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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Example API Responses

Data Sources

Bosnia and Herzegovina uses a single unified official register for all company data.

Registar poslovnih subjekata BiH (BiH Business Entity Register) — Operated by the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary Commission of District Brčko BiH, accessible at bizreg.pravosudje.ba. This portal is the sole source for all structured company attributes. It covers three sub-registers in a unified interface: the Federation of BiH, Republika Srpska, and Brčko District. Data is retrieved by querying the register’s HTTP endpoints directly (no browser required for structured data). The portal is built on Oracle Application Express (APEX) v3.1 and renders all entity data server-side.

What the register provides per entity

Register page	Content
Basic data	MBS, legal name, abbreviation, address, legal form, status, JIB (tax number), customs number
Founders (page 21)	Individual and corporate founders with capital contributions and share count
Board and management (page 22)	All management and governance persons — directors, executive directors, procurists, board members, supervisory board chair — with their position title and authorisation scope
Capital (page 25)	Total registered capital, breakdown in money / rights / assets, per-founder amounts
Activities (page 28)	Registered activities with KD BiH 2010 / NACE Rev. 2 codes
Branch offices (page 31)	Branch names, addresses, and representatives

Banks and some large joint-stock companies (d.d.) do not have registered activities on page 28. This is a limitation of the register data, not of the integration.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier	Format	Example	Notes
MBS (RNS)	Hyphen-separated, format varies by sub-register	`65-01-0620-08`	Primary identifier — see format table below

Hyphens are mandatory in MBS. Submitting 6501062008 (without hyphens) returns zero results. For Republika Srpska, the short format 1-3177 requires the hyphen — submitting 13177 may match an unrelated record by name.

MBS Format by Sub-Register

Sub-register	Pattern	Example	Notes
Federation BiH — private companies (d.o.o., k.d., sole traders)	`NN-01-XXXX-YY`	`65-01-0620-08`	NN = canton code (01–71); YY = two-digit registration year
Federation BiH — joint-stock companies (d.d.)	`NN-02-XXXX-YY`	`65-02-0005-10`	`-02-` sub-code designates d.d. entities
Brčko District — commercial entities	`96-01-XXXX-YY`	`96-01-0068-15`	Canton code 96 = Brčko District
Brčko District and other cantons — nonprofits, associations, foundations	`NN-05-XXXX-YY`	`96-05-0046-19`	`-05-` sub-code for foundations, associations, cooperatives, institutions
Republika Srpska	`N-XXXX` or `NN-XXXX`	`1-3177`	Short format — no canton code, no year suffix

Identifying the sub-register from MBS: A prefix of 96- indicates Brčko District; a short format like 1-XXXX or 11-XXXX indicates Republika Srpska; all other two-digit canton prefixes (01–71) indicate Federation BiH.

Identifiers in API Response

Once you retrieve company data, the identifiers object contains all available identifiers for that entity:

Identifier	Format	Example	Notes
`mbs`	Hyphenated (see above)	`65-01-0620-08`	Registration Number of the Subject
`jib`	13 digits	`4200209890007`	Unique Identification Number (Jedinstveni identifikacijski broj), assigned by the Indirect Tax Authority of BiH. Returned after lookup by MBS — not directly searchable

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By MBS	Hyphenated MBS	`65-01-0620-08`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By name	Text string	`"Telemach"`	Approximate	Multiple results
By abbreviation	Short name	`"TBH"`	Approximate	Multiple results

JIB (tax number) is not directly searchable. The register does not support lookup by JIB. To find a company by its JIB, first search by name or use a known MBS to retrieve the JIB from the company profile.

Search across all three sub-registers by default. A single search query covers Federation BiH, Republika Srpska, and Brčko District simultaneously. Results from all three are returned in a unified list.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Hyphens mandatory in MBS	A missing hyphen returns zero results (Federation BiH) or the wrong company (Republika Srpska). Always submit the MBS in its hyphenated form.
d.d. shareholders not individually listed	Joint-stock companies (d.d.) do not list individual shareholders in the public register — the register only provides a reference to the separately maintained share register. Individual founders of d.o.o. entities are returned as shareholders.
No UBO register	Ultimate beneficial ownership data is not available through any public register in BiH as of integration. The Republika Srpska announced a beneficial ownership register in 2025, but it remains in test phase and is not publicly accessible. Federation BiH has no UBO register in development.
Status encoded in company name	Companies in bankruptcy or liquidation include their status in the company name suffix (e.g. `TELEMACH BH D.O.O. U STEČAJU`). The register’s status field uses a known encoding quirk (`steeaju` instead of `stečaju`) for the active-status text — the integration normalises both variants.
No ISO 20275 (ELF) codes for BiH	Bosnia and Herzegovina has not been assigned country-specific ISO 20275 (GLEIF ELF) codes. All BiH entities in the GLEIF database use only the generic placeholders 9999/8888. No `iso20275Code` is set in Topograph responses for any BiH legal form.
Role positions are free text	The “Position” field on the management page is free text — there is no controlled vocabulary. The same role can appear as `Prokurist` or `Prokurista`, `član Uprave` or `Član uprave`. Classification is done by substring matching.
No personal ID numbers in register	JMBG (personal identification number) is not present anywhere in the register for directors, managers, or founders. No personal IDs are returned in the API response for BiH.
Activities absent for some large companies	Banks and some large d.d. companies do not have registered activities in the public register. When activities are present, they use the KD BiH 2010 system, which is the official BiH harmonisation of NACE Rev. 2.
Republika Srpska search filter non-functional	The RS-only search filter in the register returns no results. Topograph uses the all-registers search and identifies RS companies by their short MBS format client-side.

