List of company registers

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

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Investment Support Agency
• Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Central Business Registry

Albania

• National Registration Center

Algeria

• National Commercial Registry Center (CNRC)

Andorra

• Oficina de Marques

Anguilla

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

Antigua and Barbuda

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission (not searchable)

Argentina

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
• Official Gazette
• Federal Administration of Public Revenue - tax identification number (CUIT) check

Armenia

• Ministry of Justice - State Register of the Legal Entities

Aruba

• Aruba Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Australia

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Australian Securities & Investments Commission
• Australian Business Register

Austria

• Firmenbuch

Azerbaijan

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

Bangladesh

• Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms

Bahrain

• Ministry of Industry & Commerce

Barbados

• Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office

Belarus

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

Belgium

• Belgian Federal Government's company database - French interface, Belgian Federal Government's company database - Dutch interface
• Coface Services Belgium
• Belgian Federal Public Service

Belize

• International Business Companies Registry of Belize

Benin

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Bermuda

• Registrar of Companies

Bolivia

• Registry of Commerce (Fundempresa)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Registers of Business Entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

• Ministry of Trade and Industry

Brazil

• National Department of Commercial Registries (DNRC)
• Ministry of Revenue - Tax identification number (CNPJ) search

State registries

• Acre - Commercial Registry of Acre
• Alagoas - Commercial Registry of Alagoas
• Amapá - Commercial Registry of Amapá
• Amazonas - Commercial Registry of Amazonas
• Bahia - Commercial Registry of Bahia
• Ceará - Commercial Registry of Ceará
• Distrito Federal - Commercial Registry of Distrito Federal
• Espírito Santo - Commercial Registry of Espírito Santo
• Goiás - Commercial Registry of Goiás
• Maranhão - Commercial Registry of Maranhão
• Mato Grosso - Commercial Registry of Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul - Commercial Registry of Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais - Commercial Registry of Minas Gerais
• Pará - Commercial Registry of Pará
• Paraíba - Commercial Registry of Paraíba
• Paraná - Commercial Registry of Paraná
• Pernambuco - Commercial Registry of Pernambuco
• Piauí - Commercial Registry of Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro - Commercial Registry of Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte - Commercial Registry of Rio Grande do Norte
• Rio Grande do Sul - Commercial Registry of Rio Grande do Sul
• Rondônia - Commercial Registry of Rondônia
• Roraima - Commercial Registry of Roraima
• Santa Catarina - Commercial Registry of Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Commercial Registry of São Paulo
• Sergipe - Commercial Registry of Sergipe
• Tocantins - Commercial Registry of Tocantins

British Virgin Islands

• Financial Services Commission (not searchable)

Brunei

• Brunei Attorney General's Chamber

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian trade register

Burkina Faso

• House of Enterprises (Maison de l'Entreprise)

Burundi

• Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Canada

• Corporations Canada
• Corporations Canada - Search for a Federal Corporation

Provincial and territorial registries

• Alberta - Alberta Government Services
• British Columbia - British Columbia Corporate Registry
• Manitoba - Manitoba Companies Office
• New Brunswick - New Brunswick Corporate Registry
• Newfoundland and Labrador - Government of Newfoundland and Labrador - Canada
• Northwest Territories - Department of Justice - Corporate Registry
• Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia - Registry of Joint Stock Companies
• Nunavut - Department of Economic Development and Transportation
• Ontario - Integrated Business Services Application
• Prince Edward Island - Department of Environment, Labor and Justice - Corporate/Business Names Registry
• Quebec - Registraire des entreprises Quebec
• Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan Corporate Registry
• Yukon - Department of Community Services - Corporate Affairs

Cambodia

• Cambodian Ministry of Commerce

Cameroon

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

Cayman Islands

• General Registry
• Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Chile

• Registry of Commerce of Santiago

China

• State Administration for Industry and Commerce

Provincial and municipal registries

• Beijing - Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce
• Guangzhou - Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Companies Registry
• Macau - Government Printing Bureau
• Shaanxi Province - Shaanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce
• Shanghai - Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce
• Shenyang - Shenyang Administration for Industry and Commerce
• Shenzhen - Market Supervision Administration of Shenzhen Municipality
• Tianjin - Tianjin City Administration for Industry and Commerce

Colombia

• Colombian Business Registry (RUE)
• Superintendency of Corporations

Cook Islands

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

Costa Rica

• National Registry

Croatia

• Croatian Company Directory

Curaçao

• Curacao Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Cyprus

• Cypriot Department of Registrar of Companies
• Department of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver

Czech Republic

• Czech business register search (old version)
• Czech business register search (new version)
• Czech register of economic entities

Denmark

• Central Company Register

Danish realm

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

Dominica

• International Maritime Registry (not searchable)

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

Ecuador

• Superintendency of Companies

Egypt

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

El Salvador

• National Center of Registries

Estonia

• Estonian Centre of Registers

Ethiopia

• Ministry of Trade and Industry (not searchable)

Fiji

• Fiji Government

Finland

• Finnish Trade Register
• National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland - Trade Register

France

• Register of Commerce (Infogreffe)
• French Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris

