What Atlas holds for Bahrain
Source: the Atlas database, updated automatically.
The official records
Bahrain's authoritative record is the Commercial Registration (CR) file held by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) and managed online through the Sijilat licensing system. Every establishment, from a WLL trading company to a one-owner "Sijili" virtual CR, is issued a CR number that must appear on signage, invoices and contracts, so the register doubles as the spine for verifying who actually operates here. Activity concentrates in banking and Islamic finance, where Manama has long positioned itself as a Gulf hub, alongside aluminium smelting, oil and gas services, logistics and a fast-growing fintech and ICT scene clustered around Bahrain Bay and the Bahrain FinTech Bay.
Reading the CR and licensing layer directly is what closes that gap.
How to use the register
- Start from the register, not from a bought list. It is the legal record of every company.
- Read the status field. Registers keep closed companies too. See how many have closed in other registers.
- Check the website belongs to the company, with the registration number or a distinguishing name on the page.
Sources
- www.bahrainedb.com
- www.bahrainedb.com
- www.bahrain.bh
- www.gulfbase.com
- www.arabnews.com
- gulfnews.com/business
Descriptions are based on the national sources above. Figures in the text are rounded and change over time. Found an error? Write to atlasforgex@proton.me. More countries: business data by country and registers by country.