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How to verify a company in South Africa.

Short answer

Company search has moved from CIPC's old eServices to BizProfile on BizPortal, which needs a login. A full disclosure certificate costs ZAR 30.

Step by step

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The old CIPC search page now sends you to BizPortal.eservices.cipc.co.za
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Log in to BizPortal and open Services, then BizProfile.cipc.co.za
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Search by name or registration number. CIPC's guidance describes free searches with a shortened disclosure.cipc.co.za
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For governance and history, order the full disclosure certificate.cipc.co.za

Full disclosure certificatecipc.co.zaZAR 30

Inspecting a company file in personcipc.co.zaZAR 100

Certifying a document copycipc.co.zaZAR 20

Registration numbers look like YYYY/DDDDDD/TT: year, sequence and a two-digit type (07 is a private company).inforegulator.bizportal.gov.za
Close corporations still exist on the register, but new ones can't be formed.cipc.co.za

In BusinessCurrently registered. Not proof of solvency, tax compliance or every filing.

AR deregistration processAnnual returns are missing and deregistration has started.

Final deregistrationRemoved; it no longer legally exists unless restored.

In liquidation or business rescueWinding-up or statutory rescue, separate from deregistration.

What these meancipc.co.za

Real companies get impersonated. Compare the registered details with whoever is contacting you.fsca.co.za
Directors on a disclosure are not a share register or a beneficial-ownership report.cipc.co.za
Deregistration notices moved to email from 11 August 2025, and voluntary deregistration was automated from 8 December 2025.cipc.co.za

What we couldn't confirm

Sources read 26 October 2026. Registries change their portals and fees; check the linked page before you pay.

Ask Konexium about any company in South Africa. It reads the registry, the company's site and the news, and links every finding to its source.