List of company registers

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

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Investment Support Agency - Company Verification
• Minister 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) (registration required)

Antigua and Barbuda

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission (not searchable)

Argentina

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Spanish)
• Official Gazette (Click on "Sociedades") (Spanish)
• Federal Administration of Public Revenue - tax identification number (CUIT) check (Spanish)
• National Securities Commission - Issuers
• National Procurement Office - Providers (Spanish)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship - Directory of Importers/Exporters (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 Securities and Investments Commission - Datasets
• Australian Business Register - Australian Business Number Lookup
• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations - Search Corporations

Austria

• Firmenbuch (German) Information on accessing the official corporate registry
• Wiener Zeitung - Firmenmonitor (company notices) (German)
• Financial Market Authority - Supervised Companies

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
• 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

Belgium

• Central Enterprise Databank
• Federal Public Service Justice - Enterprise Search (French)
• National Bank of Belgium - Central Balance Sheet Office
• Financial Services and Markets Authority - Public companies register (STORI)

Belize

• International Business Companies Registry of Belize (subscription required)

Benin

• Ministry of Industry, Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises - Business Registry (GUFE) (French)
• Ministry of Industry, Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises - Company Announcements (French)
• 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 the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brčko District of 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

• BM&F Bovespa - Listed Companies
• Ministry of Finance - Federal Revenue - Legal entity tax identification number (CNPJ) search (Portuguese)

State registries

• Department of Business Registration and Integration (DREI) - Map of commercial registries (juntas comerciais) (Portuguese)

State/District	Searchable	Link to website
Acre	No	Commercial Registry of Acre (Portuguese)
Alagoas	Yes	Commercial Registry of Alagoas (registration required) (Portuguese)
Amapá	Yes	Commercial Registry of Amapá (registration required) (Portuguese)
Amazonas	No	Commercial Registry of Amazonas (registration required) (Portuguese)
Bahia	Yes	Commercial Registry of Bahia (Portuguese)
Ceará	No	Commercial Registry of Ceará (Portuguese)
Distrito Federal	Yes	Commercial Registry of Distrito Federal (registration required) (Portuguese)
Espírito Santo	Yes	Commercial Registry of Espírito Santo (Portuguese)
Goiás	No	Commercial Registry of Goiás (Portuguese)
Maranhão	No	Commercial Registry of Maranhão (Portuguese)
Mato Grosso	Yes	Commercial Registry of Mato Grosso (Portuguese)
Mato Grosso do Sul	No	Commercial Registry of Mato Grosso do Sul (Portuguese)
Minas Gerais	Yes	Commercial Registry of Minas Gerais (registration required) (Portuguese)
Pará	Yes	Commercial Registry of Pará (Portuguese)
Paraíba	No	Commercial Registry of Paraíba (Portuguese)
Paraná	Yes	Commercial Registry of Paraná (Portuguese)
Pernambuco	Yes	Commercial Registry of Pernambuco (Portuguese)
Piauí	No	Commercial Registry of Piauí (registration required) (Portuguese)
Rio de Janeiro	No	Commercial Registry of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese)
Rio Grande do Norte	No	Commercial Registry of Rio Grande do Norte (Portuguese)
Rio Grande do Sul	Yes	Commercial Registry of Rio Grande do Sul (registration required) (Portuguese)
Rondônia	Yes	Commercial Registry of Rondônia (Portuguese)
Roraima	Yes	Commercial Registry of Roraima (Portuguese)
Santa Catarina	Yes	Commercial Registry of Santa Catarina (registration required) (Portuguese)
São Paulo	Yes	Commercial Registry of São Paulo (Portuguese)
Sergipe	Yes	Commercial Registry of Sergipe (Portuguese)
Tocantins	No	Commercial Registry of Tocantins (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) - Company search (French)
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (French)

Burundi

• Investment Promotion Authority (not searchable)

Cambodia

• Ministry of Commerce - Company Search (registration required)

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)
• National Institute of Statistics - List of companies (French)

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	Yes	Service Alberta (licensed businesses only)
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)

Cayman Islands

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

Central African Republic

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry (French)
• Ministry for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (French)

Chile

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

China, People's Republic of

• State Administration for Industry and Commerce - Enterprise credit information system (Chinese)
• Credit China (Chinese)
• Ministry of Commerce - Corporate Credit Rating 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)
  • Hefei - Hefei 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)
  • Fuzhou - Fuzhou enterprise credit information system (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)
  • Guangzhou - Guangzhou Commercial Registration Information (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)
• Guizhou Province - Guizhou enterprise credit information system (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)
  • Wuhan - Wuhan Administration for Industry and Commerce (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)
  • Dongying - Dongying enterprise credit information system (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)

China, Republic of (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

Colombia

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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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

Congo, Republic of the

• National Center for Statistics and Economic Studies (French) - Click on "Base de données"
• Official gazette (French)

