Mauritius

Data Sources

Mauritius uses a single official registry as its data source. There is no multi-source priority chain — all data comes from the CBRD.

CBRD (Corporate and Business Registration Department) — Operated under the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, the CBRD is the central company register for Mauritius. The online search portal provides company search, detailed company profiles, and printable extracts. The system retrieves structured data including company name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address, stated capital, business activity, office bearers, and shareholders.

Performance expectations: Search operations are fast (~1-2 seconds) using direct API calls. Full company profiles and document generation require additional processing and take longer (~30-60 seconds).

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Company Type	Source	Format	Example	Notes
All companies	CBRD	Letter prefix + digits (File No / BRN)	`C117853`	Also known as Business Registration Number (BRN)

File Number / BRN Format: Mauritius company identifiers consist of a letter prefix (commonly C for companies) followed by digits (e.g., C117853). The File No and BRN (Business Registration Number) are used interchangeably for company identification. The regex pattern used for validation is ^[A-Za-z]\d+$.

Identifiers in API Response

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

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Found In
`fileNo`	Letter + digits	`C117853`	All registered companies
`orgNo`	Numeric	`12345`	Internal CBRD identifier (resolved from search)
`businessRegistrationNumber`	Letter + digits	`C117853`	When File No matches BRN pattern (`^[A-Za-z]\d+$`)

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By File Number	Letter + digits	`C117853`	Exact	Single company (1 result)
By BRN	Letter + digits	`C24208879`	Exact	Single company (1 result)
By Name	Text string	`"MCB GROUP"`	Fuzzy	Multiple results (up to 20)

Search Performance: Use identifier-based searches (File No, BRN) for best performance and exact matching. Name searches use the company-partnership search type which may return up to 20 results.

Dual search strategy: Identifier searches first try File No matching. If no results are found, BRN search is used as a fallback. All search modes use fast direct API calls.

Company Status

Company status is determined deterministically from the statusCode field in the CBRD data. No AI inference is involved for status mapping.

Status Code	Local Name	Standardized Status	Active?	Notes
`LIVE`	Live	Active	Yes	Verified from CBRD website
`ACTIVE`	Active	Active	Yes
`DORMANT`	Dormant	Active	Yes	Registered but temporarily inactive
`DEFUNCT`	Defunct	Closed	No	Verified from CBRD website
`STRUCK`	Struck Off	Closed	No
`STRUCK OFF`	Struck Off	Closed	No	May appear in either form
`DISSOLVED`	Dissolved	Closed	No
`WINDING`	Winding Up	Closed	No
`WINDING UP`	Winding Up	Closed	No	May appear in either form
`LIQUIDATION`	In Liquidation	Closed	No
`IN LIQUIDATION`	In Liquidation	Closed	No	May appear in either form

The status mapping is fully deterministic with no AI involvement. Dormant companies are still considered active (registered but temporarily inactive). Unknown status codes fall back to checking if the code equals LIVE to determine the active flag, and use the raw status code as the local name.

Legal Forms

Mauritius legal forms are determined deterministically from the combination of orgCategoryCode and orgTypeCode fields in the CBRD data. No AI enrichment is used.

By Organization Category

Category Code	Local Name	Standardized	Notes
`DOMESTIC`	Domestic Company	Varies by org type	Most common; see type table below
`FOREIGN`	Foreign Company	Branch or Representative Office	Foreign companies registered in Mauritius
`GLOBAL BUSINESS COMPANY`	Global Business Company	Limited Liability Company	Licensed under the Financial Services Act
`GLOBAL`	Global Business Company	Limited Liability Company	Legacy/abbreviated form
`GBC`	Global Business Company	Limited Liability Company	Abbreviation sometimes seen in API

By Organization Type (within Domestic)

Type Code	Combined Local Name	Standardized	English Translation
`PUBLIC`	Public Company (Domestic Company)	Corporation	Public Limited Company
`PRIVATE`	Private Company (Domestic Company)	Limited Liability Company	Private Limited Company

The legal form is constructed by combining the organization type and category (e.g., “Private Company (Domestic Company)”). The standardization logic is fully deterministic: PUBLIC maps to Corporation, PRIVATE maps to Limited Liability Company, FOREIGN maps to Branch or Representative Office, and GBC/GLOBAL/GLOBAL BUSINESS COMPANY maps to Limited Liability Company. When neither category nor type matches a known code, the standardized form falls back to Other.

Legal Representatives

Legal representatives are extracted from the officeBearers array in the CBRD company details. The extraction is deterministic — no AI is used for role mapping.

