*For a worldwide registry of most companies engaged in any type of financial transaction (stocks, bonds, derivatives, foreign exchange, etc.) seeLegal Entity Identifier

Afghanistan

• Minister of Commerce and Industries – Central Business Registry^[1]

Albania

• National Business Center (Qendra Kombetare e Biznesit)^[2]

Algeria

• The National Center of The Trade Register (Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC)) (in French) (registration required) ^[3]

Andorra

• Oficina de Marques

Angola

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights – Central Register of Business Names (Ficheiro Central de Denominações Sociais) (not searchable) (in Portuguese)^[4]

• Ministry of Finance – Registry of State Suppliers (registration required) (in Portuguese)^[5]

Anguilla

• Anguilla Financial Services – Anguilla Commercial Online Registration Network (ACORN) (registration required) ^[6]

Antigua and Barbuda

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission (not searchable)^[7]

Argentina

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (in Spanish)^[8]

• Official Gazette (Click on "Sociedades") (in Spanish)^[9]

• Federal Administration of Public Revenue – tax identification number (CUIT) check (in Spanish)^[10]

• National Securities Commission – Issuers^[11]

• National Procurement Office – Providers (in Spanish)^[12]

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship – Directory of Importers/Exporters (in Spanish)^[13]

Armenia

• Ministry of Justice – State Register of the Legal Entities^[14]

• Tax Service – Taxpayers

• Central Bank of Armenia – Listed Companies (in Armenian)^[15]

Aruba

• Aruba Chamber of Commerce and Industry^[16]

Australia

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission – Search ASIC Registers^[17]

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission – Datasets^[18]

• Australian Business Register – Australian Business Number Lookup^[19]

• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations – Search Corporations^[20]

Austria

• Firmenbuch (in German) Information on accessing the official corporate registry^[21]

• Wiener Zeitung – Firmenmonitor (company notices) (in German)^[22]

• Financial Market Authority – Supervised Companies^[23]

Azerbaijan

• Ministry of Taxes – State Register of Business Entities (in Azerbaijani)^[24]

• Ministry of Taxes – Businesses engaged in production (in Azerbaijani)^[25]

Bahamas

• Registrar General's Department^[26]

Bangladesh

• Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms^[27]

Bahrain

• Ministry of Industry & Commerce^[28]

• Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Members Search

• Central Bank of Bahrain – CBB Register^[29]

Barbados

• Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office – Registrants^[30]

Belarus

• Ministry of Justice – Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs (In Russian)^[31]

Belgium

• Crossroads Bank for Enterprises^[32]

• Federal Public Service Justice – Enterprise Search (in French)^[33]

• National Bank of Belgium – Central Balance Sheet Office^[34]

• Financial Services and Markets Authority – Public companies register (STORI)^[35]

Belize

• International Business Companies Registry of Belize^[36]

Benin

• Ministry of Industry, Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises – Business Registry (GUFE) (in French)^[37]

Bermuda

• Registrar of Companies^[38]

Bhutan

• Ministry of Economic Affairs (not searchable)^[39]

Bolivia

• Registry of Commerce (Fundempresa) (in Spanish)^[40]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Registers of Business Entities^[41]

• Republika Srpska – Registers of Business Entities^[42]

• Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brčko District – Registry of Securities – Issuers^[43]

• Republika Srpska – Central Registry of Securities – Issuers^[44]

Botswana

• Companies and Intellectual Property Authority^[45]

Brazil

• BM&F Bovespa – Listed Companies^[46]

• Ministry of Finance – Federal Revenue – Legal entity tax identification number (CNPJ) search (in Portuguese)

State registries

• Department of Business Registration and Integration (DREI) – Map of commercial registries (juntas comerciais) (in Portuguese)^[47]

British Virgin Islands

• Financial Services Commission – Registry of Corporate Affairs (not searchable)^[75]

Brunei

• Brunei Attorney General's Chamber^[76]

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian trade register (in Bulgarian)^[77]

• Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Trade Register^[78]

Burkina Faso

• House of Enterprises (Maison de l'Entreprise) – Company search (in French)^[79]

Burundi

• Investment Promotion Authority (not searchable)

Cambodia

• Ministry of Commerce – Business Registration^[80]

