Jurisdiction guides

AF

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Central Business Registry (ACBR)

AL

Albania

National Business Center (Qendra Kombëtare e Biznesit, QKB)

DZ

Algeria

Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC)

AD

Andorra

Registre de Societats Mercantils (Commercial Companies Register)

AO

Angola

Guiche Unico das Empresas (GUE)

AG

Antigua and Barbuda

Intellectual Property and Commerce Office (IPCO): Companies Registry

AR

Argentina

Inspección General de Justicia (IGJ) + provincial registries

AM

Armenia

State Register of Legal Entities (e-register.am)

AW

Aruba

Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aruba (Kamer van Koophandel en Nijverheid Aruba)

AU

Australia

ASIC Connect

AT

Austria

Firmenbuch (Commercial Register)

AZ

Azerbaijan

State Register of Commercial Entities (State Tax Service)

BS

Bahamas

Registrar General's Department (CARS)

BH

Bahrain

SIJILAT, Bahrain Commercial Registry

GG

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Guernsey Registry (Companies Registry)

JE

Bailiwick of Jersey

Jersey Companies Registry (Jersey Financial Services Commission)

BD

Bangladesh

Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC)

BB

Barbados

Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO)

BY

Belarus

Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs (Edinyi Gosudarstvennyi Registr, EGR)

BE

Belgium

KBO Public Search (Crossroads Bank for Enterprises)

BZ

Belize

Belize Companies Registry and Belize International Business Companies Registry

BJ

Benin

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM)

BM

Bermuda

Bermuda Registrar of Companies

BT

Bhutan

Office of the Registrar of Companies (RoC)

BO

Bolivia

Servicio Plurinacional de Registro de Comercio (SEPREC)

BA

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Registers of Business Entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (multi-registry system)

BW

Botswana

CIPA Online Business Registration System (OBRS)

BR

Brazil

Junta Comercial (state-level) + REDESIM + CNPJ (Receita Federal)

VG

British Virgin Islands

Registry of Corporate Affairs / VIRRGIN

BN

Brunei Darussalam

Registry of Companies and Business Names (ROCBN)

BG

Bulgaria

Targovski Registar (Commercial Register)

BF

Burkina Faso

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) / Centre de Formalites des Entreprises (CEFORE)

BI

Burundi

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM)

KH

Cambodia

Online Business Registration (OBR), Ministry of Commerce

CM

Cameroon

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Cameroun

CA

Canada

Corporations Canada

CV

Cape Verde

Registo Comercial (Commercial Register) via Casa do Cidadao / EASE

KY

Cayman Islands

General Registry / CORIS

CF

Central African Republic

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM)

TD

Chad

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM)

CL

Chile

Registro de Empresas y Sociedades (RES)

CN

China (People's Republic of China)

National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (国家企业信用信息公示系统, NECIPS)

CO

Colombia

Registro Único Empresarial y Social (RUES)

KM

Comoros

Registre du Commerce et de l'Industrie (RCI) / Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements (ANPI)

CG

Congo (Republic of the Congo)

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM)

CR

Costa Rica

Registro Nacional de Personas Juridicas

CI

Cote d'Ivoire

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Cote d'Ivoire

HR

Croatia

Sudski registar (Croatian Court Register)

CU

Cuba

Cámara de Comercio de la República de Cuba (CCIC) / MINCEX

CW

Curaçao

Kamer van Koophandel Curaçao (Chamber of Commerce Curaçao)

CY

Cyprus

Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property

CZ

Czech Republic

Obchodni rejstrik (Public Register)

CD

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM)

DK

Denmark

CVR (Centrale Virksomhedsregister)

DJ

Djibouti

Centre de Formalites des Entreprises (CFE) / Registre du Commerce

DM

Dominica

Companies and Intellectual Property Office (CIPO): Companies Registry

DO

Dominican Republic

Registro Mercantil (Camara de Comercio y Produccion de Santo Domingo)

EC

Ecuador

Portal de Informacion SUPERCIAS

EG

Egypt

General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Commercial Register

SV

El Salvador

Registro de Comercio de El Salvador

GQ

Equatorial Guinea

Registro Mercantil (Commercial Register) / Ministerio de Justicia y Cultos

ER

Eritrea

Ministry of Trade and Industry (business licensing authority)

EE

Estonia

Ariregister (Business Register)

SZ

Eswatini

Companies Registry / Companies Act 2009 Register

ET

Ethiopia

e-Trade Online Trade Registration and Licensing System (MOTI)

FM

Federated States of Micronesia

FSM Department of Finance and Administration - Business Licensing Division

FJ

Fiji

Registrar of Companies (ROC) e-Services

FI

Finland

Trade Register (Kaupparekisteri)

FR

France

Infogreffe (Greffe des Tribunaux de Commerce)

