The Companies Registration Office (CRO; ga, An Oifig um Chlárú Cuideachtaí) registers and incorporates companies in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
and files their annual returns.
The CRO has a number of core functions:
*The incorporation of companies.
*The receipt and registration of post incorporation documents.
*The enforcement of the Companies Acts in relation to the filing obligations of companies.
*Making information on companies available to the public.
It also registers the names of businesses which are non-limited trading entities such as
sole trader
A sole proprietorship, also known as a sole tradership, individual entrepreneurship or proprietorship, is a type of enterprise owned and run by one person and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business entity. A sole ...
s and
partnership
A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as business partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments ...
s.
It also has the ''Office of the Registry of Friendly Societies'' which registers Industrial & Provident Societies, Friendly Societies and
trade unions
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
.
In 2019, the Register of Beneficial Ownership was introduced into Ireland. That was implemented on the back of the EU’s Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which essentially requires all member states to hold adequate, accurate and current information of all beneficial owners. A beneficial owner is someone who owns more than 25% of a company.
See also
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List of Irish companies
This is a list of notable companies based in Ireland, or subsidiaries according to their sector. It includes companies from the entire island. The state of the Republic of Ireland covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of th ...
*
List of company registers
This is a list of official business registers around the world.
There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a court of law. In some cases, ...
References
External links
Official site - includes company search facilityCompany formation agent in IrelandCompany incorporation agent in Ireland
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Irish business law
Registrars of companies