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 - Company search (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 - Business register search (Czech)
• Ministry of Finance - Register of economic entities
• Ministry of Industry and Trade - Trade Licensing Register (English) (Czech version has additional detail)

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

• Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC) - Official Bulletin (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)
• General Directorate of Public Procurement - Provider 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)
• National Secretariat of Policy Management - Directory of Social Organizations (Spanish)
• Official Public Procurement System - Provider search (Spanish)

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 (Spanish)
• Official Gazette search (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

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 of the Tribunal de Commerce of Paris
• Journal officiel de la République française - Bulletin of Obligatory Legal Announcements (French)
• Official Bulletin of Civil and Commercial Notices (Bodacc) (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)
• Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EBEA)

Grenada

• Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (not searchable)

Guatemala

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

Guernsey, Channel Islands

• Guernsey Registry

Guinea

• Investment Promotion Agency (French)

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 - Electronic Commerce Registry (French)

Honduras

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (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

• Legal Entities National ID Portal (Persian)
• Official Journal (RRK) (Persian)
• Official Journal (Dastour) (Persian)
• Official Journal (Persian) - For older gazette filings
• Tehran - Tehran Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Mines - Trade Directory (Persian)

Iraq

• Ministry of Trade - Iraq Registrar of Companies
• 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

Isle of Man

• Isle of Man Companies Registry

Israel

• Justice Ministry - Israeli Corporations Authority (Hebrew)
• Justice Ministry - Israeli Corporations Authority (Hebrew) - Additional details available in company extract
• Israel Export Institute - Catalogue of Member Companies
• Israel Securities Authority - List of Public Companies
• Ministry of Construction - Contractors Registrar

Italy

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

Jamaica

• Office of the Registrar of Companies
• National Contracts Commission - Registered Contractors

Japan

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

Jersey, Channel Islands

• Jersey Financial Services Commission - Companies Registry

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
• State Revenue Committee - Legal entities
• Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance - Legal entities (Russian)
• 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 (Arabic)
• Kuwait Stock Exchange - Listed Companies

Kyrgyzstan

• Ministry of Justice - Register of Legal Entities (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
• Database of all companies registered in Latvia

Lebanon

• Investment Development Authority of Lebanon

Lesotho

• Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing

Liberia

• Liberia Business Registry

Liechtenstein

• Office of Justice - Commercial Register (German)

Lithuania

• Register of Legal Entities

Luxembourg

• Trade and Companies Register (French)
• Official Gazette (Legilux) (French)
• Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - Supervised entities

Macedonia

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

Madagascar

• Economic Development Board of Madagascar - List of companies
• 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 (French)

Marshall Islands

• Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate Administrators

Mauritania

• Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (Click on "Répertoires des entreprises") (French)

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)
• Secretariat of Economy - Integrated System of Registry Management (SIGER) - list of all state and municipal commercial registries (Spanish)
• Mexican Institute of Industrial Property - Trade name search (Spanish)
• Registry of Suppliers and Contractors (RUPC) (Spanish)
• ProMéxico - Directory of Exporters (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)

Micronesia, Federated States of

• Registrar of Companies - Listing of FSM Corporations

Moldova

• Licensing Chamber
• Ministry of Justice - State Registration Chamber (Romanian)
• Ministry of Justice - State Register of Non-Profit Organizations (Romanian)
• State Tax Service - Taxable entity search (Romanian) - search by Unique State Identification Number (IDNO)
• State Tax Service - List of taxable entities (Romanian)

Monaco

• Registry of Commerce and Industry (French)

Mongolia

• General Authority for State Registration - Legal Entity Search (Mongolian)

Montenegro

• Central Registry of Business Entities
• 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 - Register of Commerce (French)
• Casablanca - Register of Commerce (French)
• Fès - Register of Commerce (French)
• Marrakech - Register of Commerce (French)
• Meknès - Register of Commerce (Arabic)
• Oujda - Register of Commerce (Arabic)
• Rabat - Register of Commerce (French)
• Salé - Register of Commerce (French)
• Tangier - Register of Commerce (French)

Mozambique

• Bulletin of the Republic (Portuguese)

Myanmar

• Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (Click on "Company Search")

Namibia

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

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 (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)
• Bureau of Public Procurement - Registered Contractors

Niue

• Companies Office of Niue

Norway

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

Oman

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Search Company Listings
• 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)

Palestinian territories

• Ministry of National Economy - Companies Registry

Panama

• Public Registry of Panama (registration required) (Spanish)
• 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)
• National Directorate of Public Procurement - Provider search (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

• Department of Trade and Industry - Philippine Business Registry
• Department of Trade and Industry - Business Name Search
• Securities and Exchange Commission - Search Reserved/Registered Company Names

Poland

• Ministry of Justice - National Court Register (Polish)
• Ministry of Development - Central Registration and Information on Business
• Central Statistical Office - National Official Business 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

