Companies by activity, licences and registrations

Select a regulated business by what it needs to do

Start with the services you intend to provide, the customers you expect to serve and the markets involved. A licence name or registration term can narrow the search, but it does not describe every permitted operation. This directory separates business activities from the regulatory and commercial designations found in proposal descriptions.

Use the dropdown or search field to locate a term. Each entry explains its category, the countries represented and how many proposals in our collected selection mention it. Counts cannot be added together because one proposal may contain several designations. A catalogue mention is an indication for further enquiry, not documentary verification of a company’s permissions.

Permission, registration and regulator names

Commercial descriptions can place authorisations, registrations, supervisory bodies and client-model labels alongside one another. They are different kinds of information. A regulator’s name does not state the full range of authorised services, and a business-to-business label is not a universal operating licence.

For a selected proposal, establish which legal entity holds the relevant documents, what operations they cover and what conditions apply. If you know an abbreviation, include it with a plain-language explanation: processing payments, serving merchants, providing investment services or working with digital assets.

Requirements that change the shortlist

For a payments project, describe currencies, transfer geography, customers and the company’s role in handling funds. For brokerage or investment activity, identify the services and intended customer categories. For gaming, distinguish an operator’s business from supplying software or platforms. These details help avoid treating different business models as interchangeable.

Say whether you need an operating organisation with a team and infrastructure or a corporate structure for a planned launch. Software, provider contracts, branding and regulatory documents can each have their own use and transfer conditions. Define which elements are essential before comparing proposals.

Match the company with its intended markets

A registration country does not imply permission for every service in every customer market. State the desired company jurisdiction and target markets separately. If alternatives are acceptable, explain which requirement takes priority: a particular authorisation, customer geography or another operating condition.

The country directory provides a separate geographical view. Banking proposals have their own page so an acquisition of a bank is not confused with buying an ordinary company that has an account. The three views help refine one coherent acquisition brief.

Send a request with the relevant designation

Describe the end service, markets, buyer and budget. List mandatory permissions separately from preferred technical capabilities. If you do not know the correct regulatory term, describe the operations rather than guessing from popular abbreviations.

The conditions for a change of ownership and continued activity must be established for the selected entity and jurisdiction. Start with a short enquiry: the chosen designation is transferred into the form, and you can add the business model and essential requirements.