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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 | No | One has to pay to gain a 'search permission' for registered business names and type. A user asked URSB on an access to information platform for a list of businesses: Dear Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), I am software developer building a business directory. I need a list of all registered businesses in Kampala and Wakiso districts, their contacts and addresses. Any format is fine, but CSV is more preferable. Yours faithfully, Francis Zziwa. ------------------------- From: Provia Nangobi Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) April 18, 2016 Dear Francis, Unfortunately such information can only be provided specifically in relation to particular companies after payment of the statutory search fees. Our information is aggregated so there is no way we can separate it to suit your request although if you are specific to particular information/companies you will be able to access it. (we are only in the second phase of digitizing all our information). Regards, Provia Nangobi Senior Public Relations Officer Uganda Registration Services Bureau From: Provia Nangobi Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) April 18, 2016 Dear Francis, Unfortunately such information can only be provided specifically in relation to particular companies after payment of the statutory search fees. Our information is aggregated so there is no way we can separate it to suit your request although if you are specific to particular information/companies you will be able to access it. (we are only in the second phase of digitizing all our information). Regards Provia show quoted sections -- Provia Nangobi Senior Public Relations Officer Uganda Registration Services Bureau https://askyourgov.ug/request/a_list_of_registered_businesses |
| Downloadable | Yes | |
| Publicly available | No | Even though URSB also runs a separate portal where licensed businesses can be searched https://www.businesslicences.go.ug/index.php, that is only possible after filling a 'search form and getting permission, at a fee https://ursb.go.ug/services/business-registration/company-search/ |
| Openly licenced | No | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | There is an online registry where, all latest registered companies are logged. The registry however, as mentioned above, is not freely accessible to the public. The data is real time as there is online registration. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | Other | Once a search fee has been paid and permission has been granted to access the registry, a person meets the cost of making a copy of the businesses one is searching |
| Digital data | No | One needs permission to gain access to the business register after paying a fee |
| Print data | Yes | A search can be done on Company, Document and Business names following these guidelines: 1. Fill the search requisition form or Apply for a search by correspondence 2. Payment of the necessary fee 3. Access the record for search at the Business Registry office or get a response by Letter. |
| location | https://ursb.go.ug/services/business-registration/forms- - Uganda Registration Services Bureau Website , https://www.businesslicences.go.ug/index.php - Uganda Business Licensing Information Portal | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Searching the URSB website | All these guidelines and instructions are found on the URSB website |
| characteristics | Name of company, Physical company location, Unique identifier per company, Company owner, Date of registration (and dissolution), Financial statements per company, per year, Register available for entire country | Important to note however is the fact that URSB does not freely publish this data where it can be accessible by the public |
| Controlled access | No | |
| Collector name | Uganda Registration Services Bureau |