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Hong Kong company search: find directors, shareholders and filings for a few dollars

Updated 10 November 2026Fees from the Registry fee page, November 2026About 8 minutes to read
The short answer

Search free by company name on the Companies Registry e-Services Portal, with no account. The name search and the list of filed documents cost nothing.

For directors and shareholders, buy the Company Particulars Report: HK$22. What you won't find anywhere public is who stands behind a shareholder.

Open the official search Which report do I need?
Cheap and open HK$22 to see a Hong Kong company's directors and shareholders Directors and shareholders are public. The owners behind the shareholders stay with the company.

Hong Kong publishes more about its companies than most places, and charges pocket change for it. Here's which report shows what, and the one certificate Hong Kong issues instead of "good standing".

Key takeaways

  • The name search and document index are free, with no account needed.
  • The Company Particulars Report, HK$22, lists directors, shareholders and share capital.
  • Hong Kong issues no certificate of good standing. The equivalent is the Certificate of Continuing Registration, HK$170.
  • Hong Kong has no name reservation. The only way to hold a name is to incorporate.
  • The significant controllers register stays at the company, open to officials, not the public.
Chapter 1

How to do a Hong Kong company search

The Companies Registry e-Services PortalShows | costs or hides
  • Company name and number
  • Filed documents list
  • Strike-off or winding-up action
  • DirectorsHK$11
  • ShareholdersHK$22
  • Significant controllersnever
Searching from your country.
  1. Open the e-Services Portal

    Choose to search as an unregistered user. The old Cyber Search Centre and ICRIS names now point here.

    Free
  2. Search the name or company number

    A left-partial search catches names that start with your words; exact search matches the full name with its ending.

  3. Check the document index

    Free. It lists every filing and its date, including each year's annual return.

  4. Buy the report you need

    Paid by card online, from HK$11. The picker below says which.

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Key takeaway

Search free as an unregistered user; pay only for the report you need.

Chapter 2

What a Hong Kong Company Particulars Report shows

  • 2From the latest annual return. If a nominee holds the shares, the nominee's name shows here.
  • 3Since October 2022 a correspondence address and part of the ID number show, not the home address or full ID.
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Key takeaway

HK$22 shows directors and shareholders. Nominees appear under their own names.

Chapter 3

Hong Kong certificate of continuing registration and other documents

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Key takeaway

Ask for the Certificate of Continuing Registration. Hong Kong has no good standing certificate.

Chapter 4

When a Hong Kong company is struck off

The free result flags any deregistration, striking off or winding up. The usual cause is silence: the Registrar strikes off companies it believes have stopped doing business, often after years of missing annual returns.

A company stays registered when
Once struck off
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Key takeaway

File the annual return within 42 days of each anniversary to stay on the register.

Chapter 5

Is a Hong Kong company name available?

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Search the exact name, ending included, in the free name search. Run it past the basics here first.

    There's no way to reserve a name in Hong Kong. Incorporating is how you secure it, and we file the day you sign.

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    Key takeaway

    No reservations in Hong Kong: incorporating is how you hold a name.

    Chapter 6

    Who owns a Hong Kong company?

    The shareholders are public; the people behind them may not be. Each company keeps a significant controllers register at its own office, open to law enforcement and officials, never to the public.

    A person's other directorshipsA paid index search lists the companies where someone is a director.
    A shareholder that's a companySearch that company in its own country to go one layer up.
    Behind a nomineeOnly officials with a legal reason can see the controllers register.
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    Key takeaway

    Controllers stay at the company, open to officials only.

    Chapter 7

    Hong Kong company search questions, answered

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    Is the Hong Kong company search free?
    The name search and list of filed documents are. Directors cost HK$11 and the full particulars report HK$22.
    Can I see the shareholders of a Hong Kong company?
    Yes. The Company Particulars Report shows shareholders and holdings from the latest annual return, for HK$22. When that return is due and what it costs late: Hong Kong annual fees and filings.
    Does Hong Kong issue a certificate of good standing?
    No. Ask for the Certificate of Continuing Registration, HK$170, which banks and authorities accept as proof the company is still registered.
    Is the ICRIS Cyber Search Centre still used?
    No. Since December 2023 searches run on the Companies Registry e-Services Portal.
    Can I reserve a company name in Hong Kong?
    No. Hong Kong has no name reservation, so a name is secured only by incorporating.
    Do you form Hong Kong companies?
    Yes: US$329 plus HK$3,895 in year one, with the company secretary included.

    Changelog

    • 10 November 2026: first published.
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