Sri Lanka company search: Registrar of Companies (drc.gov.lk)

TL;DR. https://www.drc.gov.lk redirects to https://drc.gov.lk/intro/, a language picker for the Department of the Registrar of Companies - Sri Lanka. The English icon points to https://drc.gov.lk/en/, the Department of the Registrar of Companies - Towards the Business World, which names an eROC Name Search at https://eroc.drc.gov.lk/. That page shows only a Please wait… placeholder and never renders a search form. Extract prices of LKR 500 to 5,000 have been reported but do not appear in the department’s Table of Fees; confirm at source.

What is the official Sri Lanka business registry?

The Department of the Registrar of Companies (DRC) is Sri Lanka’s central business registry under the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007. The English hub is https://drc.gov.lk/en/. It names eROC as “the web based single window for business registration facilities” and links Name Search and New User Registration to https://eroc.drc.gov.lk/.

That eROC host never renders past a “Please wait…” placeholder, so no name-search form can be confirmed there.

Statutory coverage: private limited companies (PVT), public limited companies (PLC), guarantee-limited companies, unlimited companies, offshore companies, and foreign branches. Sole proprietorships and partnerships are outside DRC.

The Business Registration (BR) number is the identifier counterparties typically hold. No BR lookup form appears behind the eROC placeholder.

What can you search?

Nothing could be confirmed. The English hub links Name Search to eROC, and eROC shows only a placeholder, so search fields such as company name, BR number, PVS number, status and paid extracts are not confirmed here.

New User Registration is linked to the same eROC host, as a navigation label rather than a completed sign-up.

How much does it cost?

The English hub has a Table of Fees at https://drc.gov.lk/en/?page_id=11. That page cites Companies (Fees) Orders / Societies (Fees) Orders as No : 2496/03 Special Gazzette (dated 2026-07-06) and PDF labels 2496-03_E / 2496-03_S, and gives no amounts on the page itself. Extract prices of LKR 500 to 5,000 appear in older accounts; confirm at source.

Visa, Mastercard and bank transfer are not named on the DRC or eROC pages.

Do you need a local account or ID?

The English hub links New User Registration on eROC, which could not be followed further. A Sri Lankan NIC is not stated as required; confirm at source.

Is the website in English?

Partial. /intro/ is a three-language picker (Sinhala, Tamil, English) and /en/ is English. eROC shows no form labels at all.

What’s the turnaround time?

Unknown. The eROC screens never load, and no turnaround is published.

Is there an API?

No public API is published. erocapi.drc.gov.lk, linked from the English hub, serves PDF user guides rather than a documented company-search API.

What you legally cannot do

There is no public beneficial ownership register. Sri Lanka’s PDPA (Act No. 9 of 2022) is the statutory data-protection frame. Bulk automated extraction of eROC is not permitted.

FATF grey-list status is not covered here. Check fatf-gafi.org.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• Start at /intro/, then /en/. The published address lands on a language picker, not a search form.
• eROC is the named search window, but it does not load a form.
• The BR number is the identifier to ask a counterparty for; no online lookup is confirmed.
• The Table of Fees points at gazette 2496/03 (2026-07-06), which carries the amounts.

Alternatives if you cannot access DRC directly

• Colombo corporate-service firms with eROC accounts, for certified documents while the portal does not load.
• OpenCorporates: indicative only, not a DRC-grade record.

Local data suppliers

• Dun & Bradstreet Sri Lanka (dnb.com): D-U-N-S reports. Not a DRC extract.

FAQ

Can a foreign company access the Sri Lanka DRC registry directly?

The English hub is reachable. Name Search sits on eROC, which does not load a form, so an anonymous search is not confirmed.

What is the BR number in Sri Lanka?

The Business Registration number assigned at incorporation. Public companies also use a PVS number. Neither lookup form appears behind the eROC placeholder.

Does Sri Lanka have a beneficial ownership (UBO) registry?

No public beneficial ownership register is published.

Is Sri Lanka on the FATF grey list?

Not covered here. Verify at fatf-gafi.org.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: drc.gov.lk/intro/ and drc.gov.lk/en/; eroc.drc.gov.lk, which shows only a “Please wait” placeholder; the Table of Fees at page_id=11, which points at gazette 2496/03 without listing amounts. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.