Romania

• Ministry of Public Finance - Business search (Romanian)
• Ministry of Justice - The National Trade Register Office (ONRC) (registration required) (Romanian)
• Ministry of Justice - The National Trade Register Office (Romanian)
• Financial Supervisory Authority (Romanian)
• Bucharest Stock Exchange - Companies directory

Russian Federation

• Federal Tax Service - Unified State Register of Legal Entities (Russian)
• National Classifier of Enterprises and Organizations (Russian)

Rwanda

• Office of the Registrar General (ORG)
• Rwanda Revenue Authority - VAT Registered Taxpayers

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

São Tomé and Príncipe

• Ministry of Justice - Company Registry

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 - Entity search (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)
• Financial 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 - Business Registry (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 (not searchable)

Sudan

• Ministry of Justice - Commercial Registrations Department (Arabic)

Suriname

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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

Tajikistan

• Tax Committee - Register of Legal Entities (Russian)

Tanzania

• Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)

Thailand

• Ministry of Commerce - Department of Business Development (Additional company details available in Thai version)

Timor-Leste

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

Tonga

• Business Registries Office

Togo

• Business Start-up Center (French)

Tunisia

• Registry of Commerce (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
• Register of Providers

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)
• Ministry of Justice - Unified Register of Civic Organizations (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 - Commercial Search
• Ajman - Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Industrial Search
• Ajman - Ajman Free Zone - Directory
• Dubai - Department of Economic Development - Trade Name Search
• 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
• 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 (Arabic)

United Kingdom

• Companies House - Search for Companies
• Financial Conduct Authority - Financial Services Register

United States

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

State registries

State	Department/Agency	Link to search function
Alabama	Secretary of State of Alabama	Business Entity Search
Alaska	Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development	Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Arizona	Arizona Corporation Commission	Business Entity Search
Arkansas	Secretary of State of Arkansas	Search Incorporations
California	Secretary of State of California	Business Search
Colorado	Secretary of State of Colorado	Records Search
Connecticut	Secretary of the State of Connecticut	Commercial Recording Division
Delaware	Secretary of State of Delaware	Division of Corporations
Florida	Secretary of State of Florida	Division of Corporations
Georgia	Secretary of State of Georgia	Corporations Division
Hawaii	Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA)	Search for Business Entity
Idaho	Secretary of State of Idaho	Search for Business Entities
Illinois	Illinois Secretary of State	Business Services
Indiana	Secretary of State of Indiana	Business Services
Iowa	Iowa Secretary of State	Business Entities
Kansas	Secretary of State of Kansas	Business Entity Search Station
Kentucky	Secretary of State of Kentucky	Business Organization Search
Louisiana	Secretary of State of Louisiana	Business Services
Maine	Secretary of State of Maine	Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
Maryland	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation	Charter Record Search
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth	Corporations Division
Michigan	Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs	Corporation Division
Minnesota	Minnesota Secretary of State	Business and Lien System
Mississippi	Secretary of State of Mississippi	Business Services
Missouri	Missouri Secretary of State	Business Services
Montana	Secretary of State of Montana	Business Services
Nebraska	Secretary of State of Nebraska	Business Division
Nevada	Secretary of State of Nevada	Business Center
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Secretary of State	Corporation Division
New Jersey	New Jersey Department of the Treasury	Division of Revenue & Enterprise Services' Business Records Service
New Mexico	New Mexico Public Regulation Commission	Corporations Divisions
New York	Secretary of State of New York	Division of Corporations
North Carolina	North Carolina Secretary of State	Corporations
North Dakota	North Dakota Secretary of State	Business Records Search
Ohio	Ohio Secretary of State	Business Search
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Secretary of State	Business Entities
Oregon	Oregon Secretary of State	Corporation Division
Pennsylvania	Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	Corporations
Rhode Island	Secretary of State of Rhode Island	Division Of Business Services
South Carolina	Secretary of State of South Carolina	Business Filings
South Dakota	Secretary of State of South Dakota	Business Services
Tennessee	Tennessee Secretary of State	Division of Business Services
Texas	Secretary of State of Texas	Corporations Section (SOSDirect) (registration required)
Texas	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts	Taxable Entity Search
Texas	Office of the Governor of Texas	Non-U.S. Companies with Operations in Texas
Utah	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Business Name Search
Vermont	Secretary of State of Vermont	Corporations Division
Virginia	State Corporation Commission	Business Entity Search
Washington	Secretary of State of Washington	Corporations Division
West Virginia	Secretary of State of West Virginia	Business Organization Search
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions	Search Corporate Records
Wyoming	Secretary of State of Wyoming	Filing Search

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

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

Uzbekistan

• State Tax Committee - VAT payers (Uzbek)

Vanuatu

• Vanuatu Financial Services Commission

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

Yemen

• Ministry of Industry and Trade (Arabic)

Zambia

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

Zimbabwe

• Department of Deeds, Companies & Intellectual Property

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

• OpenCorporates - All company registers
• Open Company Data Index
• Open Data Census - Company Register
• Investigative Dashboard - External Databases
• European Commission - Business registers in Member States

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