Types of registers
A business register may include data on entities, as well as on their status for various purposes. Examples of such registers include: * company register — a register of legal entities in the jurisdiction they operate under, for the purpose of establishing, dissolving, acquisition of legal capacity and (in some cases) juridical personality, determination of legal representation, protection, accountability, and control of legal entities. * list of undertakings cleared for access to classified information — register of companies authorized to work on contracts involving dealing with sensitive information documents of a government or an international otganisation, usually maintained by a counter-intelligence service. * statistical business register — plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at aEuropean Union and the European Economic Area
* company registers **Austria
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* KBO Public Search — searchable database for public information on every registered active enterprise and establishment in Belgium. (languages: Dutch, French) * Central Balance Sheet Office (Bulgaria
* Trade Register — electronic register. Companies must be entered into the commercial register that is kept with the relevant district court, where they can be viewed by the public. (languages: Bulgarian only) *D&B Report Guide Bulgaria — information on the different types of companies * Trade Register (Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)Croatia
*Biznet — provides information and statistics on the Croatian economy, and access to the Register of Business Entities. It is maintained by theCyprus
* Department of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver — responsible for keeping the Register of Companies, Partnerships, Business Names, Trade Marks, Patents and Industrial Designs, as well as for administering properties of insolvent legal and natural persons. *Cyprus-Data.com — searchable database for companies in CyprusCzech Republic
* Public register and the collection of documents — maintained by theDenmark
* Danish Commerce and Companies Agency — the official registry for Danish businesses. * Central Business Register — searchable database for Danish businesses. * Database ( Financial Supervisory Authority) — database for enterprises under supervision of the Financial Supervisory Authority.Estonia
* Central Commercial Register () — an online service based on the central database of Estonian registration departments of the courts. *Database of the Financial Supervision Authority () — searchable database of supervised entities. (languages: Estonian, English)Finland
* Finnish Trade Register — official company register for Finnish companies, maintained by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office. (languages: Finnish, English, Swedish) *BIS Search — trade register of 470,000 Finnish companies via the Business Information System of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office. * : Åland Online — companies, organizations and associationsFrance
* Trade and Companies Register () — official register of over 3,200,000 French companies, maintained by the Commercial Court. (languages: French) *''Sirene'' — statistical business register maintained by INSEE. (languages: French only) * Bulletin of Obligatory Legal Announcements — maintained byGermany
*Greece
* General Commercial Registry (''Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο'') * Official gazette – Company search * Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EBEA)Hungary
* Court of Company Registration — provides company information and electronic company registration service. It is maintained by the Minister of Justice (Hungary), Ministry of Justice. (languages: Hungarian language, Hungarian) *Cégtaláló — searchable database. (languages: Hungarian) *Financial Services Register — maintained by the Hungarian National Bank, also provides supervision of listed companies on Budapest Stock ExchangeIceland
* Company Directory (Directorate of Internal Revenue) — (languages: Icelandic language, Icelandic)Ireland
* Companies Registration Office (Ireland), Companies Registration Office **Company Search — company directory **Registry of Friendly SocietiesItaly
* Italian Business Register — public register of company details, maintained by the Italian Business Register Office, found in local Chambers of Commerce in Italy. (languages: Italian, English) *Infocamere — company register of the Italian Chambers of Commerce. Information can be obtained from Infocamere and via the European Business Register (EBR). (languages: Italian, mostly) * Infoimprese — (languages: Italian) * Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa listed companiesLatvia
* Registry of Enterprises of Latvia. Registry also publish free publicly accessible database of companies of Latvia. * Lursoft — database of all enterprises, public organizations, and foreign company agencies registered within the territory of Latvia, including information of their managers, shareholders fixed capital, and annual accounts. The information is based on original documents of the State Register of Enterprises. (languages: Latvian language, Latvian, mostly)Liechtenstein
* Commercial Register — maintained by the Office of Justice. (languages: German only)Lithuania
* Register of Legal EntitiesLuxembourg
* Luxembourg Business Registers * Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés — the official register of List of companies of Luxembourg, companies and associations in Luxembourg. (languages: German, French) * Business permits * Official Gazette "Mémorial C"(Legilux) * Supervised entities (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier)Malta
* Malta Business Registry — registry of companiesThe Netherlands
*Trade Register — company search, maintained by Kamer van Koophandel. In the Netherlands, registration in the trade register is compulsory for almost every company. (languages: Dutch language, Dutch, English)Norway
* Brønnøysund Register Centre — government body under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway), Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry, and consists of several different national EDP registers. (languages: Norwegian language, Norwegian, mostly) * List of companies (Agency for Public Management and eGovernment) * Registry of supervised entities (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, Financial Supervisory Authority)Poland
Regular company registers
There are two registers of entities which are obligated or allowed to register as entrepreneurs: * Ministry of Development (Poland), Ministry of Development (MR) – Central Registration and Information on Business (CEIDG) – company register for natural persons trading as sole traders or their civil law partnerships (searchable); such companies are prohibited from performing certain activities (e.g. operating a life insurance company), and proper agricultural activity (animal breeding, plant cultivation) of an individual farmer is also excluded from registration in CEIDG; the register does not assign its own registration number, using the NIP (see below) for this purpose instead * Ministry of Justice (Poland), Ministry of Justice (MS): **National Court Register (KRS) (searchable) — register of the majority of juridical persons types, a well as other collective (private) legal entities (there are, however, numerous exceptions, see List of official business registers#Registers of businesses excluded from registration as entrepreneurs); assigns a registration number (numer KRS), mandatory to be exposed on all outbound company documents and letters; some activities (e.g. operating a school) are not available to all entities registered in KRS, but only to those who are juridical persons; members of some professions are not allowed to practise in all of the company types (e.g. an advocate is prohibited from practising the profession in the form of a limited liability company); its constituent parts are: *** Register of Entrepreneurs (''Rejestr przedsiębiorców'') — the company register for entities other than natural persons which hold an obligatory status of entrepreneurs: trade partnerships: either entities with legal capacity but lacking juridical personality (registered partnerships, limited partnerships, limited joint-stock partnerships, professional partnerships), or juridical persons (limited liability companies, joint-stock companies), as well as for other types of entrepreneurs who are juridical persons, as