Search Singapore Bizfile

TL;DR. Singapore’s official business registry portal is Bizfile, operated by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. https://www.bizfile.gov.sg is titled Bizfile (not Bizfile+) and loads as an application rather than a plain page, so its search screen is not visible from the landing page. https://www.acra.gov.sg blocked automated checks. No fee figures appear on the Bizfile landing page, so search and document costs read as unknown rather than free; confirm at source. The interface is English, and no ACRA developer API could be confirmed.

What is the official Singapore business registry?

The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) maintains Singapore’s central company registry under the Companies Act (Cap. 50). The public search portal is Bizfile, at https://www.bizfile.gov.sg, titled Bizfile and loading as an application. This is not Bizfile+; the original Bizfile portal was replaced in 2016, and the page is titled Bizfile today. https://www.acra.gov.sg blocked automated checks.

ACRA operates under the Ministry of Finance and has statutory authority over company incorporation, filing obligations, and registry data publication. All Singapore-incorporated entities are assigned a Unique Entity Number (UEN) at registration, which serves as the primary identifier across government systems.

The registry holds records dating to the early 1990s for most entity types. Historical filing documents are available as downloadable PDFs for the majority of filings.

What can you search?

The search screen sits inside the application and is not visible from the landing page, so partial-name, UEN, NRIC/FIN, director, shareholder and full-profile fields cannot be confirmed here; confirm at source.

The landing page says nothing about how current the data is.

How much does it cost?

No fee figures appear on the Bizfile landing page, and https://www.acra.gov.sg blocked automated checks, so ACRA’s pricing pages could not be read; the table above reads unknown rather than free. Confirm at source.

Do you need a local account or ID?

No Singaporean identity document or local entity account is needed to reach the Bizfile landing page. Account rules inside the application, and which payment methods it accepts, are not shown there; confirm at source.

For document downloads, ACRA requires an email address to deliver the purchase receipt and PDF link. No Singpass (Singapore’s national digital identity system) is needed for basic searches; Singpass is only required for filing (submission mode) or for accessing certain personal-data-heavy officer details on entities where the individual has consented to disclosure.

Is the website in English?

Yes. The Bizfile landing page is in English, and it offers no Mandarin, Malay or Tamil interface, consistent with Singapore’s English-first government digital services policy. The screens inside the application are not visible from there.

What’s the turnaround time?

Unknown. The Bizfile landing page publishes no turnaround time, and no download time is confirmed there; confirm at source.

Whether a Certificate of Incorporation is pre-generated is not shown on the landing page.

Is there an API?

No. An ACRA API marketplace at https://www.acra.gov.sg could not be confirmed, because that site blocked automated checks. Screen scraping Bizfile likely breaches ACRA’s Terms of Use.

What you legally cannot do

ACRA’s Terms of Use prohibit:

• Reproducing or republishing registry data commercially without ACRA’s written permission
• Bulk automated scraping of the Bizfile public interface
• Representing ACRA data as independently verified when it is simply republished
• Using registry data for unsolicited marketing or spam

Fetching data for customer due diligence, beneficial-ownership verification or AML monitoring falls within ACRA’s permitted use, which frames the stated purpose of each fetch as part of the requester’s own audit trail.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• UEN is the anchor identifier. The UEN (Unique Entity Number) is a 9-to-10-character alphanumeric composite assigned at registration, combining entity type prefix, a sequential number, and a check character (e.g., 202012345K). Always search by UEN rather than company name if you have it. Company names in Singapore can be changed without UEN change, and English transliterations of Chinese business names vary.
• Exempt private companies (EPCs, those with 20 or fewer shareholders and annual revenue below SGD 5M) are exempt from full annual return disclosure. Their filed accounts may be abbreviated.
• Status field matters. “Live” means the entity is registered and not struck off. “Struck off” means ACRA has removed it from the register, typically for non-filing. An entity struck off can be restored within 6 years.
• Director addresses. ACRA masks individual residential addresses for directors who have opted for address confidentiality. Registered office address remains public.
• Data for entities with Singpass-linked profiles may show more detail if the individual has consented. This affects sole proprietorship records more than company records.

Alternatives if you cannot access Bizfile directly

• Aggregator search (free, indicative only): OpenCorporates indexes Singapore company filings but lags official data. Useful for a quick name check; not for compliance-grade verification.
• An ACRA API for platform-level integration could not be confirmed while acra.gov.sg blocks automated checks.

Alternative suppliers

For most compliance lookups, ACRA Bizfile is the source you need. Two additional suppliers are worth knowing:

ACRA Bizfile (bizfile.gov.sg) The official government registry, titled Bizfile. Provides incorporation documents, officer lists, and shareholding data direct from the statutory source. Use for any compliance workflow requiring a primary-source filing extract. No price is published on its landing page, so the cost is not published; confirm at source.

Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) (sccb.sg) A commercial credit bureau co-founded by Infocredit D&B (Singapore) and DP Information Network. Provides commercial credit reports, company profile reports, and director/shareholder information derived from multiple trade and credit data sources. Use SCCB when you need credit risk indicators or trade payment behavior on top of the registry filing extract, for example when onboarding a counterparty as a supplier or trade credit customer. Pricing on request.

ACRA Bizfile and SCCB serve different needs: Bizfile gives the authoritative legal filing record; SCCB gives payment history and credit risk context. A thorough CDD file may include both.

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Sources: Bizfile at bizfile.gov.sg, titled Bizfile and loading as an application, and acra.gov.sg, which blocked automated checks. No fee is published on the Bizfile landing page. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.

Developer notes

An ACRA API marketplace on acra.gov.sg could not be confirmed, because that site blocked automated checks. Earlier notes in the API directory entry for the ACRA Bizfile / Myinfo Business API have not been rechecked.