Mauritius
In Mauritius, the company registry is the CBRD’s Registrar of Companies, with a free online company search.
- Official company register
- Corporate and Business Registration Department (CBRD), Registrar of Companies
- Free online search
- Yes
- Company identifier
- Company file number and Business Registration Number (BRN)
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Obliged entities and authorities only
- Data access for developers
- No API
- Company search
- onlinesearch.mns.mu
- Checked on
Search Mauritian companies for free through the online search that Mauritius Network Services runs for the CBRD. Filings and paid services go through the CBRIS portal. The Registrar’s beneficial ownership register is open only to competent authorities, with other disclosure limited to the beneficial owner, investigations and court orders. Companies are identified by a company file number and a Business Registration Number (BRN).
- Region
- Offshore and crown dependencies
- Run by
- Corporate and Business Registration Department (CBRD)
- Registry website
- companies.govmu.org
- Visible for free
- Free online search, linked from the CBRD website.
- Paid documents and fees
- Paid services are ordered through CBRIS (portalmns.mu); the CBRD publishes a schedule of fees payable to the Registrar.
- Beneficial ownership register
- Beneficial Ownership Register kept by the Registrar (Companies Act 2001, s.11(3))
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- The Registrar's Beneficial Ownership Register (Companies Act 2001, s.11(3)) is accessible to all competent authorities. Under s.14(11) it may not be disclosed to anyone else except the beneficial owner, for an investigation or enquiry, or by court order.
- API or data service
- No
- Search interface languages
- English
- What an official extract contains
- Documents and certificates are ordered through CBRIS.
- What to know before a KYB check
- Filings and paid services go through CBRIS (portalmns.mu), run by Mauritius Network Services (MNS); the free search is also hosted by MNS. Global Business Companies are also licensed by the FSC Mauritius.
- Sources
Page URL CBRD FAQs - Incorporation (links free online search) https://companies.govmu.org/Documents/FAQ/FAQs_Incorporation.pdf CBRD Fees payable to the Registrar https://companies.govmu.org/cbrd/fees-payable-to-roc/ MNS CBRIS-CBRD page https://mns.mu/cbris-cbrd/ Companies Act 2001 (consolidated, MOF) https://mof.govmu.org/Documents/Legislations/2025/Companies%20Act.pdf - 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