About us

The Companies Office enables businesses, the major legal mechanism for economic development, to form and operate. We aim to make doing business in New Zealand easy and to be the authoritative source of information about businesses.

What we do

Find out about the government agency responsible for administering New Zealand’s statutory registers.

What we do

Our legislation

Use this list to find all the legislation for the registers administered by the Companies Office.

Our legislation

New Zealand Business Number (NZBN)

Find out more about the NZBN available to all businesses in New Zealand.

New Zealand Business Number (NZBN)


Corporate regulation in New Zealand

Corporate regulation enables business owners to set up, manage and close their businesses.

Corporate regulation in New Zealand


Our enforcement approach

The integrity of information in our registers is critical to business confidence in New Zealand.

Our enforcement approach


Searching our registers

Get help to search our registers and find information that is available to read and download.

Searching our registers


Contact us

Find contact details for the Companies Office and the registers it administers.

Contact us


ISO Management System Certification

Details of the Companies Office ISO certifications.

ISO certification is an international standard for management systems. This ensures that the highest possible standard is reached at all times.


Standard for the use of a valid electronic signature on documents

This standard provides guidelines on the use of electronic signatures on documentation and information submitted to the Companies Office and describes the circumstances in which the Companies Office will accept documentation and information under an electronic signature.

Standard for the use of a valid electronic signature on documents


Privacy

This privacy notice describes when we may collect personal information and how we can use it.

How we protect your privacy on our websites


Copyright

Copyright material on the Companies Office website is protected by copyright on behalf of the Crown.

The copyright statement for the Companies Office website