well as any of the juridical persons registered in the Register of Associations, Other Social and Professional Organizations, Foundations and Independent Public Healthcare Institutions (see below) if they intend to perform business activities (when allowed by their bylaws, excluding the stand-alone public healthcare institutions, as they are not allowed to register as an entrepreneur, as well as those of juridical persons or other legal entities who are registered in the KRS exclusively for the purpose of obtaining status of an officially recognized charity - public benefit organization, and would otherwise be excluded from the registration in the KRS - see below) *** Register of Associations, Other Social and Professional Organizations, Foundations and Stand-alone Public Healthcare Institutions (''Rejestr stowarzyszeń, innych organizacji społecznych i zawodowych, fundacji oraz samodzielnych publicznych zakładów opieki zdrowotnej'') — the other part of the KRS, is responsible for the registration of various other types of juridical persons. If any of the registered entities intends to perform business activities (when allowed by its bylaws), it also has to obtain registration in the Register of Entrepreneurs; in addition, juridical persons or any other legal entities (including those otherwise excluded or exempt from the registration in the KRS – see below) also have to register, if they apply for the status of an officially recognized charity (public benefit organization); however, as an exception, registration solely for that purpose neither confers juridical personality to entities lacking one, nor does it create obligation or right to register as an entrepreneur; ** Court and Commercial Gazette (''Monitor Sądowy i Gospodarczy'') – official gazette (searchable); ** Financial document viewer (''Przeglądarka dokumentów finansowych'') - the official free viewer of financial documents that allows to download financial documents of an entity entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register, in particular financial statements, reports on activities, resolutions on the allocation of profit or coverage of losses. The KRS number of the entity is needed to search.Registers of businesses excluded from registration as entrepreneurs
Registers of some of the types of businesses excluded from registration as entrepreneurs which are available online include the following (the list does not include registries of entities established through a centralized European Union-level procedure, namely the European Research Infrastructure Consortia, the European political parties and the European political foundations): * Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMiR) – National Register of the Rural Women's Associations (searchable);Register of Producers, Agricultural Holdings and Applications for Payment Entitlements - (non-searchable; however, the bulk of data may be obtained from the Directory of Common Agricultural Policy Beneficiaries - see above); * Polish Waters National Water Management Holding (PGW WP) – IT system for protection against extraordinary hazards (ISOK) – Informatics System for Water Management (SIGW) – water cadaster, which includes the centralized register of water corporations, levee unions (input operated at the local level by the starostas) and the unions of water companies or levee unions (input operated at the local level by the voivodes) (searchable) * Central Office of Geodesy (Land Survey) and Cartography – 'Land and Buildings Records (EGiB) – land and buildings cadaster, which includes the centralized register of common land management corporations (input operated at the local level by the starostas) (searchable) * Polish Hunting Association (PZŁ) – Registers of Hunting Clubs, available on websites of each of the 49 district boards of the Association, located in: Biała Podlaska , Białystok , Bielsko-Biała , Bydgoszcz , Chełm , Ciechanów , Częstochowa , Elbląg , Gdańsk , Gorzów Wlkp. , Jelenia Góra , Kalisz , Katowice , Kielce , Konin , Koszalin , Kraków , Krosno , Legnica , Leszno , Lublin , Łomża , Łódź , Nowy Sącz , Olsztyn , Opole , Ostrołęka , Piła , Piotrków Tryb. , Płock , Poznań , Przemyśl , Radom , Rzeszów , Siedlce , Sieradz , Skierniewice , Słupsk , Suwałki , Szczecin , Tarnobrzeg , Tarnów , Toruń , Wałbrzych , Warszawa , Włocławek , Wrocław , Zamość , Zielona Góra * Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) – Register of (PAN) Research Institutes (searchable) * Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) – Register of Higher Education Institutions – includes both public and private institutions (searchable) * Ministry of National Education (Poland), Ministry of National Education (MEN) – Register of Schools and Educational Institutions – includes also the ''jednostki systemu oświaty'' (schools or educational institutions other than higher education institutions) (searchable) * Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland), Ministry of Interior and Administration – register of inter-municipal unions, inter-county unions, as well as cross-category unions of municipalities and counties , (downloadable lists); Database of Territorial Self-Government Units , (downloadable lists in various formats); Register of Churches and Other Confessional Communities , (only the list of denominations downloadable; non-searchable is the detailed part of the register, covering ecclesiastical juridical persons or other legal entities); * Ministry of Justice - List of judicial enforcement officers (bailiffs) , (searchable), the list is also available as a search engine on the website of their regulatory college, the National Council of Judicial Officers , * General Directorate for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) – Central Register of Forms of Environmental Protection – includes the register of national parks, available as a search engine , or a GIS/cadaster (searchable), * Bureau for Forest Management and Geodesy State Enterprise on behalf of the State Forests (Poland), State Forests National Forest Holding - Forest Data Bank - the official forest inventory and the forestry cadaster, also includes data on all territorial units of the State Forests (searchable), * District Court in Warsaw (SO w Warszawie) – Register of Political Parties (searchable); Register of Pension Funds (searchable only in person; however, the bulk of the data may be obtained from the combined search engine of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority - see below); Register of Investment Funds (searchable only in person; however, the bulk of the data may be obtained from the combined search engine of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority - see below); Register of Family Foundations * Ministry of Foreign Affairs – List of European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation registered in Poland (downloadable list) * Ministry of Infrastructure – info-car.pl website operated under contract with the Ministry by the Polish Security Printing Works – database of voivodeship road traffic centers (searchable) Notably absent are: * a central register of public cultural institutions. Each of the actual or potential parent entities (a ministry, a central government agency, or a territorial self-government unit) is obligated to maintain its own register of subordinate public cultural institutions, which results in almost 3000 separate official registers of such institutions, operated in various forms and independently of each other, each containing only a few to a dozen entries (if any), available on website of each of the parent entities; * a register of homeowner association, homeowner communities * a register of common land communitiesOther general official business registers
