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ECONOMIES

AGENCIES

Afghanistan

Central Business Registry

Albania

Institute of Statistics

Algeria

Centre National du Registre du Commerce

Angola

Guiché Único da Empresa

Antigua and Barbuda

Intellectual Property and Commerce Office

Argentina

Secretaria General del Gobierno

Armenia

State Register Agency of Legal Entities

Australia

Securities & Investments Commission

Austria

Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft

Azerbaijan

Ministry of Taxes

Bahrain

Ministry of Industry and Commerce

Bangladesh

Private sector

Barbados

Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office

Belarus

Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs

Belgium

Direction Générale de la Statistique et Information Economique

Belize

Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry and Secretariat to the Economic Development Council

Benin

Agence de Promotion des Investissements et des Exportations

Bhutan

Ministry of Economic Affairs

Bolivia

Servicio Plurinacional de Registro de Comercio

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Agency for Statistics

Botswana

Companies and Intellectual Property Authority

Brazil

Secretaria da Microempresa e Empresa de Pequeno Porte e do Empreendedorismo

Brunei Darussalam

Registry of Companies & Business Names

Bulgaria

Registry Agency

Burkina Faso

Maison de l'Entreprise

Cabo Verde

Casa do Cidadão

Cambodia

Business Registration Department of the Ministry of Commerce

Canada

Corporations Canada; Registraire des Entreprises du Québec; Business Registry of Nova Scotia
Cayman Islands Companies Register 

Central African Republic

Guichet Unique de Formalités des Entreprises

Chad

One Stop Shop of Business Creation

Chile

Ministry of Economy

China

Ministry of Finance (Beijing); Administration of Industry and Commerce (Shanghai)

Colombia

Confecamaras

Comoros

Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Guichet Unique de Création d’Entreprise

Congo, Rep.Institut National de la Statistique

Cook Islands

Business Registrar

Costa Rica

Registro de Personas Jurídicas

Côte d'Ivoire

Centre de Promotion des Investissements en Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Financial Agency

Cyprus

Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver

Czech Republic

Statistical Office

Denmark

Danish Business Authority

Djibouti

Agence Nationale de la Promotion des Investissements

Dominica

Companies and Intellectual Property Office

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce

Egypt, Arab Rep.

General Authority for Investment

El Salvador

Centro Nacional de Registros

Estonia

Centre of Registers and Information Systems

Eswatini

Investment Promotion Authority

Ethiopia

Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration

Fiji

Companies Registrar

Finland

Finnish Patent and Registration Office

France

Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques

Gabon

Agence Nationale de la Promotion des Investissements

Georgia

National Agency of Public Registry, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

Germany

Federal Statistical Office

Ghana

Registrar's General Department

Greece

Greek Business Registry

Grenada

Ministry of Legal Affairs

Guatemala

Registro Mercantil General de la República de Guatemala

Guernsey

Guernsey Registry

Guinea

Ministry in charge of Investments and Public Private Partnerships

Guyana

Registrar of Commerce

Haiti

Registre du Commerce

Honduras

Cámara de Comercio e Industria de Tegucigalpa - Registro Mercantil

Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong Companies Registry

Hungary

Central Statistical Office

Iceland

Statistics Iceland; Internal Revenue Office; Business Register

India

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Indonesia

Private sector

Iran, Islamic Rep.

Company Registration Office

Iraq

General Secretariat for the Council of Ministers 

Ireland

Companies Registration Office

Isle of Man

Companies Registry

Israel

Ministry of Justice

Italy

Unioncamere

Jamaica

Registrar of Companies

Japan

Ministry of Justice

Jersey

Jersey Financial Services Commission

Jordan

Companies Control Department

Kazakhstan

Ministry of Justice

Kenya

Business Registration Service

Kiribati

Company Registration Division, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives

Korea, Rep.

Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development

Kosovo

Business Registration Agency at the Ministry of Trade and Industry

Kuwait

Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority

Kyrgyz Republic

Ministry of Justice, The Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs

Lao PDR

Department of Enterprise Registration and Management

Latvia

Register of Enterprises

Lesotho

One-Stop Business Facilitation Centre

Liberia

Liberia Business Registry

Liechtenstein

Office of Economic Affairs; Office of Justice, Commercial Register Division

Lithuania

State Enterprise Centre of Registers

Luxembourg

Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés

Madagascar

Economic Development Board of Madagascar

Malawi

Department of the Registrar General

Malaysia

Companies Commission

Maldives

Ministry of Economic Development

Mali

Services de Creation d'Enterprises de l'Agence de la Promotion des Investissements

Malta

Malta Business Registry

Marshall IslandsOffice of Commerce, Investment & Tourism

Mauritania

One-Stop Shop, Ministry of Economy and Finances

Mauritius

Registrar of Companies Division

Mexico

Ministry of Economy, General Direction of Business Regulation; Registro Público de Comercio

Micronesia, Fed. States

FSM Registrar of Corporations

Moldova

Public Services Agency

Mongolia

General Authority for State Registration; State Registration of Legal Entity's Legal Department

Montenegro

Ministry of Economic Development; Central Registry of Business Entities

Morocco

National Committee for Business Environment 

Mozambique

Balcão de Atendimento Único

Myanmar

Directorate of Investment and Company Administration

Namibia

Business and Intellectual Property Authority

Nepal

Company Registry

Netherlands

Netherlands Chamber of Commerce

New Zealand

New Zealand Companies Register

Niger

Maison de l'Entreprise

Nigeria

Corporate Affairs Commission

North Macedonia, Rep.

Central Registry

Norway

The Bronnoysund Register Center

Oman

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion

Pakistan

Securities & Exchange Commission

Panama

Registro Público

Papua New GuineaRegistrar of Companies Office

Paraguay

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Peru

National Superintendence of Public Registries

Philippines

Securities & Exchange Commission

Poland

Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

Portugal

Institute of Registries

Puerto Rico, US

Department of State

Qatar

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Romania

National Trade Register Office

Russian Federation

Federal Tax Service

Rwanda

Rwanda Development Board

Samoa

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour

São Tomé and Príncipe

Guiché Único Para Empresas

Saudi Arabia

General Authority for Statistics

Senegal

National Agency of Statistics and Demography

Serbia

Serbian Business Registers Agency

Seychelles

Company and Land Registry

Sierra Leone

Corporate Affairs Commission

Singapore

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority

Slovak Republic

Statistical Office; Ministry of Economy

Slovenia

Agency for Public Legal Records and Related Services

Solomon Islands

Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labor, and Immigration

Somalia

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

South Africa

Companies and Intellectual Property Commission

South Sudan

National Revenue Authority

Spain

Central Mercantile Registry

Sri Lanka

Department of Registrar of Companies

St. Kitts and Nevis 

Financial Services Regulatory Commission (St. Kitts Branch)

St. Lucia

Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Investment Agency SVG

Suriname

Chamber of Commerce; Commercial Register

Sweden

Swedish Companies Registration Office

Switzerland

Commercial Registry, Federal Office of Justice

Taiwan, China

Ministry of Economic Affairs

Tajikistan

Business Registration Department

Tanzania

Business Registrations and Licensing Agency

Thailand

Department of Business Development

Timor-Leste

Serviço de Registo e Verificação Empresarial, Instituto Público

Togo

Centre de Formalités des Entreprises

Tonga

Ministry of Trade and Economic Development

Trinidad and Tobago

Registrar General Secretariat

Tunisia

Registre des Entreprises

Türkiye

Ministry of Trade

TuvaluMinistry of Finance 

Uganda

Uganda Registration Services Bureau

Ukraine

State Statistics Services

United Arab Emirates

Business Registration in Department of Economic Development

United Kingdom

Companies House

Uruguay

Dirección General Impositiva

Uzbekistan

State Committee on Statistics

Vanuatu

Company Registry

Viet Nam

Agency for Business Registration

Zambia

Patents and Companies Registration Agency

Zimbabwe

Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Office