Comoros company search: ANPI Annuaire (investcomoros.net)

TL;DR. The Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements (ANPI) runs https://www.investcomoros.net, which is online; the older address https://www.anpi-comores.com no longer resolves. Its Annuaire des entreprises page calls itself a “Registre public officiel” and offers RCCM number, island and sector search, but the results themselves load in the browser and could not be read from the page as delivered. No KMF extract figures are published there, so the fees in this guide read unknown rather than free; confirm at source. The FATF country page for Comoros and the Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring list of 19 June 2026 both load, and Comoros is not named on that monitoring list.

Who searches for Comorian company information, and why it’s hard

The Union of the Comoros is a small Indian Ocean island state of fewer than 900,000 people, comprising three main islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan, Moheli) plus Mayotte (a French overseas territory). Its economy is one of the most fragile in the world, dependent on remittances, subsistence agriculture, and vanilla exports. Foreign engagement with Comorian entities is limited and typically involves development finance institutions, Indian Ocean regional traders, and occasionally investors in the economic citizenship program.

The compliance challenge is multilayered: a weak physical registry, a history of offshore financial structures (particularly on Anjouan, which has at times operated its own quasi-independent financial licensing regime), and an economic citizenship-by-investment program that raises correspondent banking compliance questions. Registry access is difficult even in-person.

Registry at a glance

Name: Registre du Commerce et de l’Industrie (RCI), the Register of Commerce and Industry.

Operator: The Ministere des Finances coordinates commercial registration. The Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements (ANPI) is the investment promotion and business registration facilitation body.

URL: https://www.investcomoros.net is online; the older https://www.anpi-comores.com no longer resolves. The directory is at https://www.investcomoros.net/annuaire-des-entreprises/, titled Annuaire des entreprises, describing itself as a “Registre public officiel” and offering an N RCCM field; its result rows load in the browser.

What is covered: Commercial entities registered under Comorian company law: SARL (societe a responsabilite limitee), SA (societe anonyme), and sole traders. The legal framework draws from French company law tradition (Comoros was a French territory). Branches of foreign companies may also be registered.

Access model: The ANPI home page is investment promotion. The Annuaire page offers search fields (ile, secteur, annee, N RCCM), but its results load in the browser and could not be read from the page as delivered. There is no certified-extract ordering on that page; confirm at source.

Honesty note: The Annuaire page is online and carries RCCM search fields, but its results build in the browser, so this guide does not describe what a completed search returns. Certified extracts are not offered there.

How to search

Step 1: Engage an in-country agent. Identify a Moroni-based commercial lawyer or ANPI-registered agent. The Moroni bar association or ANPI itself may be able to provide referrals. Regional Indian Ocean law firms (Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion-based) sometimes have Comoros correspondents.

Step 2: Provide company identifiers. Give your agent the company name and any registration number or tax identifier provided by your counterparty.

Step 3: ANPI application. Your agent files an application at the ANPI Moroni office. The extract request typically includes the company’s registered name and is processed by ANPI staff. Processing times vary: 5-15 business days is typical, but this can extend.

Step 4: Island-specific considerations. Companies registered on Anjouan or Moheli may have separate registration records at local administrative offices. Anjouan historically operated a separate financial licensing regime (the “Anjouan Offshore Finance Centre”), which was the subject of international concern.

Step 5: Economic citizenship verification. If the counterparty’s principal is a Comorian national by investment (economic citizenship), verify that the citizenship was issued under the legitimate federal program and screen the individual via commercial PEP/sanctions databases.

What you can find

When obtainable from ANPI, a Comorian company extract may include:

• Company name and trade name
• Registration number (RCI number)
• Legal form (SARL, SA, sole trader)
• Status: active or dissolved (currency of data uncertain)
• Registered address (siege social)
• Date of incorporation
• Business activity (activite commerciale)
• Share capital in KMF (Comorian franc)
• Director name(s)
• Shareholder/partner names (for SARL)

Data completeness is variable, particularly for older entities or those registered outside Moroni.

