Searching our registers
The information you will find when you search Companies Office registers
In this guide
The information held on the Companies Office's registers varies depending on the companies or organisations you are looking for.
Searching the Companies Register
There are several ways you can search the Companies Register to find the information about companies incorporated in:
- New Zealand, including their addresses, directors and shareholders
- other countries, but which are registered on the Overseas Register to do business in New Zealand.
Searching the Disclose Register
The Disclose Register provides an online tool for issuers and managers to register and manage information about their offers and schemes, and fulfil many of their compliance obligations. You can search for:
- offers and schemes
- all the participants involved in a scheme.
Searching the Financial Services Providers Register (FSPR)
The FSPR is a searchable online register of people, businesses and organisations that provide financial services in New Zealand (such as banks, insurers and financial advisers).
You can search the FSPR to identify financial service providers (FSPs) and find information about them — such as which services they are registered for and, if applicable, are licensed or certified to provide.
Searching the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR)
Most people searching the PPSR aim to:
- find information before entering into a security agreement
- check that there is no money owing on an item of personal property before they buy it (, (for example a car).
To search the PPSR register via our website, you must log in and pay for $2 (plus GST) for each search.
Searching our other registers
In addition to the registers named above, the New Zealand Companies Office is responsible for administering a number of New Zealand's other statutory registers.
- Using the option below, select the register you are interested in.
- Search using the options available.
Related search options
Searching the New Zealand Business Number Register
You can also search on the New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) website for any business or other organisation that has an NZBN. This includes companies and other organisations registered with us, but also sole traders, partnerships and trusts (to name a few).