Georgia

• Georgian Public Registry

Germany

• German Trade Register (Handelsregister)
• German Trade Register
• Company Register

Ghana

• Registrar General's Department
• Company registration in Ghana

Gibraltar

• Companies House Gibraltar

Greece

• Greek Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EBEA)

Guatemala

• Mercantile Registry

Haiti

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Electronic Commerce Registry

Hungary

• Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, Company Information and Electronic Company Registration Service

Iceland

• Icelandic Tax Office (RSK)
• Statistics Iceland - Registered enterprises

India

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Indonesia

• Ministry of Law and Human Rights - Online Business Registration (SABH)
• Ministry of Industry - Industrial Company Directory
• Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN)

Iran

• Iranian Official Journal

Iraq

• Iraq Registrar of Companies (not searchable)

Ireland

• Companies Registration Office, Ireland
• Irish Companies Registration Office

Israel

• Ministry of Justice - Registrar of Companies

Italy

• Business Register of the Italian Chambers of Commerce
• Italian InfoCamere
• Infoimprese

Jamaica

• Office of the Registrar of Companies

Japan

• Japanese Companies Office

Jordan

• Companies Control Department

Kazakhstan

• Ministry of Justice - Database of legal entities

Kenya

• State Law Office - Registrar General

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

Laos

• Ministry of Industry and Commerce

Latvia

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

Lesotho

• Ministry of Trade (not searchable)

Liberia

• Liberia Business Registry

Liechtenstein

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

Lithuania

• Register of Legal Entities

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg Registre de Commerce et des Societes
• Légilux

Macedonia

• Central Registry

Madagascar

• General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) - Tax identification number (NIF) search

Malta

• Registry of Companies
• Maltese Registry of Companies

Malawi

• Ministry of Justice - Registrar General

Malaysia

• Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM)
• Labuan - Labuan Financial Services Authority (not searchable)

Maldives

• Ministry of Economic Development (not searchable)

Marshall Islands

• Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate Administrators

Mauritius

• Companies Division, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development

Mexico

• National Business Information Registry (SIEM)
• Secretariat of Economy - Integrated System of Registry Management (SIGER) - list of all state and municipal commercial registries

State registries

• Aguascalientes - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Aguascalientes
• Baja California - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Baja California
• Baja California Sur - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Baja California Sur
• Campeche - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Campeche
• Chiapas - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Chiapas
• Chihuahua - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Chihuahua
• Coahuila - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Coahuila
• Colima - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Colima
• Federal District - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of the Federal District
• Durango - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Durango
• Guanajuato - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Guanajuato
• Guerrero - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Guerrero
• Hidalgo - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Hidalgo
• Jalisco - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Jalisco
• Mexico State - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Mexico State
• Michoacán - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Michoacán
• Morelos - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Morelos
• Nayarit - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Nayarit
• Nuevo León - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Nuevo León
• Oaxaca - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Oaxaca
• Puebla - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Puebla
• Querétaro - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Querétaro
• Quintana Roo - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Quintana Roo
• San Luis Potosí - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of San Luis Potosí
• Sinaloa - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Sinaloa
• Sonora - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Sonora
• Tabasco - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tabasco
• Tamaulipas - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tamaulipas
• Tlaxcala - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tlaxcala
• Veracruz - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Veracruz
• Yucatán - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Yucatán
• Zacatecas - Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Zacatecas

Moldova

• State Chamber of Registration

Monaco

• Registry of Commerce and Industry

Mongolia

• State Registration Office

Montenegro

• Central Registry of the Commercial Court

Montserrat

• Financial Services Commission (not searchable)

Morocco

• Central Trade Registry (OMPIC)
• Casablanca - Casablanca Chamber of Commerce (eRC)

Mozambique

• Bulletin of the Republic

Myanmar

• Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (not searchable)

Namibia

• Ministry of Trade and Industry

Nepal

• Office of Company Registrar

Netherlands

• Dutch Chamber of Commerce
• Dutch Trade Register

New Zealand

• Companies Office

Nicaragua

• Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade - Public Mercantile Registry

Niger

• National Institute of Statistics - Directory of Companies

Nigeria

• Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission

Niue

• Companies Office of Niue

Norway

• Brønnøysund Register Centre

Oman

• Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Trade Directory

Pakistan

• Pakistani Securities & Exchange Commission

Panama

• Public Registry of Panama

Paraguay

• Undersecretary of State Taxation (SET) - company tax identification number (RUC) check

Peru

• National Superintendency of Public Registries (SUNARP)
• National Superintendency of Tax Administration (SUNAT)

Philippines

• Philippine Business Registry
• Philippine Securities & Exchange Commission

Poland

• Ministry of Justice - National Court Register

Portugal

• Company Portal (Portal da Empresa)

Qatar

• Ministry of Business and Trade
• Qatar Chamber - Business Directory

Romania

• Ministry of Justice - The National Trade Register Office

Russian Federation

• Unified State Register of Legal Persons - searchable by company name, registration number, etc.