Mappings

Company Status

Company status is determined deterministically from the page 13 status field and the company name — no AI inference is involved.

Register signal	Local name (API)	Active	Standardized
Page 13 status: `Nije u stečaju/likvidaciji`	Nije u stečaju/likvidaciji (Active)	`true`	`ACTIVE`
Company name contains `U STEČAJU`	U stečaju (In Bankruptcy)	`false`	`DISSOLVED`
Company name contains `U LIKVIDACIJI`	U likvidaciji (In Liquidation)	`false`	`DISSOLVED`
Company name starts with `BRISAN`	Brisan (Struck Off)	`false`	`DISSOLVED`
Company name starts with `BRIŠE SE USLJED`	Briše se (Being Struck Off)	`false`	`DISSOLVED`

The register stores the active-status field as Nije u steeaju/likvidaciji (encoding quirk: č stored as e in this field only). Company names with STEČAJU are stored correctly. The integration handles both variants.

Legal Forms

Bosnia and Herzegovina registers six legal form categories across all three sub-registers. The portal uses a single unified list for Federation BiH, Republika Srpska, and Brčko District. Foundations, associations, cooperatives, and institutions appear under the DRUGO (Other) umbrella in the portal’s search filter, with their specific form type as free text on the company detail page.

No ISO 20275 codes. Bosnia and Herzegovina has not been assigned country-specific ELF codes by GLEIF. iso20275Code is undefined for all BiH legal forms.

Business Forms

Local Name	Abbreviation	English	Standardized
Društvo sa ograničenom odgovornošću	d.o.o.	Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company
Dioničko društvo / Dioničarsko društvo	d.d.	Joint-Stock Company	Corporation
Komanditno društvo	k.d.	Limited Partnership	Partnership
Društvo s neograničenom solidarnom odgovornošću	d.n.s.o.	General Partnership (Unlimited Liability)	Partnership
Obrt / Preduzetnik	ob/pred	Sole Trader / Entrepreneur	Sole Proprietorship

Both DIONIČKO DRUŠTVO and DIONIČARSKO DRUŠTVO are the same legal form (d.d.) — both spellings appear in live register data depending on the specific company’s registration.

Other Entity Forms

Local Name	English	Standardized
Fondacija	Foundation	Nonprofit Organization
Udruženje	Association	Nonprofit Organization
Zadruga	Cooperative	Cooperative
Ustanova	Institution	Nonprofit Organization

Legal Representatives and Other Key Persons

All management and governance persons appear on a single register page (Uprava i članovi uprave). The classification into legal representatives vs. other key persons is deterministic, based on substring matching of the free-text position field.

Legal representatives (legalRepresentatives): persons with authority to bind the company — directors, executive directors, procurists.
Other key persons (otherKeyPersons): board governance roles — board president (Predsjednik Uprave), board members (Član uprave), supervisory board chair (Predsjednik nadzornog odbora).

Local Position	English	Classification	Standardized role
Direktor	Director	Legal representative	Director
Generalni direktor	General Director	Legal representative	Director
Izvršni direktor	Executive Director	Legal representative	Director
V.D. Izvršni direktor	Acting Executive Director	Legal representative	Director
Prokurist / Prokurista	Procurist	Legal representative	Authorized Signatory
Predsjednik Uprave	Board President	Other key person	Chairman
Član uprave	Board Member	Other key person	Board Member
Predsjednik nadzornog odbora	Supervisory Board Chair	Other key person	Supervisory Board Member

Procurists (Prokurista / Prokurist) — In BiH law, a prokura is a special commercial power of attorney granting broad authority to represent the company in commercial matters. Procurists are returned as legal representatives. They typically sign jointly with a board member; the authorisation text specifies the co-signer requirement (e.g. zajedno sa bilo kojim članom Uprave — together with any board member).

