What our Palau company report includes
Our Palau reports draw on sources including the Registrar of Corporations (administered by the Financial Institutions Commission, FIC), the Bureau of Revenue and Taxation, and accessible court records; fees may apply for certain records. Depth of any given section reflects what the subject company has filed and what is publicly retrievable at the time of the search.
In Palau, the Registrar of Corporations — formerly at the Office of the Attorney General — was transferred to the Financial Institutions Commission (FIC) under Executive Order No. 477, which launched an online Corporate Registry on 20 January 2025, implementing the Corporations Act (Palau Public Law 10-11).
Identity & registration
- ✓ Registrar of Corporations (FIC) registration number
- ✓ Registered name
- ✓ Legal form (Corporation, partnership, sole trader)
- ✓ Date of incorporation and registered office
- ✓ Active commercial standing
People & ownership
- ✓ Directors and authorised signatories
- ✓ Shareholders and shareholding
- ✓ Beneficial ownership
- ✓ Palauan and foreign ownership (restrictions apply)
- ✓ Clan/family considerations where applicable (case-specific)
Financial & trading
- ✓ Filed accounts in USD
- ✓ Authorised business activities
- ✓ Tourism-sector concentration (case-specific)
- ✓ Risk indicator and calculated credit limit
Risk & public records
- ✓ Court records
- ✓ Insolvency proceedings
- ✓ Tax compliance status (case-specific)
Note on Palauan data: Palau operates significant restrictions on foreign ownership in many sectors: most retail and small business is reserved for Palauan citizens. The US Dollar is the sole currency.
Why verify a Palauan company?
Palau's small, tourism-dependent economy and foreign-ownership restrictions concentrate overseas commercial interest on tourism operators (typically with Palauan-citizen partners or formally Palauan-owned), fisheries-sector counterparties, and limited services. The Registrar of Corporations (FIC) registry confirms incorporation; foreign-ownership compliance verification is a meaningful sector-specific check.