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This is a list of official business registers around the world. [1] [2]
There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a court of law. In some cases, it may also be devolved to self-governing bodies, either commercial (a chamber of commerce) or professional (a regulatory college); or to a dedicated, highly regulated company (i.e., operator of a stock exchange, a multilateral trading facility, a central securities depository or an alternative trading system).
The following is an incomplete list of official business registers by country.
A business register may include data on entities, as well as on their status for various purposes. Examples of such registers include:
Another group of business registers is focused on various assets or liabilities of an entity, rather than on entities themselves, these include:
Some types of business registers combine the features of both groups, these include:
There are two registers of entities which are obligated or allowed to register as entrepreneurs:
Registers of some of the types of businesses excluded from registration as entrepreneurs which are available online include the following (the list does not include registries of entities established through a centralized European Union-level procedure, namely the European Research Infrastructure Consortia, the European political parties and the European political foundations):
Notably absent are:
State/District | Searchable | Registry | Ref. |
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Acre | No | Commercial Registry of Acre (in Portuguese) | [293] |
Alagoas | Yes | Commercial Registry of Alagoas (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [294] |
Amapá | Yes | Commercial Registry of Amapá (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [295] |
Amazonas | No | Commercial Registry of Amazonas (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [296] |
Bahia | Yes | Commercial Registry of Bahia (in Portuguese) | [297] |
Ceará | No | Commercial Registry of Ceará (in Portuguese) | [298] |
Distrito Federal | Yes | Commercial Registry of Distrito Federal (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [299] |
Espírito Santo | Yes | Commercial Registry of Espírito Santo (in Portuguese) | [300] |
Goiás | No | Commercial Registry of Goiás (in Portuguese) | [301] |
Maranhão | No | Commercial Registry of Maranhão (in Portuguese) | [302] |
Mato Grosso | Yes | Commercial Registry of Mato Grosso (in Portuguese) | [303] |
Mato Grosso do Sul | No | Commercial Registry of Mato Grosso do Sul (in Portuguese) | [304] |
Minas Gerais | Yes | Commercial Registry of Minas Gerais (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [305] |
Pará | Yes | Commercial Registry of Pará (in Portuguese) | [306] |
Paraíba | No | Commercial Registry of Paraíba (in Portuguese) | [307] |
Paraná | Yes | Commercial Registry of Paraná (in Portuguese) | [308] |
Pernambuco | Yes | Commercial Registry of Pernambuco (in Portuguese) | [309] |
Piauí | No | Commercial Registry of Piauí (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [310] |
Rio de Janeiro | No | Commercial Registry of Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese) | [311] |
Rio Grande do Norte | No | Commercial Registry of Rio Grande do Norte (in Portuguese) | [312] |
Rio Grande do Sul | Yes | Commercial Registry of Rio Grande do Sul (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [313] |
Rondônia | Yes | Commercial Registry of Rondônia (in Portuguese) | [314] |
Roraima | Yes | Commercial Registry of Roraima (in Portuguese) | [315] |
Santa Catarina | Yes | Commercial Registry of Santa Catarina (registration required)(in Portuguese) | [316] |
São Paulo | Yes | Commercial Registry of São Paulo (in Portuguese) | [317] |
Sergipe | Yes | Commercial Registry of Sergipe (in Portuguese) | [318] |
Tocantins | No | Commercial Registry of Tocantins (in Portuguese) | [319] |
Province/Territory | Freely searchable | Register | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Alberta | Yes | Service Alberta (licensed businesses only) | [327] |
British Columbia | No | British Columbia Corporate Registry (subscription required) ![]() | [328] |
Manitoba | No | Manitoba Companies Office (subscription required) ![]() | [329] |
New Brunswick | No | Corporate Affairs Registry Database | [330] |
Newfoundland and Labrador | Yes | Companies and Deeds Online | [331] |
Northwest Territories | Yes | Department of Justice – Corporate Registry | [332] |
Nova Scotia | Yes | Registry of Joint Stock Companies | [333] |
Nunavut | Yes | Department of Economic Development and Transportation | [334] |
Nunavut | No | Department of Justice – Corporate Registries | [335] |
Nunavut | Yes | Inuit Firm Registry | [336] |
Ontario | No | Ontario Business Registry (subscription required) | [337] |
Prince Edward Island | Yes | PEI Business / Corporate Registry | [338] |
Quebec | Yes | Registraire des entreprises Quebec (in French) | [339] |
Saskatchewan | No | Saskatchewan Corporate Registry (subscription required) ![]() | [340] |
Yukon | No | Department of Community Services – Corporate Affairs | [341] |
Yukon | Yes | Yukon Chamber of Commerce – Business Directory | [342] |
State/District | Searchable | Registry | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Aguascalientes | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Aguascalientes (in Spanish) | [488] |
Baja California | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Baja California (in Spanish) | [489] |
Baja California Sur | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Baja California Sur (in Spanish) | [490] |
Campeche | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Campeche (in Spanish) | [491] |
Chiapas | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Chiapas (in Spanish) | [492] |
Chihuahua | Yes | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Chihuahua (subscription required) ![]() | [493] |
Coahuila | Yes | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Coahuila (subscription required) ![]() | [494] |
Colima | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Colima (in Spanish) | [495] |
Durango | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Durango(in Spanish) | [496] |
Guanajuato | Yes | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Guanajuato (subscription required) ![]() | [497] |
Guerrero | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Guerrero (in Spanish) | [498] |
Hidalgo | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Hidalgo (in Spanish) | [499] |
Jalisco | Yes | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Jalisco (registration required)(in Spanish) | [500] |
Mexico City | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Mexico City (in Spanish) | [501] |
Mexico State | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Mexico State (in Spanish) | [502] |
Michoacán | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Michoacán (in Spanish) | [503] |
Morelos | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Morelos (in Spanish) | [504] |
Nayarit | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Nayarit (in Spanish) | [505] |
Nuevo León | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Nuevo León (in Spanish) | [506] |
Oaxaca | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Oaxaca (in Spanish) | [507] |
Puebla | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Puebla (in Spanish) | [508] |
Querétaro | Yes | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Querétaro (registration required)(in Spanish) | [509] |
Quintana Roo | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Quintana Roo (in Spanish) | [510] |
San Luis Potosí | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of San Luis Potosí (in Spanish) | [511] |
Sinaloa | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Sinaloa (in Spanish) | [512] |
Sonora | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Sonora (in Spanish) | [513] |
Tabasco | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tabasco (in Spanish) | [514] |
Tamaulipas | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tamaulipas (in Spanish) | [515] |
Tlaxcala | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Tlaxcala (in Spanish) | [516] |
Veracruz | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Veracruz (in Spanish) | [517] |
Yucatán | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Yucatán (in Spanish) | [518] |
Zacatecas | No | Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Zacatecas (in Spanish) | [519] |
Switzerland — Swiss company registers are organized at cantonal level. [604] (There are currently around 45 cantonal commercial registers in Switzerland.) [1]
Jurisdiction | Department/Agency | Ref. |
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District of Columbia | Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs – Corporations Division | [724] |
Guam | Department of Revenue and Taxation – General Licensing and Registration Branch | [725] |
Northern Mariana Islands | Department of Commerce – Registrar of Corporation | [726] |
Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico Department of State | [727] |
United States Virgin Islands | Division of Corporations and Trademarks | [728] |
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