San Marino Company Search Guide 2026: How to Verify a San Marino Business

TL;DR. San Marino’s official business registry is the Registro delle Imprese, maintained by the Camera di Commercio (CCIAA) at camera.sm. Basic searches are free with no account required but the interface is in Italian only. San Marino is a micro-state enclaved entirely within Italy, uses the euro under an EU monetary agreement, and is not an EU member. San Marino has its own company law and financial regulator (BCSM). It is not on the FATF grey list.

What is the official San Marino business registry?

The Registro delle Imprese (Business Register) of San Marino is maintained by the Camera di Commercio, Industria, Artigianato e Servizi della Repubblica di San Marino (CCIAA), accessible at camera.sm. The CCIAA is San Marino’s chamber of commerce and the authority responsible for the commercial register, trade statistics, and business promotion.

San Marino is one of the world’s oldest republics (founded in 301 AD by tradition) and is entirely surrounded by Italy. It is a fully sovereign state, a UN member, and a member of MONEYVAL and the OECD. San Marino is not an EU member but uses the euro under a monetary agreement with the EU (signed 2000). It has a customs union with Italy and implements many Italian-compatible standards, though its own laws govern commercial activity.

San Marino’s company law is governed by the Legge 25 ottobre 1993 n. 99 (as amended) on business corporations and updated commercial legislation. San Marino has a smaller but sophisticated legal system for its size.

Principal entity types registered in San Marino include:

• S.r.l. (Società a responsabilità limitata): private limited company, the most common commercial form.
• S.p.A. (Società per azioni): joint-stock company.
• S.a.s. (Società in accomandita semplice): limited partnership.
• S.n.c. (Società in nome collettivo): general partnership.
• Sole traders (Ditte individuali).
• Branches of foreign companies.

What can you search?

The CCIAA portal allows:

• Company name search (Italian, full or partial)
• Business registration number search

Results show: entity name, registration number, legal form, registered address, date of registration, status (active, dissolved, in liquidation), and primary business activity. Director and founder details may be visible in the public record for some entity types; full extract access provides more detailed structural data.

San Marino’s AML/CFT framework is supervised by the Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF, Financial Intelligence Agency) at aif.sm. AIF supervises AML compliance across San Marino’s financial and non-financial sectors. A beneficial ownership register exists under San Marino’s AML legislation (Decreto Delegato 1 luglio 2019, n. 98, and related measures); UBO data is held by AIF and is not publicly accessible online. Access is through the AML compliance framework for obligated entities.

Financial services are regulated by the Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino (BCSM) at bcsm.sm, which supervises banks, financial intermediaries, and payment institutions.

How much does it cost?

Fees are set by the CCIAA. EUR is San Marino’s currency; no conversion is needed for EUR-denominated transactions. Current fee schedules are available at camera.sm.

Do you need a local account or ID?

No. Basic company name searches are publicly accessible without registration or a San Marino identity document. Requesting certified extracts requires a formal request to the CCIAA, which can be submitted in person or by correspondence for foreign requesters.

Is the website in English?

No. The CCIAA portal and all official documents are in Italian. San Marino’s official language is Italian. Browser translation tools provide workable basic navigation. Key terms follow standard Italian commercial registry vocabulary (the same as Italy’s Registro delle Imprese), making it familiar to compliance buyers with Italian market experience.

What’s the turnaround time?

Online searches are instant. Certified extract requests take 2-5 business days via correspondence. San Marino has a small professional public administration (the republic has a population of approximately 34,000) that handles document requests efficiently.

Is there an API?

No formal public API is available for the San Marino CCIAA business registry as of May 2026. Manual lookup and document correspondence are the standard routes for foreign compliance buyers.

