{{Short description|Government record of businesses}}{{Distinguish|Statistical business register}}{{Corporate law}}
{{Corporate law}}
A '''company register''' is a register of organizations in the jurisdiction they operate under.<ref name="Bank2014">{{cite book|author=World Bank|title=Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGIBCAAAQBAJ|date=24 October 2014|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=978-1-4648-0352-9|page=47}}</ref>
A '''company register''' is a register of business organizations such as [[companies]] in the jurisdiction they operate under.<ref name="Bank2014">{{cite book|author=World Bank|title=Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGIBCAAAQBAJ|date=24 October 2014|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=978-1-4648-0352-9|page=47}}</ref> Registration is normally mandated by the government of that jurisdiction.
A [[statistical business register]] has a different purpose than a company register. While a '''commercial/trade register''' serves a purpose of protection, accountability and control, a statistical register plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a [[national statistics office]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/RITZEN_Jean_SBR.pdf|title=Statistical Business Register: Content, place and role in Economic Statistics.|last=Ritzen|first=Jean|date=|website=|publisher=Statistics Netherlands|access-date=}}</ref>
A company register serves a purpose of protection, accountability and control. In contrast many countries also operate a [[statistical business register]] which has a different purpose and plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a [[national statistics office]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/RITZEN_Jean_SBR.pdf|title=Statistical Business Register: Content, place and role in Economic Statistics.|last=Ritzen|first=Jean|date=|website=|publisher=Statistics Netherlands|access-date=}}</ref>
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== Company registers by country ==
{{main article|List of company registers}}
{{main article|List of official business registers}}
Each country's company register has different registrar types, contents, purpose, and public availability.
Each country's company register has different registrar types, contents, purpose, and public availability. They typically contain the name, the owners and key personal of an organisation as well as regular updates as mandated by the government of that jurisdiction, to provide information to stakeholders and the general public. Information has to be maintained by the organization that is registered through regular filings which are typically done when changes occur and at least annually.
== Botswana ==
[[Companies and Intellectual Property Authority]] is responsible for registering companies in Botswana.
== Canada ==
The Director General of [[Corporations Canada]] is responsible for federally-incorporated corporations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ray Edwards, Director General, Corporations Canada|url=https://www.iaca.org/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Edwards-Bio-2019.pdf|accessdate=2020-10-23}}</ref>
Each province has a registrar who is responsible for provincially-incorporated corporations.
== Czech Republic ==
You can apply for the company's entry into the Commercial Register kept by an applicable court. Business companies that have their registered office in [[Prague]] and the [[Central Bohemian Region]] are registered in the commercial register maintained by the [https://www.justice.cz/web/mestsky-soud-v-praze Municipal Court in Prague].
== United Kingdom ==
=== Registrars of Companies ===
The Registrar of Companies for [[England]], [[Wales]] & [[Scotland]] is the official responsible for [[Companies House]], which deals with all filings relating to the [[Companies Act 1985]] to [[Companies Act 2006|2006]]. Companies House ensures that the document filings are kept up to date and deals with any breaches of the Companies Act.
The Registrar of Companies for [[England]] & [[Wales]] is Louise Smyth, who is based at Companies House, [[Cardiff]].<ref name="companieshouse1">{{cite web|date=2013-02-14|title=About Us - Main Functions and History|url=http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/functionsHistory.shtml|publisher=Companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref>
The Registrar of Companies for Scotland is Lisa Davis, who is based at Companies House, [[Edinburgh]].<ref name="companieshouse1" />
The Registrar of Companies for [[Northern Ireland]] is Helen Shilliday, whose office is based in [[Belfast]].<ref name="companieshouse1" />
=== Registrar of Mutuals ===
The [[Financial Conduct Authority]] is responsible for the maintenance of the Mutuals Public Register of [[cooperative|co-operative societies]], [[building society|building societies]], [[friendly society|friendly societies]], [[credit union]]s and other registered mutuals, and deals with all the filings related to the [[Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014]] and other relevant legislation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mutuals Public Register |url=https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/mutuals-public-register |website=Financial Conduct Authority |publisher=Financial Conduct Authority |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
The registration of registered societies and credit unions in Northern Ireland was transferred to the Financial Conduct Authority in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transfer of Registry to the FCA |url=https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/articles/transfer-registry-fca#:~:text=The%20Northern%20Ireland%20Registry%20of,FCA)%20on%206%20April%202018. |website=Department of the Economy |publisher=Department of the Economy NI |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
== Jersey ==
The Registrar of Companies for [[Jersey]] is the [[Jersey Financial Services Commission]].
