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Business data in Malta. Where the records live.
Malta runs one central company register, the Malta Business Registry (MBR), yet holds a strikingly large book of entities for a nation of half a million, thanks to its financial-services, iGaming and ship-registration sectors.
What Atlas holds for Malta
Source: the Atlas database, updated automatically.
The official records
The single source of truth in Malta is the Malta Business Registry (MBR), the authority led by the Registrar of Companies that records every limited company, partnership, foundation and overseas entity. Each company is identified by a registration number in the "C" format (for example C 12345), and filings, from incorporation to annual accounts, flow through the registry's online BAROS system. Malta's company count is large relative to its size because the island is a base for cross-border holding structures, investment funds, the licensed iGaming industry headquartered around St Julian's and Sliema, financial and insurance services, and a sizeable maritime and aviation register.
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.identitymalta.com
- www.mfsa.mt
- www.maltachamber.org.mt
- maltaenterprise.com
- www.maltaenterprise.com
- jobsplus.gov.mt
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.