Guidance

Check if a business is registered for money laundering supervision

Find out if a business has registered with HMRC under the money laundering regulations and report them if they have not.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
23 May 2014
Last updated
47 MarchApril 2025 — See all updates

A full list of HMRC registered businesses is available in the Supervised Business Register.

We aim to keep the register up to date. However, sometimes there can be a delay in a business’s registration appearing on the public register.

Who should be in the register

Only businesses registered for supervision by us will appear. The name a business is registered under may be different from the name you’re familiar with if, for example, they’re included under the registration of another business.

Businesses currently applying for registration will not appear until this process is finished. You may want to contact the business directly to confirm their current registration status.

It’s important that businesses involved in activity, supervised by us under the money laundering regulations, register to receive guidance on:

  • money laundering, terrorist finance, and proliferation financing risks
  • their obligations under the money laundering regulations and how to meet them

Confirmation that a business is registered with us is not an endorsement for you to enter into any commercial transactions with the business.

Contents of the register

Each entry contains details that businesses give when they register with us. The list helps you decide whether you are dealing with a business who is registered with us. It lists the:

  • registration number
  • business name
  • trading name
  • first part of the postcode
  • date the business became supervised
  • sectors they’re registered for

Check if a business is registered

Check the Supervised Business Register (ODS, 4.354.59 MB) to confirm if a business is registered with us for supervision under the money laundering regulations.

Report an unregistered business

If you suspect a business is not registered when it should be, you can report tax fraud or avoidance to HMRC.

Updates to this page

Published 23 May 2014

Last updated 47 MarchApril 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates

    3. The Supervised Business Register has been updated.

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