Cameroon

• Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Company Directory (in French)

• Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Database of Industrial Enterprises (in French)^[81]

• Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development – Business Directory (Annuaire des entreprises)

• National Institute of Statistics – List of companies (in French)^[82]

Canada

• Corporations Canada – Search for a Federal Corporation^[83]

• Canada's Business Registries^[84]

Provincial and territorial registries

Cape Verde

• Official Gazette (subscription required) (in Portuguese)^[101]

Cayman Islands

• General Registry (subscription required) ^[102]

• Cayman Islands Monetary Authority – Search for Entities^[103]

Central African Republic

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry (in French)

• Ministry for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (in French)

Chile

• Registry of Commerce of Santiago (in Spanish)^[104]

• Official gazette (in Spanish)^[105]

• Securities and Insurance Supervisor (in Spanish)^[106]

• Ministry of Finance – Directory of Providers (in Spanish)^[107]

China, People's Republic of

• State Administration for Market Regulation (in Chinese)^[108]

• Credit China (in Chinese)^[109]

• Ministry of Commerce – Corporate Credit Rating System (in Chinese)

• State Administration of Taxation – Corporate credit rating inquiry (in Chinese)^[110]

Provincial, sub-provincial and municipal registries

• Anhui Province – Anhui Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[111] Hefei – Hefei Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Beijing – Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[112]

• Chongqing – Chongqing Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Chongqing – Chongqing Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[113]

• Fujian Province – Fujian Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[114]

• Fujian Province – Fujian Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese) Fuzhou – Fuzhou Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese) Xiamen – Xiamen Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)

• Gansu Province – Gansu Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[115]

• Guangdong Province – Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[116] Guangzhou – Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[117] Guangzhou – Guangzhou Commercial Registration Information (in Chinese) Shenzhen – Market Supervision Administration of Shenzhen Municipality (in Chinese) Shenzhen – Shenzhen Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[118]

• Guangxi Province – Guangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Guizhou Province – Guizhou Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Guizhou Province – Guizhou Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[119] Guiyang – Guiyang Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Hainan Province – Hainan Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Hebei Province – Hebei Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[120]

• Heilongjiang Province – Heilongjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[121]

• Heilongjiang Province – Heilongjiang Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[122] Harbin – Harbin Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[123]

• Henan Province – Henan Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[124]

• Hubei Province – Hubei Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese) Wuhan - Wuhan Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[125]

• Hunan Province – Hunan Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Hunan Province – Hunan Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[126]

• Inner Mongolia – Inner Mongolia Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Inner Mongolia – Inner Mongolia Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[127]

• Jiangsu Province -– Jiangsu Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[128] Wuxi – Wuxi Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)

• Jiangxi Province – Jiangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[129]

• Jilin Province – Jilin Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[130]

• Liaoning Province – Liaoning Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[131]

• Liaoning Province – Liaoning Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[132] Dalian – Dalian Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[133] Dandong – Dandong Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[134] Shenyang – Shenyang Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[135]

• Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region – Ningxia Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[136]

• Qinghai Province – Qinghai Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[137]

• Shaanxi Province – Shaanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Shaanxi Province – Shaanxi enterprise credit information system (in Chinese) Xi'an – Xi'an Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[138]

• Shandong Province – Shandong Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[139] Dongying – Dongying Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese) Qingdao – Qingdao Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese) Weihai – Weihai Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Shanghai – Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[140]

• Shanxi Province – Shanxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Sichuan Province – Sichuan Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[141]

• Sichuan Province – Sichuan Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese) Chengdu – Chengdu Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[142]

• Tianjin – Tianjin City Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[143] Binhai - Binhai company search (in Chinese)

• Tibet Autonomous Region – Tibet Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – Xinjiang Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Yunnan Province – Yunnan Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[144] Kunming – Kunming Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)^[145]

• Zhejiang Province – Zhejiang Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese)

• Zhejiang Province – Zhejiang Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[146] Hangzhou – Hangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce (in Chinese) Hangzhou – Hangzhou Enterprise Credit Information System (in Chinese)^[147]

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Integrated Companies Registry Information System (ICRIS) – Companies Register^[148]

• Inland Revenue Department – Business Registration Number Enquiry^[149]

• Securities and Futures Commission – Public Register of Licensed Persons and Registered Institutions^[150]

Macau

• Government Printing Bureau^[151]

