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Hong Kong business registers
Government departments publish a number of business registers, but mostly as a spreadsheet, or as a search on an official site that takes one name at a time. This section turns them into pages you can search and browse by district. Each page names its source and the date it was refreshed, and the issuing authority’s own register always has the final word.
Licensed trust or company service providers (TCSP)
Forming companies, acting as a company secretary or director, providing a registered address or acting as the trustee of an express trust as a business in Hong Kong needs a licence from the Companies Registry. Every licensee on the Registry’s list, searchable by name or licence number and browsable by district.
7,509 licensees · 295 trust companies · listed by district across 18 districts
Search the list, totals by district and how to check a licence →
Source: Companies Registry, List of Trust or Company Service Provider Licensees
Registered electrical contractors
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department says all electrical work — new installation, alteration, addition, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair — should be carried out by registered electrical contractors or registered electrical workers. The contractors on EMSD’s list, searchable by name or registration number and browsable by district, with how to check one on EMSD’s register.
14,674 registered contractors · 14,638 companies and firms listed by name · listed by district across 18 districts
Search the list, totals by district and how to check a contractor →
Source: Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Registered Electrical Contractors
Licensed security companies
The Security and Guarding Services Industry Authority says every company that supplies people to do security work for others for reward must hold a valid security company licence. Every licensed company on the Authority’s list, searchable by name or licence number and browsable by district, with the three types of security work defined.
1,463 licences held by 1,448 companies · 784 for guarding, 16 for armoured transport, 807 for security systems · listed by district across 18 districts
Search the list, totals by district and how to check a licence →
Source: Security and Guarding Services Industry Authority, List of licensed security companies
Registered vehicle maintenance workshops
EMSD launched the Voluntary Registration Scheme for Vehicle Maintenance Workshops in 2015: a registered workshop pledges to work to EMSD’s Practice Guidelines, employs registered vehicle mechanics and displays a signage with its registered type and number. The workshops on EMSD’s list, by district, with those that service electric vehicles or open on Sundays.
1,550 registered workshops · 168 service electric vehicles · listed by district across 18 districts
Search the list, workshops by district and what the types mean →
Source: Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Registered Vehicle Maintenance Workshops
Registered gas contractors
EMSD says only registered gas installers of the appropriate class, employed by registered gas contractors, can personally carry out gas installation work — installing a hotplate or water heater, replacing gas tubing. The contractors on EMSD’s overall list with the classes of work they are registered for, searchable and by district.
442 registered gas contractors · 73 on EMSD’s commercial kitchen lists · listed by district across 18 districts
Search the list, contractors by district and the eight classes of work →
Licensed money lenders
The Companies Registry says a person carrying on business as a money lender in Hong Kong must obtain a money lender’s licence. Search the Registry’s four lists — existing licensees, applications, expired licences and dismissed or withdrawn applications — by name, licence number or MLR number, with how the Registry says to check a lender.
1,943 licensed money lenders · 557 with a renewal application in progress · 4,166 expired licences and 610 dismissed or withdrawn applications searchable too
Search the four lists and see how to check a lender →
Source: Companies Registry, Licensing of Money Lenders (four lists)
Registered lift, escalator and builders’ lift contractors
EMSD says lift and escalator works — installation, maintenance, repair, alteration and demolition — must be undertaken by registered contractors; builders’ lifts and tower working platforms on construction sites come under their own ordinance. EMSD’s three contractor lists in one place, a page per firm with its lists and registration expiry dates.
43 lift contractors · 31 escalator contractors · 32 builders’ lift contractors
See the three lists and how to check a contractor →
Banks and authorized institutions
The HKMA says any corporation hoping to operate a banking business or take deposits must obtain a licence issued by the HKMA. The licensed banks, restricted licence banks, deposit-taking companies and local representative offices on its register, the stored value facility licensees, and the retail banks’ hotlines the HKMA lists for checking callers who claim to be from a bank.
147 licensed banks, 16 restricted licence banks, 11 deposit-taking companies · 27 local representative offices and 0 SVF licensees · caller-check hotlines for 0 retail banks
See the institutions by type, the caller-check hotlines and how to check →
Source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Register of AIs and LROs
Licensed money service operators
The Customs and Excise Department says anyone who wishes to operate a remittance or money changing service must apply for a licence from the Commissioner of Customs and Excise, and operating without one is an offence. The licensed money service operators on the Department’s list and their premises, by district and searchable, a page per licensee.
