Bahamas
In the Bahamas, the company registry is the Registrar General’s Department, and every company search is paid.
- Official company register
- Registrar General's Department, Companies Registry
- Free online search
- No
- Company identifier
- Company number
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Obliged entities and authorities only
- Data access for developers
- No API
- Company search
- pub.rgd.gov.bs
- Checked on
Search Bahamas companies through the Registrar General’s Department CARS portal (pub.rgd.gov.bs), which requires registration, access codes and a credit or debit card. Each company search costs $100 and gives access to company files and documents. There is no free public search. Beneficial ownership data sits in a secured search system available only to designated competent authorities.
- Region
- Offshore and crown dependencies
- Run by
- Registrar General's Department (Government of The Bahamas)
- Registry website
- rgd.gov.bs
- Visible for free
- None; search requires registration on the CARS portal and card payment.
- Paid documents and fees
- Company search $100 per company. Certificates and documents are ordered through CARS; their fees are not listed on the RGD website.
- Beneficial ownership register
- Register of Beneficial Ownership (Secured Search System) under the Register of Beneficial Ownership Act, 2018
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- Under the Register of Beneficial Ownership Act, 2018, BO data is held in a secured search system accessible only to designated competent authorities. There is no public or legitimate interest access.
- API or data service
- No
- Search interface languages
- English
- What an official extract contains
- Company files and documents, accessed through a paid CARS search.
- What to know before a KYB check
- Searches and document orders run through the CARS portal (pub.rgd.gov.bs) with access codes and a credit or debit card. Licensed CSPs use a separate CARS Business platform.
- Sources
Page URL RGD Online Company Search Tool https://www.rgd.gov.bs/service/company-search RGD Request Documents or Certificates https://www.rgd.gov.bs/service/request-documents-or-certificates RGD homepage https://www.rgd.gov.bs/ Bahamas Government Corporate & Business Registry https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/corporate-and-business-registry - Verification
- Some fields unverified
Questions
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Sources: each listing is compiled from the registry’s own website, the government body that runs it, official fee schedules and legislation, and the EU e-Justice portal. Every source is linked on the listing with the date it was checked. How we compile this reference