== India ==
{{main|Registrar of Companies, India}}
India has one registrar of companies for each of the below regions. Each state typically has one registrar office or shares an office with neighbouring states and/or union territories. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are the only states to have two offices and two registrar of companies. [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] is the only union territory to have its own office.
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* [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Karnataka]]
* [[Kerala]]
* [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Maharashtra]]
* [[Odisha]]
* [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
* [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Chandigarh]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Rajasthan]]
* [[Tamil Nadu]] (offices in [[Chennai]] and [[Coimbatore]])
* [[Uttar Pradesh|Kanpur, Shyam Nagar]] and [[Uttarakhand]]
* [[West Bengal]]
== Ireland ==
=== Registrar of Companies ===
The Registrar of Companies is the official responsible for the [[Companies Registration Office (Ireland)]], which deals with all filings relating to the [[Companies Act 2014]], as amended, in addition to the registration of business names and limited partnerships, <ref>{{cite web |title=Part 15, Companies Act 2014 |url=https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/act/38/section/887/enacted/en/html |website=Irish Statute Book |publisher=Office of the Attorney General |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref> in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].
The Companies Registration Office ensures that the document filings are kept up to date and deals with most administrative breaches of the Companies Act.
More serious breaches of the Companies Act are investigated and enforced by the [[Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement|Corporate Enforcement Authority]].
=== Registrar of Societies ===
The Registrar of Friendly Societies is the official responsible for the registration of [[industrial and provident society|industrial and provident societies]] (the vast majority of which are [[cooperative|co-operatives]] and [[friendly society|friendly societies]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 |url=https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1893/act/39/enacted/en/print.html |website=Irish Statute Book |publisher=Office of the Attorney General |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
The Registrar deals with all filings related to the industrial and provident society, and friendly society legislation, and deals with most administrative breaches of the Acts.
=== Registrar of Credit Unions and Building Societies ===
The [[Central Bank of Ireland]] is the official responsible for the registration of [[credit union]]s (Registrar of Credit Unions)<ref>{{cite web |title=Credit Unions |url=Section 84 of the Credit Union Act 1997 |website=Central Bank of Ireland |publisher=Central Bank of Ireland |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref> and [[building society|building societies]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Part 4, Building Societies Act 1989 |url=https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1989/act/17/enacted/en/html |website=Irish Statute Book |publisher=Office of the Attorney General |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
== Openness ==
== Openness ==
According to ratings published in 2016 by the website [[OpenCorporates]], [[Denmark]] and [[United Kingdom]] are the leaders with regard to openness of information available in a company's register.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://registries.opencorporates.com/|title=Open Company Data Index|website=registries.opencorporates.com|access-date=2016-08-28}}</ref> Registries/registrars in these countries are named, correspondingly, [[Central Business Register]] and [[Companies House]].
According to ratings published by the website [[OpenCorporates]], [[Denmark]] and [[United Kingdom]] are the leaders with regard to openness of information available in a company's register.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://registries.opencorporates.com/|title=Open Company Data Index|website=registries.opencorporates.com|access-date=2016-08-28}}</ref> Registries/registrars in these countries are named, correspondingly, [[Central Business Register (Denmark)|Central Business Register]] and [[Companies House]].
A company register is a register of business organizations such as companies in the jurisdiction they operate under.[1] Registration is normally mandated by the government of that jurisdiction.
A company register serves a purpose of protection, accountability and control. In contrast many countries also operate a statistical business register which has a different purpose and plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office.[2]
Each country's company register has different registrar types, contents, purpose, and public availability. They typically contain the name, the owners and key personal of an organisation as well as regular updates as mandated by the government of that jurisdiction, to provide information to stakeholders and the general public. Information has to be maintained by the organization that is registered through regular filings which are typically done when changes occur and at least annually.
