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Company Records for Kenya, on demand

Company Records for Kenya come from the official register, eCitizen. US$49.00 per record. Registry-only, not aggregated, not resold.

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Source registry
eCitizen
Price per record
US$49.00
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

Kenya at a glance

A record returns 7 company data fields, 4 for controlling entities and 5 for shareholders and beneficial owners. 1 official filing is included: Registry Extract.

Official register
eCitizen
Documents included
Registry Extract
Controlling entities
Published by the register
Shareholders & beneficial owners
Published by the register
Price per record
US$49.00
Coverage detail

What a company record for Kenya contains

1Company data
Entity NameEntity TypeEntity StatusRegistration NumberAddressRegistration DateNominal Share Capital
2Controlling entities & individuals
NameAddressNationality (if individual)Role
3Shareholders & beneficial owners
NameAddressNationality (if individual)RoleSharecount
Registry documents

Documents in a company record for Kenya

1Included in your purchase
  • Registry Extract
Available separately

None listed for this register.

About the register

eCitizen

Company records in Kenya are kept by the Companies Registry of the Business Registration Service (BRS), which also oversees the Movable Property Security Rights Registry, the Insolvency Registry and the Hire Purchase Registry. The Companies Registry administers the Companies Act, 2015, the Registration of Business Names Act (Cap 499) and the Limited Liability Partnerships Act No. 42 of 2011. The Registrar registers limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships and business names, registers debentures and charges, and maintains the statutory records.

Filings and searches run through the eCitizen platform: name reservation and business registration are merged into a single online application, and the registry offers official searches and CR12 lists for entities registered under BRS.

Beneficial ownership is filed but not published. Companies submit a copy of their register of beneficial owners to the Registrar under section 93A of the Companies Act and the Companies (Beneficial Ownership Information) Regulations, 2020, as amended in 2023. The regulations state that beneficial ownership information shall not be made available to the public or be published, save for publication by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority in the government portal for entities awarded tenders and disclosure by a government where the matter is of public interest; the Registrar may make it available to competent authorities and, with protected personal data removed, to financial institutions and designated businesses. The Company Records report resolves beneficial ownership by following registered shareholders up the ownership chain from official filings, and includes the registry extract sourced from the official register.

Good to know

Questions about Kenya company records

General questions are answered in the FAQ.

Are shareholders and beneficial owners included for Kenya?
Yes. The official register, eCitizen, publishes shareholder and beneficial-owner data, and the record includes it. The resolved ownership chain is our own work, computed from those filings.
Which filings are included for Kenya?
Registry Extract.
How long does delivery take for Kenya?
Usually in a day: our Registry Services team retrieves the record from the official register, eCitizen.
What does a company record for Kenya cost?
US$49.00 per record for Kenya, in one payment by card.
Who keeps the companies register in Kenya?
The Companies Registry of the Business Registration Service (BRS), under the Registrar of Companies. The registry administers the Companies Act, 2015, the Registration of Business Names Act (Cap 499) and the Limited Liability Partnerships Act No. 42 of 2011, and its services are accessed online through the eCitizen platform.
How are Kenyan company records searched?
Registry services, including official searches and CR12 lists for entities registered under BRS, are delivered through the eCitizen platform. For new registrations, name reservation and business registration have been merged into one online application in which up to three preferred names are submitted with the full application.
Is beneficial ownership information public in Kenya?
No. The Companies (Beneficial Ownership Information) Regulations, as amended in 2023, provide that beneficial ownership information shall not be made available to the public or be published, with narrow exceptions for the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority's portal in relation to tender awards and disclosure by a government in the public interest. The Company Records report resolves beneficial ownership by following registered shareholders up the ownership chain from official filings.
What must Kenyan companies file about their beneficial owners?
A company keeps a register of beneficial owners, validates and verifies the particulars before submitting a copy to the Registrar, and files notices of new beneficial owners and of persons ceasing to be beneficial owners in the prescribed forms under section 93A of the Companies Act. Nominee shareholders and nominee directors must disclose their status, and the Registrar marks them with an asterisk in the registers.

Get a Company Record for Kenya

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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