Argentina IGJ hub / ARCA (not a company search form)

TL;DR. Argentina’s commercial registry is split between the Inspeccion General de Justicia (IGJ) for CABA and equivalent provincial registries. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/justicia/igj is online and titled Inspeccion General de Justicia | Argentina.gob.ar, but it is a services hub, not a company search form. consulta-publica (titled Consulta publica) is participatory rulemaking (Elaboracion Participativa de Normas), not company search. afip.gob.ar forwards to https://www.afip.gob.ar/landing/default.asp, titled ARCA | Portal principal (Agencia de Recaudacion y Control Aduanero). No public CUIT search page and no fee schedule is published on any of them, so fees in this guide are unknown rather than free; confirm at source.

What is the official Argentine business registry?

Argentina does not have a single national commercial registry. Registration authority is split between:

IGJ (Buenos Aires and CABA): The Inspeccion General de Justicia (IGJ) is the regulatory body for companies registered in the Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (CABA) and, through shared jurisdiction arrangements, for certain foreign company registrations. Hub: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/justicia/igj, titled Inspeccion General de Justicia | Argentina.gob.ar. Headings on that hub include Destacados, Sistema Online de Documentacion Abierta, Digitalizacion registral, Consulta publica - Elaboracion Participativa de Normas, Servicios en linea, Turnos, Tramites, Formularios, Emitir boleta de tasas IGJ. That is a services hub, not a company-name search form.

Consulta publica is not company search. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/justicia/igj/consulta-publica (titled Consulta publica | Argentina.gob.ar) invites comments on IGJ norms under Decreto N 1172/2003 (Elaboracion Participativa de Normas). It is not a company search form.

Provincial registries: Each of Argentina’s 23 provinces has its own Direccion Provincial de Personas Juridicas (or equivalent) that handles commercial registrations for entities domiciled in that province. The Buenos Aires Province (Provincia de Buenos Aires, distinct from CABA) has the DPPJ as its registry.

ARCA (formerly presented as AFIP): https://www.afip.gob.ar forwards to https://www.afip.gob.ar/landing/default.asp, titled ARCA | Portal principal and describing itself as the Portal principal de la Agencia de Recaudacion y Control Aduanero. The landing page is ARCA rather than AFIP, and it publishes no public CUIT search page.

The legal foundation for Argentine companies is the General Companies Act (Ley General de Sociedades, Law 19.550) and the Civil and Commercial Code (Codigo Civil y Comercial de la Nacion, Law 26.994).

What can you search?

Nothing can be searched on the IGJ hub, which is not a company search form, nor on consulta-publica, which is participatory rulemaking. No public CUIT search page is published either.

CUIT and company-name field lists have been reported historically, but none of them is confirmed here; confirm at source.

No beneficial ownership content appears on the IGJ hub.

How much does it cost?

No fee schedule is published on any of these pages, so the table above reads unknown rather than free, and payment methods are not published either; confirm at source.

Argentine peso inflation also means any historic fee figure ages quickly.

Do you need a local account or ID?

Account rules for a company search cannot be confirmed, because the IGJ address is a services hub rather than a search form; confirm at source.

Is the website in English?

No. The IGJ hub and ARCA landing are in Spanish. Document output is in Spanish.

What’s the turnaround time?

Unknown. No turnaround time is published; confirm at source.

Is there an API?

No. The IGJ hub publishes no public company-search API, and the AFIP/ARCA web services are for registered fiscal agents rather than a public CUIT lookup.

What you legally cannot do

Argentine law, including Law 25.326 (Ley de Proteccion de los Datos Personales), restricts the following:

• Bulk automated harvesting of IGJ or tax-authority data without authorisation.
• Commercial redistribution of certified registry documents without specific authorisation.
• Use of personal data from registry records (director names, addresses) for marketing or database construction without a documented lawful basis.

