Workflow checklist
- Identify the registry. www.handelsregister.li
- Check access requirements. Account required: No. Local ID required: No.
- Plan budget. Price range: USD 0.00. Payment methods: Not published on the live Firmenindex HTML.
- Anticipate friction. Captcha / 2FA: No. English UI: Partial.
- Plan turnaround. Expected: Unknown.
- Verify recency. Last verified: 4 Sept 2026. Confirm current pricing at the official registry before submitting.
TL;DR. https://www.handelsregister.li returns HTTP 200 after a 302 to https://www.handelsregister.li/cr-portal/suche/suche.xhtml. Title Firmenindex, Handelsregister des Furstentums Liechtenstein. The page states you can view a Teilauszug kostenlos (partial extract free) or order a beglaubigten Vollauszug gegen Gebuhr (certified full extract for a fee). No CHF amount is on that HTML. Instant is not live-cited. An English toggle is present; the fetched page stayed German (englishUi Partial). priceMax 0 means Unknown for the paid extract. lastVerifiedUtc is 2026-09-04 because this live check was recorded.
What is the official Liechtenstein business registry?
The live register search is the Firmenindex of the Handelsregister des Furstentums Liechtenstein at https://www.handelsregister.li (HTTP 200, search at /cr-portal/suche/suche.xhtml). The page heading is Offizielle Handelsregisterinformationen des Furstentums Liechtenstein. Contact block on that HTML: Amt / Handelsregister, Postfach 684, 9490 Vaduz, tel +423 236 62 00.
Entity-type dropdown values on the live form include Aktiengesellschaft, GmbH, Anstalt, Eingetragene Stiftung, Treuhanderschaft, and EEA/non-EEA branches, among others. Those labels are live-cited from the form. Do not treat that list as a fee table.
FMA at fma-li.li was not the registryUrl live-checked in this batch. Do not invent FMA licensee-search fields from this Firmenindex fetch.
What can you search?
Live form (no account field, no captcha input):
- Firma text: placeholder “Suche nach Firma, Unternehmensnummer etc.”
- Legal form (Rechtsform) select
- Sitz
- Publikationsdatum / Publikationsnummer
- Checkboxes including search of deleted firms and former names
The page text says a partial extract of registered legal subjects is available free, and a certified full extract is ordered for a fee. A submitted query and a result row were not fetched. Do not invent extra result columns.
UBO register screens are not on this Firmenindex HTML. Do not invent public UBO access.
How much does it cost?
| Item | Cost (CHF) | Cost (USD, approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Teilauszug (page: kostenlos) | kostenlos (live-cited) | Unknown |
| Beglaubigter Vollauszug | Unknown (gegen Gebuhr, no amount) | Unknown |
| Gazette / other copies | Unknown | Unknown |
CHF 10-50 figures are not on the fetched HTML and are dropped. priceMax 0 means Unknown for the paid extract, not verified free Vollauszug.
Do you need a local account or ID?
No account field on the live search form. Certified Vollauszug ordering steps past that page were not observed. captchaOr2fa is No on the fetched form.
Is the website in English?
Partial. The nav has Deutsch and English. A GET with ?lang=en still returned German Firmenindex HTML. englishUi is Partial.
What’s the turnaround time?
Unknown. Instant is not live-cited. 1-5 business day extract times are not on the fetched HTML.
Is there an API?
No public API is live-cited on the Firmenindex HTML.
What you legally cannot do
Terms of use were not a separate English page in this fetch. Do not bulk-scrape. Do not invent public UBO access. GDPR/DSG wording was not re-read as a live legal page here.
Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers
- Use the live Firmenindex form (Firma / Unternehmensnummer).
- kostenlos applies to Teilauszug on that page. Vollauszug is gegen Gebuhr with no CHF amount live-cited.
- German UI. English toggle did not switch the fetched HTML.
- Anstalt and Stiftung appear as Rechtsform labels on the form. Beneficial-interest rules for those vehicles were not on this HTML.
- FATF status was not live-cited from this HTML.
Alternatives if you cannot use Firmenindex
- Live search: https://www.handelsregister.li/cr-portal/suche/suche.xhtml
- FMA (https://www.fma-li.li): Direct GET with a Chrome UA on 2026-09-04 returned HTTP 200 at /de, title Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein, 591,169 bytes; the DEC-055 Dual harness (curl_cffi Chrome, Direct and SOCKS, run by Ara on 2026-09-04 and posted on this PR) returned Direct 200 / SOCKS 200. The licensee register itself was not opened past that homepage
- OpenCorporates (https://opencorporates.com): Direct GET with a Chrome UA on 2026-09-04 returned HTTP 200, title OpenCorporates, 194,727 bytes; the per-jurisdiction listing path returned an HAProxy Challenge page (200, 1,536 bytes); the DEC-055 Dual harness (curl_cffi Chrome, Direct and SOCKS, run by Ara on 2026-09-04 and posted on this PR) returned Direct 200 / SOCKS 200 for opencorporates.com. Non-official aggregator; coverage not verified here.
Local data suppliers
Named fiduciary firms in older copy are not cited here; no firm site was fetched in this batch.
FAQ
Is basic search free?
The page says Teilauszug is kostenlos. That is live-cited. Vollauszug is gegen Gebuhr with no amount on the HTML.
Is there an English search UI?
An English control is present. The fetched page remained German.
Is there a public UBO search on Firmenindex?
Not on the fetched HTML. Do not invent one.
Last verified: 2026-09-04. Live GET of https://www.handelsregister.li returned HTTP 200 Firmenindex search. Teilauszug kostenlos live-cited. CHF amounts not on that HTML. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.