Rwanda

• Office of the Registrar General (ORG)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission - Registrar of Companies
• Nevis Financial Services Department (not searchable)

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 (CIPO)

Samoa

• Samoa Company Registry

San Marino

• Trade Register

Saudi Arabia

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) - License Search
• Riyadh - Riyadh Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Senegal

• Industry Observatory of Senegal (OBS)

Serbia

• The Serbian Business Registers Agency

Seychelles

• Seychelles Business Register (onshore companies only)
• Seychelles International Business Authority (not searchable)

Sierra Leone

• Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (not searchable)

Singapore

• Singaporean Accounting & Corporate Regulating Authority

Slovakia

• Companies Register of the Slovak Republic

Slovenia

• Slovenian Tradepoint

Solomon Islands

• Company Haus of Solomon Islands

South Africa

• Companies and Intellectual Property Commission

South Korea

• Start-Biz Online

Spain

• Central Mercantile Register (RMC)
• Association of Spanish Property & Commercial Registers

Sri Lanka

• Department of Registrar of Companies

Sint Maarten

• St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Swaziland

• Registrar of Companies (not searchable)

Sweden

• Swedish Companies Registration Office (Bolagsverket)

Switzerland

• Federal Commercial Registry Office - Central Business Names Index (Zefix)

Taiwan

• Ministry of Economic Affairs

Tanzania

• Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)

Thailand

• Department of Business Development

Tonga

• Tonga Companies Register

Togo

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (not searchable)

Tunisia

• Registry of Commerce

Turkey

• Turkish Trade Registry Gazette
• Istanbul - Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
• Mersin - Mersin Chamber of Commerce
• Aksaray - Aksaray Chamber of Commerce

Turks and Caicos Islands

• Financial Services Commission - Companies Registry (not searchable)

Trinidad & Tobago

• Companies Registry

Uganda

• Uganda Registration Services Bureau

Ukraine

• State Enterprise Information Resource Centre

United Arab Emirates

• Ministry of Economy
• Abu Dhabi - Department of Economic Development
• Dubai - Dubai Chamber
• Ras Al Khaimah - RAK Investment Authority - Business Directory
• Sharjah - Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry

United Kingdom

• Companies House
• United Kingdom Companies House

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

• Alabama - Alabama Secretary of State
• Alaska - Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development - Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
• Arizona - Arizona Corporation Commission
• Arkansas - Arkansas Secretary of State
• California - California Secretary of State
• Colorado - Colorado Secretary of State
• Connecticut - State of Connecticut Secretary of the State - Commercial Recording
• Delaware - State of Delaware - Division of Corporations
• District of Columbia - Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs
• Florida - Florida Department of State Division of Corporations
• Georgia - Georgia Secretary of State
• Hawaii - Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs (DCCA)
• Idaho - Idaho Secretary of State
• Illinois - Illinois Secretary of State
• Indiana - Indiana Secretary of State
• Iowa - Iowa Secretary of State
• Kansas - Kansas Secretary of State
• Kentucky - Kentucky Secretary of State
• Louisiana - Louisiana Secretary of State
• Maine - Maine Secretary of State
• Maryland - Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation
• Massachusetts - Massachusetts Corporations Division
• Michigan - Michigan Corporation Division
• Minnesota - Minnesota Secretary of State
• Mississippi - Mississippi Secretary of State
• Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State
• Montana - Montana Secretary of State - Business Services
• Nebraska - Nebraska Secretary of State
• Nevada - Nevada Secretary of State
• New Hampshire - New Hampshire Secretary of State
• New Jersey - New Jersey Division of Revenue & Enterprise Services' Business Records Service
• New Mexico - New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
• New York - New York State Department of State - Division of Corporations
• North Carolina - North Carolina Secretary of State
• North Dakota - North Dakota Secretary of State
• Ohio - Ohio Secretary of State
• Oklahoma - Oklahoma Secretary of State
• Oregon - Oregon Secretary of State - Corporation Division
• Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Secretary of State
• Rhode Island - Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State - Division Of Business Services
• South Carolina - South Carolina Secretary of State
• South Dakota - South Dakota Secretary of State
• Tennessee - Tennessee Secretary of State
• Texas - Texas Secretary of State Corporations Section
• Texas - Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Taxable Entity Search
• Utah - Utah Division of Corporations & Commercial Code
• Vermont - Vermont Secretary of State
• Virginia - State Corporation Commission
• Washington - Washington Secretary of State
• West Virginia - West Virginia Secretary of State
• Wisconsin - Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions
• Wyoming - Wyoming Secretary of State

Territorial registries

• Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Department of State
• United States Virgin Islands - Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs

Uruguay

• General Directorate of Registries
• Business portal (Portal de la Empresa)

Uzbekistan

• Ministry of Justice

Vanuatu

• Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (not searchable)

Venezuela

• National Procurement Service (RNC) - Registered government contractor search
• National Integrated Service for the Administration of Customs Duties and Taxes (SENIAT) - company tax identification number (RIF) check
• Official Gazette

Vietnam

• Ministry of Planning and Investment - Agency of Business Registration

Zambia

• Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA)

See also

• Corporate Registers Forum
• OpenCorporates
• List of financial regulatory authorities by country