• Directorate of Justice Affairs Services (not searchable)^[152]

Taiwan

• Ministry of Economic Affairs – Company Registration Enquiry (in Chinese)^[153]

• Ministry of Economic Affairs – Business registration lists (in Chinese)^[154]

• Ministry of Economic Affairs – Business registration lists (by municipality) (in Chinese)

• Ministry of Economic Affairs – List of Taiwanese companies in mainland China (in Chinese)^[155]

• Ministry of Economic Affairs – List of Taiwanese companies doing business outside of Taiwan (in Chinese)^[156]

• Ministry of Economic Affairs – List of non-Taiwanese companies registered in Taiwan (in Chinese)^[157]

• Taiwan Stock Exchange – Market Observation Post System^[158]

Colombia

• Unified Commercial and Social Registry (RUES) (in Spanish)^[159]

• Superintendency of Corporations – Business Check (in Spanish) (additional company details)^[160]

• Superintendency of Corporations – SIREM Company Search (in Spanish)^[161]

• Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia – Comprehensive Stock Market Information System (SIMEV) (in Spanish)^[162]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

• Ministry of Justice and Human Rights – Business Registry (Guichet unique) (in French)^[163]

Congo, Republic of the

• National Center for Statistics and Economic Studies (in French) - Click on "Base de données"^[164]

• Official gazette (in French)^[165]

Cook Islands

• Financial Supervisory Commission – Registrar's Office (not searchable)^[166]

Costa Rica

• National Registry (registration required) (in Spanish)^[167]

• General Directorate Of Taxation (DGT) – Company check (in Spanish)^[168]

• Government Procurement System – Provider search (in Spanish)^[169]

Côte d'Ivoire

• Center for Investment Promotion – Company search (in French)^[170]

Croatia

• Croatian Company Directory^[171]

• Ministry of Justice – Business Register (in Croatian)^[172]

• Chamber of Economy – Export Directory (in Croatian)^[173]

Cuba

• National Office of Statistics – Registries (in Spanish)^[174]

Curaçao

• Curaçao Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Cyprus

• Department of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver^[175]

Czech Republic

• Ministry of Justice – Business register search (in Czech)^[176]

• Ministry of Finance – Register of economic entities^[177]

• Ministry of Industry and Trade – Trade Licensing Register (Czech version has additional detail)^[178]

Denmark

• Central Business Register

• Financial Supervisory Authority – Enterprises under supervision

Danish realms

• Faroe Islands – Company Registration Authority

• Greenland – Greenland Business Register (GER) (in Danish)

Djibouti

• Office of Industrial Property and Commerce (ODPIC) – Official Bulletin (in French)

Dominica

• Companies and Intellectual Property Office – Name search^[179]

Dominican Republic

• Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) – Tax-paying companies search (in Spanish)^[180]

• Generate Directorate of Internal Revenue (DGII) – Companies without operations (in Spanish)

• National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) – Trade name search (in Spanish)^[181]

• General Directorate of Public Procurement – Provider search (in Spanish)^[182]

• Santo Domingo – Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce and Production (in Spanish)

Ecuador

• Superintendency of Companies (in Spanish)^[183]

• Internal Revenue Service (SRI) – Company check (in Spanish)^[184]

• National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) – Business Directory (in Spanish)

• National Secretariat of Policy Management – Directory of Social Organizations (in Spanish)^[185]

• Official Public Procurement System – Provider search (in Spanish)^[186]

Egypt

• Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade – Egyptian International Trade Point

• General Authority for Free Zones and Investment^[187]

El Salvador

• National Center of Registries – List of registered businesses (in Spanish)^[188]

• Official Gazette search (in Spanish)

• Salvadoran Institute of Social Security – Solvent companies (in Spanish)

• Public Procurement Unit (UNAC) – List of providers (in Spanish)^[189]

Eritrea

• Ministry of Information – Official journal (Haddas Ertra) (in Tigrinya)^[190]

Estonia

• Centre of Registers and Information Systems^[191]

• Financial Supervision Authority – Supervised Entities^[192]

Ethiopia

• Ministry of Trade^[193]

Fiji

• Fiji Government – Companies and Business Registration (registration required)^[194]

Finland

• Finnish Trade Register – Company Search^[195]

