Bahrain
In Bahrain, the company registry is Sijilat, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce portal with a free public search.
- Official company register
- Commercial Registration Portal (Sijilat)
- Free online search
- Yes
- Company identifier
- Commercial Registration (CR) number
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Not stated
- Data access for developers
- No API
- Company search
- services.bahrain.bh
- Checked on
Search Bahraini companies with the public search tool of Sijilat, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s commercial registration portal. A CR certificate or extract costs BD 20, but printing one requires a power of attorney if the requester is unrelated to the business. CR holders must disclose ultimate beneficial owners in Sijilat, and MOIC does not publish who may access that data. Companies are identified by the Commercial Registration (CR) number.
- Region
- Middle East
- Run by
- Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC), Directorate of Registration
- Registry website
- sijilat.bh
- Visible for free
- CR details through the public search tool; MOIC states that Sijilat provides commercial registration data to the public, along with an official gazette of CR transactions
- Paid documents and fees
- Printing a CR certificate or extracting CR data: BD 20. Printed certificates, extracts and letters: certificate hard copy BD 20, CR extract BD 20, CR authentication BD 25, To Whom It May Concern letter BD 10
- Beneficial ownership register
- Ultimate Beneficial Owner disclosure in Sijilat (Ministerial Order No. 83 of 2020)
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- Ministerial Order No. 83 of 2020 requires all CR holders except Central Bank of Bahrain licensees to disclose ultimate beneficial owners in Sijilat. MOIC does not publish rules on who may access the data.
- Beneficial ownership register website
- moic.gov.bh
- API or data service
- No
- Search interface languages
- English, Arabic
- What an official extract contains
- Commercial Registration certificate; CR extract; CR authentication; To Whom It May Concern letter
- What to know before a KYB check
- Printing a CR certificate or extract requires an official power of attorney if the requester is unrelated to the business, so third parties may not be able to obtain certified extracts directly. Entities licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain are outside the MOIC UBO order.
- Sources
Page URL bahrain.bh – Search Commercial Registration https://services.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/en/BSP/GSX-UI-EServiceDetails?esID=10 bahrain.bh – Print an extract of data from the CR https://www.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/en/BNP/ServicesCatalogue/GSX-UI-PServiceDetails?psID=2105 bahrain.bh – Request for Printing CR Certificates/Extracts/Letters https://www.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/en/BNP/ServicesCatalogue/GSX-UI-PServiceDetails?psID=3164 MOIC – Business Licensing System (SIJILAT) https://www.moic.gov.bh/en/node/2724 MOIC – Ultimate Beneficial Owner https://moic.gov.bh/en/node/2778 - Verification
- Some fields unverified
Questions
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Are beneficial owners public in Bahrain?
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