Myanmar Company Search Guide 2026: How to Verify a Myanmar Business

TL;DR. Myanmar’s official business registry is the MyCO platform, operated by the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA). https://myco.dica.gov.mm is online under the name Myanmar Companies Online, and its own page description says the registry is searchable by the general public free of charge. The COMPANY SEARCH path https://myco.dica.gov.mm/corp/search.aspx opens but shows no company-name field, and a login sits at /public/login.aspx. No kyat extract prices and no payment methods are published; confirm at source. https://www.dica.gov.mm is live but blocked automated checks from some networks, and no search page is cited from it. The FATF site at https://www.fatf-gafi.org is online, but Myanmar’s current listing is not stated here; confirm at source.

What is the official Myanmar business registry?

The Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) is Myanmar’s central business registry and investment authority, operating under the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations. The public-facing registry system is the MyCO platform at https://myco.dica.gov.mm, Myanmar Companies Online. MyCO launched in 2018 under the Myanmar Companies Law 2017, replacing the legacy paper-based system. The 2017 law is the primary statutory authority for company incorporation and administration.

DICA registers private companies, public companies, small companies, companies limited by guarantee, foreign branch offices, and representative offices. The 2017 law introduced the concept of a “foreign company” as any Myanmar-incorporated company with foreign shareholders, removing prior ownership restrictions in non-reserved sectors and expanding the DICA registry substantially.

The primary entity identifier in Myanmar is the company registration number assigned by DICA at incorporation. The format is prefixed to indicate the registration year and sequence. Since the MyCO platform launch in 2018, all newly incorporated companies receive a MyCO-issued registration number. Older companies were migrated to MyCO with their existing registration references. There is no separate tax identifier unified with the DICA number: the Tax Identification Number (TIN) is issued by the Internal Revenue Department (IRD) under the Ministry of Planning and Finance.

FATF status: Myanmar’s current high-risk or call-for-action listing is not stated here. It has been reported as placed on that list in June 2022. Check the current lists at fatf-gafi.org; confirm at source.

What can you search?

The MyCO home page and https://myco.dica.gov.mm/corp/search.aspx both open. The search page shows only internal workflow furniture, with no company-name or registration-number field. Older descriptions of a director-name field, an entity-type filter and paid extract menus are not confirmed here; confirm at source.

The page description says: “The registry is searchable by the general public free of charge.” A login sits at /public/login.aspx, with a password field, and Create An Account is linked. Which path leads to the public search is not stated; confirm at source.

How much does it cost?

The home page says public search is free of charge, which covers search rather than certified copies. No kyat extract figures appear on the site. The Prescribed Forms and Fees page lists filing fees, for example an Annual Return web fee of K 50,000.00, which are not search-extract prices. No payment method is published, so the table above reads unknown rather than free; confirm at source.

Do you need a local account or ID?

A login sits at https://myco.dica.gov.mm/public/login.aspx, with a password field, and Create An Account is linked. The site says the registry is searchable by the general public free of charge, but the COMPANY SEARCH page shows no anonymous name-search form, so whether every search needs an account is not settled here. The login page states no one-time-password or Myanmar mobile requirement; confirm at source.

Is the website in English?

Partial. The title and main navigation are in English, with a Myanmar-script language toggle (မြန်မာ). Search result fields could not be confirmed; confirm at source.

What’s the turnaround time?

Unknown. No turnaround is published on the pages that could be reached; confirm at source.

Is there an API?

No public API is documented on the MyCO site. Any DICA API programme is not confirmed here; confirm at source.

What you legally cannot do

The MyCO Terms of Use prohibit automated bulk extraction from the portal. Myanmar does not yet have a complete personal data protection law in force as of May 2026. However, under the Myanmar Companies Law 2017, registry data may be inspected and used for purposes consistent with statutory rights of inspection; systematic commercial redistribution is not within that right.

The sanctions dimension: entities designated under UK OFSI, EU asset freezing regulations, and US OFAC sanctions programmes related to Myanmar may appear in the DICA registry. Accessing registry data for the purpose of identifying sanctioned parties is lawful; transacting with or providing services to designated parties is prohibited under applicable sanctions law. The UK OFSI, EU and OFAC consolidated lists carry the designations; confirm current entries at source.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• FATF listing not confirmed here. Myanmar has been reported as placed on the high-risk call-for-action list in June 2022. Check the current lists at https://www.fatf-gafi.org; confirm at source.
• Sanctions designations. The Myanmar military and military-linked commercial entities are subject to asset-freezing and trade restriction sanctions by the UK (OFSI), EU (Common Foreign and Security Policy), and US (OFAC). Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL) and Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) are among the most widely designated entities. The UK, EU and UN consolidated lists and the OFAC SDN list carry the designations, which extend to directors and material shareholders of designated entities; confirm current entries at source.
• Registration number is the anchor. The DICA registration number is unique and stable. Request it from any Myanmar counterparty. Name searches in Myanmar script have been reported to return inconsistent results against romanised transliterations; how MyCO behaves is not confirmed here.
• Foreign company definition. Under the 2017 Companies Law, a “foreign company” is any Myanmar-incorporated company with one or more foreign shareholders, regardless of percentage. This broad definition includes minority-foreign joint ventures. Confirm whether your counterparty’s “foreign company” status triggers any sector-specific restrictions.
• Political risk context. Following the February 2021 military takeover, Myanmar’s business environment has been affected by civil conflict, sanctions, currency controls, and banking disruptions. Those conditions are the operating context for any Myanmar counterparty.
• Representative offices. Foreign companies may register representative offices (ROs) with DICA. ROs are limited to liaison and market research and cannot engage in commercial transactions. Confirm whether your counterparty is an RO or a trading entity.

