Lithuania
In Lithuania, the company registry is the Register of Legal Entities (JAR), with a limited free search.
- Official company register
- Register of Legal Entities (Juridinių asmenų registras, JAR)
- Free online search
- Partial
- Company identifier
- Legal entity code (juridinio asmens kodas), 9 digits
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Obliged entities and authorities only
- Data access for developers
- Bulk data only
- Company search
- registrucentras.lt
- Checked on
Search Lithuanian companies in the Register of Legal Entities (JAR), run by the State Enterprise Centre of Registers; the free search returns name and legal entity code, up to 100 searches a day. Detailed registration data and extracts are paid, at fees set by the government. Beneficial owner extracts from JANGIS cost €1.50 by own search and are available only to the reporting entity and holders of a data-provision contract. Companies are identified by the 9-digit legal entity code.
- Region
- Europe
- Run by
- State Enterprise Centre of Registers (VĮ Registrų centras)
- Registry website
- registrucentras.lt
- Visible for free
- Name and legal entity code through the basic free search (up to 100 searches a day); open data set with code, name and registration date
- Paid documents and fees
- Register extracts and documents are charged at fees set by the Government of Lithuania. Beneficial owner extract (JANGIS): €1.50 by own search, €2.93 on request
- Beneficial ownership register
- Beneficial owners sub-system of JADIS (JANGIS)
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- Beneficial owner extracts are available only to the reporting legal entities themselves and to persons who have signed a data-provision contract with the Centre of Registers.
- Beneficial ownership register website
- registrucentras.lt
- API or data service
- Bulk data: https://data.gov.lt/datasets/1484/
- Search interface languages
- Lithuanian
- What to know before a KYB check
- Detailed JAR registration data is paid, through a service contract or the self-service portal. Monthly open data (CC BY 4.0) is published on data.gov.lt, including a storage API endpoint.
- Sources
Page URL Registrų centras - Neatlygintina paieška JAR https://www.registrucentras.lt/jar/p/index.php Registrų centras - BO extract (JANGIS) service https://www.registrucentras.lt/paslauga/0320a093-3dc3-49e7-aea7-dad172caee80 data.gov.lt - JAR registered legal entities (RAW data) https://data.gov.lt/datasets/1484/?resource_version=63 e-Justice - Business registers: Lithuania https://e-justice.europa.eu/topics/registers-business-insolvency-land/business-registers-eu-countries/lt_en - Verification
- Some fields unverified
Questions
What does the free JAR search show?
Who runs the Lithuanian Register of Legal Entities?
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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
