# Malta

Company data from the Malta business register, through the Topograph API.

## Overview

Topograph reads MBR (Malta Business Registry) and returns the company profile, legal representatives, other key persons and shareholders of Malta companies through one API.

> **Warning**
> **Verification mode only.** Every Malta datapoint is served from the live register in verification mode. A request with `"mode": "prefill"` fails each Malta datapoint with `fast_source_unavailable`. Omit `mode` or pass `"verification"`. See [Modes](https://docs.topograph.co/essentials/modes).

## 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 | No |
| Articles of association | Yes |
| Financials | Yes |
| UBO extract | No |

### Documents, as the register names them

- Memorandum and Articles of Association
- Annual Accounts

### Speed

A company profile typically comes back from the register in 6 s 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.

- **[MBR (Malta Business Registry)](https://mbr.mt)**: Malta Business Registry – official Maltese register of companies, partnerships and other entities
- **[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 Registration Number as the `id`, with `countryCode` set to `MT`. Its format, validation rules and an example value are in the full reference.

## The full Malta 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 | 3 |
| Search patterns | 3 |
| Quirks | 10 |
| Legal forms | 57 |
| Officer roles | 19 |
| Company statuses | 11 |
| Documents | 5 |
| Example responses | 8 |

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

With a session, https://www.topograph.co/countries/mt.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.

## Malta business register guide

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

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