For the full global framework for registry-based due diligence, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide. For adjacent ASEAN registry environments, the Thailand Company Search Guide, Vietnam Company Search Guide, and Cambodia Company Search Guide cover related Southeast Asian registry systems.

Alternatives if you cannot access MyCO directly

• Aggregator search (indicative only): OpenCorporates has partial coverage of Myanmar companies migrated from pre-2018 data. Coverage of MyCO-era registrations is limited. Useful only for a preliminary name check; not for compliance-grade verification.
• Local corporate service providers: Yangon-based law firms and corporate secretarial firms have historically handled MyCO retrieval for foreign clients. An account path exists on the site, through the login and Create An Account links; what an account unlocks is not stated there. Verify that any local provider has current operating capability given Myanmar’s ongoing operational disruptions.

Local data suppliers

Myanmar’s commercial credit bureau market is severely underdeveloped. Major global providers (D&B, Experian, CRIF) have limited or suspended Myanmar operations in the post-2021 sanctions environment. Local providers with sanctions-compliant data offerings are difficult to verify as of May 2026. The DICA MyCO registry remains the primary source for compliance-grade entity verification, supplemented by direct counterparty disclosure and local legal counsel.

FAQ

Can a foreign company access the Myanmar MyCO registry directly?

A MyCO account path exists, through the login and Create An Account links, though what it unlocks is not stated. The COMPANY SEARCH page carries no anonymous name-search form, and no payment methods for extracts are published; confirm at source.

What is the company registration number format in Myanmar?

DICA assigns a unique company registration number at incorporation. Since the MyCO platform launched in 2018, registration numbers for newly incorporated companies follow a sequential format linked to the registration year and category. Pre-2018 legacy companies were migrated to MyCO with their prior reference numbers. The registration number appears on the Certificate of Incorporation and should be on all official company correspondence. There is no widely standardised short-form identifier for Myanmar companies equivalent to, for example, India’s CIN or Singapore’s UEN.

What entity types are registered with DICA?

DICA registers private companies, public companies, small companies (as defined under the Companies Law 2017), companies limited by guarantee, foreign branch offices of overseas companies, and representative offices. Government-owned enterprises (SOEs) may be registered separately through their enabling legislation rather than through DICA. Some military-linked enterprises operate under Ministry of Defence oversight outside the standard DICA framework.

Does Myanmar have a beneficial ownership (UBO) registry?

Companies under the Companies Law 2017 are required to maintain a register of beneficial owners. No public beneficial ownership search appears on MyCO, and no central public register is published there.

How current is the data in MyCO?

MyCO updates records as filings are processed by DICA. Annual return compliance among Myanmar companies has been variable, particularly following the political and economic disruptions since 2021. Active status data reflects DICA’s processing of the most recent filing, which may lag actual corporate changes by months in cases of delayed filing. For time-sensitive compliance workflows, treat MyCO data as a starting point and supplement with direct counterparty disclosure and local counsel confirmation.

Is Myanmar on the FATF grey list?

Myanmar’s current listing is not stated here. It has been reported as placed on the high-risk call-for-action list in June 2022, a more severe designation than the grey list. Check the current lists at https://www.fatf-gafi.org; confirm at source.

What is the difference between the DICA registry and the tax system in Myanmar?

DICA’s MyCO registry holds the legal filing record under the Companies Law 2017: incorporation documents, directors, members, and annual returns. The Internal Revenue Department (IRD) under the Ministry of Planning and Finance maintains the tax system and issues Tax Identification Numbers (TINs). The two systems are linked by company name but administered separately. A valid DICA registration does not confirm tax compliance. Verify both for complete counterparty due diligence, and note that tax compliance documentation from Myanmar authorities may carry reduced reliability in the current operating environment.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: myco.dica.gov.mm, Myanmar Companies Online; corp/search.aspx, which shows no company-name field; login.aspx, which has a password field; the Prescribed Forms and Fees page, whose filing fees are not search prices; www.dica.gov.mm, which is live but blocked automated checks from some networks; and fatf-gafi.org. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.