Role position is free text. The same role may appear under different spellings across companies. Compound titles like generalni direktor-član uprave are resolved as director (legal representative), since the director qualifier takes precedence over the board-member qualifier in the authorisation text.

Signatory Modes

The Authorisations/ Position limits field on the management page determines representation mode. The integration parses this free-text field deterministically.

Authorisation text pattern	Signatory mode
`bez ograničenja` (without restriction), no `zajedno`	Sole representation
`zajedno sa` / `zajedno s` (together with…)	Joint representation
Monetary limit (e.g. `do iznosa X KM`)	Sole representation with limit
Statute-defined (`sukladno ovlastima utvrđenim Statutom`)	Statute-defined

Shareholders

Founders of d.o.o. companies are returned as shareholders, with individual and corporate founders both supported. Capital contribution amounts in BAM (Bosnian Convertible Mark) are included when the register provides them. For d.d. companies, individual shareholders are not listed in the public register — only a reference to the separately maintained share register is available. The shareholders datapoint is therefore not populated for d.d. entities.

Activity Code Mapping

Bosnia and Herzegovina uses KD BiH 2010 (Klasifikacija djelatnosti BiH 2010) — the official BiH harmonisation of NACE Rev. 2, established by the Official Gazette of BiH no. 47/10 and in force since January 1, 2011. Codes use the same XX.YY four-digit format as NACE Rev. 2.

KD BiH 2010 (BiH national classification) = NACE Rev. 2 (European standard)
NACE Rev. 2 → ISIC Rev. 4 (via standard NACE-to-ISIC mapping)

Classification	Source	Example	AI Inferred?
KD BiH 2010 / NACE	Register page 28	`47.91`	No (official code from register)
ISIC Rev. 4	Derived from NACE Rev. 2	`4791`	No (formal mapping where available)

Activity codes appear in the API response under both KD_BIH_2010 and NACE keys — they are the same code set. ISIC Rev. 4 is derived via the standard NACE-to-ISIC correspondence table, not by AI inference. Not all companies have registered activities; banks and some large joint-stock companies have no activities on page 28.

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Data Type	BiH Business Register	Notes
Company Profile	✅	Legal name, MBS, JIB, address, legal form, status, capital
Legal Representatives	✅	Directors, executive directors, procurists
Other Key Persons	✅	Board presidents, board members, supervisory board chair
Shareholders	⚠️ Conditional	d.o.o. founders only — not available for d.d. (see Quirks)
Ultimate Beneficial Owners	❌	No public UBO register in BiH
Establishments / Branches	✅	Branch offices when registered (page 31)
Activity Codes	⚠️ Conditional	KD BiH 2010 / NACE + ISIC — absent for banks and some large d.d.

Legend: ✅ Available | ❌ Not Available | ⚠️ Conditionally Available

Documents

Document	API Category	Format	Availability	Notes
Trade Register Extract	`tradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	✅ Always available	Printed PDF of the company detail page, all 8 sections in one document

The Trade Register Extract is a printed PDF of the BiH Business Register company detail page, covering all register sub-pages: basic data, founders, board and management, capital, activities, branch offices, foreign trade authorisation, and notes. It is produced using a Patchright (Chromium) browser flow and bundled with the company data at no additional charge.

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "<mbs>", "countryCode": "BA", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] }

Active d.o.o. (Limited Liability Company) — Federation BiH

{
  "company": {
    "id": "65-01-0001-10",
    "countryCode": "BA",
    "identifiers": {
      "mbs": "65-01-0001-10",
      "jib": "4200000000001"
    },
    "legalName": "PRIMJER d.o.o. Sarajevo",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Nije u stečaju/likvidaciji (Active)",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "DRUŠTVO SA OGRANIČENOM ODGOVORNOŠĆU",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
    },
    "capital": { "amount": 50000, "currency": "BAM" },
    "activities": {
      "KD_BIH_2010": [
        { "code": "47.91", "description": "Trgovina na malo preko pošte ili Interneta", "isAIInferred": false }
      ],
      "NACE": [
        { "code": "47.91", "description": "Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet", "isAIInferred": false }
      ],
      "ISIC": [
        { "code": "4791", "description": "Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet", "isAIInferred": false }
      ]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "ul. Džemala Bijedića br. 1",
      "city": "Sarajevo",
      "countryCode": "BA"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Direktor",
        "englishTranslation": "Director",
        "standardized": "Director"
      },
      "representationMode": { "mode": "sole" },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "PRIMJER, EMIR",
          "lastName": "PRIMJER",
          "firstName": "EMIR"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Prokurista",
        "englishTranslation": "Procurist (Authorized Signatory)",
        "standardized": "Authorized Signatory"
      },
      "representationMode": {
        "mode": "joint",
        "particularity": "zajedno sa bilo kojim članom Uprave"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "PRIMJER, AMRA",
          "lastName": "PRIMJER",
          "firstName": "AMRA"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Active d.d. (Joint-Stock Company) — Federation BiH

