Searching for a company

Using the search the register option you can find details of companies – both <Jurisdiction> companies and overseas companies registered in <Jurisdiction>.

There are two search options available.

1. Quick search

Click on Search for a company on the Do It Online tab in the top right hand corner of the screen.

To view instant results on screen just begin entering your search criteria into the ‘Search’ field.

For a company search this might be the company’s name (either the current name or a previous name) or the company’s incorporation number.

A list of possible matches will be displayed on screen and you can click on any one of these results to view the details of that company.

Click on the SEARCH >> button to display the complete search results for your search criteria.

2. Advanced Search

Once you are on the search page, click on Advanced search.

Now you can customise your search in several ways.

  • Entity type
    • All types (default) or
    • choose specific types of interest – for example, only <Jurisdiction> companies (limited, public, private or community)
  • Entity status
    • All statuses (default) or
    • choose specific statuses of interest (for example, removed companies).
    • Incorporated between – To refine your search to include only companies incorporated between certain dates
  • Address type
    • All types (default) or
    • choose specific address types (for example, registered office address)
  •  Address keywords – To refine your search to include only specific address keywords (such as a town name, or country)