Workflow checklist
- Identify the registry. companies.govmu.org
- Check access requirements. Account required: No. Local ID required: No.
- Plan budget. Price range: USD 0.00. Payment methods: Not published; confirm at source.
- Anticipate friction. Captcha / 2FA: Unknown. English UI: Yes.
- Plan turnaround. Expected: Unknown.
- Verify recency. Last verified: 20 Oct 2026. Confirm current pricing at the official registry before submitting.
TL;DR. Mauritius company registration sits with the Corporate and Business Registration Department (CBRD). https://companies.govmu.org lands on https://companies.govmu.org/cbrd/, titled Home - Corporate and Business Registration Department. The home menu labels Search Online (free of Charge) and points at https://onlinesearch.mns.global/, titled CBRD Online Search, which builds its search in the browser and asks for JavaScript before it shows a form. https://cbris.mns.global/cbris is a separate filing login hub asking for a User ID and Password, with a Register for an account link. https://www.fscmauritius.org loads, titled Financial Services Commission Mauritius; its licensee register was not checked here. No extract fee appears on the CBRD fees page, so extract costs are unknown rather than free; confirm at source.
What is the official Mauritius business registry?
The Corporate and Business Registration Department (CBRD) is Mauritius’s company registrar. The home page is https://companies.govmu.org/cbrd/, titled Home - Corporate and Business Registration Department. https://onlineservices.cbris.govmu.org no longer resolves.
CBRIS (Companies and Businesses Registration Integrated System) is named on https://cbris.mns.global/cbris as the electronic filing and payment system, built with Mauritius Network Services Ltd (MNS). That page is a login hub asking for a User ID and Password, with a Register for an account link. CBRD home also lists Apply for a Login & Password, Filing of Annual Return, and Register your business on CBRIS. Those are filing paths, not the labelled Search Online item.
Global Business Companies are a separate licensing layer at the Financial Services Commission. https://www.fscmauritius.org loads, titled Financial Services Commission Mauritius, but its licensee register was not checked here; confirm at source.
What can you search?
CBRD home carries no company-name search form. The labelled search path is Search Online (free of Charge), pointing to CBRD Online Search at https://onlinesearch.mns.global/. That page builds its search in the browser and asks for JavaScript before it shows a form. Which fields it offers, and whether company name, BRN, director and status appear, could not be confirmed; confirm at source.
CBRIS describes incorporation filing and yearly registration-fee payment, and links Search For Companies/Businesses through to onlinesearch.mns.global. It is not itself a search screen.
FSC licensee pages were not checked here; confirm at source.
How much does it cost?
| Item | Cost (MUR) | Cost (USD, approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Public company search | Unknown | Unknown |
| Certified extract | Unknown | Unknown |
| Certificate of good standing | Unknown | Unknown |
The page https://companies.govmu.org/cbrd/fees-payable-to-roc/, titled Fees Payable to the Registrar, lists annual registration fees for 2026 (for example Rs 500 / 750 for a small private company within/after due date). Those are incorporation-year charges rather than a search or extract tariff, and no extract price appears there. The CBRD home labels the search Search Online (free of Charge); that is the menu wording, and the search screen itself could not be read, so the rows above stay unknown; confirm at source.
Do you need a local account or ID?
The CBRD home’s Search Online (free of Charge) item points at onlinesearch.mns.global. That page has no user ID, password or account form, and no Mauritius national ID field appears on it or on the CBRD home page. The CBRIS User ID and Password prompt belongs to the filing hub, which is a separate menu item from Search Online.
Is the website in English?
Yes. The CBRD home is in English, with an English title and navigation, and the Online Search page is titled in English. The FSC licensee register was not checked here.
What’s the turnaround time?
Unknown. Neither the public search nor the FSC register publishes a turnaround time that could be read; confirm at source.
Is there an API?
No public API is documented on the CBRD site.
What you legally cannot do
CBRD publishes no dedicated terms-of-use page that could be read here. Do not assume bulk scraping is allowed. Director confidentiality for private companies under the Companies Act, and any public beneficial ownership fields, are not set out on these pages; confirm at source.
Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers
- Home is not the search. companies.govmu.org/cbrd/ is the CBRD home page, and Search Online points at a separate application that builds in the browser.
- CBRIS login is filing, not the labelled search. User ID / Password is on cbris.mns.global/cbris.
- onlineservices.cbris.govmu.org no longer resolves.
- The fees page covers annual registration, not searches. Rs 500 is not a lookup fee.
- Check FSC licensing separately. The FSC licensee search was not checked here.
- BRN remains the usual Mauritius identifier. Its format is not set out on these pages; confirm at source.
- FATF status. Our check of FATF’s Mauritius country page at fatf-gafi.org on 20 Oct 2026 found it linking Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring statements from 21 February 2020 to 21 October 2021. Mauritius is not among the Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring in FATF’s 19 June 2026 statement. EU and OECD listings are not restated here.
Alternatives if you cannot access CBRD directly
- CBRD Online Search (onlinesearch.mns.global): it loads, but builds its search in the browser.
- FSC (fscmauritius.org): titled Financial Services Commission Mauritius; licensee register not checked here.
- OpenCorporates: aggregator only.
Local data suppliers
- Systemday (systemday.com/mauritius-company-search). Online, titled Mauritius Company Search. A commercial search service, not CBRD.
Use CBRD for the official filing record, opening the search application in a browser. Use FSC for Global Business Company licence confirmation.
FAQ
Can a foreign company access the Mauritius registry directly?
The CBRD home page is public. The labelled online search builds in the browser, so no typed search form could be read from the page as delivered.
What is the BRN in Mauritius?
The Business Registration Number is the usual CBRD identifier. Its digit format is not set out on these pages; confirm at source.
What entity types are registered with CBRD?
The CBRD navigation lists companies, foundations, limited partnerships, LLPs and societes. Those are menu labels rather than a list of registered entities.
Does Mauritius have a beneficial ownership (UBO) registry?
No public beneficial ownership search could be reached; confirm at source.
How current is the data in CBRD?
The site does not say how current its data is; confirm at source.
Is Mauritius on the FATF grey list?
No. Our check of FATF’s “Black and grey” lists page on 20 Oct 2026 found Mauritius absent from the Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring (19 June 2026 statement). See fatf-gafi.org.
What’s the difference between the CBRD registry and the FSC register?
CBRD handles incorporation and corporate filings. FSC licenses global business. The FSC licensee register was not checked here.
Last verified: 2026-10-20. Sources: companies.govmu.org/cbrd/; the Search Online link to onlinesearch.mns.global, which builds in the browser; the cbris.mns.global/cbris login hub; fscmauritius.org, titled Financial Services Commission Mauritius; the fees-payable-to-roc annual fee table; systemday.com/mauritius-company-search. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.