🇨🇾 Cyprus

Overview

AiPrise verifies Cypriot businesses against the Department of Registrar of Companies (DRCOR). A business verification returns the company profile, directors and secretaries, shareholders, the register extract and the UBO register certificate.

Coverage

Data point	Returned	Note
Company profile	Yes	Legal name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address
Directors and legal representatives	Yes	Directors and company secretaries
Shareholders	Yes, when filed	Returned for about 1 in 3 companies
Ultimate beneficial owners	Yes	As the UBO register certificate (document), not as people
VAT number check	Yes	Separate check against the EU VAT register

Document	Returned
Register extract	Yes
UBO certificate	Yes

Documents, as the register names them

Trade Register Extract
BOR Beneficial Ownership Certificate (Cyprus Register of Beneficial Owners)

Speed

Step	Typical	9 in 10 within
Business verification (company data, officers, shareholders, documents)	37 seconds	16 minutes

About 1 in 10 verifications take over 15 minutes. These are typical times from production, not a service-level commitment: set timeouts well above them, or use callbacks.

Company types

Companies and business names in the DRCOR register are covered.

Company type	Legal forms	Covered	What to expect
Private company	Εταιρεία - Ιδιωτική (Ltd)	Yes	Full data: directors, secretaries, documents
Business name	Εμπορική Επωνυμία	Yes	Profile

Sources

Register	What it gives
Department of Registrar of Companies (DRCOR)	Company profile, directors, secretaries, shareholders, register extract
Cyprus Register of Beneficial Owners	UBO certificate
VIES (EU VAT register)	VAT number check

Identifiers

Send the registration number as business_entity_id, with country_code set to CY.

Identifier	Format	Example
Registration number	`HE` followed by up to 6 digits. The space is optional.	`HE 123456` or `HE123456`
VAT number	`CY` followed by 8 digits and a letter. Used only for the VAT check.	`CY12345678X`

You can also search by legal name.

Statuses and legal forms

Every result carries the register's own status in registration_info.status and an AiPrise status in registration_info.normalised_status. The normalised status is one of Active, Suspended, Dormant, Dissolved / Struck Off, In Liquidation / Insolvency or Unknown.

Register status	Normalised status
Εγγεγραμμένη	Active
Στάληκε επιστολή Υπενθύμισης	Unknown
Διαγραμμένη	Dissolved / Struck Off
Εκούσια Εκκαθάριση από Μετόχους	Unknown

Legal forms come back in Greek in entity_type, for example Εταιρεία - Ιδιωτική (private company) and Εμπορική Επωνυμία (business name).

Quirks and gotchas

Country-specific behaviour to know before you integrate.

Quirk	Details
Greek or Latin `HE`	The `HE` prefix is often typed with Greek letters (`ΗΕ`). Both are accepted.
Reminder-letter status	About 1 in 9 companies show `Στάληκε επιστολή Υπενθύμισης` (reminder letter sent). It maps to `Unknown`, not `Active`.
Slow tail	About 1 in 10 verifications take over 15 minutes. Use callbacks.
UBOs as a document	UBOs come back as the UBO register certificate, not as people in the response. Read the document for the owners.
Statuses in Greek	Register statuses come back in Greek. Use `normalised_status` for decisions.

Limits

Shareholders are missing for many companies.
Voluntary liquidation (Εκούσια Εκκαθάριση) maps to Unknown.