What is missing

• Beneficial ownership: No public UBO registry in Comoros. This is a primary concern given the jurisdiction’s offshore history.
• Financial statements: Not publicly available.
• Anjouan offshore entities: Historical offshore-licensed entities from Anjouan may not appear in the Moroni ANPI register. These require separate investigation.
• Litigation records: Not available via the registry.
• Economic citizenship holder details: The identities of economic citizenship program investors are not publicly disclosed by the Comorian government.

Pricing

No KMF extract figures are published on investcomoros.net, so the table above reads unknown rather than free; confirm at source. The Banque Centrale des Comores at https://www.banque-comores.km is online but publishes no company-extract fees.

English availability and practical access

The ANPI site is in French, with no English interface.

The limited international connectivity to Comoros (primarily through Moroni) and the small scale of the local professional services market means that identifying qualified local agents may take time. Plan for extended lead times.

Alternatives when the registry is limited

• In-country legal counsel: The primary route for any Comorian company verification.
• Banque Centrale des Comores (BCC): banque-comores.km for financial sector licensing. The BCC has worked to improve banking sector oversight following historical concerns.
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF): the country page for Comoros identifies Comoros as a member of GIABA (Inter Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa) and links the Mutual Evaluation Report of the Union of the Comoros, 2024. It says nothing about removal from any list; confirm at source.
• ESAAMLG: the FATF Comoros page names the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG), while recording Comoros’s membership under GIABA.
• OECD Global Forum: Comoros’s tax transparency commitments (automatic information exchange, Common Reporting Standard) are relevant for offshore-related due diligence.
• Open Ownership: Comoros has not published a public beneficial ownership register as of mid-2026.

Compliance buyer notes

The FATF country page for Comoros identifies Comoros as a member of GIABA (Inter Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa) and links the Mutual Evaluation Report of the Union of the Comoros, 2024. Comoros is not named on the Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring list of 19 June 2026, and neither page says anything about removal from a list; confirm at source.

• Offshore jurisdiction history: Comoros, particularly Anjouan, was associated with offshore financial structures, flag-of-convenience ship registrations, and economic citizenship programs that attracted international concern in the 2000s-2010s. While many of these regimes have been curtailed or reformed, residual structures may exist. A claim of Comorian offshore licensing has no single public register to confirm it against; the licensing authority named on the document is the place to confirm at source.
• Economic citizenship program: Comoros operates an economic citizenship-by-investment program. This is legal and internationally recognised, but means that Comorian nationals may have obtained citizenship through investment rather than birth or residence. The program has attracted clients from diverse nationalities. For compliance purposes, the underlying beneficial owner’s nationality (not the Comorian citizenship) may be the relevant risk factor.
• Correspondent banking: International banks maintaining Comorian correspondent relationships apply enhanced monitoring. Correspondent bank account access for Comorian entities may be restricted due to historical de-risking.
• PEP risk: Given the small size of the Comorian political economy, political exposure risk is elevated. Cross-check directors and major shareholders against PEP databases with Indian Ocean and African political coverage.
• OFAC: Comoros is not under a complete OFAC country sanctions program as at the last verification date. Individual designations can still exist; confirm against the current OFAC SDN list at source.

Frequently asked questions

Is Comoros on the FATF grey list?

The FATF country page for Comoros identifies Comoros as a member of GIABA and links the Mutual Evaluation Report of the Union of the Comoros, 2024. Comoros is not named on the Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring list of 19 June 2026. Neither page states that Comoros was removed from a list; confirm at source.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: https://www.investcomoros.net, the ANPI site, with anpi-comores.com no longer resolving; the FATF Comoros country page and Increased Monitoring 19 June 2026. Sources named historically: Banque Centrale des Comores, FATF, ESAAMLG, African Development Bank. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.