Argentina’s data protection authority, the AAIP (Agencia de Acceso a la Informacion Publica), supervises compliance with Law 25.326. Argentina’s AML framework is supervised by the UIF (Unidad de Informacion Financiera). For the broader due diligence framework, see the Global Business Due Diligence Guide.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• CUIT remains the usual identifier. The CUIT (11-digit format: XX-XXXXXXXX-X) is assigned in the tax system and is the primary identifier used across Argentine public systems, but no public CUIT search page is published.
• No fees are published. None of the reachable pages carries a fee schedule; confirm at source.
• The IGJ hub is not a search. Confirm domicile, then use the correct provincial registry or a local intermediary for extracts.
• S.A. and S.R.L. are the dominant commercial forms. The Sociedad Anonima (S.A.) is the joint-stock company. The Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (S.R.L.) is the private limited equivalent. SAS (Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada), introduced by Law 27.349, is a simplified company form.
• Argentina is not on the FATF grey list. Argentina is not on the FATF Increased Monitoring list. It is a FATF member country and a founding member of GAFILAT. Monitor fatf-gafi.org for any status changes.

Alternatives if you cannot access IGJ directly

• Aggregator search (indicative only): OpenCorporates has partial coverage of Argentine IGJ data but lags the official register. Useful for name verification; not for compliance-grade document retrieval.
• Local intermediaries: Argentine gestores (administrative agents) and notaries can access IGJ and provincial registries in person. For foreign buyers without Spanish-language capability, engaging a local intermediary is often the practical route to certified documents.

Local data suppliers

• Nosis (nosis.com.ar). Argentina’s primary commercial credit bureau and data provider. Provides credit reports, payment history, risk scores, and identity verification for Argentine companies and individuals.
• Veraz (veraz.com.ar, part of Equifax). Argentina’s largest consumer and commercial credit default register.

Use the IGJ or provincial registry for official legal standing and corporate structure. Use Nosis or Veraz when you need payment behaviour, credit default records, or financial risk scores layered on top of registration data.

FAQ

Can a foreign company access Argentina’s IGJ registry without an Argentine identity document?

The IGJ address is a services hub, not a company search form, and consulta-publica is not a company search either. No public CUIT search page is published.

What is the CUIT in Argentina?

The CUIT (Clave Unica de Identificacion Tributaria) is Argentina’s 11-digit tax and identification number for legal entities. It follows the format XX-XXXXXXXX-X, where the first two digits indicate the entity type (30 or 33 for companies) and the last digit is a check character. No public CUIT search page is published.

What entity types are registered with Argentina’s commercial registries?

The IGJ and provincial registries register: Sociedad Anonima (S.A.), Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (S.R.L.), Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada (SAS), Sociedad en Comandita por Acciones, Sociedad Colectiva, Sociedad en Comandita Simple, and branches of foreign companies (sucursales). Non-profit entities and foundations in CABA register with the IGJ’s civil and commercial entities section.

Does Argentina have a beneficial ownership register?

No beneficial ownership content appears on the IGJ hub. AML disclosure has been reported as running through UIF and tax channels rather than a public register; confirm at source.

How current is the data in Argentina’s registries?

The hub does not state how current the underlying records are; confirm at source.

Is Argentina on the FATF grey list?

No. Argentina is not on the FATF Increased Monitoring list. It is a full FATF member country and a founding member of GAFILAT. For current standing, refer to fatf-gafi.org.

What is the difference between the IGJ and the provincial DPPJ?

The IGJ is the commercial registry authority for entities domiciled in Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (CABA), as well as a federal authority for certain national-scope entities. The DPPJ (or equivalent) in each province handles registrations for entities domiciled in that province.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: IGJ hub (argentina.gob.ar/justicia/igj); consulta-publica (participatory rulemaking); ARCA landing (afip.gob.ar/landing/default.asp, title ARCA | Portal principal); FATF (fatf-gafi.org); GAFILAT (gafilat.org). For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.