This is a list of official business registers around the world. 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.

Types of registers

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:

European Union and the European Economic Area

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Regular company registers

There are two registers of entities which are obligated or allowed to register as entrepreneurs:

Registers of businesses excluded from registration 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:

Other general official business registers

Sector-specific registers and lists of regulated activities

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Afghanistan

Albania

🇦🇱 Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Bahrain

Barbados

Belarus

🇧🇾 Belarus

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

🇹🇩 Chad

Chile

China, People's Republic of

China, Republic of (Taiwan)

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Republic of the

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Cuba

Danish realms

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Dutch Caribbean

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gabon

Georgia

Georgia

Ghana

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

Honduras

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia, Federated States of

Moldova

🇲🇩 Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

🇲🇪 Montenegro

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Niue

North Macedonia

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Russia

Russian Federation

Rwanda

San Marino

🇸🇲 San Marino

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

🇷🇸 Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Africa

South Korea

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

🇨🇭 Switzerland — Swiss company registers are organized at cantonal level. (There are currently around 45 cantonal commercial registers in Switzerland.)

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Tonga

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

Ukraine

🇺🇦 Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Other