Workflow checklist
- Identify the registry. www.gafi.gov.eg
- Check access requirements. Account required: Optional. Local ID required: Optional.
- Plan budget. Price range: USD 0.00. Payment methods: Not published; confirm at source.
- Anticipate friction. Captcha / 2FA: Unknown. English UI: Partial.
- Plan turnaround. Expected: Unknown.
- Verify recency. Last verified: 6 Sept 2026. Confirm current pricing at the official registry before submitting.
Egypt Company Search Guide 2026: How to Verify an Egyptian Business
TL;DR. Egyptian companies are registered with the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI). https://www.gafi.gov.eg is online, titled General Authority for Investment and Free Zones - Egypt. The English home at https://www.gafi.gov.eg/English/Pages/default.aspx returns the same title. No company-search form, extract tariff or payment method was read from those pages, so fees here read unknown rather than free; confirm at source. The FATF Egypt country page is online; Egypt’s current listing was not read for this guide. This page does not prescribe enhanced due diligence.
What is the official Egypt business registry?
Egypt’s company registration system has been described as two linked agencies: GAFI as the investment one-stop shop, and the Commercial Registry (Sijil al-Tigariyy) under the Ministry of Internal Trade and Supply as the underlying register. The address this guide points at is https://www.gafi.gov.eg, titled General Authority for Investment and Free Zones - Egypt. That title is the live cite; a commercial-register search form was not read from the home page.
The legal basis has been reported as Investment Law No. 72 of 2017 and Companies Law No. 159 of 1981; confirm at source. Historic entity types include joint stock companies (Sharika Musahama), limited liability companies, sole proprietorships, branches of foreign companies, and free-zone entities. That list was not enumerated on the GAFI home title.
The Invest in Egypt host and the Egyptian Tax Authority host were not checked for this guide. Neither is treated here as a live search replacement for GAFI.
What can you search?
No company-search form was read from https://www.gafi.gov.eg or from the English home. Name, commercial-register number, tax-card and director fields are therefore not documented as a live screen; confirm at source.
Historic copy that results return a commercial register number, registration date, company type, address and status is not restated as a form this page could read.
How much does it cost?
| Item | Cost (EGP) | Cost (USD, approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic company status search | Unknown | Unknown |
| Company profile summary | Unknown | Unknown |
| Certified extract of commercial register entry | Unknown | Unknown |
| Certified copy of articles of incorporation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Tax card verification | Unknown | Unknown |
No pound extract figures appear on the GAFI home or English home, so the table reads unknown rather than free; confirm at source. No payment methods are published on those pages.
Do you need a local account or ID?
Unknown from those pages. Neither GAFI URL is a login title, so an account and a local ID are shown as optional rather than confirmed open access. Passport registration, Egyptian national ID and physical-office rules have been reported; confirm at source.
Is the website in English?
Partial. The live title General Authority for Investment and Free Zones - Egypt is English, and the /English/Pages/default.aspx path returns the same title. Whether registry functions behind that home run in Arabic could not be read from the title; confirm at source. Certified outputs have been reported as Arabic; confirm at source.
What’s the turnaround time?
Unknown. No turnaround is published on the GAFI home or English home; confirm at source.
Is there an API?
No public API is published on the GAFI home or English home.
What you legally cannot do
Egypt’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020 has been reported as governing personal data in registry extracts, including director names and addresses; confirm at source. Redistribution of personal data from registry records is a legal question for the reader’s own framework, not a step this page sets.
Egypt’s AML/CFT framework has been reported as administered by the Egyptian Anti-Money Laundering Unit under Law No. 80 of 2002 (as amended). That host was not checked for this guide. This page does not prescribe a screening workflow.
For the broader due-diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.
Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers
- gafi.gov.eg is online. The live title is General Authority for Investment and Free Zones - Egypt. That is the agency home, not a documented company-search form.
- The English path is the same title. https://www.gafi.gov.eg/English/Pages/default.aspx matches the apex title.
- No extract tariff is published on those pages; confirm at source.
- The commercial register number has been reported as the sequential identifier (Raqm al-Sijil al-Tigariyy); confirm at source. That identifier was not labelled on the GAFI home title.
- Tax Authority and Invest in Egypt hosts were not checked for this guide.
- FATF listing was not read here. The FATF Egypt country page is online; confirm at source. This page does not prescribe enhanced due diligence.
Alternatives if you cannot access GAFI directly
- Aggregator search (indicative only): OpenCorporates coverage of Egypt has been reported as limited; that host was not checked for this guide.
- Invest in Egypt was not checked for this guide and is not treated as a live replacement search.
- Local legal agents have been reported as retrieving certified Arabic extracts; confirm at source.
Local data suppliers
- Dun & Bradstreet Egypt (dnb.com) and I-Score Egypt (i-score.com.eg) were not checked for this guide. Named only.
Use GAFI for the official investment-authority record when a search form can be confirmed on that host. No company-search form was read from the home title.
FAQ
Can a foreign company access the Egypt GAFI registry directly?
The GAFI home and English home are reachable. Whether a company search, an account wall or a document order sits behind those pages was not read from the titles; confirm at source.
What is the commercial register number in Egypt?
The commercial register number (Raqm al-Sijil al-Tigariyy) has been reported as the primary identifier, including a governorate code. That format was not labelled on the GAFI home title; confirm at source.
What entity types are registered with GAFI and the Commercial Registry?
Historic forms include joint stock companies, limited liability companies, sole proprietorships, foreign branches and free-zone entities. That list was not enumerated on the GAFI home title; confirm at source.
Does Egypt have a beneficial ownership (UBO) registry?
No beneficial-ownership search was read from the GAFI home. Beneficial-ownership filing as part of AML/CFT reforms has been reported; confirm at source. A public UBO search is not documented here.
How current is the data in GAFI?
Not published on the GAFI home title; confirm at source.
Is Egypt on the FATF grey list?
Egypt’s current listing is not stated here. The FATF Egypt country page is online; see it for the published record. This page does not prescribe enhanced due diligence.
What is the difference between GAFI, the Commercial Registry, and the Tax Authority?
GAFI is the investment and free-zone authority named on the live title. The Commercial Registry and the Egyptian Tax Authority have been reported as separate bodies. Those other hosts were not checked for this guide, and neither replaces the GAFI address used here.
Last verified: 2026-09-06. Sources: gafi.gov.eg, titled General Authority for Investment and Free Zones - Egypt; gafi.gov.eg/English/Pages/default.aspx, same title; fatf-gafi.org and the FATF Egypt country page, both online. No pound search tariff is published on those pages. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.