* Ministry of Justice (Poland), Ministry of Justice (MS): **National Register of the Indebted (''Krajowy Rejestr Zadłużonych'') — insolvency register separate from the KRS, designed to include entries on insolvent debtors: either private natural persons (e.g. child support, maintenance or tax debtors, consumer bankrupts), entrepreneurs, or any other legal entities, regardless whether they are registered in the National Court Register or the Central Registration and Information on Business ; (searchable) ** Register of Pledges (''Rejestr Zastawów'') – allows to submit an inquiry concerning registered (thus legally binding) pledges and voluntary specific liens put on a collateral, either a movable, such as a vehicle (a road vehicle, a rolling stock vehicle, an aircraft, a boat, or a ship, excluding ships registered by one of the 2 maritime chambers in the Register of Ships, because they are covered by a dedicated instrument called ship mortgage), other types of machines, a Gun control, controlled weapon, a movable object of cultural property, or on a security, as well as on an intellectual property right; the register is connected to the relevant vehicle, security, or intellectual property right register, in cases, where such exists ; ** Land and Mortgage Register (''Elektroniczne Księgi Wieczyste'') – contains official and legally binding entries (done by selected ''sąd rejonowy'' courts) on real estate rights (including ownership), obligations (such as any pledges or liens), as well as warnings concerning unsettled or ongoing claims, any detected outdated entries (e.g. a dead person or a dissolved entity listed as owner), or any detected discrepancies with the referenced relevant Land and Buildings Records (the cadaster) entry – search by the register number (searchable); ** National Criminal Register (Poland), National Criminal Register (''Krajowy Rejestr Karny'') – contains entries on all entities convicted and sentenced for a felony or crime, or for a fiscal felony or crime, either natural persons (including entrepreneurs), or (in selected types of felony or crime) juridical persons or other collective legal entities (such as trade partnerships) (access to data on a person or an entity is available on a paid request by the person or the entity concerned; on a paid request by an employer, in cases concerning a job restricted by law to unconvicted persons; on a paid request by a juridical person or other collective legal entity, in cases concerning membership of its governing body, status of its authorized signaotory, or acquisition of its shares, when restricted by law to unconvicted persons; on a free-of-charge-demand by an authorized public institution or authorities of another EU state (or a non-EU state, under an international agreement, or under the principle of reciprocity) ); * Central Office of Geodesy (Land Survey) and Cartography – Geoportal – provides access to the: ** Land and Buildings Records (EGiB) – the official cadaster of land, buildings, and owner-occupancy, owner-occupancies, ** Geodetic Records of Utilities Networks (GESUT) – the official cadaster of public infrastructure, utilities networks, * Ministry of Finance (MF) – Central Register of Beneficial Owners (CRBR) – a register of ultimate beneficial owners (searchable) * National Fiscal Administration (KAS) ** Central Register of Entities – National Register of Taxpayers – tax register which assigns the Tax Identification Number (NIP) to all taxable entities, including companies, with the exception of natural persons not registered in the Central Registration and Information on Business, as they are required to use their Personal Identification Number (PESEL) instead of NIP for tax purposes. It is mandatory to include both seller's and buyer's NIP on all invoices (excluding those concerning consumer sales to private natural persons, where only the seller's NIP is required); its validation is available online (NIP validity check) ; *** List of VAT Taxpayers (so-called VAT white list) – list of registered, unregistered and deleted entities and restored to the VAT register (VAT status check by NIP); **** List of EU VAT Taxpayers – includes those Polish taxpayers who obtained registration allowing to perform intra-community supply transactions and to use their NIP with the ''PL-'' prefix as their EU VAT number; not mandatory for VAT-exempt entities involved in intra-commumity supply transactions worth altogether less than 50000PLN in the given year, unless they do not perform services by delegating their employees to another EU country (EU VAT status check available through the EU-operatedSector-specific registers and lists of regulated activities
* Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) – register of securities listed on an exchange or on an alternative trading system; registers of various types of regulated financial entities (list incomplete): banks, co-operative banks, credit unions, pension funds, insurance companies, life insurance companies, mutual insurance companies, investment funds, stock exchanges, alternative trading systems, and commodities exchanges. A combined search engine. * Polish Bar Council (NRA) – National Register of Barristers (and their offices) (searchable); * National Chamber of Attorneys at Law (KIRP) – List of Attorneys at Law (and their offices) (searchable); * National Council of Notaries (KRN) – List of notarial offices (searchable), available also through the EU e-Justice Portal (searchable), as well as the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (searchable) * Polish Agency for Audit Oversight (PANA) – List of Audit Firms (searchable); * National Chamber of Tax Advisors (KIDP) – Register of Juridical Persons Authorized to Perform Tax Advisory Activities (downloadable list); List of Tax Advisors (and either their offices, in the forms of sole tradeship, registered partnerships, limited partnerships, limited joint-stock partnerships, professional partnerships, or of juridical persons employing them) (downloadable list) * Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) – List of Patent Attorneys (and either their offices, in the forms of sole tradeship, registered partnerships, limited partnerships, limited joint-stock partnerships, professional partnerships, or of juridical persons employing them) (searchable) * Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (MSWiA) – Register of Undertakings Licensed to Manufacture and Trade Explosives, Arms, Ammunition, and Devices or Technologies Designated for Police or Military Use (searchable); Register of Undertakings Performing Private Investigator Services (searchable); Register of Undertakings Licensed to Perform Personal and Property Protection Services (non-searchable); Register of Entities Performing Professional Lobbying Activities (downloadable list); * Ministry of Finance (Poland), Ministry of Finance (MF) – List of licensed casinos (downloadable list); List of licensed bookmakers and licensed internet gambling entities (downloadable list); * Ministry of National Education (Poland), Ministry of National Education (MEN) – Register of Schools and Educational Institutions – public and private schools and educational institutions, excluding higher education (searchable) * Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) – List of Non-Public Higher Education Institutions – list of licensed non-public universities and colleges (searchable) * Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (Poland), Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (MRPiPS) – National Register of Employment Agencies (searchable); Register of Nurseries and Children's Clubs (searchable); Register of Social Assistance Units – register of public and private entities such as retirement homes, assisted living homes (but not nursing homes, as they are considered healthcare entities) (searchable) * Ministry of Health (Poland), Ministry of Health (MZ) ** Register of Entities Performing Medical Activities (RPWDL) , consists of: *** Register of Health Entities - includes public and private, commercial and non-commercial healthcare entities, registered by the relevant voivode, without caps on the numbers of medical professionals employed or (in case of private entities) specific restrictions on legal form or stakeholder composition of the entity; assigns an identification number (''kod resortowy'') to the whole entity, with an extension number for each of its organisational units; the catalogue of the covered types includes among others: hospitals, larger clinics (including dental), health spa entities, nursing homes, hospices, medical transport entities, diagnostic medical laboratories (obligated to register also on the List of Diagnostic Medical Laboratories of the National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians (KIDL), as well as stores (dispensaries) employing qualified medical technicians or craftsmen, involved in retail, fitting and repairs of various medical prosthetic devices (such as glasses, dental prostheses, hearing aides, orthopaedic devices); *** registers of individual and group professional practices of physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives, and physiotherapists (but excluding pharmacists, as pharmacies are registered in a separate register - see below, and laboratory diagnosticians, as