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A list of registered companies and key data about each company. Open data from company registers may be used for many ends: e.g. enabling customers and businesses to see with whom they deal, or to see where a company has registered offices. This definition draws on the work of OpenCorporates.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Downloadable | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | No | The register contains a note saying that “no extract of this register may be published. I interpret this as a non-separation requirement. |
| Up-to-date | Yes | Gazette is updated monthly |
| In an open and machine-readable format | ||
| location | http://www.itda.gov.eg/CR/CRM.aspx - Commercial names journal, http://www.itda.gov.eg/CR/CRM2.aspx?Mnum=782 - Example of a company registration site | The gazette is published monthly (http://www.itda.gov.eg/CR/CRM.aspx) This is an example of publication (http://www.itda.gov.eg/CR/CRM2.aspx?Mnum=782) It includes companies registered in different offices in the whole country and this is the related PDF file (http://www.itda.gov.eg/CR/CRM/782/CRA2.pdf ). So ITDA have all company registrations, however they keep published online only the last 21 publications. |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Data hard to find using common keywords in arabic or english, but found using "commercial names journal" in arabic | |
| characteristics | Name of company, Physical company location, Unique identifier per company, Company owner, Date of registration (and dissolution) | Note that for ownership, owner is mentioned only for new records individuals, while for new records companies only first owner name is mentioned. Sometimes second partner name is mentioned, and sometimes it's mentioned "and Partners". Additional data include company type, business activity and capital. |
| Controlled access | Yes | |
| Collector name | International Trade Development Authority | “The Commercial Register is one of the departments of the Internal Trade Development Authority. Its activities are closely related to the economic life of the country. It also represents a database of economic activities to establish business transactions on the basis of trust and credit in protecting the rights and interests of the consumer. Legitimate and Commercial Credit Support”. Source: http://www.itda.gov.eg/CR/CR.aspx |
As the original researcher notes "ITDA have all company registrations, however they keep published online only the last 21 publications."