As of June 2017 the business registers of all EU countries have been interconnected and become searchable.
You can get information about companies registered in business registers in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway using the ‘Find a company’ service.
It is part of the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS), set up in line with Directive 2012/17/EU and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884.
Links to webpages of national registries
| Country | Business register |
|---|---|
| Austria |
Österreichisches Firmenbuch/Official Business Register |
| Belgium |
Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen/Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises/ Zentrale Unternehmensdatenbank https://economie.fgov.be/en/themes/enterprises/crossroads-bank-enterprises https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/zoeknummerform.html?lang=en |
| Bulgaria |
Търговски регистър/Commercial Register |
| Croatia |
Sudski registar/Court Register |
| Czech Republic |
Verejny restrik (obchodni rejstrik)/Public Register (Commercial Register) |
| Cyprus |
Έφορος Εταιρειών/Registrar of Companies http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/drcor/drcor.nsf/index_en/index_en?OpenDocument |
| Denmark |
Erhvervsstyrelsen/Danish Business Authority |
| Estonia |
Äriregister/Commercial Register |
| Finland |
Patentti-ja Rekisterihallitus/Finnish Patent and Registration Office |
| France |
Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés/Business Register |
| Germany |
Handelsregister/Business Register https://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.do?language=en Unternehmensregister/Commercial Register |
| Greece |
Γενικό Εμπορικό Μητρώο (Γ.Ε.ΜΗ.)/Greek (Hellenic) |
| Hungary |
Országos Cégnyilvántartó és Céginformációs Rendszer/ Company information system |
| Iceland |
Fyrirtækjaskrá RSK/ Register of Enterprises |
| Ireland |
The Companies Registration Office – an Oifig um Chlarú Cuideachtaí |
| Italy |
Registro delle imprese/Business Register |
| Latvia |
Latvijas Republikas Uzņēmumu Reģistrs/Register of Enterprises of The Republic of Latvia |
| Liechtenstein |
Amt für Justiz – Handelsregister/Commercial Register |
| Lithuania |
Juridinių asmenų registras/Register of Legal Entities |
| Luxembourg |
Registre de commerce et des sociétés/Trade and Companies Register |
| Malta |
Registru tal-Kumpaniji ta'Malta/Registrar of Companies Malta |
| The Netherlands |
Handelsregister/Business Register https://www.kvk.nl/english/ordering-products-from-the-commercial-register/ |
| Norway |
Foretaksregisteret/Register of Business Enterprises |
| Poland |
Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy/ National Court Register https://ekrs.ms.gov.pl/web/wyszukiwarka-krs/strona-glowna/index.html |
| Portugal |
Registo Comercial/Commercial Register |
| Romania |
Oficiul National al Registrului de Comert/National Trade Register Office |
| Slovakia |
Obchodný register |
| Slovenia |
Poslovni register Slovenije/Slovenian Business Register |
| Spain |
Colegio de registradores |
| Sweden |
Bolagsverket/Swedish Companies |