What you legally cannot do

San Marino has its own data protection law (Legge 23 maggio 1995 n. 70 on protection of personal data, as updated and aligned with international standards). The EU has recognized San Marino as providing adequate data protection. Restrictions include:

• Automated bulk scraping of the CCIAA portal is not authorized.
• Personal data of directors and shareholders must be processed in compliance with San Marino data protection law.
• Certified CCIAA documents for international use require apostille authentication. San Marino is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• BCSM for financial institutions. If your counterparty is a San Marino-licensed bank, financial intermediary, or payment institution, verify against the BCSM’s published register at bcsm.sm. The BCSM lists all licensed financial entities.
• AIF enforcement history. The AIF publishes enforcement actions and supervisory findings. For counterparties with financial sector involvement, reviewing AIF publications provides supplementary due diligence information.
• Italian-adjacent but not Italian. San Marino’s legal entities are governed by San Marinese law, not Italian law. A San Marino S.r.l. is registered with the CCIAA San Marino, not with Italy’s Registro delle Imprese. Documents from San Marino’s CCIAA are issued by a different authority than Italian CCIAA documents, though they share vocabulary and format conventions.
• Customs and trade. San Marino is in a customs union with Italy and thus with the EU single market for goods. San Marinese businesses can participate in EU trade without customs barriers. This makes San Marino-based companies practical for certain cross-border trade arrangements within the EU framework.
• Tourism and luxury are primary sectors. San Marino’s economy is heavily oriented toward tourism (duty-free shopping), financial services, and small-scale manufacturing (including traditional ceramic and textile goods and some defense-adjacent manufacturing). The entity risk profile of a San Marinese trading company should reflect this economic context.

Alternatives if you cannot access the registry directly

• BCSM licensee register (bcsm.sm): licensed financial institution verification.
• AIF (aif.sm): AML supervisory and enforcement information.
• Local attorneys and fiduciaries in San Marino City (Città di San Marino): for certified document retrieval and enhanced due diligence.

Local data suppliers

San Marino does not have its own commercial credit bureau. Due diligence on San Marino entities typically relies on:

• CCIAA San Marino: direct registry contact for certified documents.
• Italian credit bureaus and data providers (Cerved, CRIF, Dun and Bradstreet Italy): have partial coverage of San Marinese entities with Italian commercial ties, though San Marino is a separate jurisdiction.
• Local attorneys: San Marino-based practitioners for formal document requests and legal opinions.

FAQ

Is San Marino part of Italy?

No. San Marino is a fully sovereign, independent republic entirely surrounded by Italian territory. It is a UN member state, an OECD member, and has its own government (the Captain Regent system, an elected dual-head-of-state), parliament, legal system, and currency arrangement (euro via EU monetary agreement). San Marino is not subject to Italian law or EU law directly; it aligns its commercial and AML frameworks with international and EU-compatible standards through domestic legislation.

What is San Marino’s company identifier?

San Marino-registered companies receive a registration number from the CCIAA upon incorporation. The registration number is the primary identifier used across the CCIAA registry and tax administration. San Marino also uses a separate tax code (codice operatore economico) for tax purposes, analogous to Italy’s codice fiscale for tax identification.

Does San Marino have a public beneficial ownership register?

San Marino has a UBO register maintained under its AML legislation (Decreto Delegato 1 luglio 2019, n. 98). The register is held by the AIF and is not publicly accessible. Access is through competent authorities and, via AML due diligence obligations, through licensed San Marinese financial intermediaries and professionals. UBO data may be shared with foreign financial intelligence units through San Marino’s international cooperation agreements.

Is San Marino on the FATF grey list?

No. San Marino is not on the FATF Increased Monitoring list. San Marino cooperates with MONEYVAL (Council of Europe’s AML evaluation body) and has been assessed as broadly compliant with technical AML/CFT standards. San Marino has actively improved its AML framework since the 2019 AIF establishment as a fully independent FIU. See fatf-gafi.org for current status.

Last verified: May 2026. Sources: Camera di Commercio di San Marino (camera.sm); Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino (bcsm.sm); Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria San Marino (aif.sm); FATF (fatf-gafi.org). For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.