{
  "company": {
    "id": "65-02-0001-10",
    "countryCode": "BA",
    "identifiers": {
      "mbs": "65-02-0001-10",
      "jib": "4200000000002"
    },
    "legalName": "PRIMJER BANKA d.d. Sarajevo",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Nije u stečaju/likvidaciji (Active)",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "DIONIČKO DRUŠTVO",
      "englishTranslation": "Joint-Stock Company",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "capital": { "amount": 10000000, "currency": "BAM" },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "Trg Bosne i Hercegovine br. 1",
      "city": "Sarajevo",
      "countryCode": "BA"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Generalni direktor",
        "englishTranslation": "Director",
        "standardized": "Director"
      },
      "representationMode": { "mode": "sole" },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "PRIMJER, EMIR",
          "lastName": "PRIMJER",
          "firstName": "EMIR"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Predsjednik nadzornog odbora",
        "englishTranslation": "Supervisory Board Chair",
        "standardized": "Supervisory Board Member"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "PRIMJER, AMRA",
          "lastName": "PRIMJER",
          "firstName": "AMRA"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: d.d. companies do not return shareholders — individual shareholders are not listed in the public register. The otherKeyPersons array carries supervisory board members when registered.

Active d.o.o. — Republika Srpska (short MBS format)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "1-0001",
    "countryCode": "BA",
    "identifiers": {
      "mbs": "1-0001",
      "jib": "4000000000001"
    },
    "legalName": "PRIMJER RS d.o.o. Banja Luka",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Nije u stečaju/likvidaciji (Active)",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "DRUŠTVO SA OGRANIČENOM ODGOVORNOŠĆU",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
    },
    "capital": { "amount": 2000, "currency": "BAM" },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "ul. Veselina Masleše br. 1",
      "city": "Banja Luka",
      "countryCode": "BA"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Direktor",
        "englishTranslation": "Director",
        "standardized": "Director"
      },
      "representationMode": { "mode": "sole" },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "PRIMJER, ALEKSANDAR",
          "lastName": "PRIMJER",
          "firstName": "ALEKSANDAR"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Republika Srpska companies use the short MBS format N-XXXX or NN-XXXX without a canton code or year suffix.

Company in Bankruptcy

{
  "company": {
    "id": "65-01-0002-05",
    "countryCode": "BA",
    "identifiers": {
      "mbs": "65-01-0002-05",
      "jib": "4200000000003"
    },
    "legalName": "PRIMJER STARI d.o.o. Sarajevo U STEČAJU",
    "status": {
      "localName": "U stečaju (In Bankruptcy)",
      "active": false,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "DISSOLVED" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "DRUŠTVO SA OGRANIČENOM ODGOVORNOŠĆU",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "ul. Ferhadija br. 2",
      "city": "Sarajevo",
      "countryCode": "BA"
    }
  }
}

Note: Status is inferred from the company name suffix. Companies in bankruptcy include U STEČAJU in the registered legal name; companies in liquidation include U LIKVIDACIJI.

Foundation (Fondacija) — Brčko District

{
  "company": {
    "id": "96-05-0001-15",
    "countryCode": "BA",
    "identifiers": {
      "mbs": "96-05-0001-15",
      "jib": "4600000000001"
    },
    "legalName": "FONDACIJA PRIMJER",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Nije u stečaju/likvidaciji (Active)",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "FONDACIJA",
      "englishTranslation": "Foundation",
      "standardized": "Nonprofit Organization"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "ul. Bosanska br. 1",
      "city": "Brčko",
      "countryCode": "BA"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Direktor",
        "englishTranslation": "Director",
        "standardized": "Director"
      },
      "representationMode": { "mode": "sole" },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "PRIMJER, EMIR",
          "lastName": "PRIMJER",
          "firstName": "EMIR"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "PRIMJER, AMRA",
          "lastName": "PRIMJER",
          "firstName": "AMRA"
        }
      },
      "capitalContributed": { "amount": 10000, "currency": "BAM" }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Foundations, associations, cooperatives, and institutions use the -05- MBS sub-code. Their founding members are returned as shareholders (the register records their capital contributions to the founding endowment). The legal form field contains the specific form type (FONDACIJA, UDRUŽENJE, etc.) rather than the umbrella category DRUGO.

Available Documents

Documents are returned when "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"] is requested.

API Category	Document	Availability
`tradeRegisterExtract`	Trade Register Extract (Izvod iz registra poslovnih subjekata)	Always available

The Trade Register Extract is a PDF covering all register sections for the company: basic data, founders, board and management, capital, activities, branch offices, foreign trade authorisation, and notes. All sections are assembled into a single document and printed in one pass.

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