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- ALBANIA COMPANIES REGISTER
- ALGERIA COMPANIES REGISTER
- ANDORRA COMPANIES REGISTRY
- AUSTRALIA COMPANY BUSINESS REGISTER
- BELGIUM COMPANIES REGISTER
- BELIZE COMPANIES REGISTER
- BRAZIL COMPANIES REGISTER
- BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (BVI) COMPANIES REGISTER
- CALIFORNIA COMPANIES BUSINESS REGISTER
- CANADA COMPANIES REGISTER
- CHINA COMPANIES BUSINESS REGISTER
- CYPRUS COMPANIES REGISTER
- FLORIDA COMPANIES REGISTER
- FRANCE TRADE AND COMPANIES REGISTER (RCS)
- GERMANY COMPANIES REGISTER
- GIBRALTAR COMPANIES REGISTER
- HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTER (HK-CR)
- INDIA REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES (ROC)
- INDONESIA COMPANIES REGISTER
- IRELAND CRO COMPANY REGISTER
- ISLE OF MAN COMPANIES REGISTER
- ISRAEL COMPANIES REGISTER
- ITALY COMPANIES REGISTER
- JERSEY COMPANIES HOUSE
- LIECHTENSTEIN COMPANIES REGISTER
- LUXEMBOURG COMPANIES REGISTER
- MALAYSIA COMPANIES REGISTER
- MALTA COMPANIES REGISTER
- MEXICO COMPANIES REGISTER
- MONACO COMPANIES REGISTER
- MOROCCO COMPANIES REGISTER
- NETHERLANDS COMPANIES REGISTER
- NEW YORK COMPANIES BUSINESS REGISTER
- NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES REGISTER
- NIGERIA COMPANIES REGISTER
- PANAMA COMPANIES REGISTER
- POLAND COMPANIES REGISTER
- PORTUGAL COMPANIES BUSINESS REGISTER
- RUSSIA COMPANIES REGISTER
- SAN MARINO COMPANIES REGISTER
- SOUTH AFRICA COMPANIES REGISTER
- SPAIN COMPANIES REGISTER
- SWEDEN COMPANIES REGISTER
- SWITZERLAND COMPANIES REGISTER
- TUNISIA COMPANIES REGISTER
- TURKEY COMPANIES REGISTER
- UNITED KINGDOM (UK) COMPANIES HOUSE
- USA COMPANIES HOUSE EQUIVALENT (EDGAR)
African registers
- Egypt company registers and commercial record extracts
- Ethiopia company registration and licence checks
- Ghana company information and ORC registry searches
- Kenya company searches and official CR12 records
- Lesotho company register and business record searches
- Liberia business registration records and certificates
- Mauritius company searches and CBRD registry documents
- Rwanda company registration records and RDB evidence
- Seychelles business registers and IBC record searches
- Tanzania company records and BRELA search services
- Uganda company records and URSB search reports
- Zambia company searches and PACRA entity printouts
- Zanzibar company records and BPRA registration checks
- Zimbabwe company registry documents and searches
Oceania
Special registers and services
- Australian ASIC company extracts and document searches
- BVI company certificates and official registry searches
- Cayman company extracts and registry disclosure limits
- DIFC registered companies and public-register checks
- DMCC company licence checks and document verification
- Delaware Certificates of Good Standing: request guide
- Hong Kong Companies Registry online e-Search
- Qatar Financial Centre company-register searches
- Québec enterprise searches by NEQ and registry number
- Swiss Zefix company search and cantonal verification
Filing rules and documents
- Australian ACN and ABN: What Each Number Identifies
- Canadian Extra-Provincial Registration Requirements
- Canadian Federal Incorporation: Filing Requirements
- Certified Hong Kong Company Registry Documents
- Company Registration Details on Business Invoices
- Company Registration Expiry and Renewal Rules
- Company Registration Numbers and Tax Identifiers
- Finding a US Corporation’s Registered Agent
- Hong Kong Business Registration Numbers and Former CRNs
- Hong Kong Company Annual Return Filing
- India MCA and Registrar of Companies Searches
- Jersey Registry Certified Documents and Extracts
- Order Certified Companies House Documents
- Registering an Australian Company or Business Name
- Request Certified Guernsey Company Records
- Singapore ACRA Business Profiles and Filed Extracts
- UK Annual Accounts: Companies House Filing Requirements
- UK Confirmation Statements: Filing and Identity Checks
- US State Certificates of Good Standing and Status
- Verify an Indian Company’s CIN
More European countries
- Belarus Company Register and Official EGR Information
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Business Registers and Court Records
- Croatia Company Search, Court Extracts and FINA Accounts
- Iceland Company Search and Annual Accounts Records