a medical laboratory is in any case a health entity or a part of one - see above), operated by the respective regulatory colleges, with legal entity types limited exclusively to sole proprietorship in the case of individual practices, as well as to two types of trade partnerships (registered partnership or professional partnership) in the case of group practices; services are provided primarily by their owners, while employment of other-than-owner members of the same medical profession is generally prohibited, except for only a few specific situations, such as hiring for professional training, or hiring a temporary substitution during the owner's absence (searchable); ** Register of Pharmacies - with the State Pharmaceutical Inspection organs fulfilling the role of registration authority; includes community pharmacy, community pharmacies, community dispensaries (scope-limited, allowed exclusively in rural areas lacking otherwise a pharmacy), establishment pharmacies (in prisons or military garrisons), hospital pharmacy, hospital pharmacies, hospital dispensary, dispensaries other than pharmacies (scope-limited, fulfilling basic dispensary tasks, with more advanced functions outsourced to an external hospital pharmacy), the latter two types required to be also included as a unit of the parent entity in the Register of Heath Entities (searchable); ** Register of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (searchable) * National Health Fund (NFZ) – ''Central List of Healthcare Providers (CWŚ)'' – a public contract list of public and private healthcare providers operating under a contract with the NFZ within the general health insurance system (searchable) * State Sanitary Inspection - Register of Establishments Producing or Marketing Food Subject to the Official Control of the State Sanitary Inspection (non-searchable) - includes farmers cultivating plants, wholesalers, retailers and other undertakings involved in production, processing or marketing of food intended for human consumption, other than production, processing or marketing of animal-derived food already supervised by the Veterinary Inspection), as well as all gastronomy establishments, and producers or recyclers of materials designated for contact with food intended for human consumption; Register of Cosmetic Product Producers (non-searchable); List of designated yellow fever vaccination centers (downloadable list) * State Pharmaceutical Inspection (PIF) – Register of Manufacturers and Importers of Medicinal Products (searchable); National Register of Manufacturers, Importers and Distributors of Active Substances (searchable); * Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products (URPLWMiPB) – Register of Medicinal Products and the Register of Marketing Aurhorization Holders – register of all medicines with market authorization in Poland; including those authorized by the European Medicines Agency ; Record of manufacturers of active substances used in the manufacture of veterinary medicinal products with anabolic, anti-infectious, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, hormonal or psychotropic properties (non-searchable); * Polish Medicines Verification Organisation Foundation (KOWAL) - national operator of the European Medicines Verification System (non-searchable) * National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians (KIDL) – List of Diagnostic Medical Laboratories – list of healthcare entities operating a clinical laboratory (searchable) * Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MRiRW) – Register of entities producing or bottling wine products (downloadable list); Register of entities producing or processing ethyl alcohol (downloadable list); Register of entities producing tobacco products (downloadable list); Register of entities producing or bottling liquor drinks (downloadable list); (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies); * Veterinary Inspection (IW) – Lists and registers of supervised establishments, including: production, processing and marketing of meat, eggs, fish, milk, and dairy, production and marketing of animal feed, list of veterinary pharmaceutical wholesalers (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies) (downloadable lists); * Polish National Veterinary Chamber (KILW) - List of Veterinary Care Establishments (searchable) * State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service (PIORiN) – various registers of undertakings performing activities related to plant health, plant protection products and equipment used to apply them, seed production, as well as integrated plant production (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies) (partially available as downloadable lists); * National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR) (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies) – Register of biocomponent producers (downloadable list); Register of entities importing biocomponents (downloadable list); Register of farmers producing biofuels for their own use (downloadable list); Register of agricultural biogas producers (downloadable list); Register of first purchasers of cow milk (downloadable list); * Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMiR) – Register of Producers, Agricultural Holdings and Applications for Payment Entitlements – system operated for the purposes of state-funded, EU-funded or co-funded payment mechanisms in agriculture and fisheries; its constituent Register of Producers includes agricultural producers, animal holders, beneficiaries of fisheries programmes, organizations of producers, entities operating a rendering plant, and potential beneficiaries, as well as their farmę agricultural holdings (non-searchable); (some of these lists also include individual farmers whose farms have not been registered as companies); * Ministry of Sport and Tourism (Poland), Ministry of Sport and Tourism (MSiT) – Central List of Hotel Establishments – list of officially rated establishments providing legally specified services, including room service, bed-making and cleaning of sanitary facilities, at least on a daily basis, classified as: hotels, motels, boarding houses (all are rated category * to *****), trail shelters (rated „compliant”), inns, youth hostels, school youth hostels (all rated category I to III), as well as camping sites (rated category * to ****) and tent camp sites (rated „compliant”); it does not include certain other unrated and unclassified accommodation facilities (prohibited from using any of the abovementioned protected designations of type or category in their facility or company name), registered on a communal list only, such as hostels, holiday centres/dwellings, holiday youth centres, training-recreational centres, creative arts centres, complexes of tourist cottages, rooms for guests in private houses, private lodgings, rooms in spa healthcare entities, or agritourism facilities operated by farmers (searchable); List of Polish Sports Unions (list) * Insurance Guarantee Fund (UFG) – Central Records of Tour Operators and Entrepreneurs Facilitating Linked Travel Arrangements (searchable); Database of Compulsory Vehicle Liability Insurance (insurance check by registration number) * Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) – Register of Postal Operators (searchable); Register of Telecommunications Undertakings (searchable); Register of Maritime and Inland Ship Radio Station Permits with assigned ship callsigns, MMSI and Automatic Transmitter Identification System (marine), ATIS numbers (downloadable list); registers of various other permits, including radiocommunication, radio and TV broadcasting permits (concerning exclusively technical aspects, while the issues such as awarding radio and TV broadcasting licenses, assessment of proposed format or evaluation of already broadcast content, are handled by the Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji, National Broadcasting Council (see below) * Energy Regulatory Office (URE) – registries of various types of energy undertakings (list incomplete): holders of concessions for trade of liquid fuels, holders of concessions for trade of fuels other than liquid; electric energy distributors, operators of electric energy transmission systems; natural gas distributors, operators of natural gas transmission systems, natural gas storage facilities, natural gas liquefaction facilities, liquid natural gas regasification facilities. (downloadable lists) * Polish Centre for Accreditation - list of accredited organisations (includes: testing, medical and calibration laboratories; management systems, persons and product certification bodies, inspection bodies etc.) * Civil Aviation Authority (Poland), Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) – List of Licensed Air Carriers, List of Holders of Air Operator Certificate (downloadable lists); List of holders of permits to provide ground handling services to third parties (downloadable list); List of Holders of Airport Handling Agent Certificate (downloadable list); List of Holders of Permits for Airport Management (downloadable list); Register of Civil Aerodromes, List of Officially Listed Civil Airfields (downloadable lists); * Polish Register of Shipping – ship classification society recognized at national, EU (both maritime and inland shipping), and IMO levels, member of International Association of Classification Societies; it brokers assignment of the IMO number (earchable) * Inland Navigation Offices (in Bydgoszcz, Szczecin and Warsaw) - Register of Ships Capable of Navigating on Inland European Waters – assigns the ENI number to vessels requiring classification by an EU-recognised inland ship classification society for navigation in EU inland waterways, upon their registration either in the Register of Inland Waterways Vessels or in the Register of Yachts and Other Vessels up to 24 m in Length (non-searchable); * Office of Rail Transport (UTK) – List of licensed rail carriers (downloadable list); * Inspection of Road Transport (ITD) – Polish Registry of Road Transport Undertakings (searchable) * State Geological Institute-State Research Institute/State Geological Service (PIG-PIB/PSG) – System of management and protection of mineral resources in Poland – MIDAS – register of deposits, mining areas and mining countries as well as related concessions, synonymous with a mining cadaster (searchable) * Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji, National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) – List of public broadcasters ; List of licensed broadcasters, registered internet TV broadcasters, cable TV network and satellite TV platform operatorsPortugal
* Citizen Portal – Company search * Ministry of Justice (Portugal), Ministry of Justice – Entity SearchRomania
* Ministry of Public Finance (Romania), Ministry of Public Finance – Business search * Ministry of Justice (Romania), Ministry of Justice – The National Trade Register Office (ONRC) * Financial Supervisory Authority * Bucharest Stock Exchange – Companies directorySlovakia
*Companies Register of the Slovak Republic — searchable directory. (languages: Slovak language, Slovak, English)Slovenia
* Slovenian Business Register (ePRS) — maintained by the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES). ePRS includes companies (partnerships and corporations), sole proprietors, legal entities governed by private law, societies, natural persons performing registered or regulated activities, subsidiaries and other divisions of business entities and main offices of foreign business entities. (languages: interface in Slovene language, Slovene, English, German, Italian; information in Slovene, English) * Firmica.si — provides company formation services in Slovenia; not an official registry *List of taxable legal entities (Financial Administration) — (languages: Slovene) * Central Securities Clearing Corporation * List of public companies (Securities Market Agency)Spain
* Central Mercantile Registry (, RMC) — subscription service providing legal Information of companies, statistics, and company names. (languages: English, French, German, Spanish). * Association of Spanish Property & Commercial Registers — subscription service * National Securities Market Commission (Spain), National Securities Market Commission (''Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores''), search by entity — (languages: Spanish)Sweden
* Swedish Companies Registration Office, Companies Registration Office ( Swedish: ''Bolagsverket'') — (languages: Swedish, some English) * Financial Supervisory Authority (Sweden), Financial Supervisory Authority: **Listed company search (''Börsinformation'') **Company registerAfghanistan
* Minister of Commerce and Industries (Afghanistan), Minister of Commerce and Industries – Central Business RegistryAlbania
* National Business Center (''Qendra Kombetare e Biznesit'')Algeria
*The National Center of The Trade Register (''Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC)'')Andorra
* Oficina de MarquesAngola
* Ministry of Justice and Human Rights – Central Register of Business Names (''Ficheiro Central de Denominações Sociais'') (not searchable) * Minister of Finance (Angola), Ministry of Finance – Registry of State SuppliersAntigua and Barbuda
* Financial Services Regulatory Commission (not searchable)Argentina
* Ministry of Justice and Human Rights * Official Gazette (Click on "Sociedades") * Federal Administration of Public Revenue – tax identification number (''CUIT'') check * National Securities Commission – Issuers * National Procurement Office – Providers * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship – Directory of Importers/ExportersArmenia
* Ministry of Justice – State Register of the Legal Entities * Tax Service – Taxpayers * Central Bank of Armenia – Listed CompaniesAustralia
* Australian Securities and Investments Commission – Search ASIC Registers * Australian Securities and Investments Commission – Datasets * Australian Business Number, Australian Business Register – Australian Business Number Lookup * Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations – Search CorporationsAzerbaijan
* Ministry of Taxes (Azerbaijan), Ministry of Taxes – State Register of Business Entities * Ministry of Taxes – Businesses engaged in productionBahamas
* Registrar General's DepartmentBangladesh
* Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and FirmsBahrain
* Ministry of Industry & Commerce * Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Members Search * Central Bank of Bahrain – CBB RegisterBarbados
* Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office – RegistrantsBelarus
*Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs — Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, Ministry of Justice (In Russian)Belize
* International Business Companies Registry of BelizeBenin
* Ministry of Industry, Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises – Business Registry (''GUFE'')Bhutan
* Ministry of Economic Affairs (not searchable)Bolivia
* Registry of Commerce (''Fundempresa'')Bosnia and Herzegovina
* and Brčko District: **Registers of Business Entities **Registry of Securities – Issuers * : **Registers of Business Entities **Central Registry of Securities – IssuersBotswana
*Companies and Intellectual Property AuthorityBrazil
* BM&F Bovespa – Listed Companies * Ministry of Finance (Brazil), Ministry of Finance – Federal Revenue – Legal entity tax identification number (CNPJ) search * State registries ** Department of Business Registration and Integration (DREI) – Map of commercial registries (''juntas comerciais'')Brunei
* Brunei Attorney General's ChamberBurkina Faso
* House of Enterprises (''Maison de l'Entreprise'') – Company searchBurundi
* Investment Promotion Authority (not searchable)Cambodia
* Ministry of Commerce (Cambodia), Ministry of Commerce – Business RegistrationCameroon
* Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Company Directory * Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Database of Industrial Enterprises * Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development – Business Directory (''Annuaire des entreprises'') * National Institute of Statistics – List of companiesCanada
* Corporations Canada – Search for a Federal Corporation *Canada's Business Registries *Provincial and territorial registriesCape Verde
* Official GazetteCentral African Republic
* Ministry of Commerce and Industry * Ministry for the Promotion of Small and Medium EnterprisesChad
* Business Formalities Center of National Agency for Investments and Exports of Chad.Chile
* Registry of Commerce of Santiago * Official gazette * Securities and Insurance Supervisor * Ministry of Finance (Chile), Ministry of Finance – Directory of ProvidersChina, People's Republic of
