Search Barbados CAIPO (Business Barbados)

TL;DR. Barbados maintains its corporate registry through the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO). The portal at https://www.caipo.gov.bb is online, titled Business Barbados. https://www.caipo.gov.bb/search-our-database/ is a working search form covering name, registration number, category and date. https://www.caipo.gov.bb/fees/ prices Company Inquiry $5.00 and Certification of Documents $10.00 under Companies Act, Cap. 308. No turnaround time, no certified-extract fee and no card brands are published on those pages; confirm at source. The home page carries a system-update notice for the Corporate Registry, and the older path /home/index.php/fees is a login page rather than the fee table.

What is the official Barbados business registry?

The Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) is the statutory body for company registration in Barbados. It operates under the Companies Act, Cap. 308 of the Laws of Barbados. The public site is https://www.caipo.gov.bb, titled Business Barbados, under the Ministry of Energy, Business Development and Consumer Affairs.

CAIPO administers a central registry covering domestic companies, external companies, partnerships, sole traders, charities, non-profits, credit unions, and offshore financial entity categories listed in the Search Our Database category filter.

What can you search?

The Search Our Database form states: Search the Business Barbados registry of companies, societies, charities and other registered entities. Filters:

• Name (Contains, Equals, Starts with, Is not empty, Empty)
• Number (Contains, Equals, Starts with, More than, Less than, Between)
• Category (equals/contains/starts with, with a long category list including DOMESTIC REGISTER, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANY, EXTERNAL COMPANY REGISTER, CHARITY REGISTER, OFF-SHORE BANK REGISTER, and others)
• Date registered (Equals, After, Before, Between)

The results table headers on that page are Name, Number, Category, Date Registered. Officer, director and shareholder fields are not on that form, and no turnaround time is stated. The page carries Login and Register in its header.

How much does it cost?

BBD is pegged 2:1 to USD. The fees page is a Fee Search Facility, and it publishes Company Inquiry $5.00 and Certification of Documents $10.00. No certified-extract fee appears there, so the $10.00 certification line is the highest published figure rather than a full-extract cap; confirm at source. The Search Our Database form carries no payment field, which is not the same as the site describing the search as free.

Do you need a local account or ID?

The Search Our Database form is on a public URL, and the site header carries Login and Register. No Barbadian identity document is named on the search form, and no card brands are named on the search or fees pages.

Is the website in English?

Yes. The Business Barbados and CAIPO pages are in English.

What’s the turnaround time?

Unknown. The site publishes no turnaround time; confirm at source. The home page’s system-update notice says the Corporate Registry is being updated and users may notice incremental changes.

Is there an API?

No. CAIPO does not publish a public API.

What you legally cannot do

CAIPO’s terms of use prohibit bulk automated scraping of the online database. Registry data is provided for reference and due diligence purposes; commercial redistribution without CAIPO’s written approval is not permitted. Use of company data for unsolicited marketing is prohibited under Barbados’s Data Protection Act, Cap. 112D.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• Registration number is the anchor identifier. Use the Number filter when you have it.
• The category field distinguishes entity types. The filter lists domestic, IBC, external company, charity, and other registers.
• FATF status is not stated on Business Barbados. Check fatf-gafi.org.

Alternatives if you cannot access CAIPO directly

• Aggregator search (indicative only): OpenCorporates indexes Barbados filings but lags official data.
• Local corporate service providers retrieve profiles and act as registered agents.

Local data suppliers

• Local corporate service providers offer company profile retrieval. No major commercial credit bureau with public retail access could be confirmed for Barbados.

Use CAIPO for the primary legal filing record.

FAQ

Can a foreign company access the Barbados registry directly?

Yes. caipo.gov.bb is online and Search Our Database is a public form. Document-order account rules sit behind Login and Register and are not set out publicly; confirm at source.

What is the registration number format in Barbados?

The site does not publish a format rule beyond offering a Number filter on Search Our Database; confirm at source.

What entity types are registered with CAIPO?

The category list includes domestic register, IBC, external company, charity, non-profit, offshore bank, SRL, and other classifications.

Does Barbados have a beneficial ownership (UBO) registry?

No beneficial ownership register appears on Search Our Database or the fees page; confirm at source.

How current is the data in the CAIPO registry?

The site does not state how current its records are, and the home page carries a Corporate Registry system-update notice.

Is Barbados on the FATF grey list?

FATF status is not stated on the CAIPO site. See fatf-gafi.org.

What’s the difference between the registry and tax/financial filings?

CAIPO holds corporate registry data. Tax filings are Barbados Revenue Authority. Financial services entities are supervised by the Central Bank of Barbados and the Financial Services Commission.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: caipo.gov.bb, titled Business Barbados; the /search-our-database/ form; the /fees/ page, Company Inquiry $5.00 and Certification of Documents $10.00. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.