Search Guyana Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority

TL;DR. The registry site is https://dcraguyana.org, and it is online under the name Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority. The home page is a brochure: Welcome to the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority, with Commercial Registry and Deeds Registry sections, Georgetown addresses, and how-to links including How can I register a company?. It carries no company-search form. The site blocks automated checks from some networks, so try a different connection if it does not load. https://dra.gov.gy, used as a name in older copy, no longer resolves. No search fees appear on the home page, so figures in this guide are unknown rather than free; confirm at source.

What is the official Guyana business registry?

The home page names the operator Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority (DCRA). Brochure copy states its purpose is to administer laws affecting land (transport, leases, mortgages and other alienation) and laws relating to trademarks, patents and designs, geographical indications, copyrights, trade unions, companies, partnership, business names, powers of attorney, bills of sale, contracts and other deeds.

Two arms are described on that home:

• Deeds Registry: conveyancing and notarial; Deeds Registry Act Chapter 5:01.
• Commercial Registry: companies, business names, partnerships, bills of sale, trade unions, trademarks, patents and design, geographical indicator and copyright.

Georgetown locations on the brochure: Commercial Registry at Lot 1 High and Commerce Street; Deeds Registry at the Supreme Court Building, Charlotte Street and Avenue of the Republic. Sub-registries named on the home include Berbice, Essequibo, Lethem, Bartica, Port Kaituma and Mabaruma.

The Companies Act 1991 (as amended) / Companies Act Chapter 89:01 is the commercial companies statute referenced on the incorporation how-to page, not a search UI.

Older copy used “dra.gov.gy” as a display name. That domain no longer resolves. DCRA is the name on the current site.

Guyana is English-speaking and a CARICOM member.

What can you search?

The home page is a brochure, not a search form. How-to labels on it include How can I register a company?, How can I register my business?, How to Incorporate an External Company?, and How to Trademark a brand?. Those are service explainers, not a name or number lookup.

Name search, registration-number inquiry and status results are not offered on the home brochure; confirm at source. A Beneficial Ownership Application Form is listed on the Forms page as a filing form, not as a public beneficial ownership search.

How much does it cost?

The home brochure publishes no search or extract fees, so the table above reads unknown rather than free; confirm at source. It publishes no exchange rate either.

The incorporation how-to at https://dcraguyana.org/companies1/ lists formation fees (Prescribed Fee of $60,000 GY; Notices $3,200 GY; Mandatory Copy $350 GY). Those are incorporation charges rather than company-search fees.

Do you need a local account or ID?

The home brochure presents no login and no Guyana identity gate. Account rules for searches and extracts are not stated, because the site carries no search form. The incorporation how-to asks for a national ID or passport as a filing document; that is formation, not public search.

Is the website in English?

Yes. The home brochure is in English.

What’s the turnaround time?

Unknown for searches and extracts; the home brochure publishes no turnaround time. The incorporation how-to page says “Uplift Company Certificate in 3 working days”, which is formation, not search.

Is there an API?

No public API is documented. The site is a brochure, not an API.

What you legally cannot do

Do not present the brochure page as a certified extract, and do not read the Beneficial Ownership Application Form as a public ownership search. Guyana’s AML/CFT rules sit under the AML/CFT Act 2009 as amended; confirm at source.

For cross-border due diligence see Global Business Due Diligence Guide.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• The site blocks automated checks from some networks. If it does not load, try a different connection before concluding the registry is down.
• dra.gov.gy does not resolve. Use dcraguyana.org.
• There is no online search form on the site. For a certified extract, use Georgetown counsel or the Commercial Registry counter at Lot 1 High and Commerce Street.
• Certificate of good standing remains the usual compliance document; its fee is not published on the site.
• FATF status is not covered by this guide; confirm at source.
• Bank of Guyana (bankofguyana.org.gy) is a separate site and is not covered by this guide.

Alternatives if you cannot access the DCRA site

• Local attorneys in Georgetown for certified searches.
• OpenCorporates: very limited; indicative only.
• Commercial Registry counter, Lot 1 High and Commerce Street, Georgetown (brochure address).

Local data suppliers

No major independent commercial credit bureau for Guyana is identified in this guide.

FAQ

Can a foreign company use the DCRA website?

Yes. dcraguyana.org is an English-language brochure site with no login, but it carries no company-search form. It blocks automated checks from some networks, so try a different connection if it does not load.

What is the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority?

The operator named on the site. It covers the Deeds Registry (land, notarial) and the Commercial Registry (companies, business names, partnerships and related registers), under a single board described on its About page.

Is Guyana on the FATF grey list?

Not covered by this guide; confirm at source.

What is the GYD exchange rate?

The home brochure does not print a rate; confirm at source.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: dcraguyana.org, a brochure site for the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority with no company-search form; dra.gov.gy, which no longer resolves. No search fees are published on the home page.