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Company Records for Ethiopia, on demand

Company Records for Ethiopia come from the official register, e-Trade Online Trade Registration & License System. US$19.00 per record. Registry-only, not aggregated, not resold.

Source registry
e-Trade Online Trade Registration & License System
Price per record
US$19.00
Delivery
Usually in a day
Registry availability
Manual retrieval

Records are retrieved by our Registry Services team and availability is not measured automatically.

Not a service-level commitment.

At a glance

Ethiopia at a glance

A record returns 8 company data fields and 3 for controlling entities. This register does not publish shareholder or beneficial-owner data, so a record for Ethiopia cannot include it. 1 official filing is included: Registry Extract.

Official register
e-Trade Online Trade Registration & License System
Documents included
Registry Extract
Controlling entities
Published by the register
Shareholders & beneficial owners
Not published by the register
Price per record
US$19.00
Coverage detail

What a company record for Ethiopia contains

1Company data
Entity NameEntity TypeEntity StatusRegistration NumberAddressRegistration DateOther NamesOther Identifiers
2Controlling entities & individuals
NameRoleOther Names
3Shareholders & beneficial owners
Not published by the official register.
Registry documents

Documents in a company record for Ethiopia

1Included in your purchase
  • Registry Extract
Available separately

None listed for this register.

About the register

e-Trade Online Trade Registration & License System

Commercial registration in Ethiopia is governed by the Commercial Registration and Business Licensing Proclamation No. 980/2016, published in the Federal Negarit Gazette on 5 August 2016 and amended by Proclamation No. 1150/2019. The proclamation directs the Ministry to establish and administer a central commercial register and trade name register with nationwide application and to make it open and accessible to the public at large. The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration presents the e-Trade Online Trade Registration and Licensing System as its all in one business related service, and regional organs administering commerce and the Ethiopian Investment Commission may register businesses under delegation, forwarding their records to the Ministry's central database.

A business person is registered once, at the place of the head office, even when conducting different activities in different regions. The registering office issues a certificate of registration, business organisations attain legal personality upon registration, and the taxpayer identification number assigned by the tax authority is entered in the commercial register as the special identification number of registration. Alterations or amendments must be registered within 60 days of notarial authentication, and a registration can be cancelled on grounds that include failure to obtain a business licence within one year.

The proclamation states that the commercial register shall be open to the public at large and that third parties are entitled to look into it. The Company Records report for Ethiopia includes the registry extract sourced from the official register.

Good to know

Questions about Ethiopia company records

General questions are answered in the FAQ.

Are shareholders and beneficial owners included for Ethiopia?
No. The official register, e-Trade Online Trade Registration & License System, does not make shareholder or beneficial-owner data public, so a record cannot include it. The company particulars and controlling parties it does hold are included.
Which filings are included for Ethiopia?
Registry Extract.
How long does delivery take for Ethiopia?
Usually in a day: our Registry Services team retrieves the record from the official register, e-Trade Online Trade Registration & License System.
What does a company record for Ethiopia cost?
US$19.00 per record for Ethiopia, in one payment by card.
Which law governs commercial registration in Ethiopia?
The Commercial Registration and Business Licensing Proclamation No. 980/2016, published in the Federal Negarit Gazette (22nd Year No. 101, Addis Ababa, 5 August 2016) and amended by Proclamation No. 1150/2019. It requires a central commercial register and trade name register with nationwide application, administered together with the Commercial Code of Ethiopia.
Who operates the e-Trade system?
The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration links the Online Trade Registration and Licensing System from its official website as its business registration and licensing service. Under the proclamation, regional organs administering commercial activities and the Ethiopian Investment Commission may also undertake commercial registration when delegated, and the data they register is transferred to the Ministry's central database.
What identifier does a registered Ethiopian business carry?
Before a business is entered in the commercial register, the registering office asks the tax collecting authority to assign a taxpayer identification number, and that number is entered in the commercial register as the special identification number of registration. Each person is registered only once, at the place where the head office of the business is situated.
Does the Ethiopian commercial register publish shareholders or beneficial owners?
The commercial register records business persons and business organisations, and the proclamation makes the register itself open to the public. It makes no provision for publishing shareholder or beneficial-owner information, so a record for Ethiopia contains company particulars and controlling parties without shareholder or beneficial-owner data.

Get a Company Record for Ethiopia

A Company Record is the KYB report for one company plus the standard set of official registry documents for its jurisdiction, in a single purchase. It is retrieved from the official register at the time of purchase, not from a cached copy. Search by company name, then pay once by card: no subscription, no minimum. See a sample report, the document types, pricing and the FAQ.

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