What our Qatar company report includes
Our Qatar reports can cover Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) register filings, the General Tax Authority, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) records where applicable, Qatar Stock Exchange disclosures, court registry data and free zone authority records; fees may apply for certain records. The depth of any individual source reflects what the company has filed and what is publicly accessible. We translate from Arabic and our agents can report on trading status locally.
Identity & registration
- ✓ Commercial Registration Number (CR) and Tax Card
- ✓ Registered Arabic and English names
- ✓ Legal form (LLC, QPSC, branch, QFC entity, free zone)
- ✓ Date of incorporation and registered office
- ✓ Computer Card and Establishment Card status
People & ownership
- ✓ Directors and authorised signatories
- ✓ Shareholders and capital structure
- ✓ Qatari and foreign ownership percentages
- ✓ QFC or free zone licence (where applicable) (case-specific)
- ✓ Parent company and group structure
Financial & trading
- ✓ Filed accounts in QAR
- ✓ Authorised business activities
- ✓ Sectoral licences (QCB, QFMA, QFC Regulatory Authority) (case-specific)
- ✓ Risk indicator and calculated credit limit
Risk & public records
- ✓ Court judgements and execution records
- ✓ Insolvency and liquidation proceedings
- ✓ Tax compliance status (case-specific)
Note on Qatari data: Qatar operates three parallel corporate regimes (MoCI mainland, QFC, and free zones), each with different ownership rules, tax treatment and dispute mechanisms. Confirming which regime the counterparty sits under is fundamental to assessing the relationship.
Why verify a Qatari company?
Qatar's three-track corporate framework is the single most important thing to understand before verifying a counterparty. A mainland LLC under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry historically required 51% Qatari ownership (now relaxed in many sectors under foreign-investment liberalisation), pays corporate income tax to the General Tax Authority, and is subject to Qatari commercial law in disputes. A QFC entity may be 100% foreign-owned, follows English-common-law commercial principles, and pays QFC tax. A free zone entity (QFZ) operates under yet another framework. The implications for contracting, dispute resolution and tax are materially different.
Standard commercial verification in Qatar is reasonably accessible. MoCI records confirm incorporation, legal form, capital and principals. The Computer Card (which lists authorised signatories) and the Establishment Card (which links the company to its labour and immigration files) are practical documents that we can confirm. Court records through the Court of First Instance and the Execution Court are accessible to our agents.
Local content rules under the Tawteen programme apply to many sectors, particularly oil, gas and government procurement. A counterparty's Tawteen classification affects its eligibility to bid on certain contracts and its in-country value commitments. Where this matters for the buyer or the relationship, our reports confirm the current standing.
For supplier qualification, trade credit, agency appointments, infrastructure subcontracts or partnerships with a Qatari company, an investigated report combines the public register, the regime-specific licensing detail and the on-the-ground confirmation that international buyers and bidders need.