- Moldova Company Records and ASP State Register Extracts
- Montenegro Company Search through the IRMS Register
- North Macedonia Company Profiles and Registry Certificates
- Serbia Company Search and Published APR Financial Statements
- Slovakia Company Search, Official Extracts and Accounts
- Slovenia Company Records in AJPES ePRS and JOLP
North America and the Caribbean
- Antigua and Barbuda: searching ABIPCO records
- Cuba: mercantile records and published company lists
- Dominica: CIPO company searches and registry documents
- Haiti: checking business registration through the MCI
- Nicaragua: company status and mercantile certificates
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: locating the correct registry
- Saint Lucia: ROCIP records and company-name enquiries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: company records
South American registers
Types of company registers
- BRIS: searching connected European business registers
- Beneficial owner registers and access restrictions
- Charity and nonprofit registers: checking status
- Commercial company registers and legal entities
- Cooperative and mutual society registry records
- Corporate insolvency and bankruptcy register searches
- Foreign company branches and overseas establishments
- National company registers and their authority
- Official company registers: which type do you need?
- Overseas and offshore company registry checks
- Provincial business registers: a jurisdiction guide
- Sole trader and individual business registers
- State corporation registers and business filings
Company search methods
- Check active, dissolved and liquidating companies
- Company registration number lookup and matching
- Company searches by business activity code
- Find companies by city or region
- Official online company searches: a practical route
- Search a company register by registered name
- Search business entities by registered office address
- Search companies by legal form and entity type
- Search declared company directors and officers
- Shareholder searches in public company records
- Trace historical company names and identity changes
- Verify an international company registration number
Available company information
- Access to ultimate beneficial ownership information
- Business activity and the company’s registered purpose
- Company assets, liabilities and equity in filed accounts
- Company directors and authorised representatives
- Company financial statements in public registers
- Company legal structure and current registry status
- Company numbers and incorporation dates explained
- Company revenue, profit and accounting results
- Company shareholders and disclosed ownership structures
- Historical company filings and director changes
- Insolvency proceedings and liquidation status records
- Parent companies, subsidiaries and disclosed group links
- Registered company names and legal identity
- Registered offices and company branch addresses
- Registered share capital and corporate changes
Registry documents
- Annual returns and company confirmation statements
- Apostilles and translations for company documents
- Articles of association and recorded amendments
- Certified registry extracts and company document copies
- Company dissolution, strike-off and liquidation notices
- Company good-standing certificates and their limits
- Company registry extracts and ordinary document copies
- Director appointment and resignation documents
- Documents recording company share-capital changes
- Filed annual accounts and public financial statements
- Official company registration forms and registrar fees
- What a certificate of incorporation establishes
European registers
- Austria: Firmenbuch searches and company documents
- Bulgaria: Commercial Register company checks
- Czech Republic: public company register and ARES
- Denmark: CVR company records and annual reports
- Estonia: e-Business Register company information
- Finland: YTJ, PRH and Virre company searches
- Greece: GEMI company searches and public filings
- Guernsey: company registry searches and documents
- Hungary: company register and published accounts
- Latvia: Register of Enterprises company searches
- Lithuania: legal entity register searches and access
- Norway: Brønnøysund company and organisation searches
- Romania: ONRC company register searches
- Ukraine: company register information and extracts
