Bahrain Company Registry Scraper — sijilat.bh

Scrape commercial registrations from the 180,000+ entities in sijilat.bh — the official Bahrain Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) eGovernment portal. Search by company name (English or Arabic), CR number, or registration status. Returns full company profiles including address, capital structure, shareholders, registered business activities, and contact details.

What does the Bahrain Company Registry Scraper do?

At least one of searchNameEn, searchNameAr, or crNumber must be provided. The actor returns no results without a search term — this matches how the sijilat.bh portal operates. Once a search is issued, the actor paginates across all result pages and optionally fetches full detail profiles (address, capital, shareholders) per company record.

Authentication uses a public HMAC token embedded in the site's JavaScript — no account or API key is needed.

What data does it extract?

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, Partnership Company)
nationality	Company nationality: BAHRAINI, GCC, or FOREIGN
status	Registration status: ACTIVE, EXPIRED, CANCELLED, SOLD OR LEGAL STATUS CHANGED
registration_date	Date of commercial registration (DD/MM/YYYY)
expiry_date	Registration expiry date (DD/MM/YYYY)
business_activities	Registered activities, pipe-separated
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 address
website	Corporate website URL
authorized_capital	Authorized capital amount
issued_capital	Issued capital amount
currency	Capital currency code
shareholders	Array of shareholder entries formatted as Name (Nationality) — shares: N
shareholders_count	Number of shareholders or partners
source_url	Direct link to the company detail page on sijilat.bh

Address, capital, and shareholder fields are populated only when fetchDetails: true (the default).

How to use it

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

{
  "crNumber": "12345",
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 1
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchNameEn	string	—	English company name search (min 2 chars, partial match supported)
searchNameAr	string	—	Arabic company name search (min 2 chars, partial match supported)
crNumber	string	—	Exact Commercial Registration number lookup
companyStatus	string	ACTIVE	Filter: ACTIVE, EXPIRED, CANCELLED, SOLD OR LEGAL STATUS CHANGED, or blank for any
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full detail profile per company (address, capital, shareholders)
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum records to return (up to 50,000)

At least one of searchNameEn, searchNameAr, or crNumber is required. Providing none will result in zero records returned.

Use cases

• B2B lead generation — find active trading or construction companies in Bahrain by name and export contacts (phone, email, website) in bulk
• Corporate due diligence — retrieve shareholder lists, registered addresses, and capital structure for any Bahraini entity by CR number
• Market research — map the landscape of FOREIGN or GCC-nationality companies registered in Bahrain across specific business activity categories
• Compliance screening — identify expired or cancelled registrations to flag in counterparty risk workflows
• Legal and M&A research — pull branch records (each CR can have multiple branch numbers) to understand corporate structure

FAQ

Why do I get zero results?

The actor requires at least one of searchNameEn, searchNameAr, or crNumber. If all three are left blank, the portal returns no results and the actor has nothing to scrape.

What does branch_number mean?

Each CR number can have multiple branch records. Branch number 1 is typically the head office. Branches in different locations share the same CR number but have distinct branch numbers.

Does the actor need an API key?

No. The actor handles the registry's session tokens itself. No account, no API key.

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