Greece Company Registry (2026 Update)

The Greek company registry, the General Commercial Registry (G.E.MI), is easy to search once you’ve learned how to use it. 

Learning how to use it, however, is hard. G.E.MI provides little technical guidance online. 

That’s why on February 11, 2026, the Kyckr Team learned how to use it. 

This guide shows what data you can find, how to search for Greek companies, how to find beneficial owners, and what reforms are changing the Greek registry. 

Legal Entity Types in Greece 

These are the entity types you can view on the Greek registry. They matter to KYB professionals. Each type has different filing rules for ownership and management: 

• Private Capital Company (PC or L.K.E.) - Must file financial statements, management information and shareholder registers. 

• Corporation (SA) - Must file financial statements, management information, and shareholder registers. 

• Limited Partnership (LP or E.E.) - Must file management and capital information. 

• General Partnership (GP) - Must file management and capital information. 

• Sole - Need only file management information. 

What Information Is Available? 

Each entity profile has machine-readable data and PDF filings. Here is the information: 

• Basic: Entity name, GEMI number, EUID, address, date of registration, status, and legal form. 

• Financial: Reporting period, assets, equity and debts, turnover, and accountant. 

• Ownership: Capital, share type, share class, share value, and shareholders. 

• Management: Directors (also known as managers). 

Useful to know: You can get shareholder information as data. There is a lot of it. You can use it to verify beneficial owners if you check it against global shareholder data. 

How to Search for Greek Companies 

1. Go to the Portal. 

You will find it here: https://publicity.businessportal.gr/ 

Filter your Greek company search by legal type, status, or activity.

2. Start a Search. 

You can search by name, VAT number, General Tax ID Number, and "Distinctive Title". Entities will appear as you type.

You can filter by legal type, status, activity, and responsible chamber (region).

Select 'English' on the website for a translation. 

3. View the Results. 

The results will list matching entities with basic data: 

• Company name. 

• GEMI number. 

• VAT number. 

• Address. 

• Status. 

• Legal type. 

Important: The registry uses colours to flag any legal proceedings against the entity. For example, it might show "Active" but also "In Registration Suspension". 

4. Select Entity. 

An entity profile will have these data points: 

• GEMI number (unique business ID). 

• European Union ID (EUID). 

• Name, in Greek and Roman characters. 

• VAT number. 

• Date of registration. 

• Legal Type. 

• Status. 

• Address. 

• Website. 

• e-shop. 

Remember: You can click 'Follow Company' to get updates about changes. 

5. Investigate Further. 

As you scroll down the page, you will see a dropdown menu with these options: 

• Naming history. 

• Contact information. 

• Legal type history. 

• Status history. 

• Responsible Chamber (the regional registry it is registered with). 

• Capital information: type, number and value of shares. 

• Activity codes, primary and secondary. 

• Administration: This is ownership data. It includes shareholder names, status (active or former), category (for example, "partner"), and percentage. 

For official filings: Another dropdown menu, named "History of Greek Registry announcements", has documents filed with the registry. 

Available Documents 

The Kyckr Team could not find a complete list of documents on the Greek registry. Instead, we viewed 10 entities of different types with long registration histories. We found these filings, which you can download at no cost: 

• "Notice of Amendment of Statutes": These have shareholder information, including past shareholders. 

• "Announcement of the entry of the Minutes of the General Meeting of Shareholders for the approval and publication of the Financial Statements": No shareholder information, only financial data. 

• "Conversion to SA": A document showing the date on which a private limited company converts to a corporation. 

• "Dissolution and liquidation and appointment of liquidators": A document about a company's official closure. 

• "Reversal of business registration": This is an automatic suspension notice from the registry. The Kyckr Team observed one entity with four of these over four years, suggesting a serious compliance issue. 

Be warned: They are all in Greek. Unlike Cyprus, you cannot get English translations. 

Certificates and Copies 

For a flat fee (€5.00), the Greek registry provides these certificates: 

• General Certificate: These show the company's date of registration and status on the register. 

• Certificate of Current Registration: Shows who runs the company's operations and management. 

Certificates are available for €5.00.

APIs and Open Data 

The Greek registry offers an API to get company registry data, but access is hard. 

The official website says only "public bodies" (Greek government institutions) and financial institutions may sign up to the official API. 

The Kyckr Team found it hard to access any technical information, specs, and requirements about the API. 

The alternative: Kyckr provides live API or portal access to the Greek registry and 299 other official company registries. 

Beneficial Ownership Information in Greece

Until recently, Greece only provided beneficial ownership information to obliged entities and competent authorities in Greece. That means no journalists and no overseas banks or law firms. 

The EU's 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD) changed that. It pressured Greece to extend access to those with a "legitimate interest". 

The Greek government has passed the 6AMLD into national law. However, it has not yet said how that access will work. 

Reforms (2026 Update) 

Between 2024 and 2025, the Greek registry went through an intensive process to make itself digital: 

• Link of G.E.MI with TAXISNET: The Greek registry is now linked with the national tax and financial information system. This lets them check company data, financial data, and UBO-related tax filings automatically. 

• Penalties for Breaking Rules: G.E.MI-related breaches came into force in early 2026. They increased fines and inspection powers for the General Commercial Registry.

How to Access Structured Data on Greek Companies 

The Greek registry is making itself digital and making its data more reliable by checking it against other government databases. But it is still hard to get that data in a structured, standard way via API. This makes it harder to automate KYB workflows on Greek companies. 

Kyckr provides structured Greek company registry data via API. Connect in real time to the Greek registry and 299 other official company registries by booking a demo.