Role Mapping

Designation (from CBRD)	Mapped Role	Classification
Contains `DIRECTOR`	Director	Legal Representative
Contains `SECRETARY`	Secretary	Legal Representative
Contains `AUDITOR`	Auditor	Legal Representative
Contains `CEO` or `CHIEF EXECUTIVE`	Chief Executive Officer	Legal Representative
Contains `CFO` or `CHIEF FINANCIAL`	Chief Financial Officer	Legal Representative
Contains `CHAIRMAN`	Chairman	Legal Representative
Contains `PRESIDENT`	President	Legal Representative
Contains `MANAGER`	Manager	Legal Representative
Other	Original designation (verbatim)	Legal Representative
(no designation)	Officer	Legal Representative

All office bearers are classified as legal representatives. There is no distinction between “legal representative” and “other key person” for Mauritius — the CBRD does not provide enough role granularity to make this split. The role mapping uses substring matching on the designation field (case-insensitive).

Extraction Logic

Field	Source	Notes
Full name	`personName` / `name`	Split into firstName (all words except last) and lastName (last word)
Role	`designation`	Mapped to standard role names via substring matching
Start date	`appointmentDate`	DD/MM/YYYY format converted to ISO (YYYY-MM-DD)
Nationality	`nationalityCode` / `nationality`	Country code (e.g., `MU`)
Address	`address`	Parsed via Google Geocoding API into structured Address object

Resigned officers are excluded. Office bearers with a resignationDate are automatically filtered out. Only currently active officers are included in the response.

Other Key Persons

Mauritius does not distinguish between legal representatives and other key persons. All office bearers from the CBRD are returned as legal representatives. The otherKeyPersons array is not populated.

Shareholders

Shareholders are extracted from the shareholders array in the CBRD company details using AI parsing for type classification (individual vs. company).

Extraction Logic

Source	Data Extracted
`shareholders[]` array from CBRD	Shareholder name, type, number of shares, share value, share percentage, address

AI Parsing Instructions

The shareholder data is formatted as text and sent to the AI parser with the following heuristics for classification:

Indicator	Classification
Suffixes: `LIMITED`, `LTD`, `GBC`, `HOLDINGS`, `PLC`, `INC`, `CORP`	Company shareholder
`shareholderType`: `COMPANY`, `CORPORATE`, `ENTITY`	Company shareholder
`shareholderType`: `INDIVIDUAL`, `PERSON`	Individual shareholder
No company indicators	Individual shareholder (default)

Ownership Fields

Field	Description	Source
`sharePercentage`	Ownership percentage	`sharePercentage` from CBRD
`numberOfShares`	Number of shares held	`numberOfShares` from CBRD
`type`	Individual or Company	AI-classified from shareholder details

Shareholder type classification (individual vs. company) is AI-inferred. The structured fields (number of shares, percentage, value) come directly from the CBRD. If AI parsing fails, an empty shareholder array is returned gracefully (no error thrown).

Activity Code Mapping

Mauritius provides business activity descriptions through the businessDetails / natureOfBusiness fields in the CBRD data. These are free-text descriptions that are AI-enriched to derive standardized codes.

Nature of Business (free text) --> AI Inference --> NACE Rev. 2 / ISIC Rev. 4

Classification	Source	Example	AI Inferred?
NACE	Derived from business description	`6201`	Yes (always)
ISIC	Derived from NACE or business description	`6201`	Yes (always)

Mauritius does not use a standardized national activity classification system in its CBRD data. All NACE and ISIC codes are AI-inferred from the free-text nature of business descriptions. Multiple business activities may be listed, separated by semicolons. There is no local activity code system equivalent to France’s NAFREV2.

Data Availability Matrix

Data Type	Domestic Companies	Foreign Companies	GBC Companies	Notes
Company Profile	✅ Async	✅ Async	✅ Async	Full data from CBRD portal
Legal Representatives	✅	✅	✅	From officeBearers array (resigned officers filtered)
Other Key Persons	❌	❌	❌	Not distinguished from legal reps
Shareholders	✅	⚠️ Limited	✅	AI-parsed from shareholders array
Ultimate Beneficial Owners	❌	❌	❌	Not available from CBRD
Establishments	❌	❌	❌	Not available from CBRD
Activity Codes	✅	✅	✅	From businessDetails, AI-enriched to NACE/ISIC
Documents	✅	✅	✅	Company Details Extract (PDF)
Onboarding Profile	✅	✅	✅	Lightweight fast profile from search data

Legend: ✅ Available | ❌ Not Available | ⚠️ Conditionally Available | Async = Asynchronous processing (~30-60 seconds)

Documents by Company Type

All Companies (File Number)

Document Type	API Category	Format	SKU	Availability	Notes
Company Details Extract	`tradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	`MUS_REGISTER_EXTRACT`	✅ All registered companies	Generated from CBRD

The Company Details Extract is generated from the CBRD’s printable company details view. This is the only document type currently available for Mauritius. Estimated delivery time is approximately 60 seconds.

