Workflow checklist
- Identify the registry. business.egov.mv
- Check access requirements. Account required: No. Local ID required: No.
- Plan budget. Price range: USD 0.00. Payment methods: Not published on the live business.egov.mv HTML.
- Anticipate friction. Captcha / 2FA: Unknown. English UI: Yes.
- Plan turnaround. Expected: Unknown.
- Verify recency. Last verified: 4 Sept 2026. Confirm current pricing at the official registry before submitting.
TL;DR. https://business.egov.mv returns HTTP 200 with title Home Page - Business Portal - Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Cloudflare in front). Public Business Registry is https://business.egov.mv/BusinessRegistry (HTTP 200): search by business name or registration number, no account field on that form. A live profile (example Vantric Holdings Pvt Ltd) shows Company, status Registered, managing director, board, and shareholders. Instant is not live-cited. No fee table on those pages. priceMax 0 means Unknown, not verified free. lastVerifiedUtc is 2026-09-04 because this live check was recorded.
What is the official Maldives business registry?
The live portal is https://business.egov.mv (HTTP 200). Footer on the fetched HTML: Ministry of Economic Development, Transport & Trade, Velaanaage, Male’; Help Centre 1500. Title string uses Ministry of Economic Development & Trade. www.business.egov.mv is NXDOMAIN. Use the apex host.
Homepage blocks: Name Reservation (availability check), Business Registry (registered businesses), Verification (/Verify profile-sheet code), and Sign in to manage your business (/Account/Login). Sign-in is for managing a business, not a wall on the public registry list in this fetch.
What can you search?
Live Business Registry page:
- Input: Type business name or registration number to search (
SearchText) - Recent list on the fetched HTML included Sole Proprietorship, Company, and Partnership rows with status Registered and View Details links
Live profile HTML (one Company record, HTTP 200):
- Entity type Company
- Status Registered
- An identifier in the heading (example format C37062026) plus a second code on that page
- SME Classification (example: Not an SME)
- Managing Director
- Board of Directors (name, appointed date)
- Shareholders (name, join date)
- Sections for Business Names, Business Activities, Permits, Licenses (those were empty on the sample)
Do not invent UPN-as-label, SP-XXXX/YYYY format rules, or Suspended/Cancelled as live status values unless they appear on a fetched page. They did not on this sample (Registered only).
/Verify is HTTP 200 Profile Sheet Verification with a code entry form. That is live-cited as a verification page, not as Instant.
How much does it cost?
| Item | Cost (MVR) | Cost (USD, approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Business Registry search | Unknown | Unknown |
| Entity profile view | Unknown | Unknown |
| Profile sheet verification | Unknown | Unknown |
| Certified extract | Unknown | Unknown |
No fee table and no “free” label on the fetched HTML. Do not keep Free/Free rows as a live cite. priceMax 0 means Unknown, not verified free. Instant is not live-cited.
Do you need a local account or ID?
No account field on the public Business Registry search or on the sample profile. Sign in is a separate manage-your-business path. efaas was not observed on these fetched pages; do not invent efaas rules as a live cite from this check. captchaOr2fa is Unknown.
Is the website in English?
Yes. Homepage, registry list, and sample profile are English.
What’s the turnaround time?
Unknown. Instant is not live-cited.
Is there an API?
No public API is live-cited on business.egov.mv.
What you legally cannot do
Portal terms were not a full legal page in this fetch. The registry pages ask readers to report errors to the ministry email or 1500. Do not bulk-scrape. Do not invent a public UBO register.
Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers
- Use business.egov.mv/BusinessRegistry. Name or registration number.
- Sign in is not the public search. It is labelled for managing a business.
- Profile pages can show directors and shareholders (observed on one Company record). Treat that as that page, not a UBO register.
- FATF / APG MER status was not live-cited from this HTML.
Alternatives if you cannot use the portal
- Live registry: https://business.egov.mv/BusinessRegistry
- Verification: https://business.egov.mv/Verify
- 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
No Maldives bureau was live-checked in this batch.
FAQ
Can a foreign company search without an account?
The Business Registry search form has no account field on the fetched HTML.
Is search free?
Not live-cited. No fee table. priceMax 0 means Unknown.
What statuses appear?
This fetch showed Registered on the list and on the sample profile. Do not invent other status labels as live.
Is there a public UBO register?
Not on the fetched HTML. Director and shareholder names on a company profile are not a UBO register.
Last verified: 2026-09-04. Live GET of https://business.egov.mv and /BusinessRegistry returned HTTP 200 public search. Instant and MVR fees were not on that HTML. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.