# Hong Kong

Company data from the Hong Kong business register, through the Topograph API.

## Overview

Topograph reads ICRIS (Hong Kong Companies Registry) and returns the company profile, legal representatives, other key persons and shareholders of Hong Kong companies through one API.

## Coverage

What comes back for each datapoint and document, as on the coverage matrix.

Every request is a full register read, in verification mode.

| Datapoint | Returned |
| --- | --- |
| Company profile | Yes |
| Legal representatives | Yes |
| Other key persons | Yes |
| Shareholders | Yes |

| Document | Returned |
| --- | --- |
| Register extract | Yes |
| Articles of association | No |
| Financials | No |
| UBO extract | No |

### Documents, as the register names them

- Register extract

### Speed

A company profile typically comes back from the register in 50 s (approx.) in verification mode. These are typical observations, not a service-level commitment: set your timeouts well above them.

## Sources

The registers this country’s data comes from. Secondary sources only enrich or check what the registers return.

- **[ICRIS (Hong Kong Companies Registry)](https://data.cr.gov.hk)**: Integrated Companies Registry Information System – Hong Kong Companies Registry open data portal
- **[GLEIF (Legal Entity Identifiers)](https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-golden-copy/download-the-golden-copy)** (secondary): Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation – Legal Entity Identifier reference data

## Identifiers

Request a company by its Business Registration Number (BRN) as the `id`, with `countryCode` set to `HK`. Its format, validation rules and an example value are in the full reference.

## The full Hong Kong reference

The full reference covers how each datapoint is sourced and mapped, the vocabularies the API returns, the documents you can order and exact example responses. It is free with a Topograph account.

| In the full reference | Entries |
| --- | --- |
| Identifiers and formats | 2 |
| Search patterns | 3 |
| Quirks | 12 |
| Legal forms | 6 |
| Officer roles | 15 |
| Company statuses | 4 |
| Documents | 1 |
| Example responses | 5 |

- Create a free account: https://www.topograph.co/sign-up?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fhk
- Sign in: https://www.topograph.co/sign-in?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fhk

With a session, https://www.topograph.co/countries/hk.md returns the full reference as Markdown. Assistants signed in to the [Topograph Wizard MCP](https://docs.topograph.co/guides/topograph-mcp) can read it there too.

## Hong Kong business register guide

[Hong Kong business register guide](https://www.topograph.co/guides/business-registers-in-hong-kong): how the register works, what it publishes and which documents it issues.

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Source: https://www.topograph.co/countries/hk