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /company with { "id": "<id>", "countryCode": "MU", "dataPoints": ["companyProfile"] }

Active Domestic Private Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "C117853",
    "countryCode": "MU",
    "identifiers": { "fileNo": "C117853", "orgNo": "12345", "businessRegistrationNumber": "C117853" },
    "legalName": "Example Mauritius Ltd",
    "registrationDate": "2015-03-20",
    "activityDescription": "Information technology consulting services",
    "status": { "localName": "Live", "active": true, "statusDetailsBeta": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Private Company (Domestic Company)", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "englishTranslation": "Private Limited Company" },
    "capital": { "amount": 100000, "currency": "MUR" },
    "activities": {
      "NACE": [{ "code": "6202", "description": "Computer consultancy activities", "isAIInferred": true }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "6202", "description": "Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities", "isAIInferred": true }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "10 Cybercity, Ebene", "countryCode": "MU" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Director" }, "startDate": "2015-03-20", "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Rajesh KUMAR", "firstName": "Rajesh", "lastName": "KUMAR" }, "nationality": "MU" } },
    { "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Secretary" }, "startDate": "2015-03-20", "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Priya DEVI", "firstName": "Priya", "lastName": "DEVI" } } }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    { "type": "individual", "sharePercentage": 60, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Rajesh KUMAR" } } },
    { "type": "company", "sharePercentage": 40, "company": { "legalName": "Holding Group Limited" } }
  ]
}

Active Domestic Public Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "C117000",
    "countryCode": "MU",
    "identifiers": { "fileNo": "C117000", "orgNo": "54321", "businessRegistrationNumber": "C117000" },
    "legalName": "MCB Group Public Ltd",
    "registrationDate": "2010-06-15",
    "activityDescription": "Investment holding and financial services",
    "status": { "localName": "Live", "active": true, "statusDetailsBeta": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Public Company (Domestic Company)", "standardized": "Corporation", "englishTranslation": "Public Limited Company" },
    "capital": { "amount": 5000000, "currency": "MUR" },
    "activities": {
      "NACE": [{ "code": "6420", "description": "Activities of holding companies", "isAIInferred": true }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "6420", "description": "Activities of holding companies", "isAIInferred": true }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "9-15 Sir William Newton Street, Port Louis", "countryCode": "MU" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Chairman" }, "startDate": "2010-06-15", "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Jean-Pierre DALAIS", "firstName": "Jean-Pierre", "lastName": "DALAIS" } } },
    { "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Director" }, "startDate": "2012-01-10", "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Alain LAW MIN", "firstName": "Alain", "lastName": "LAW MIN" }, "nationality": "MU" } }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    { "type": "company", "sharePercentage": 45, "company": { "legalName": "National Insurance Holdings Ltd" } },
    { "type": "individual", "sharePercentage": 15, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Pierre GIRAUD" } } }
  ]
}

Global Business Company (GBC)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "C091940",
    "countryCode": "MU",
    "identifiers": { "fileNo": "C091940", "orgNo": "67890" },
    "legalName": "Global Ventures GBC",
    "registrationDate": "2008-11-05",
    "activityDescription": "International trading and investment activities",
    "status": { "localName": "Live", "active": true, "statusDetailsBeta": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Global Business Company", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "englishTranslation": "Global Business Company" },
    "capital": { "amount": 1000, "currency": "USD" },
    "activities": {
      "NACE": [{ "code": "6420", "description": "Activities of holding companies", "isAIInferred": true }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "6420", "description": "Activities of holding companies", "isAIInferred": true }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Suite 301, Tower A, Business Park", "countryCode": "MU" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Director" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "John SMITH" } } }
  ]
}

Note: GBC companies commonly use USD as their stated capital currency. Legal form standardization maps to Limited Liability Company.

Foreign Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "F005000",
    "countryCode": "MU",
    "identifiers": { "fileNo": "F005000", "orgNo": "99001" },
    "legalName": "International Corp (Mauritius Branch)",
    "registrationDate": "2018-09-01",
    "activityDescription": "Representative office and regional management",
    "status": { "localName": "Live", "active": true, "statusDetailsBeta": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Foreign Company", "standardized": "Branch or Representative Office", "englishTranslation": "Foreign Company" },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Royal Road, Port Louis", "countryCode": "MU" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Manager" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Marie DUVAL", "firstName": "Marie", "lastName": "DUVAL" }, "nationality": "FR" } }
  ]
}

Note: Foreign companies are mapped to Branch or Representative Office. Shareholder data may be limited or unavailable.