• BIS Information Service^[196]

• Åland – Åland Online – Companies, Organizations and Associations

France

• Register of Commerce (Infogreffe) (in French)^[197]

• INSEE – Company search (Sirene) (in French)^[198]

• French Greffe of the Tribunal de Commerce of Paris^[199]

• Journal officiel de la République française – Bulletin of Obligatory Legal Announcements (in French)^[200]

• Official Bulletin of Civil and Commercial Notices (Bodacc) (in French)^[201]

• Autorité des marchés financiers – Decisions and financial disclosures database (BDIF)^[202]

Gabon

• Investment Promotion Agency (Centre de Développement des Entreprises) (not searchable) (in French)

Gambia

• iCommerce Registry (registration required)^[203]

Georgia

• Public Registry (in Georgian)^[204]

Germany

• German Trade Register – Company Search^[205]

• Bundesanzeiger – Company Register^[206]

• Federal Financial Supervisory Authority – Listed companies (in German)^[207]

Ghana

• Registrar General's Department

• Public Procurement Authority – Registered Suppliers and Contractors^[208]

Gibraltar

• Companies House Gibraltar (subscription required) ^[209]

Greece

• General Commercial Registry (Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο) (in Greek)^[210]

• Official gazette – Company search (in Greek)

• Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EBEA)

Grenada

• Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (not searchable)^[211]

Guatemala

• Mercantile Registry (subscription required) (in Spanish)^[212]

• State Procurement System – Provider search (in Spanish)^[213]

Guernsey, Channel Islands

• Guernsey Registry^[214]

Guinea

• Investment Promotion Agency (in French)

Guyana

• Ministry of Legal Affairs – Deeds Registry (not searchable)^[215]

• The Official Gazette of Guyana

• Georgetown – Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Directory of Members^[216]

Haiti

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry – Electronic Commerce Registry (in French)

Honduras

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry (in Spanish)

• Executive Directorate of Income – company tax identification code (RTN) check (in Spanish)

• State Office Procurement (ONCAE) – Provider search (in Spanish)^[217]

Hungary

• Ministry of Justice – Company Information and Electronic Company Registration Service (in Hungarian)^[218]

• Hungarian National Bank – Financial Services Register and supervision of listed companies on Budapest Stock Exchange^[219]

Iceland

• Directorate of Internal Revenue – Company Directory (in Icelandic)^[220]

India

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs – Find Company/LLP^[221]

Indonesia

• Ministry of Industry – Industrial Company Directory (in Indonesian)^[222]

• Ministry of Trade – Corporate Directory

• Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) (in Indonesian)^[223]

• Indonesia Charter bus – Transportation

Iran

• Legal Entities National ID Portal (in Persian)^[224]

• Official Journal (RRK) (in Persian)^[225]

• Official Journal (Dastour) (in Persian)^[226]

• Official Journal (in Persian) – For older gazette filings^[227]

• Tehran – Tehran Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Mines – Trade Directory (in Persian)^[228]

• DigiPedia Co

Iraq

• Ministry of Trade – Iraq Registrar of Companies^[229]

• Baghdad – Chamber of Commerce – Companies Search (in Arabic)^[230]

• Erbil – Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Companies List^[231]

Ireland

• Companies Registration Office – Company Search^[232]

• Companies Registration Office – Registry of Friendly Societies^[233]

Isle of Man

• Isle of Man Companies Registry^[234]

Israel

• Justice Ministry – Israeli Corporations Authority^[235]

• Justice Ministry – Israeli Corporations Authority (in Hebrew) – Additional details available in company extract^[236]

• Israel Securities Authority – List of Public Companies^[237]

• Ministry of Construction – Contractors Registrar^[238]

Italy

• Business Register of the Italian Chambers of Commerce^[239]

• Infoimprese (in Italian)^[240]

• Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa – Listed Companies

Jamaica

• Office of the Registrar of Companies^[241]

• National Contracts Commission – Registered Contractors^[242]

Japan

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Company Search (registration required) (in Japanese)^[243]

Jersey, Channel Islands

• Jersey Financial Services Commission – Companies Registry^[244]

Jordan

• Companies Control Department (in Arabic)^[245]

• Ministry of Industry and Trade – Trade Names^[246]

