Singapore
In Singapore, the company registry is ACRA’s Bizfile, with a free company search.
- Official company register
- Bizfile (ACRA register of business entities)
- Free online search
- Yes
- Company identifier
- Unique Entity Number (UEN): 9 characters for businesses (e.g. 12345678A); 10 characters for local companies (e.g. 199012345X) and other entities (e.g. T08LL1234A).
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Obliged entities and authorities only
- Data access for developers
- Free API
- Company search
- bizfile.gov.sg
- Checked on
Search Singapore companies for free on Bizfile, ACRA’s online register, which shows name, UEN, live status and registered address. Officers and shareholders appear in the paid Business Profile (S$5.50); a Corporate Compliance and Financial Profile costs S$50. Beneficial ownership data in the Central Register of Registrable Controllers is not public and is available only to law enforcement agencies. Companies are identified by the Unique Entity Number (UEN).
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Run by
- Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
- Registry website
- bizfile.gov.sg
- Visible for free
- Entity name, UEN, live status, registered address, CSP registration details, industry (SSIC) search, and people search (name and involvement in entities).
- Paid documents and fees
- Business Profile S$5.50; Corporate Compliance and Financial Profile (CCFP) S$50; People Profile S$33; extracts, certificates and registers from S$11 each.
- Beneficial ownership register
- Central Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC)
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- The Central Register of Registrable Controllers is not public; ACRA states that members of the public cannot view or buy RORC information. Access is limited to the company officers or CSPs who maintain it and to law enforcement agencies.
- Beneficial ownership register website
- acra.gov.sg
- API or data service
- https://data.gov.sg/collections/2/view
- Search interface languages
- English
- What an official extract contains
- Business Profile: UEN, entity name, date of registration, position holders, business owners or partners. The CCFP adds a financial profile, financial ratios, the audit opinion and directors' opinions.
- What to know before a KYB check
- The free Bizfile search confirms existence, status and address only; officers and shareholders require a paid Business Profile. ACRA datasets on data.gov.sg are updated monthly and omit some columns for gazetted companies.
- Sources
Page URL ACRA – Types of information products https://www.acra.gov.sg/resources/buying-business-information/types-of-acra-information-products/ ACRA – Using Bizfile's search functions https://www.acra.gov.sg/resources/guides-forms/using-bizfiles-search-functions/ ACRA – Buying business information from Bizfile and other sources https://www.acra.gov.sg/resources/buying-business-information/bizfile-and-other-sources/ ACRA – Central RORC https://www.acra.gov.sg/manage/companies/legal-requirements-common-offences/maintaining-local-companys-information-registers/rorc/central-rorc/ data.gov.sg – ACRA Information on Corporate Entities https://data.gov.sg/collections/2/view Annex E – UEN format (Singapore government) https://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/153/17ee6a09-7414-4e9b-ada9-3e6d9a01840e/annexe060808.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