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The Organisation & Business Names search provides information on organisations and business names recorded on ASIC's registers. Some of the organisation types that can be searched include: companies, business names, registered bodies, foreign companies, associations, managed investment schemes and non-registered entities.

Searching for company details has never been easier.

Both Current and Historical company extracts are available for purchase.

Company Extract - current provides a complete set of organisation information including:

• Current company directors, secretaries, liquidators and administrators (if appointed)
• Current registered office addresses and current principal place of business
• Current shareholders including details of shareholdings (excluding public companies)
• Document details on all forms lodged with ASIC
• Company Extract - historical includes both the current and previous information of the organisation including:
  • Current and former company names
  • Current and previous company directors, secretaries, liquidators and administrators (if appointed)
  • Current and previous registered office addresses and principal place of business Current and previous shareholders including details of shareholdings (excluding public companies)
  • Document details on all forms lodged with ASIC

The information you receive will depend on the organisation you are searching for. Some examples of information we provide for free include: organisation name, unique identification number (ABN, ACN, ARBN, ARSN), type of company, registration date next review date, locality of registered office and whether the organisation holds a professional license or registration (for example an AFS or credit licence).

Searching for company details has never been easier.

Both Current and Historical company extracts are available for purchase.

Company Extract - current provides a complete set of organisation information including:

• Current company directors, secretaries, liquidators and administrators (if appointed)
• Current registered office addresses and current principal place of business
• Current shareholders including details of shareholdings (excluding public companies)
• Document details on all forms lodged with ASIC

Company Extract - historical includes both the current and previous information of the organisation including:

• Current and former company names
• Current and previous company directors, secretaries, liquidators and administrators (if appointed)
• Current and previous registered office addresses and principal place of business
• Current and previous shareholders including details of shareholdings (excluding public companies)
• Document details on all forms lodged with ASIC

The personal name search is the first stage of requesting a personal name extract. The request must provide a name (family plus given) and advise whether the extract is to contain historical roles and/or shareholdings. It may also provide a range of birth dates. If these are provided, only names matching the birth date range, or having no birth date recorded, will be provided. For a valid request, the reply will contain a list of personal names which meet the search criteria, plus a unique search results identifier. A personal name extract can then be requested to contain details pertaining to all or some of the names provided When a personal name is included in the result list because a former name matches the request criteria, then that former name will be returned here and the current name will also be provided. When a personal name is included in the result list the current name matches the request criteria, then the former name elements will be null.

A personal name search will assist to identify an individual.

By entering a first name and family name, a list of persons will be provided.

To narrow down the list of results proceed to a date of birth or a date range.

It is possible to select one or more entries from the search results for the one price.

The extract will provide information relating to:

• Current and prior Officeholder roles held in the respective companies
• Current and prior licences held
• Current and prior details of shareholdings held
• Person document details

The document search provides document lodged by companies with ASIC. Two price levels are available based on the number of pages within the specified document image (less than 10 pages, greater than 10 pages).

Your business name is the name by which your business is recognised.

You are required to register a business name if you trade under a name that is different to your legal entity name; or you have a legal business structure, a partnership or any other non-incorporated entity.

A registered business name also protects your organisation by preventing other entities using your name.

Prime Search enables you to search companies, business names, registered bodies, foreign companies, associations and more.

You will receive information relating to the organisation name, the unique identifying number (AB/ACN/ARBN/ARSN), type of company, registration date, whereabouts of registered office and whether or not the organisation holds a professional license or registration (eg an AFS or credit licence).

Searching for business name details has never been easier.

Both Current and Historical business name extracts are available for purchase.

Business Name Extract - current provides a complete set of business name information including:

• Current owners/holders, associates and representatives
• Current addresses

Business Name Extract - historical includes both the current and previous information of the business name including:

• Current and former owners/holders, associates and representatives
• Current and former addresses

This service caters for the retrieval of person details where the person has an affiliation with a business name - as per the records in ASIC's register.

The roles that the person may have in context of a business name include:

• business name owner
• when the owner is a sole trader
• associate - meaning the person is associate with an entity that owns the business name. For example the partners in a partnership or a joint-venture and the organisation representatives for the unincorporated entities ASIC provides two types of extracts:
  • A. Current Business Name Holder - Person Extract - this will provide current information related to registered business names
  • B. Current & Historical BN Holder - Person Extract - this will also include the cancelled business names This message allows user to obtain current information (current person extract) or current and historical information (current and historical person extract).