Canada: federal and provincial
- Alberta: corporation details and registry searches
- British Columbia: company searches and certified records
- Canada: search federally incorporated companies
- Manitoba: Companies Office searches and file summaries
- New Brunswick: Corporate Registry information searches
- Newfoundland and Labrador: CADO company records
- Northwest Territories: CROS corporate registry searches
- Nova Scotia: Joint Stock Companies registry searches
- Nunavut: corporate records and official enquiry routes
- Ontario: business registry searches and record products
- Prince Edward Island: business and corporate records
- Québec: enterprise register searches and legal identity
- Saskatchewan: Corporate Registry business searches
- Yukon: Corporate Online Registry searches
United States: state registers
- Arizona: ABC company searches and corporate filings
- Delaware: entity searches and company status evidence
- Georgia State Company Search through Official eCorp
- Illinois Company Search and Official Business Records
- Kentucky Business Search and Recorded Company Officers
- Massachusetts: corporation searches and public filings
- Nevada: business entity records and licence context
- New Jersey: business records and standing certificates
- Ohio: business searches and good-standing documents
- Oklahoma Company Registry and Corporate Document Orders
- Oregon: business registry searches and older records
- Pennsylvania Company Records and Subsistence Certificates
- Rhode Island Company Search and Historic Corporate Records
- Tennessee Company Records and Business Identity Checks
- Texas: SOSPortal company searches and records
- Utah Company Registry and Business Record Searches
- Vermont Company Search and Copies of Business Filings
- Virginia: SCC business records and CIS searches
- Washington DC Company Registry and Business Licence Checks
- Washington State: corporation and charity searches
- West Virginia Business Records and Existence Certificates
- Wisconsin: DFI corporate records and document requests
- Wyoming: business entity searches and filed documents
Latin America and the Caribbean
- Argentina Company Search: RNS, CUIT and Local Registers
- Bahamas Company Records and the Official CARS Platform
- Barbados Company Search and Corporate Registry Services
- Bermuda Company Registry and Catalyst Record Searches
- Cayman Islands Company Search and Registry Certificates
- Costa Rica Company Search and Legal-Person Certificates
- Curaçao Company Registry Search and Chamber Extracts
- Dominican Republic Company Records and RNC Verification
- Ecuador Company Records through the Superintendencia
- El Salvador Company Search through the CNR Registry
- Grenada Company Registry: Contacting CAIPO for Records
- Guyana Company Records and the Commercial Registry
- Honduras Company Registry and Regional Commercial Records
- Jamaica Company Search and Verification of COJ Documents
- Puerto Rico Company Search and Department of State Records
- Trinidad and Tobago Company Records through CROS
- Uruguay Company Records and Commercial Registry Certificates
- Venezuela Commercial Registry: SAREN Records and Offices
Asia and the Middle East
- Armenia Company Search and the Current State Register
- Georgia Company Registry: NAPR Business Records and Extracts
- Japan Company Search: Corporate Numbers and Registry Records
- Jordan Company Search through the Companies Control Department
- Kazakhstan Company Records and BIN-Based Enquiries
- Kuwait Company Records and Commercial Registry Services
- Kyrgyzstan Company Registry and Archived Registration Records
- Macau Commercial Registry and Company Certificates
- Maldives Business Registry and Profile-Sheet Verification
- Nepal Company Search and OCR Registration Records
- Oman Company Search and Commercial Registration Records
- Pakistan Company Records and SECP Certified Copies
- Philippines Company Records and SEC Document Requests
- Qatar Company Enquiries, Trade Names and Business Maps
- Saudi Arabia Commercial Registration Search and Extracts
- Singapore Company Search and ACRA Business Profiles
- South Korea Company Registry and DART Disclosures
- Taiwan Company Search through MOEA Public Records
- Thailand Company Search and DBD Financial Records
- UAE Company Search: Growth Register and Business Licences
- Vietnam Company Search and Enterprise Registration Data