# Serbia

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

## Overview

Topograph reads APR (Serbian Business Registers Agency), APR open-data companies file, APR Financial Statements Register and CESV (Centralna evidencija stvarnih vlasnika) and returns the company profile, legal representatives, other key persons, shareholders, ultimate beneficial owners and establishments of Serbia companies through one API.

## Coverage

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

Requests run in prefill mode (fast) or verification mode (the authoritative register answer).

| Datapoint | Returned | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Company profile | Yes |  |
| Legal representatives | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |
| Other key persons | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |
| Shareholders | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |
| Ultimate beneficial owners | By hand | Comes back in Verify. |
| Establishments | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |

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

### Documents, as the register names them

- Извод из АПР
- Финансијски извештај
- Izvod iz Centralne evidencije stvarnih vlasnika

## Sources

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

- **[APR (Serbian Business Registers Agency)](https://pretraga.apr.gov.rs)**: Agencija za privredne registre (Serbian Business Registers Agency, established in 2005): the official Serbian business register for companies, entrepreneurs, associations, foundations and institutions.
- **[APR open-data companies file](https://openapi.apr.gov.rs/api/opendata/companies)**: Monthly open-data file of every company registered with APR: name, legal form, status, founding date, main activity and municipality. Companies only; entrepreneurs, associations and foundations are not included.
- **[APR Financial Statements Register](https://fin.apr.gov.rs)**: fin.apr.gov.rs: the APR financial statements portal for annual, consolidated, and extraordinary financial reports.
- **[CESV (Centralna evidencija stvarnih vlasnika)](https://cesv.apr.gov.rs)**: Serbian Central Register of Beneficial Owners, operated by APR. Lookups require a Serbian qualified electronic certificate, so Topograph orders certificates through a partner.
- **[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 MB (Matični broj) as the `id`, with `countryCode` set to `RS`. Its format, validation rules and an example value are in the full reference.

## The full Serbia 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 | 2 |
| Quirks | 9 |
| Legal forms | 25 |
| Officer roles | 29 |
| Company statuses | 10 |
| Documents | 4 |
| Example responses | 8 |

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

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

## Serbia business register guide

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

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