613 licensed money service operators · 800 licensed premises · listed by district across 18 districts
Search the list, premises by district and how to check a licence →
Source: Customs and Excise Department, List of Licensed Money Service Operators
Private healthcare facilities
The Department of Health says the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap. 633) regulates all private healthcare facilities, premises by premises: each needs a hospital, day procedure centre or clinic licence, or a letter of exemption as a small practice clinic. The private hospitals, day procedure centres, clinics and small practice clinics on the Department’s list, by district.
3,698 licensed or exempted facilities, 14 of them hospitals · 266 day procedure centres and 388 clinics · 1,801 named here, by district across 18 districts
See hospitals, day procedure centres and clinics by district →
Licensed hotels and guesthouses
The Home Affairs Department’s Office of the Licensing Authority says premises offering paid sleeping accommodation for less than 28 consecutive days are a hotel or guesthouse under Cap. 349, and must be licensed before they open. Every licensed hotel and guesthouse on the Office’s list, by district, with how to check a licence.
1,808 licensed hotels and guesthouses · 1,177 of them in Yau Tsim Mong · listed by district across 18 districts
Hotels and guesthouses by district and how to check a licence →
Source: Home Affairs Department, List of licensed hotels and guesthouses
Club-houses with a Certificate of Compliance
The Home Affairs Department’s Office of the Licensing Authority says every new club must apply for a Certificate of Compliance under the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance (Cap. 376) before it opens, and certificates are renewed every year. Every club-house on the Office’s list, by district, with how to check one.
503 club-houses with a Certificate of Compliance · listed by district across 18 districts
Club-houses by district and how to check one →
Source: Home Affairs Department, List of licensed club-houses
Private columbaria
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department says the operation of a private columbarium must be covered by a licence, an exemption or a temporary suspension of liability, and only a licensed one may sell or newly let out niches. Every licensed and exempted columbarium on the Register of Private Columbaria, with its validity period.
17 licensed private columbaria · 15 with an exemption
See the licensed and exempted columbaria and how to check →
Source: Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Register of Private Columbaria
Licensed restaurants
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department says selling meals or unbottled non-alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises needs a restaurant licence. Every restaurant on FEHD’s daily list — general, light refreshment and marine — searchable by shop sign, address or licence number, by district, with FEHD’s information codes (outside seating, sashimi, raw oysters …).
17,267 licensed restaurants · 12,612 general and 4,650 light refreshment · listed by district across 18 districts
Search restaurants, see them by district and check a licence →
Source: Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Restaurant licences
Licensed food premises (other than restaurants)
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department licenses food factories, fresh provision shops, bakeries, siu mei and lo mei shops, cold stores and other food premises besides restaurants. Every such licence on FEHD’s daily list, searchable by shop sign, address or licence number, by district, with what each licence covers.
16,463 food licences other than restaurant licences · 11,523 food factories and 3,085 fresh provision shops · listed by district across 18 districts
Search food premises, see them by district and check a licence →
Source: Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Food licences (except restaurant licences)
Licensed liquor premises
The Liquor Licensing Board says anyone who intends to sell liquor for consumption on their premises must hold a liquor licence before starting, and a club supplying liquor needs a club liquor licence. Every licensed liquor premises on the Board’s daily list, searchable by shop sign, address or licence number, by district, with each licence’s valid-until date and additional conditions.
9,002 licensed liquor premises · 8,660 liquor licences and 342 club liquor licences · listed by district across 18 districts
Search liquor licences, see them by district and check one →
Source: Liquor Licensing Board, Licensed Liquor Premises
Company search: registered office address
Type the start of a company’s name or its business registration number to query the Companies Registry’s open data live: the registered office of live local companies and the principal place of business in Hong Kong of registered non-Hong Kong companies. This site keeps no copy of the register.
1,621,154 live local companies and 16,153 registered non-Hong Kong companies (Companies Registry statistics, end of August 2026) · searched live, up to 100 results from each list
Search by company name or business registration number →
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