Panama
In Panama, the company registry is the Registro Público, free to search after creating a user account.
- Official company register
- Registro Público de Panamá
- Free online search
- Yes
- Company identifier
- Folio (mercantile registration number)
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Obliged entities and authorities only
- Data access for developers
- No API
- Company search
- registro-publico.gob.pa
- Checked on
Search Panamanian companies for free in the Registro Público’s online Consulta a Mercantil after creating a free user account. Certificates are ordered separately, with fees set by the registry’s Calculadora Registral. Beneficial ownership is recorded by resident agents in a confidential system run by the Superintendencia de Sujetos no Financieros and open only to competent authorities. Companies are identified by a folio number.
- Region
- Offshore and crown dependencies
- Run by
- Registro Público de Panamá (Government of Panama)
- Registry website
- registro-publico.gob.pa
- Visible for free
- Online 'Consulta a Mercantil' for sociedades anónimas, SRLs, sociedades colectivas and foreign companies; free user registration required.
- Paid documents and fees
- Certificate fees are calculated with the registry's official Calculadora Registral.
- Beneficial ownership register
- Sistema Privado y Único de Registro de Beneficiarios Finales (Ley 129 de 2020)
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- The beneficial ownership system (Ley 129 de 2020) is administered by the Superintendencia de Sujetos no Financieros; resident agents enter the data, and access is limited to competent authorities under confidentiality. It is not public.
- Beneficial ownership register website
- ssnf.gob.pa
- API or data service
- No
- Search interface languages
- Spanish
- What an official extract contains
- Registry certificates, ordered separately and priced by tariff.
- What to know before a KYB check
- The free consultation requires a user account on the Registro Público site; certificates are ordered separately and priced by tariff. The BO register is fed by the resident agent (lawyer or law firm).
- Sources
Page URL Registro Público - Instructivo consultas web https://registro-publico.gob.pa/images/InstructivoconsultasWeb.pdf Panamá Digital - Registro Público online services https://www.panamadigital.gob.pa/OnlineServices?page=7 SSNF - Preguntas frecuentes Registro de Beneficiario Final https://ssnf.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Preguntas-frecuentes.pdf Ley 129 de 2020 (UAF compendium) https://www.uaf.gob.pa/tmp/file/532/Ley-129-de-2020-Compendio.pdf - Verification
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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