Spain
In Spain, the company registry is the Registro Mercantil, searched through the Colegio de Registradores portal.
- Official company register
- Registro Mercantil / Registro Mercantil Central (RMC)
- Free online search
- Partial
- Company identifier
- NIF (tax identification number); searches work by company name (denominación social) or NIF
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Legitimate interest
- Company search
- sede.registradores.org
- Checked on
Search Spanish companies on the Colegio de Registradores portal (sede.registradores.org); company data requires a paid nota informativa, with a base price of about €2.10 plus €0.60 per extra information block, before tax. BORME announcements are free through the Registro Mercantil Central. Beneficial owners are held in the Ministry of Justice’s RCTIR, open to authorities, obliged entities and, since 19 October 2023, anyone with a legitimate interest. Companies are identified by their NIF.
- Region
- Europe
- Run by
- Commercial registrars (Registradores Mercantiles, Colegio de Registradores de España) and the Registro Mercantil Central
- Registry website
- rmc.es
- Visible for free
- BORME (Section 2) announcements and registry statistics through the RMC; company data itself requires a paid nota informativa
- Paid documents and fees
- Nota informativa mercantil €2.103542 base price plus €0.601012 per optional information block; filed accounts (depósito de cuentas) €2.103542 plus €0.601012 per filed document; certification of any entry €1.502530 (plus €0.150253 per page beyond two); taxes not included. RMC: company name certificate €6.010121; search €1.502530
- Beneficial ownership register
- Registro Central de Titularidades Reales (RCTIR)
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- The Ministry of Justice register is open to authorities, obliged entities under art. 2 of Ley 10/2010, persons or organizations with a legitimate interest (since 19 October 2023), and media and civil-society organizations fighting financial crime. Electronic access is only through the Ministry's online portal (sede electrónica).
- Beneficial ownership register website
- mjusticia.gob.es
- Search interface languages
- Spanish, English
- What an official extract contains
- Nota informativa mercantil: company name, NIF, CNAE code, web domains, registered address, corporate purpose, share capital, directors and representatives, BORME acts, filed accounts, legalized books
- What to know before a KYB check
- Fees are set by the registrars' tariff (Arancel, Decreto 757/1973) and exclude taxes. A certificación, not a nota informativa, is the document with evidentiary value against third parties.
- Sources
Page URL Sede Registradores - Registro Mercantil https://sede.registradores.org/site/mercantil?lang=en_EES Registradores - Registro Mercantil Central directory entry https://www.registradores.org/en/directorio/-/registros/mercantil/madrid/madrid/registro-mercantil-de-mercantil-central Registradores - coste de la información en el Registro Mercantil https://www.registradores.org/en/-/%C2%BFcua-l-es-el-coste-de-la-informacio-n- RMC - Información general https://www.rmc.es/IntroInfoGeneral.aspx Ministerio de Justicia - RCTIR https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/es/ciudadania/tramites/registro-central-titularidades-reales - Verification
- Some fields unverified
Questions
How much is a nota informativa from the Registro Mercantil?
Is BORME free?
Who can see beneficial owners in Spain?
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