• Securities Depository Center – Public Shareholding Companies^[247]

Kazakhstan

• Ministry of Justice – Database of legal entities^[248]

• State Revenue Committee – Legal entities^[249]

• Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance – Legal entities (in Russian)

• Business Licenses^[250]

Kenya

• State Law Office – Registrar General (not searchable)

• National Construction Authority – Registered Contractors^[251]

Kiribati

• Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives (not searchable)^[252]

Kosovo

• Ministry of Trade and Industry – Business Registration Agency^[253]

Kuwait

• Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Company Search (in Arabic)^[254]

• Kuwait Stock Exchange – Listed Companies

Kyrgyzstan

• Ministry of Justice – Register of Legal Entities (in Russian)

Laos

• Ministry of Industry and Commerce – Registered Enterprises^[255]

Latvia

• Register of Enterprises^[256]

• Database of all companies registered in Latvia

Lebanon

• Investment Development Authority of Lebanon

Lesotho

• Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing^[257]

Liberia

• Liberia Business Registry

Liechtenstein

• Office of Justice – Commercial Register (in German)^[258]

Lithuania

• Register of Legal Entities^[259]

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg Business Registers (in English)^[260]

• Official Gazette (Legilux) (in French)^[261]

• Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - Supervised entities^[262]

Macedonia

• Central Registry (in Macedonian)^[263]

• Securities and Exchange Commission – Registry of joint stock companies

Madagascar

• Economic Development Board of Madagascar – List of companies

• General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) – Taxable entity search (registration required) (in French)^[264]

Malta

• Malta Financial Services Authority – Registry of Companies^[265]

Malawi

• Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs – Registrar General (not searchable)^[266]

Malaysia

• Companies Commission of Malaysia – Company search (subscription required) ^[267]

• Labuan – Labuan Financial Services Authority (registration required)^[268]

Maldives

• Ministry of Economic Development^[269]

Mali

• Investment Promotion Agency (in French)^[270]

Marshall Islands

• Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate Administrators^[271]

Mauritania

• Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (Click on "Répertoires des entreprises") (in French)^[272]

Mauritius

• Ministry of Finance and Economic Development – Corporate and Business Registration Department^[273]

Mexico

• Secretariat of Economy – National Business Information Registry (SIEM) (in Spanish)

• Secretariat of Economy – Company name search (in Spanish)^[274]

• Secretariat of Economy – Integrated System of Registry Management (SIGER) – list of all state and municipal commercial registries (in Spanish)^[275]

• Mexican Institute of Industrial Property – Trade name search (in Spanish)

• Registry of Suppliers and Contractors (RUPC) (in Spanish)^[276]

• ProMéxico – Directory of Exporters (in Spanish)^[277]

State registries

Micronesia, Federated States of

• Registrar of Companies – Listing of FSM Corporations

Moldova

• Licensing Chamber^[310]

• Ministry of Justice – State Registration Chamber (in Romanian)^[311]

• Ministry of Justice – State Register of Non-Profit Organizations (in Romanian)^[312]

• State Tax Service – Taxable entity search (in Romanian) – search by Unique State Identification Number (IDNO)^[313]

• State Tax Service – List of taxable entities (in Romanian)^[314]

Monaco

• Registry of Commerce and Industry (in French)^[315]

Mongolia

• General Authority for State Registration ^[316]

Montenegro

• Central Registry of Business Entities^[317]

• Montenegro Stock Exchange – Company search^[318]

Montserrat

• Financial Services Commission (not searchable)^[319]

Morocco

• Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) (subscription required) (in French)^[320]

• Central Trade Registry (OMPIC) (in French)^[321]

• Financial Markets Authority (CDVM) – Listed Companies^[322]

• Casablanca – Register of Commerce (in French)

• Fès – Register of Commerce (in French)

• Marrakech – Register of Commerce (in French)^[323]

• Meknès – Register of Commerce (in Arabic)

• Oujda – Register of Commerce (in Arabic)

• Rabat – Register of Commerce (in French)

• Salé – Register of Commerce (in French)

• Tangier – Register of Commerce (in French)

Mozambique

• Bulletin of the Republic (in Portuguese)^[324]

Myanmar

• Directorate of Investment and Company Administration^[325]

Namibia

• Business and Intellectual Property Authority^[326]

