What is a Cypriot registration number?

A prefix and a number: HE165 for a company (Bank of Cyprus) and AE3834 for an overseas company registered in Cyprus. HE marks a company and AE an overseas company. The number has no check digit, so only its shape can be checked. Bare digits are read as a company number (HE), and Greek lookalike letters (ΗΕ) are accepted for the prefix.

Is there a Cypriot VAT number on the record?

No. The register publishes no VAT number and the VAT number cannot be derived from the registration number, so a vat search for Cyprus is refused. To check a Cypriot VAT number against VIES, use GET /vat/ followed by the number.

Which activity classification do Cypriot records use?

None. The register data carries no activity code, so the activity fields of a Cypriot record are null. It carries no share capital either.

Does Prometiam serve Cypriot officers, company events or insolvency notices?

Company events yes; officers and insolvency notices no. Cypriot records are company-level: legal name, legal form, status, registered address with the district and dates. There are no officers and no registry-compliance signal. Register-change events (name, status, legal form and registered address, dated when the change first appears in the register data, none before the first load in October 2026) and monitoring are available. Cyprus is not one of the twelve insolvency markets: strike-off, liquidation and administration show in the company status.

Which Cypriot entities are included?

Private companies, public companies, companies limited by guarantee (with or without share capital) and overseas companies. Trade names and partnerships are never served, so a search for one returns nothing even though it exists.

Can I search a Cypriot company by its Greek name?

Yes. A name search accepts Greek letters as well as Latin ones; the name is returned as the register holds it.

What is the Cyprus Registrar of Companies (DRCOR)?

The Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCOR) is the register of the Republic of Cyprus where companies and overseas companies are registered. Every company has a registration number made of a prefix and a number: HE165 for Bank of Cyprus, AE3834 for an overseas company.

The registration number

HE (company) or AE (overseas company) followed by the number, up to nine digits without leading zeros. There is no check digit, so only the shape can be checked. Bare digits are read as a company (HE) number.

What Prometiam serves for Cyprus

Company records from the Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCOR) of the Republic of Cyprus: legal name, legal form, status (including strike-off pending, voluntary and compulsory liquidation and administration), registered address with the district, and dates; with register-change events and monitoring, but no officers, no registry-compliance signal, no activity code, no share capital, no VAT number (a vat search is refused) and no insolvency notices. Companies (private, public and limited by guarantee) and overseas companies only; trade names and partnerships are never served. Contains data from the Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCOR), Republic of Cyprus, via data.gov.cy, CC BY 4.0.

Querying Cypriot companies

GET /companies/search?company_number=HE165&country=CY returns the record. The free registration number lookup runs the same call without a key.

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Official sources: DRCOR · data.gov.cy. Contains data from the Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCOR), Republic of Cyprus, via data.gov.cy, CC BY 4.0

Who supplies what

Name	What it is
DRCOR	The Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property of the Republic of Cyprus. The source of the legal name, legal form, status, registered address and dates.
data.gov.cy	The national open data portal, where the register’s open data is published under the CC BY 4.0 licence.
Registration number	The company identifier, `HE165`. The key you store for the register record.
Credit line	Prometiam’s Cypriot records carry "Contains data from the Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCOR), Republic of Cyprus, via data.gov.cy, CC BY 4.0".

What a Cypriot record holds

Field	Notes
Legal name	The name as registered. A name search accepts Greek or Latin letters.
Legal form	The register’s company type: private company, public company, company limited by guarantee (with or without share capital) or overseas company.
Status	Registered (active), strike-off pending (the three-month strike-off notice is published), in liquidation (voluntary), in compulsory liquidation (court order), under administration, struck off or dissolved after liquidation, or dissolved by merger. A reminder letter about an overdue annual return does not change the status.
Registered address	Street and number, postal code and city where the register gives them, with the district in `region`.
Dates	The date of registration.
VAT number	None. A `vat` search for Cyprus is refused.
Activity code and capital	None. The register data carries no activity classification and no share capital, so those fields are null.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Cyprus Registrar of Companies?: The Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCOR), Republic of Cyprus, which registers companies and overseas companies. Its open data on data.gov.cy is the source of the Cypriot company records Prometiam serves.
What is a Cypriot registration number?: A prefix and a number: HE165 for a company (Bank of Cyprus) and AE3834 for an overseas company registered in Cyprus. HE marks a company and AE an overseas company. The number has no check digit, so only its shape can be checked. Bare digits are read as a company number (HE), and Greek lookalike letters (ΗΕ) are accepted for the prefix.
Is there a Cypriot VAT number on the record?: No. The register publishes no VAT number and the VAT number cannot be derived from the registration number, so a vat search for Cyprus is refused. To check a Cypriot VAT number against VIES, use GET /vat/ followed by the number.
Which activity classification do Cypriot records use?: None. The register data carries no activity code, so the activity fields of a Cypriot record are null. It carries no share capital either.
Does Prometiam serve Cypriot officers, company events or insolvency notices?: Company events yes; officers and insolvency notices no. Cypriot records are company-level: legal name, legal form, status, registered address with the district and dates. There are no officers and no registry-compliance signal. Register-change events (name, status, legal form and registered address, dated when the change first appears in the register data, none before the first load in October 2026) and monitoring are available. Cyprus is not one of the twelve insolvency markets: strike-off, liquidation and administration show in the company status.
Which Cypriot entities are included?: Private companies, public companies, companies limited by guarantee (with or without share capital) and overseas companies. Trade names and partnerships are never served, so a search for one returns nothing even though it exists.
Can I search a Cypriot company by its Greek name?: Yes. A name search accepts Greek letters as well as Latin ones; the name is returned as the register holds it.