* State Administration for Market Regulation * Credit China * Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Commerce – Corporate Credit Rating System * State Administration of Taxation – Corporate credit rating inquiry * Provincial, sub-provincial and municipal registries **Anhui, Anhui Province – Anhui Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Hefei – Hefei Administration for Industry and Commerce **Beijing – Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce **Chongqing – Chongqing Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Chongqing – Chongqing Enterprise Credit Information System **Fujian, Fujian Province – Fujian Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Fujian Province – Fujian Enterprise Credit Information System ***Fuzhou – Fuzhou Enterprise Credit Information System ***Xiamen – Xiamen Enterprise Credit Information System **Gansu – Gansu Administration for Industry and Commerce **Guangdong – Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Guangzhou – Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce *** Guangzhou – Guangzhou Commercial Registration Information ***Shenzhen – Market Supervision Administration of Shenzhen Municipality *** Shenzhen – Shenzhen Enterprise Credit Information System **Guangxi – Guangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce **Guizhou – Guizhou Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Guizhou Province – Guizhou Enterprise Credit Information System ***Guiyang – Guiyang Administration for Industry and Commerce **Hainan – Hainan Administration for Industry and Commerce **Hebei – Hebei Administration for Industry and Commerce **Heilongjiang – Heilongjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Heilongjiang Province – Heilongjiang Enterprise Credit Information System ***Harbin – Harbin Enterprise Credit Information System **Henan – Henan Administration for Industry and Commerce **Hubei – Hubei Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Wuhan – Wuhan Administration for Industry and Commerce **Hunan – Hunan Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Hunan Province – Hunan Enterprise Credit Information System **Inner Mongolia – Inner Mongolia Administration for Industry and Commerce * Inner Mongolia – Inner Mongolia Enterprise Credit Information System **Jiangsu -– Jiangsu Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Wuxi – Wuxi Enterprise Credit Information System **Jiangxi – Jiangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce **Jilin – Jilin Administration for Industry and Commerce **Liaoning – Liaoning Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Liaoning Province – Liaoning Enterprise Credit Information System ***Dalian – Dalian Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Dandong – Dandong Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Shenyang – Shenyang Administration for Industry and Commerce **Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region – Ningxia Administration for Industry and Commerce **Qinghai – Qinghai Administration for Industry and Commerce **Shaanxi – Shaanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Shaanxi Province – Shaanxi enterprise credit information system ***Xi'an – Xi'an Administration for Industry and Commerce **Shandong – Shandong Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Dongying – Dongying Enterprise Credit Information System ***Qingdao – Qingdao Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Weihai – Weihai Administration for Industry and Commerce **Shanghai – Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce **Shanxi – Shanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce **Sichuan – Sichuan Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Sichuan Province – Sichuan Enterprise Credit Information System ***Chengdu – Chengdu Administration for Industry and Commerce **Tianjin – Tianjin City Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Binhai – Binhai company search **Tibet Autonomous Region – Tibet Administration for Industry and Commerce **Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – Xinjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce **Yunnan – Yunnan Administration for Industry and Commerce ***Kunming – Kunming Administration for Industry and Commerce **Zhejiang – Zhejiang Administration for Industry and Commerce ** Zhejiang Province – Zhejiang Enterprise Credit Information System ***Hangzhou – Hangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce *** Hangzhou – Hangzhou Enterprise Credit Information System *Special Administrative Territories ** Hong Kong *** Hong Kong Integrated Companies Registry Information System (ICRIS) – Companies Register ***Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong), Inland Revenue Department – Business Registration Number Enquiry ***Securities and Futures Commission – Public Register of Licensed Persons and Registered Institutions **Macau ***Government Printing Bureau (Macau), Government Printing Bureau *** Directorate of Justice Affairs Services (not searchable)China, Republic of (Taiwan)
* Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan), Ministry of Economic Affairs **Company Registration Enquiry **Business registration lists **Business registration lists (by municipality) **List of Taiwanese companies in mainland China **List of Taiwanese companies doing business outside of Taiwan **List of non-Taiwanese companies registered in Taiwan * Taiwan Stock Exchange – Market Observation Post SystemColombia
* Unified Commercial and Social Registry (''RUES'') * Superintendency of Corporations **Business Check **''SIREM'' Company Search * Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia – Comprehensive Stock Market Information System (''SIMEV'')Congo, Democratic Republic of the
* Ministry of Justice and Human Rights – Business Registry (''Guichet unique'')Congo, Republic of the
* National Center for Statistics and Economic Studies – "''Base de données''" * Official gazetteCook Islands
* Financial Supervisory Commission – Registrar's Office (not searchable)Costa Rica
* National Registry * General Directorate Of Taxation (DGT) – Company check * Government Procurement System – Provider searchCôte d'Ivoire
* Center for Investment Promotion – Company searchCuba
* National Office of Statistics – RegistriesDanish realms
*: Company Registration Authority *: Greenland Business Register — (language: Danish language, Danish)Djibouti
* Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC) – Official BulletinDominica
* Companies and Intellectual Property Office – Name searchDominican Republic
* Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) – Tax-paying companies search * Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) – Companies without operations * National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) – Trade name search * General Directorate of Public Procurement – Provider search * Santo Domingo – Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce and ProductionDutch Caribbean
Dutch Caribbean: *: Aruba Chamber of Commerce and Industry *: Bonaire Commercial Register * : Curaçao Chamber of Commerce & Industry * **: Sint Eustatius and Saba Commercial Register **: Sint Eustatius and Saba Commercial Register **: St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (not searchable)Ecuador
* Superintendency of Companies * Internal Revenue Service (SRI) – Company check * National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) – Business Directory * National Secretariat of Policy Management – Directory of Social Organizations * Official Public Procurement System – Provider searchEgypt
* Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade (Egypt), Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade – Egyptian International Trade Point * General Authority for Free Zones and InvestmentEl Salvador
* National Center of Registries – List of registered businesses * Official Gazette search * Salvadoran Institute of Social Security – Solvent companies * Public Procurement Unit (UNAC) – List of providersEritrea
* Ministry of Information – Official journal (''Haddas Ertra'')Ethiopia
* Ministry of Trade * Ministry of TourismFiji
* Fiji Government – Companies and Business RegistrationGabon
* Investment Promotion Agency (''Centre de Développement des Entreprises'') (not searchable)Gambia
* iCommerce RegistryGeorgia
* D&B Report Guide Georgia — summary of legal forms and filing requirements. (languages: Georgian language, Georgian only) *Public Registry — (languages: Georgian only)Ghana
* Registrar General's Department * Public Procurement Authority – Registered Suppliers and ContractorsGrenada
* Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (not searchable)Guatemala
* Mercantile Registry * State Procurement System – Provider searchGuinea
* Investment Promotion AgencyGuyana