Nauru

• Registrar of Corporations

Nepal

• Office of Company Registrar^[327]

Netherlands

• Trade Register – Company search (subscription required) (in Dutch)^[328]

Caribbean Netherlands

• Bonaire Commercial Register^[329]

• Sint Eustatius and Saba Commercial Register^[330]

New Zealand

• Companies Office – Search for companies, company directors or shareholders^[331]

Nicaragua

• Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (in Spanish)^[332]

• General Revenue Service (DGI) – Business search (in Spanish)^[333]

• General Directorate of State Procurement – Provider search (in Spanish)^[334]

Niger

• National Institute of Statistics – Directory of Companies (in French)

Nigeria

• Corporate Affairs Commission^[335]

• Bureau of Public Procurement – Registered Contractors^[336]

Niue

• Companies Office of Niue^[337]

Norway

• Brønnøysund Register Centre – Company Register (in Norwegian)^[338]

• Brønnøysund Register Centre – Company Announcements^[339]

• Agency for Public Management and eGovernment – List of companies (in Norwegian)^[340]

• Financial Supervisory Authority – Registry of supervised entities^[341]

Oman

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry – Search Company Listings^[342]

• Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Trade Directory

Pakistan

• Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan - Company Name Search^[343]

Palau

• Office of the Attorney General – Registrar of Corporations (not searchable)^[344]

Palestinian territories

• Ministry of National Economy – Companies Registry^[345]

Panama

• Public Registry of Panama (registration required) (in Spanish)^[346]

• Panadata (in Spanish)^[347]

Papua New Guinea

• Investment Promotion Authority – Entity Search^[348]

Paraguay

• Ministry of Finance – Taxable entity search (in Spanish)^[349]

• Undersecretary of State Taxation (SET) – company tax identification number (RUC) check (in Spanish)^[350]

• National Directorate of Public Procurement – Provider search (in Spanish)^[351]

Peru

• National Superintendency of Public Registries (SUNARP) (in Spanish)^[352]

• National Superintendency of Tax Administration (SUNAT) (in Spanish)^[353]

• Supervisory Agency for State Contracts (OSCE) – Provider search (in Spanish)^[354]

Philippines

• Department of Trade and Industry – Business Name Registration System^[355]

Poland

• Ministry of Justice – National Court Register (in Polish)^[356]

• Ministry of Development – Central Registration and Information on Business^[357]

• Central Statistical Office – National Official Business Register (in Polish)^[358]

Portugal

• Citizen Portal – Company search (in Portuguese)^[359]

• Ministry of Justice – Entity Search^[360]

Qatar

• Ministry of Business and Trade – Companies Control Department (Hukoomi) (registration required)^[361]

• Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Business Directory^[362]

• Qatar Financial Centre Authority – Public Register^[363]

Romania

• Ministry of Public Finance – Business search (in Romanian)^[364]

• Ministry of Justice – The National Trade Register Office (ONRC) (registration required) (in Romanian)^[365]

• Ministry of Justice – The National Trade Register Office (in Romanian)

• Financial Supervisory Authority (in Romanian)^[366]

• Bucharest Stock Exchange – Companies directory^[367]

Russian Federation

• Federal Tax Service – Unified State Register of Legal Entities (in Russian)^[368]

• National Classifier of Enterprises and Organizations (in Russian)^[369]

Rwanda

• Office of the Registrar General (ORG)^[370]

• Rwanda Revenue Authority – VAT Registered Taxpayers

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Financial Services Regulatory Commission – Registrar of Companies (registration required)^[371]

• Nevis Financial Regulatory Services Commission^[372]

Saint Lucia

• Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property (ROCIP)^[373]

• Registry of International Business Companies and International Trusts (Pinnacle)^[374]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Commerce and Intellectual Property Office (subscription required) ^[375]

Samoa

• Samoa Business Registry^[376]

San Marino

• Trade Register^[377]

São Tomé and Príncipe

• Ministry of Justice – Company Registry^[378]

Saudi Arabia

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry (in Arabic)^[379]

• Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority – License Search (in Arabic)

• Riyadh – Riyadh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (in Arabic)^[380]

• Jeddah – Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Business Directory^[381]

Senegal

• Business Creation Support Bureau^[382]

