Bahrain Company Registry Scraper

Scrape commercial registrations from sijilat.bh — the official Bahrain Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) eGovernment portal. Search by company name, CR number, or registration status. Returns full company profiles including address, capital structure, shareholders, business activities, and contact details.

Features

• Search by English or Arabic company name (partial match supported)
• Search by exact Commercial Registration (CR) number
• Filter by company status: Active, Expired, Cancelled, Sold
• Optional full detail fetch: address, capital, shareholders, business activities
• Automatic token refresh (30-minute bearer token handled transparently)
• Pagination across all result pages up to your maxItems limit

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchNameEn	string	Yes*	Search by English company name (min 2 chars)
searchNameAr	string	Yes*	Search by Arabic company name (min 2 chars)
crNumber	string	Yes*	Look up by exact CR number
companyStatus	string	No	Filter: ACTIVE, EXPIRED, CANCELLED, SOLD OR LEGAL STATUS CHANGED
fetchDetails	boolean	No	Fetch full detail profile per company (default: true)
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of records to return (default: 10)

*At least one of searchNameEn, searchNameAr, or crNumber is required.

Example Input

{
  "searchNameEn": "trading",
  "companyStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output

Each record is a flat JSON object with the following fields:

Field	Description
cr_number	Commercial Registration number
branch_number	Branch number (1 = head office)
legal_name_en	Company name in English
legal_name_ar	Company name in Arabic
company_type	Legal entity type (e.g. With Limited Liability Company)
nationality	Company nationality (BAHRAINI, GCC, FOREIGN)
status	Registration status
registration_date	Date registered (DD/MM/YYYY)
expiry_date	Registration expiry (DD/MM/YYYY)
business_activities	Pipe-separated list of registered activities
address_building	Building number
address_road	Road number
address_road_name	Road name
address_block	Block number
address_town	Town/area name
po_box	P.O. Box
phone	Primary phone number
fax	Fax number
email	Contact email
website	Corporate website URL
authorized_capital	Authorized capital (number)
issued_capital	Issued capital (number)
currency	Capital currency code
shareholders	Array of shareholder entries (Name, Nationality, shares)
shareholders_count	Number of shareholders/partners
source_url	Direct link to the company detail page on sijilat.bh

Example Output

{
  "cr_number": "21",
  "branch_number": "10",
  "legal_name_en": "INTERMART GENERAL TRADING W.L.L",
  "legal_name_ar": "شركة انترمارت للتجارة العامة المحدودة ذم م",
  "company_type": "With Limited Liability Company",
  "nationality": "BAHRAINI",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "registration_date": "05/09/2007",
  "expiry_date": "05/09/2027",
  "business_activities": "General Trade | Sale/Trade of Food and Beverages | Warehousing and storage",
  "address_building": "1234",
  "address_road": "221",
  "address_road_name": "Isa Town Road",
  "address_block": "601",
  "address_town": "ISA TOWN",
  "po_box": "",
  "phone": "17000000",
  "fax": "",
  "email": "info@example.bh",
  "website": "",
  "authorized_capital": 20000,
  "issued_capital": 20000,
  "currency": "BD",
  "shareholders": ["JOHN DOE (BAHRAINI) — shares: 100"],
  "shareholders_count": 1,
  "source_url": "https://www.sijilat.bh/public-search-cr/search-cr-3.aspx?cr_no=21&branch_no=10"
}

Notes

• The sijilat.bh portal requires no account or API key — authentication uses a public HMAC token embedded in the site's JavaScript
• Address, capital, and shareholder data are only populated when fetchDetails: true
• The companyStatus filter maps to Bahrain's internal status codes; unknown status values are treated as no filter
• Each CR number can have multiple branch records (branch 1 = head office)
• The registry contains 180,000+ commercial registrations across Bahrain

Data Source

All data is scraped from sijilat.bh, operated by the Bahrain Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The data is provided for informational purposes.