GA

Gabon

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) / Agence Nationale de Promotion des Investissements (ANPI)

GE

Georgia

Registry of Entrepreneurial and Non-Entrepreneurial Legal Entities (NAPR)

DE

Germany

Handelsregister (Federal Portal)

GH

Ghana

Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC)

GI

Gibraltar

Companies House Gibraltar

GR

Greece

GEMI (Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο / General Commercial Register)

GD

Grenada

Companies Registry of Grenada

GT

Guatemala

Registro Mercantil General de la Republica

GN

Guinea

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Guinee

GW

Guinea-Bissau

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Guinee-Bissau

GY

Guyana

Guyana Companies Registry (Deeds Registry)

HT

Haiti

Tribunal de Commerce / Office National de la Propriété Industrielle (ONAPI)

HN

Honduras

Registro Mercantil de Honduras

HK

Hong Kong

Companies Registry Cyber Search Centre (ICRIS)

HU

Hungary

Cegbírosag / Cegnyilvantartas (Company Court Registry)

IS

Iceland

Fyrirtækjaskrá (Company Register)

IN

India

MCA21

ID

Indonesia

Direktorat Jenderal Administrasi Hukum Umum (AHU) Online

IR

Iran

Iran Companies Registration Office (اداره ثبت شرکت‌ها و موسسات غیرتجاری)

IQ

Iraq

Companies Registration Department (CRD), Ministry of Trade

IE

Ireland

Companies Registration Office (CRO)

IM

Isle of Man

Isle of Man Companies Registry

IL

Israel

Israel Companies Registrar (Rasham HaChavarot)

IT

Italy

Registro Imprese (Business Register)

JM

Jamaica

Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ)

JP

Japan

Legal Affairs Bureau Corporate Registry (Touki)

JO

Jordan

Companies Control Department Registry

KZ

Kazakhstan

Statistical Business Register (Bureau of National Statistics)

KE

Kenya

Business Registration Service (BRS): eCitizen portal

KI

Kiribati

Registrar of Companies

XK

Kosovo

Business Registration Agency of Kosovo (Agjencia për Regjistrim të Bizneseve të Kosovës)

KW

Kuwait

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Commercial Registry

KG

Kyrgyzstan

Ministry of Justice State Registration Service

LA

Laos

National Enterprise Database (NED), Enterprise Registration and Management Department

LV

Latvia

Latvijas Republikas Uznemumu registrs (Register of Enterprises)

LB

Lebanon

Commercial Register (Registre du Commerce)

LS

Lesotho

Lesotho Companies Registry (Online Business Registration System)

LR

Liberia

Liberia Business Registry (Ministry of Commerce and Industry)

LY

Libya

Commercial Registry (Sijil al-Tijari) - GNU/Tripoli and LNA/Benghazi administrations

LI

Liechtenstein

Handelsregister des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (Commercial Register of Liechtenstein)

LT

Lithuania

Juridinių asmenų registras (Register of Legal Persons)

LU

Luxembourg

Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés (RCS Luxembourg)

MO

Macau SAR

Direcção dos Serviços de Identificação (DSI), Commercial Register

MG

Madagascar

Registre du Commerce et des Societes (RCS) Madagascar

MW

Malawi

Office of the Registrar of Companies and Agencies (ORCA)

MY

Malaysia

Companies Commission Malaysia (SSM) MyData

MV

Maldives

Maldives Business Registry (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade)

ML

Mali

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Mali

MT

Malta

Malta Business Registry (MBR)

MH

Marshall Islands

RMI Registrar of Corporations

MR

Mauritania

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Mauritanie

MU

Mauritius

Corporate and Business Registration Department (CBRD)

MX

Mexico

Registro Público de Comercio (RPC) + SIGER 2.0

MD

Moldova

State Register of Legal Entities (Registrul de Stat al Persoanelor Juridice)

MC

Monaco

Répertoire du Commerce et de l'Industrie (RCI)

MN

Mongolia

General Authority for State Registration (GASR)

ME

Montenegro

Centralni Registar Privrednih Subjekata (Central Registry of Business Entities)

MA

Morocco

Office Marocain de la Propriete Industrielle et Commerciale (OMPIC)

MZ

Mozambique

Conservatoria do Registo das Entidades Legais (CREL) / IPEX one-stop-shop

MM

Myanmar

Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) MyCO

NA

Namibia

Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) Namibia

NR

Nauru

Nauru Registrar of Corporations

NP

Nepal

Office of the Company Registrar (OCR)

NL

Netherlands

KVK Handelsregister (Business Register)

NZ

New Zealand

New Zealand Companies Register

NI

Nicaragua

Registro Mercantil de Nicaragua

NE

Niger

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Niger

NG

Nigeria

Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC): Companies Registration Portal (CRP)