Serbia

• The Serbian Business Registers Agency (in Serbian)^[383]

• Central Securities Depository and Clearing House^[384]

• Securities Commission – Public Company Register (in Serbian)

• National Bank of Serbia –; Lists of Providers of Financial Services^[385]

Seychelles

• Seychelles Business Register (onshore companies only)^[386]

• Seychelles Financial Services Authority (not searchable)^[387]

Sierra Leone

• Office of the Administrator and Registrar General^[388]

Singapore

• Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority – Entity search (subscription required) ^[389]

• Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore – GST Registered Business Search^[390]

• Monetary Authority of Singapore – Financial Institutions Directory

Slovakia

• Ministry of Justice - Business Register^[391]

Slovenia

• Slovenian Business Register (registration required)^[392]

• Financial Administration – List of taxable legal entities (in Slovene)^[393]

• Central Securities Clearing Corporation^[394]

• Securities Market Agency – List of public companies^[395]

Solomon Islands

• Solomon Islands Business Registry^[396]

South Africa

• Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)^[397]

South Korea

• Start-Biz Online (in Korean)^[398]

• Small and Medium Business Administration (in Korean)^[399]

• Supreme Court – Registry (in Korean)^[400]

• Financial Supervisory Service – Repository of Korea's Corporate Filings^[401]

South Sudan

• Ministry of Justice – Business Registry (not searchable)

Spain

• Central Mercantile Register (Registro Mercantil Central) (RMC) (subscription required) ^[402]

• Association of Spanish Property & Commercial Registers (subscription required) ^[403]

• National Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) – Search by entity (in Spanish)^[404]

Sri Lanka

• Department of Registrar of Companies^[405]

Sint Maarten

• St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (not searchable)^[406]

Sudan

• Ministry of Justice – Commercial Registrations Department (in Arabic)^[407]

Suriname

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry^[408]

Swaziland

• https://www.online.gov.sz/ ^[545]

Sweden

• Companies Registration Office (Bolagsverket)^[409]

• Financial Supervisory Authority – Listed company search (Börsinformation)

• Financial Supervisory Authority – Company register^[410]

Switzerland

• Swiss company registers are organized at cantonal level^[411]

• Federal Commercial Registry Office – Central Business Names Index (Zefix)^[412]

• Official Gazette of Commerce^[413]

Tajikistan

• Tax Committee – Register of Legal Entities (in Russian)^[414]

Tanzania

• Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)^[415]

Thailand

• Ministry of Commerce – Department of Business Development^[416]

Timor-Leste

• Institute for Business Support – Enterprises^[417]

• Service Registry and Company Verification (not yet searchable) (in Portuguese)^[418]

• Official Gazette (in Portuguese)

Tonga

• Business Registries Office^[419]

Togo

• Business Start-up Center (in French)^[420]

Tunisia

• Registry of Commerce (in French)^[421]

• Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - Directory of industrial enterprises^[422]

Turkey

• Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey – Turkish Trade Registry Gazette^[423]

• Central Registration System (MERSİS) (registration required) (in Turkish)^[424]

• Turkish Standards Institution – Company Search^[425]

• Adana - Adana Chamber of Commerce – Trade Name Search^[426]

• Aksaray - Aksaray Chamber of Commerce (in Turkish)^[427]

• Bursa - Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Search for Member Companies^[428]

• Gaziantep - Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce – Member Search (in Turkish)^[429]

• Istanbul - Istanbul Chamber of Commerce – Company Search

• Konya - Konya Chamber of Commerce – Company Directory (in Turkish)^[430]

• Mersin - Mersin Chamber of Commerce (in Turkish)^[431]

Turks and Caicos Islands

• Financial Services Commission – Companies Registry (not searchable)^[432]

Trinidad & Tobago

• Companies Registry^[433]

• Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission – Registered Companies, Individuals & Securities^[434]

Uganda

• Uganda Registration Services Bureau^[435]

• Register of Providers^[436]

Ukraine

• State Enterprise Information Resource Centre (in Ukrainian)^[437]

• State Fiscal Service – Business Search (in Ukrainian)^[438]

• State Fiscal Service – Register of VAT payers (in Ukrainian)^[439]

• State Fiscal Service – Register of Fixed (or single) tax payers (in Ukrainian)^[440]