* Ministry of Legal Affairs – Deeds Registry (not searchable) * ''The Official Gazette of Guyana'' * Georgetown – Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Directory of MembersHaiti
* Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Haiti), Ministry of Commerce and Industry – Electronic Commerce RegistryHong Kong
* Business Registration Office (of the Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong), Inland Revenue Department) * Companies Registry (Hong Kong), Companies RegistryHonduras
* Chamber of Commerce and Industry * Executive Directorate of Income – company tax identification code (''RTN'') check * State Office Procurement (ONCAE) – Provider searchIndia
* Ministry of Corporate Affairs – Find Company/LLPIndonesia
* Ministry of Industry – Industrial Company Directory * Ministry of Trade – Corporate Directory * Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) * Indonesia Charter bus – TransportationIran
* Iranian Judiciary System - under (SSAA) Legal Entities National ID Portal Official Journal (RRK) older archived url https://web.archive.org/web/gazette.ir * Official Journal (Dastour) * Tehran – Tehran Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Mines – Trade DirectoryIraq
* Ministry of Trade (Iraq), Ministry of Trade – Iraq Registrar of Companies * Baghdad – Chamber of Commerce – Companies Search * Erbil – Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Companies ListIsrael
* Justice Ministry (Israel), Justice Ministry – Israeli Corporations Authority * Justice Ministry – Israeli Corporations Authority – Additional details available in company extract * Israel Securities Authority – List of Public Companies * Ministry of Construction (Israel), Ministry of Construction – Contractors RegistrarJamaica
* Office of the Registrar of Companies * National Contracts Commission – Registered ContractorsJapan
* Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry – Company SearchJordan
* Companies Control Department * Ministry of Industry and Trade – Trade Names * Securities Depository Center (Jordan), Securities Depository Center – Public Shareholding CompaniesKazakhstan
* Ministry of Justice – Database of legal entities * State Revenue Committee – Legal entities * Business LicensesKenya
* State Law Office – Registrar General (not searchable) * National Construction Authority – Registered ContractorsKiribati
* Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives (not searchable)Kosovo
* Ministry of Trade and Industry – Business Registration AgencyKuwait
* Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Company Search * Kuwait Stock Exchange – Listed CompaniesKyrgyzstan
* Ministry of Justice – Register of Legal EntitiesLaos
* Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Laos), Ministry of Industry and Commerce – Registered EnterprisesLebanon
* Investment Development Authority of LebanonLesotho
* Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and MarketingLiberia
* Liberia Business RegistryLibya
* Libyan Commercial Registry. Available only for Libyan residents after registration.Madagascar
* Economic Development Board of Madagascar – List of companies * General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) – Taxable entity searchMalawi
* Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs – Registrar General (not searchable)Malaysia
* Companies Commission of Malaysia – Company search * Labuan – Labuan Financial Services AuthorityMaldives
* Ministry of Economic DevelopmentMali
* Investment Promotion AgencyMarshall Islands
* Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate AdministratorsMauritania
* Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (Click on "''Répertoires des entreprises''")Mauritius
* Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Mauritius), Ministry of Finance and Economic Development – Corporate and Business Registration DepartmentMexico
* Secretariat of Economy **National Business Information Registry (SIEM) **Company name search **Integrated System of Registry Management (SIGER) – list of all state and municipal commercial registries * Mexican Institute of Industrial Property – Trade name search * Registry of Suppliers and Contractors (RUPC) * ProMéxico – Directory of Exporters * State registriesMicronesia, Federated States of
* Registrar of Companies – Listing of FSM CorporationsMoldova
* Licensing Chamber * Ministry of Justice (Moldova), Ministry of Justice **State Registration Chamber **State Register of non-profit Organizations * State Tax Service **Taxable entity search – search by Unique State Identification Number (IDNO) **List of taxable entitiesMonaco
* Registry of Commerce and IndustryMontenegro
* Central Registry of Business Entities * Montenegro Stock Exchange – Company searchMongolia
* General Authority for State RegistrationMorocco
* Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) * Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) * Financial Markets Authority (CDVM) – Listed Companies *Casablanca – Register of Commerce *Fez, Morocco, Fès – Register of Commerce *Marrakesh, Marrakech – Register of Commerce *Meknes, Meknès – Register of Commerce *Oujda – Register of Commerce *Rabat – Register of Commerce *Salé – Register of Commerce *Tangier – Register of CommerceMozambique
* Bulletin of the RepublicMyanmar
* Directorate of Investment and Company AdministrationNamibia
* Business and Intellectual Property AuthorityNauru
* Registrar of CorporationsNepal
* Office of Company RegistrarNew Zealand
* Companies Office – Search for companies, company directors or shareholdersNicaragua
* Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade * General Revenue Service (DGI) – Business search * General Directorate of State Procurement – Provider searchNiger
* National Institute of Statistics – Directory of CompaniesNigeria
* Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria, Corporate Affairs Commission * Bureau of Public Procurement – Registered ContractorsNiue
* Companies Office of NiueNorth Macedonia
* Central Registry * Securities and Exchange Commission – Registry of joint stock companiesOman
* Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Oman), Ministry of Commerce and Industry – Search Company Listings * Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Trade DirectoryPakistan
* Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan – Company Name SearchPalau
* Office of the Attorney General – Registrar of Corporations (not searchable)Palestine
* Ministry of National Economy – Companies RegistryPanama
* Public Registry of Panama * PanadataPapua New Guinea
* Investment Promotion Authority – Entity SearchParaguay
* Ministry of Finance – Taxable entity search * Undersecretary of State Taxation (SET) – company tax identification number (''RUC'') check * National Directorate of Public Procurement – Provider searchPeru
* National Superintendency of Public Registries (SUNARP) * National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) * National Superintendency for Banks, Insurance Companies and Pension Fund Administrators (SBS) * National Superintendency for the Securities Market (SMV) - Supervised companies search * Supervisory Agency for State Contracts (OSCE) – Provider searchPhilippines
* Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines), Department of Trade and Industry – Business Name Registration SystemQatar
* Ministry of Business and Trade – Companies Control Department (''Hukoomi'') * Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Business Directory * Qatar Financial Centre Authority – Public RegisterRussia
* Federal Tax Service (Russia), Federal Tax Service – Unified State Register of Legal Entities * National Classifier of Enterprises and OrganizationsRwanda
* Office of the Registrar General (ORG) * Rwanda Revenue Authority – VAT Registered TaxpayersSan Marino
* Trade RegisterSaint Kitts and Nevis
* Financial Services Regulatory Commission – Registrar of Companies * Nevis Financial Regulatory Services CommissionSaint 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 OfficeSamoa
* Samoa Business RegistrySão Tomé and Príncipe
* Ministry of Justice – Company RegistrySaudi Arabia
* Ministry of Commerce and Industry * Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority – License Search * Riyadh – Riyadh Chamber of Commerce & Industry * Jeddah – Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Business DirectorySenegal
* Business Creation Support BureauSerbia
