

Tonga

• Business Registries Office

Togo

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (not searchable) (French)

Tunisia

• Registry of Commerce (subscription required) (French)
• Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - Directory of industrial enterprises

Turkey

• Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey - Turkish Trade Registry Gazette
• Central Registration System (MERSİS) (registration required)

(Turkish)

• Turkish Standards Institution - Company Search
• Adana - Adana Chamber of Commerce - Trade Name Search
• Aksaray - Aksaray Chamber of Commerce (Turkish)
• Bursa - Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Search for Member Companies
• Gaziantep - Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce - Member Search (Turkish)
• Istanbul - Istanbul Chamber of Commerce - Company Search
• Konya - Konya Chamber of Commerce - Company Directory (Turkish)
• Mersin - Mersin Chamber of Commerce (Turkish)

Turks and Caicos Islands

• Financial Services Commission - Companies Registry (not searchable)

Trinidad & Tobago

• Companies Registry
• Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission - Registered Companies, Individuals & Securities

Uganda

• Uganda Registration Services Bureau

Ukraine

• State Enterprise Information Resource Centre (Ukrainian)
• State Fiscal Service - Business Search (Ukrainian)
• State Fiscal Service - Register of VAT payers (Ukrainian)
• State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets - Integrated Information System (Ukrainian)
• State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets - Other registers (Ukrainian)

United Arab Emirates

• Ministry of Economy - Business Name Search
• Securities and Commodities Authority - Company Details
• Abu Dhabi - 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 Securities Exchange - Listed Companies
• Ajman - Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Industrial & Business Directory
• Ajman - Ajman Free Zone - Directory
• Dubai - Department of Economic Development - Trade Name Search
• Dubai - Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Commercial Directory
• Dubai - Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Commercial Directory
• Dubai - Dubai Financial Market - Listed Companies
• Dubai - Dubai Financial Services Authority - Public Register
• Dubai - Dubai International Financial Centre - Client Directory
• Dubai - Dubai Airport Freezone - Directory
• Dubai - Jebel Ali Free Zone - Client Directory
• Dubai - Dubai Internet City - Partners Directory
• Dubai - Dubai Knowledge Village - Partners Directory
• Dubai - NASDAQ Dubai - Listed Companies
• Fujairah - Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Business Directory
• Fujairah - Fujairah Free Zone - Company Listing
• Ras Al Khaimah - Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority - Client Directory
• Sharjah - Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Business Directory
• Sharjah - Hamriyah Free Zone - Directory
• Sharjah - Sharjah Airport International Free Zone - Investor Directory
• Umm al-Quwain - Chamber of Commerce and Industry

United Kingdom

• Companies House - Search for Companies (WebCHeck)
• Financial Conduct Authority - Financial Services Register

Crown dependencies

• Guernsey - Guernsey Registry
• Isle of Man - Isle of Man Companies Registry
• Jersey - Jersey Financial Services Commission - Companies Registry

United States

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Search for Company Filings

State registries

District/Territorial registries

• District of Columbia - Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs - Corporations Division (registration required)

• Guam - Department of Revenue and Taxation - General Licensing and Registration Branch (not searchable)
• Northern Mariana Islands - Department of Commerce - Registrar of Corporation (not searchable)
• Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Department of State - Corporations Search
• United States Virgin Islands - Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs

Uruguay

• General Directorate of Registries (not searchable) (Spanish)
• Business portal (Portal de la Empresa) (registration required)

(Spanish)

• National Institute of Statistics - Directory of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (registration required)

(Spanish)

• State Purchasing and Contracting Agency - Provider search (Spanish)

Uzbekistan

• State Tax Committee - VAT payers (Uzbek)

Vanuatu

• Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (not searchable)

Venezuela

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

Vietnam

• Ministry of Planning and Investment - Agency of Business Registration
• Ministry of Finance - General Department of Taxation - Taxpayer Directory (Vietnamese)

Yemen

• Ministry of Industry and Trade (Arabic)

Zambia

• Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) (registration required)

See also

• Corporate Registers Forum
• European business register
• OpenCorporates
• List of financial regulatory authorities by country
• List of offshore financial centres
• List of stock exchanges

External links

• Open Company Data Index
• Open Data Census - Company Register
• Investigative Dashboard - Business Registries
• European Commission - Business registers in Member States