Every British Columbia company, including filings with no city or registration date on record, is in the full A–Z listing of all 2,768,432 companies — or page through the same register in the flat British Columbia company directory.
The British Columbia register at a glance
live counts| Item | companies |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 30,641 |
| 1988 | 31,133 |
| 1989 | 34,814 |
| 1990 | 33,645 |
| 1991 | 33,348 |
| 1992 | 35,632 |
| 1993 | 41,827 |
| 1994 | 47,191 |
| 1995 | 46,413 |
| 1996 | 46,549 |
| 1997 | 46,084 |
| 1998 | 43,662 |
| 1999 | 45,581 |
| 2000 | 46,193 |
| 2001 | 44,821 |
| 2002 | 47,395 |
| 2003 | 52,413 |
| 2004 | 55,335 |
| 2005 | 60,080 |
| 2006 | 62,845 |
| 2007 | 63,472 |
| 2008 | 58,572 |
| 2009 | 55,922 |
| 2010 | 60,719 |
| 2011 | 60,933 |
| 2012 | 58,966 |
| 2013 | 60,645 |
| 2014 | 64,234 |
| 2015 | 69,171 |
| 2016 | 75,765 |
| 2017 | 80,441 |
| 2018 | 78,171 |
| 2019 | 80,239 |
| 2020 | 84,780 |
| 2021 | 103,142 |
| 2022 | 88,481 |
| 2023 | 86,792 |
| 2024 | 88,369 |
| 2025 | 72,415 |
| 2026 | 43,068 |
- Active1,590,92057%
- Inactive1,177,51243%
| Item | companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Active | 1,590,920 | 57% |
| Inactive | 1,177,512 | 43% |
Charts are drawn from the same live counts as the directory below. Registrations before 1987 (345,970 companies) are left off the year chart. Not every filing carries a status.
This is a free British Columbia business entity search built on the public business register — all 2,768,432 of them — that the BC Registries and Online Services maintains. In British Columbia, business entities are registered through the BC Registries and Online Services rather than a Secretary of State, so that office is the register a "British Columbia Secretary of State business search" resolves to. Search by entity name for an exact match or partial match, or by registered agent, officer or principal office address, and open any entity to see its entity status, entity type, registration (formation) date, entity ID and filing number and the registered agent and officer names on the public filing. Domestic and foreign entities, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and business trusts all appear together, and the directory below browses the same records by city and by registration year.
How to run a British Columbia business entity search
The British Columbia business entity search covers every British Columbia business registered with the BC Registries and Online Services. Enter your search criteria in the box above — a business name or entity name, a registered agent name, an officer or principal name, or a physical address — and choose an exact match or a partial name match. A standard search returns the entity name, entity type and entity status; an advanced search narrows by more search criteria; opening a result loads the full entity profile with the detailed information the BC Registries and Online Services publishes. Use it to check name availability before you register a new business, to confirm an existing entity is active and in good standing, to find a company's registered agent, or to review the filing history and annual reports behind a British Columbia company — the same records power a British Columbia LLC search, a corporation search and a search by registered agent name, and match what the BC Registries and Online Services' entity search returns.
Status on record: Active 1,590,920 · Inactive 1,177,512. Not every filing carries a status.
Latest filings on record
20 most recent| Company | Business category | Registry number | Registered | Status | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.K. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LTD. | — | BC1606994 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| KOOTENAY PAVING LTD. | — | BC1607000 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| LEOWEN TECHNOLOGIES INC. | — | BC1606996 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| 1607001 B.C. LTD. | — | BC1607001 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| M'BENS GLOBAL AUTO TRADING LTD. | — | BC1606998 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| 3VOLVE INNOVATIONS INC. | — | BC1606999 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| 1606995 B.C. LTD. | — | BC1606995 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| YOLO VENTURES INC. | — | BC1606993 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| SNOW GOOSE ARTS AND CULTURE SOCIETY | — | S0086077 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| GS AULAKH TRUCKING LTD. | — | BC1606997 | 2026-09-06 | Active | |
| OUTCAST DIESEL CO. LIMITED | — | BC1606986 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| 1606974 B.C. LTD. | — | BC1606974 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| ABSOLUTE DENTAL INC. | — | BC1606951 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| 1606964 B.C. LTD. | — | BC1606964 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| GILLRISE EXTERIORS LTD. | — | BC1606985 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| ROCK AND TIDE CLOTHING COMPANY LTD. | — | BC1606989 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| 1606980 B.C. LTD. | — | BC1606980 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| YOMMEX GLOBAL INVESTMENT INC. | — | BC1606982 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| 1606990 B.C. LTD. | — | BC1606990 | 2026-09-05 | Active | |
| TINY RAINBOW ACADEMY INC. | — | BC1606981 | 2026-09-05 | Active |
Sorted by registration date as the BC Registries and Online Services files it. Registries publish on their own schedule — the newest filings on record can trail the registry itself.
Companies by city
0 citiesThis register's records are not loaded yet — the jurisdiction is listed rather than given estimates.
Companies by registration year
127 yearsWhat each British Columbia entity search result shows
- Entity name
- The legal business name as registered with the BC Registries and Online Services. A name search matches exact and partial names; the profile also carries former names, trade names and assumed (fictitious) business names where the register files them.
- Entity ID & filing number
- The unique entity ID and filing number the BC Registries and Online Services assigns each entity. It is the most reliable way to tell apart similarly named businesses and links to the entity’s filing history and filing images.
- Entity status
- Active, inactive, dissolved, revoked, withdrawn, merged, canceled or pending — the entity status the BC Registries and Online Services records. An active status in good standing is the register’s own signal that an entity is current on its annual reports and filings.
- Entity type
- Corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, business trust or other form — British Columbia recognises numerous business entity types, from a sole proprietorship and small businesses to large corporations — and whether the entity is domestic to British Columbia or a foreign entity registered to legally transact business there.
- Registration & formation date
- The formation date the entity was formed or first registered, as filed in its formation documents. Browse the full directory below by registration year to see every entity formed in a given year.
- Registered agent & officers
- Where the BC Registries and Online Services publishes them, the registered agent name, principal office address, principal name, officers and directors appear on the entity profile — the people and physical address on the public filing, not private ownership percentages.
Checking name availability before you form an entity, verifying a counterparty is active, or confirming a registered agent are the common reasons to run a British Columbia business entity search. Netstate republishes the BC Registries and Online Services filing and labels every field with its source; it is not a certificate of good standing or an FCRA consumer report.
Beyond the entity search: due-diligence records
The BC Registries and Online Services filing is the corporate record. For fuller due diligence on a British Columbia business, Netstate cross-references it against 60 other registers and 16 federal datasets in one lookup — so an entity search can surface trade names and assumed names, UCC filings (the security interests recorded against a company’s assets), business licenses and permits, and an EIN where one is on record, alongside the corporate filing. For consumer-facing complaint history, the Better Business Bureau and the state’s consumer-protection office hold records the corporate register does not.
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The BC Registries and Online Services is the filing office of record for British Columbia. Its own search is at BC Registries and Online Services. Netstate republishes the same filings and cross-references them against 60 other registers and 16 federal datasets — one lookup covers every jurisdiction at once, with each field labeled with its source.
Common questions
Counts are read from the BC Registries and Online Services records on every request. City names are shown as the registry files them; filing variants of the same city are merged under one page. Field provenance is documented in the methodology. Source register: BC Registries and Online Services.