KP

North Korea (DPRK)

No public registry

MK

North Macedonia

Central Registry of the Republic of North Macedonia (Централен регистар на Република Македонија, CRM)

NO

Norway

Brønnøysundregistrene (Foretaksregisteret + Enhetsregisteret)

OM

Oman

Invest Easy (Oman Business Platform)

PK

Pakistan

Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) eServices

PW

Palau

Office of the Registrar of Corporations, Republic of Palau

PA

Panama

Registro Público de Panamá

PG

Papua New Guinea

IPA Online Registry System

PY

Paraguay

Direccion General de los Registros Publicos (DGRP)

PE

Peru

Registro de Personas Jurídicas

PH

Philippines

SEC eSEARCH / DTI BNRS

PL

Poland

Krajowy Rejestr Sadowy (KRS) + CEIDG

PT

Portugal

Registo Nacional de Pessoas Colectivas (RNPC) + Registo Comercial

PR

Puerto Rico

Registro de Corporaciones y Entidades Legales: Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico

QA

Qatar

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Single Window

RO

Romania

Oficiul National al Registrului Comertului (ONRC)

RU

Russia

EGRUL (Единый государственный реестр юридических лиц, Unified State Register of Legal Entities)

RW

Rwanda

Office of the Registrar General (ORG)

KN

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Companies Registry: Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) / Nevis Island Administration

LC

Saint Lucia

Companies Registry of Saint Lucia

VC

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Financial Services Authority (FSA): Companies Registry

WS

Samoa

Samoa Business Registry

SM

San Marino

Registro delle Imprese (Business Register), Camera di Commercio di San Marino

ST

São Tomé and Príncipe

Conservatoria do Registo Comercial de Sao Tome e Principe

SA

Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Commerce Commercial Register (Wathq)

SN

Senegal

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Senegal

RS

Serbia

Serbian Business Registers Agency (APR / Агенција за привредне регистре)

SC

Seychelles

Seychelles Business Registry (FSA / Registrar of Companies)

SL

Sierra Leone

Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (OARG)

SG

Singapore

ACRA Bizfile+

SK

Slovakia

Obchodny register (Commercial Register)

SI

Slovenia

AJPES (Slovenian Business Register)

SB

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Companies Office

SO

Somalia

Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Federal Government of Somalia) - limited access

ZA

South Africa

Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)

KR

South Korea

Internet Registry Office (Iros)

SS

South Sudan

Ministry of Trade and Industry - Business Registry

ES

Spain

Registro Mercantil Central

LK

Sri Lanka

Department of the Registrar of Companies

PS

State of Palestine

Companies Registrar, Ministry of National Economy (Palestinian Authority)

SD

Sudan

Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Industry and Trade

SR

Suriname

Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken Suriname (Chamber of Commerce and Factories)

SE

Sweden

Bolagsverket (Swedish Companies Registration Office)

CH

Switzerland

Zefix (Zentraler Firmenindex)

SY

Syria

Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection (Commercial Register)

TW

Taiwan

findbiz.nat.gov.tw

TJ

Tajikistan

Ministry of Justice State Registration Authority

TZ

Tanzania

BRELA Online Registration System (ORS)

TH

Thailand

DBD e-Service

GM

The Gambia

Companies Registry / Registrar of Companies

TL

Timor-Leste

SERVE I.P. (Servico de Registo e Verificacao Empresarial)

TG

Togo

Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM) Togo

TO

Tonga

Tonga Companies Office

TT

Trinidad and Tobago

Companies Registry (Registrar General's Department)

TN

Tunisia

Registre National des Entreprises (RNE)

TR

Turkey

MERSIS (Central Trade Registry System)

TM

Turkmenistan

Ministry of Justice (State Registration of Legal Entities)

TV

Tuvalu

Registrar of Corporations, Tuvalu

UG

Uganda

Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Online Business Registration System

UA

Ukraine

Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Organizations (USR / EDR)

AE

United Arab Emirates

Multi-jurisdictional (Federal MoE + Emirate DEDs + Free Zones)

GB

United Kingdom

Companies House

US

United States

Per-state Secretaries of State + SEC EDGAR

UY

Uruguay

Registro Nacional de Comercio

UZ

Uzbekistan

State Registration Centre (Davlat ro'yxatga olish markazi)

VU

Vanuatu

VFSC Entity Registry

VA

Vatican City

No public commercial company registry exists in Vatican City

VE

Venezuela

Registro Mercantil (SAREN)

VN

Vietnam

National Business Registration Portal

YE

Yemen

Ministry of Industry and Trade (Commercial Register)

ZM

Zambia

PACRA Business Registry

ZW

Zimbabwe

Companies and Intellectual Property of Zimbabwe (CIPZ)