Defunct Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "C050000",
    "countryCode": "MU",
    "identifiers": { "fileNo": "C050000" },
    "legalName": "Old Mauritius Trading Ltd",
    "registrationDate": "2000-06-15",
    "status": { "localName": "Defunct", "active": false, "statusDetailsBeta": { "status": "CLOSED" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Private Company (Domestic Company)", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company" }
  }
}

Note: Defunct companies have active: false. Limited data may be available compared to active companies. Legal representatives and shareholders may be empty.

Onboarding Profile (lightweight)

Query with "dataPoints": ["onboardingProfile"]:

{
  "company": {
    "id": "C117853",
    "countryCode": "MU",
    "identifiers": { "fileNo": "C117853", "orgNo": "12345", "businessRegistrationNumber": "C117853" },
    "legalName": "Example Mauritius Ltd",
    "registrationDate": "2015-03-20",
    "status": { "localName": "Live", "active": true },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Private Company (Domestic Company)", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "englishTranslation": "Private Limited Company" }
  }
}

Note: The onboarding profile is a fast, lightweight response. It provides basic company info (name, legal form, status, registration date, identifiers) but does not include address, capital, activity description, legal representatives, or shareholders. Perfect for quick KYB checks and lead qualification.

Available Documents

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

API Category	Document	Notes
`tradeRegisterExtract`	Company Details Extract (PDF)	All registered companies, ~60 second delivery

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Full profiles require additional processing	Full company details and document generation require additional processing time (~30-60 seconds). Search is fast (~1-2 seconds).
Dual search strategy	Identifier searches try File No first, then fall back to BRN search. Both are fast direct API calls.
Date format is DD/MM/YYYY	The CBRD API returns dates in DD/MM/YYYY format, which is converted to ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) internally. Invalid dates (wrong number of parts) return `undefined`.
Currency defaults to MUR	If no currency is specified in the stated capital, Mauritian Rupee (MUR) is used as the default. USD is also common for GBC companies. Capital is summed across all share types when multiple `statedCapital` entries exist.
Shareholder type is AI-inferred	The CBRD provides shareholder names but classifying them as individual vs. company requires AI parsing. Company suffixes (Ltd, PLC, etc.) are used as heuristics. If AI parsing fails, an empty array is returned.
No local activity codes from registry	The CBRD does not provide standardized activity codes. All NACE and ISIC classifications are AI-inferred from free-text business descriptions.
Resigned officers are filtered	Office bearers with a resignation date are automatically excluded from the legal representatives response.
Single document type	Only the Company Details Extract (PDF) is currently available. No financial statements, articles of association, or UBO documents.
Onboarding profile available	A lightweight “onboarding profile” provides basic company data for fast verification (~1-2 seconds). Does not include address, capital, reps, or shareholders.
orgNo resolved automatically	The internal `orgNo` identifier is resolved automatically during the document generation workflow.
No UBOs, no establishments	The CBRD does not expose ultimate beneficial owner data or establishment/branch listings. These fields are always empty.
Status codes may appear in multiple forms	Some status codes appear in both short and long forms (e.g., `STRUCK` and `STRUCK OFF`, `WINDING` and `WINDING UP`). Both forms are handled identically.
All activity codes are AI-inferred	Unlike countries with formal classification systems, every single NACE and ISIC code for Mauritius is AI-inferred. Always check the `isAIInferred` flag.

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Southern Europe

Central & Eastern Europe

Crown Dependencies & Offshore

Asia & Indian Ocean

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Company Status

Legal Forms

By Organization Category

By Organization Type (within Domestic)

Legal Representatives

Role Mapping

Extraction Logic

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Extraction Logic

AI Parsing Instructions

Ownership Fields

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

All Companies (File Number)

Example API Responses

Quirks & Gotchas

Western Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Central & Eastern Europe

Crown Dependencies & Offshore

Asia & Indian Ocean

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Search Capabilities

​Company Status

​Legal Forms

​By Organization Category

​By Organization Type (within Domestic)

​Legal Representatives

​Role Mapping

​Extraction Logic

​Other Key Persons

​Shareholders

​Extraction Logic

​AI Parsing Instructions

​Ownership Fields

​Activity Code Mapping

​Data Availability Matrix

​Documents by Company Type

​All Companies (File Number)

​Example API Responses

​Quirks & Gotchas

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Company Status

Legal Forms

By Organization Category

By Organization Type (within Domestic)

Legal Representatives

Role Mapping

Extraction Logic

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Extraction Logic

AI Parsing Instructions

Ownership Fields

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

All Companies (File Number)

Example API Responses

Quirks & Gotchas