Companies Registration Office

The CRO is a Government organisation under the remit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and is the central repository of public statutory company law-related information on Irish companies. Its main functions are: •Incorporation of companies •Registration of company post-incorporation documentation •Enforcement, prosecution and striking companies off the register of companies •Provision of information to the public You can register a Company, Business Name (Trading Name), Foreign Company Branch (External Company) or Limited Partnership with the CRO. The Companies Registration Office (CRO) Mission Statement is: "To oversee the highest possible rate and quality of annual return filing on the part of companies in accordance with the relevant statutory provisions and to ensure that information on companies published in turn by the CRO is timely and accurately reflects the information provided by those companies."