Obtaining a Bulk List of Newly Incorporated Companies in Singapore From ACRA Bizfile?

If you are dissatisfied with the data you obtained from the Standard Package option, might as well select Pick and Choose. This option is more flexible and will provide you with more company data, but will be costly in most instances.

• Go to www.bizfile.gov.sg.
• Hover your cursor over the Buy Information button.
• Select the Package Information option.
• Select Pick and Choose.
• The website will display various options, and the good thing here is that data are provided in Excel formats.
• In the Entity Type section, select Company (Local or Foreign Company)
• In the Sub-Entity Type section, select All.
• In the By Status section, select Live.

• Select the range of the company registration date, leave everything as it is, then click Click to Proceed.
• Decide on some parameters, like selecting:
  • The file type you wish your data to be presented in (Excel or CSV)
  • Profile data
  • Officer information, which includes name, position, address, and date of appointment (Officer name and position are also available in the Standard Package option, but this time, the data also provide address and date of appointment.)
  • Capital information
  • Shareholder information
  • Financial data (balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow statement, nonfinancial statement)
• Click Add to Cart.
  • The website will indicate that your ordered data amount to 0, which is not your actual bill.
  • Once you click Check Out, your order will be sent directly to ACRA.
• ACRA will email you to inform you about your total bill, provide the link to make the payment, and detail the breakdown of your total bill.
  • The typical amount of information from this option is more or less S$3,000.
• Pay your bill by clicking the link ACRA has provided in the email.

Although purchasing data of newly incorporated companies in Singapore from ACRA is permissible, these data will never comprise private information, such as email addresses, contact details of the shareholders, directors or secretaries of companies, and passport numbers or expiry dates.