Search ASIC registers
This page collates all ASIC registers, searches, information and links.
You can also use NZAU Connect, our app that allows you to search across Australia and New Zealand.
Important
Anyone who offers you a financial or investment product or gives you financial advice must have an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Make sure the person or company you are dealing with is licensed.
This section contains:
Common searches
Banned and disqualified persons
Our 'Banned and Disqualified' search has details on any bannings or disqualifications ASIC has handed down.
A person who is disqualified under Part 6-5 of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 is automatically disqualified from managing companies registered under section 206B(5) of the Corporations Act 2001. You can search the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) Register of Disqualified Officers to see any relevant bannings and disqualifications.
Business names
How do I find information on a business name?
Our 'Business name index' search on ASIC Connect has details for all business names.
Companies and organisations
How do I find information on a company?
You can use our 'Organisations and Business Names' search on ASIC Connect.
You can search by the company's name or the company's Australian Company Number (ACN).
How do I know if the name I want is available?
Use our 'Check name availability' search to see if the company name you want is available.
Company alerts – keeping track of a company
You can create an alert to track a company and receive a notice when they lodge documents.
How do I find out if a company is being wound up or deregistered?
ASIC's Published Notices website lists insolvency notices, company deregistrations, and other information.
Data.gov.au
What is data.gov.au?
Data.gov.au is a website that provides public access to government data. ASIC publishes our registers on data.gov.au to give everyone the opportunity to view and use our data.
Documents
How can I search for lodged documents?
Use our 'Documents search' to find information about documents lodged with us.
Financial advisers
How do I find information about a financial adviser?
The Financial adviser register (FAR) has details on all appointed financial advisers. This includes their employment history and product authorisations.
Persons
How do I find information about a person?
Our register shows any bannings and disqualifications a person may be subject to.
You can also use an information broker to find more about a specific person's role.
To search for a name of a person to find out if they are associated with any companies, see Form 963 Application for information about a specific personal name.
Professional registers
What information is on ASIC's professional registers?
The ASIC Professional Registers Search includes information on AFS licensees, credit licensees, auditors, liquidators and other financial professionals.
Registrable superannuation entities (RSEs) document register
This register records and makes available for download, copies of public documents that have been lodged in relation to RSEs.
Search register of RSE documents
Search fees
Are there any fees for searching?
Some of our search products can be viewed for free, while we are required to charge a fee for others.
Our website outlines the different types of information you can receive and has examples of what information is free and what information can be purchased.
SMSF auditors search
How do I find information on an SMSF auditor?
Use our 'SMSF register search' to find information on registered SMSF auditors.
Other registers
ASIC training register
Note: The ASIC Training Register's content is valid up to 24 September 2012.
The ASIC Training Register lists training courses and individual assessment services that have been approved by ASIC-authorised assessors. These courses meet ASIC's training requirements in relation to Regulatory Guide 146 Licensing: Training of financial product advisers (RG 146).
Banned bodies corporate register
The register of banned bodies corporate lists bodies corporate that are banned from engaging in credit activities by a state or territory or under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009. It contains all information received from states and territories about banned bodies corporate.
Please note, some of these bodies corporate may no longer be registered with ASIC and will be noted as being deregistered companies.
Search banned bodies corporate register
Certificates of transfer for licensed trustee companies register
Licensed trustee companies provide trustee services to clients, including acting as executor of a will, trustee or under a power of attorney. The register shows copies of the certificates of transfer that we have issued following transfer determinations.
Search certificates of transfer for licensed trustee companies register
Court enforceable undertakings register
The enforceable undertakings register lists enforceable undertakings accepted by ASIC. Enforceable undertakings are undertakings provided to us that are enforceable in a court. They are generally accepted by us as an alternative to civil or administrative action where there has been a contravention of the legislation we administer.
Infringement notices register
This register records infringement notices paid under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act), National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (National Credit Act), the National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010 (National Credit Regulations), Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act) and the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Insurance Contracts Act).
Search infringement notices register
NZAU Connect app
Our app for searching Australian and New Zealand
Our app lets you search Australia's business name and company registers, as well as New Zealand's company register.
Persons banned from engaging in a credit activity under a law of a state or territory register
The National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (National Credit Act) requires that ASIC maintain a register of persons who are defined in the National Credit Act as being banned from engaging in a credit activity under a law of a state or territory. The National Credit Act requires that this information be available to the public.
The list of names was incorporated into the Banned and Disqualified Register in 2010.
Public warning notices
In some circumstances ASIC may issue a notice warning the public about the conduct of a person in relation to financial services: see Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, s12GLC.
Published notices
The publication of notices, including insolvency and external administration-related notices, required to be published under the Corporations Act 2001 and Corporations Regulations.
Registered charities
How can I find information about charities?
The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) registers organisations as charities. This can include public companies limited by guarantee, proprietary limited companies or registered Australian bodies.
Search ACNC's register to find the latest information on a registered charity.
Search for a registered charity on the ACNC website
Summary prosecutions of companies and directors
This register lists summary prosecutions undertaken by ASIC against companies and directors. Since 1 July 2002, we have increased the number of prosecutions of people and companies for a range of alleged breaches of the Corporations Act.
Our reasons for doing this include:
- improving the quality of information available to the public, shareholders and members or officers of Australian companies
- assisting external administrators to address ongoing misconduct by company officers
- discouraging the misuse of ASIC's public database
- preventing disqualified directors from managing companies.
View summary prosecutions of companies and directors
Trustee for debenture holders register
This register includes certain information required to be provided by the issuers of debentures relating to the appointment of trustees. It shows appointments made from 1 January 2010.
See Trustees for debenture holders register
Unclaimed money
How can I search for unclaimed money?
All searches for unclaimed money can be done through ASIC's Moneysmart website.
Unlicensed carried over instrument lenders register
This register lists all unlicensed carried over instrument lenders notified to ASIC.
Search register of unlicensed carried over instrument lenders
User guides for searching ASIC registers
See user guides for step-by-step instructions for completing search transactions in ASIC Connect.
User guides
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Search company and others registers
- Organisation and business names search (PDF 935 KB)
- Document search (PDF 888 KB)
- Banned and disqualified person search (PDF 949 KB)
- Professional registers search (PDF 900 KB)
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