* Serbian Business Registers Agency — runs three registers. (languages: Serbian language, Serbian) **Business Register — business entities and entrepreneurs **Register of Pledges over Movable Property and Rights **Register of Financial Leasing *Central Securities Depository and Clearing House — includes ownership structure of companies * Public Company Register — maintained by the Securities Commission. (languages: Serbian) * Lists of Providers of Financial Services (National Bank of Serbia)Seychelles
* Seychelles Business Register (onshore companies only) * Seychelles Financial Services Authority (not searchable)Sierra Leone
* Office of the Administrator and Registrar GeneralSingapore
* Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority – Entity search * Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore – GST Registered Business Search * Monetary Authority of Singapore – Financial Institutions DirectorySolomon Islands
* Solomon Islands Business RegistrySouth Africa
* Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)South Korea
* Start-Biz Online * Small and Medium Business Administration * Supreme Court of Korea, Supreme Court – Registry * Financial Supervisory Service (South Korea), Financial Supervisory Service – Repository of Korea's Corporate FilingsSouth Sudan
* Ministry of Justice (South Sudan), Ministry of Justice – Business Registry (not searchable)Sri Lanka
* Department of Registrar of CompaniesSudan
* Ministry of Justice – Commercial Registrations DepartmentSuriname
* Chamber of Commerce and IndustrySwaziland
*Switzerland
— Swiss company registers are organized at cantonal level. (There are currently around 45 cantonal commercial registers in Switzerland.) * Central Business Names Index (''Zefix'') — maintained by the Federal Commercial Registry Office. Contains information of corporate bodies (corporations, corporations with unlimited partners, limited liability companies, co-operatives, non-profit associations and foundations) and public-law corporations registered in the Commercial Register. (languages: English, French, German, Italian) ** Swiss Commercial Gazette (SHAB) — officialTajikistan
* Tax Committee – Register of Legal EntitiesTanzania
* Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)Thailand
* Ministry of Commerce (Thailand), Ministry of Commerce – Department of Business DevelopmentTimor-Leste
* Institute for Business Support – Enterprises * Service Registry and Company Verification (not yet searchable) * Official GazetteTonga
* Business Registries OfficeTogo
* Business Start-up CenterTunisia
* Registry of Commerce * Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation – Directory of industrial enterprisesTurkey
* Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey – Turkish Trade Registry Gazette * Central Registration System (MERSİS) * Turkish Standards Institution – Company Search * Adana – Adana Chamber of Commerce – Trade Name Search * Aksaray – Aksaray Chamber of Commerce * Bursa – Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Search for Member Companies * Gaziantep – Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce – Member Search * Istanbul – Istanbul Chamber of Commerce – Company Search * Konya – Konya Chamber of Commerce – Company Directory * Mersin – Mersin Chamber of CommerceTrinidad and Tobago
* Companies Registry * Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission – Registered Companies, Individuals & SecuritiesUganda
* Uganda Registration Services Bureau * Register of ProvidersUkraine
* State Enterprise Information Resource Centre () — official, searchable companies register for Ukraine. (languages: Ukrainian only) * State Fiscal Service (Ukraine), State Fiscal Service: ** Business Search — (languages: Ukrainian only) ** Register of VAT payers — (languages: Ukrainian only) ** Register of Fixed (or single) tax payers — (languages: Ukrainian only) * State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets: **Integrated Information System — (languages: Ukrainian only) **Other registers — (languages: Ukrainian only) * Unified Register of Civic Organizations — maintained by the Ministry of Justice (Ukraine), Ministry of JusticeUnited Arab Emirates
* Economy of the United Arab Emirates#External links, Ministry of Economy – Business Name Search * Securities and Commodities Authority (UAE), 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 Global Market Registration Authority * 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 – 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 IndustryUnited Kingdom
* **Companies House — the official UK body to which List of companies of the United Kingdom A-J, UK companies must send their accounts. Companies House has two ways to search for company and director information: ***WebCHeck ***Disqualified Directors Register ** Financial Services Register (Financial Conduct Authority) * British Overseas Territories ** : Anguilla Financial Services — Anguilla Commercial Online Registration Network (ACORN) ** : Registrar of Companies ** : British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission, Financial Services Commission — Registry of Corporate Affairs (not searchable) ** : *** General Registry (subscription) *** Cayman Islands Monetary Authority — Search for Entities ** *** Companies House Gibraltar ** : Financial Services Commission — not searchable ** : Financial Services Commission, companies registry — not searchable * Crown Dependencies ** *** Guernsey Registry — includes the Bailiwick of Guernsey Intellectual Property Office which administers all trademark and design registrations and activities, and provides information on the intellectual property laws enacted in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick. ** *** The Companies Registry — responsible for the regulation of List of companies of the Isle of Man, Manx companies, as well as the administration of legislation relating to foreign companies, limited liability companies, business names, limited partnerships, and societies incorporated under the ''Industrial and Building Societies Acts''. It is part of the Isle of Man Government. There is a searchable directory. ** *** JFSC Companies Registry — maintained by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.United States
* U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – Search for Company Filings * State registries *District/Territorial registries +*Washington, D.C., District of Columbia – District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs – Corporations Division **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 – Division of Corporations and TrademarksUruguay
* Agency for Development of Electronic Government and Society of Information and Knowledge (AGESIC) – Incorporated businesses (''e-Diario'') * Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining – Directory of Industrial Enterprises * National Institute of Statistics – Directory of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises * Official Gazette search * State Purchasing and Contracting Agency – Provider search * Investment and Export Promotion Institute – Directory of ExportersUzbekistan
* Registration of limited, stock and other types of the companies are made on municipal level. Online registration of companies and register is available in the center of state services Bir Darcha.Vanuatu
* Vanuatu Financial Services CommissionVenezuela
* National Procurement Service (RNC) – Registered government contractor search * SENIAT – company tax identification code (''RIF'') check * Supreme Tribunal of Justice – Official Gazette * Autonomous Registries and Notaries Service (not searchable)Vietnam
* Ministry of Planning and Investment (Vietnam), Ministry of Planning and Investment – Agency of Business Registration * Ministry of Planning and Investment (Vietnam), Ministry of Planning and Investment – E-gazette search * Ministry of Finance (Vietnam), Ministry of Finance – General Department of Taxation – Taxpayer DirectoryYemen
* Ministry of Industry and TradeZambia
* Patents and Companies Registration Agency * Zambia Revenue Authority – Taxpayer Search (Click on "Other e-Services")Zimbabwe
* Department of Deeds, Companies & Intellectual PropertyOther
* the European Business Register Network (EBR) is a network of trade registers kept by the registration authorities in most of the European countriesSee also
* Legal Entity Identifier * Statistical business register * Corporate Registers Forum * European business register * OpenCorporates * List of financial regulatory authorities by country * List of offshore financial centres * List of stock exchangesReferences
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