• State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets – Integrated Information System (in Ukrainian)^[441]

• State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets – Other registers (in Ukrainian)

• Ministry of Justice – Unified Register of Civic Organizations (in Ukrainian)^[442]

United Arab Emirates

• Ministry of Economy – Business Name Search^[443]

• Securities and Commodities Authority – Company Details

• Abu Dhabi - Department of Economic Development – Trade Name Search^[444]

• Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Business Center – Business License Search

• Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Commercial Directory^[445]

• Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Global Market Registration Authority

• Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange – Listed Companies

• Ajman - Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Commercial Search^[446]

• Ajman - Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Industrial Search^[447]

• Ajman - Ajman Free Zone – Directory

• Dubai - Department of Economic Development – Trade Name Search^[448]

• Dubai - Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Commercial Directory^[449]

• Dubai - Dubai Financial Market – Listed Companies^[450]

• Dubai - Dubai Financial Services Authority – Public Register^[451]

• Dubai - Dubai International Financial Centre – Client Directory^[452]

• Dubai - Dubai Airport Freezone – Directory^[453]

• Dubai - Jebel Ali Free Zone – Client Directory^[454]

• Dubai - Dubai Internet City – Partners Directory^[455]

• Dubai - Dubai Knowledge Village – Partners Directory^[456]

• Dubai - NASDAQ Dubai – Listed Companies^[457]

• Fujairah - Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Business Directory^[458]

• Fujairah - Fujairah Free Zone – Company Listing^[459]

• Ras Al Khaimah – Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority

• Sharjah – Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Business Directory^[460]

• Sharjah – Hamriyah Free Zone – Directory^[461]

• Sharjah – Sharjah Airport International Free Zone - Investor Directory^[462]

• Umm al-Quwain – Chamber of Commerce and Industry (in Arabic)^[463]

United Kingdom

• Companies House – Search for Companies^[464]

• Financial Conduct Authority – Financial Services Register^[465]

United States

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Search for Company Filings^[466]

State registries

District/Territorial registries

• District of Columbia – Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs – Corporations Division (registration required)^[518]

• Guam – Department of Revenue and Taxation – General Licensing and Registration Branch (not searchable)^[519]

• Northern Mariana Islands – Department of Commerce – Registrar of Corporation (not searchable)^[520]

• Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico Department of State – Corporations Search^[521]

• United States Virgin Islands – Division of Corporations and Trademarks^[522]

Uruguay

• Agency for Development of Electronic Government and Society of Information and Knowledge (AGESIC) – Incorporated businesses (e-Diario) (in Spanish)^[523]

• Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining – Directory of Industrial Enterprises (in Spanish)^[524]

• National Institute of Statistics – Directory of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (in Spanish)^[525]

• Official Gazette search (in Spanish) (registration required)

• State Purchasing and Contracting Agency – Provider search (in Spanish)^[526]

• Investment and Export Promotion Institute – Directory of Exporters (in Spanish)^[527]

Uzbekistan

• State Tax Committee – VAT payers (in Uzbek)^[528]

Vanuatu

• Vanuatu Financial Services Commission^[529]

Venezuela

• National Procurement Service (RNC) – Registered government contractor search (in Spanish)^[530]

• SENIAT – company tax identification code (RIF) check (in Spanish)^[531]

• Supreme Tribunal of Justice – Official Gazette (in Spanish)

• Autonomous Registries and Notaries Service (not searchable) (in Spanish)^[532]

Vietnam

• Ministry of Planning and Investment – Agency of Business Registration ^[533]

• Ministry of Planning and Investment – E-gazette search^[534]

• Ministry of Finance - General Department of Taxation – Taxpayer Directory (in Vietnamese)

Yemen

• Ministry of Industry and Trade (in Arabic)

Zambia

• Patents and Companies Registration Agency^[535]

• Zambia Revenue Authority – Taxpayer Search (Click on "Other e-Services")^[536]

Zimbabwe

• Department of Deeds, Companies & Intellectual Property^[537]

See also

• Legal Entity Identifier

• Statistical business register

• Corporate Registers Forum

• European business register

• OpenCorporates

• List of financial regulatory authorities by country

• List of offshore financial centres

• List of stock exchanges