Israeli company lookup

How to check an Israeli company by number

The H.P. (chet-pe) is the company's number at the Registrar of Companies: 9 digits, and for an Israeli company it starts with 51 or 52. It appears on invoices, quotes and contracts, and usually in the footer of the company's website. If you are a foreign company or a newcomer vetting an Israeli supplier or client, this is how to check it:

1. Choose By company number in the tool and enter the number. Dashes and spaces do not matter.
2. The tool first checks the check digit, the last digit. If it does not match, the number has a mistake and there is no point searching for it.
3. Press Search to see the company name, status, type, incorporation date, registered address and the year of its last annual report.
4. Compare the name in the result with the name on the invoice or contract. A different name points to a wrong number or a different company.
5. When you need an official document, for example for a bank or a court, order a company extract on the Registrar of Companies website. According to the site, an extract costs ₪12.

No number? Choose By company name and type a word from the name, in Hebrew or English. As you type, a list of up to 20 companies appears, each with its number and status.

Example: looking up company number 520031931

This is the result for 520031931, Bezeq, as it appeared in the database on 23 October 2026:

The status Active means the company has not been struck off or put into liquidation, and it has no violation record. The type Public company fits a company whose shares trade on the stock exchange. The year 2002 in the annual report field looks odd, but it is not a warning sign: the duty to file an annual report with the Registrar under section 141 of the Companies Law applies only to a company that is not a reporting corporation, and a listed company reports under the Securities Law. For a private company, on the other hand, an old last annual report is worth noticing.

The open database does not include shareholders, directors or charges. Its data is the Registrar's data as published, and to rely on it legally you order an official company extract.

What each company status means

The Registrar of Companies database has 11 statuses. We counted the companies in each, from the database as updated on 22.10.2026, out of 732,515 companies:

Active407,135 companies

The company is registered as active: it has not been struck off, dissolved or put into liquidation. That does not mean it actually does business.

Temporarily active672 companies

A company that was struck off or dissolved and restored to the register, for example by court order to complete a specific action. The status signals that it is not meant to carry on normal business.

Active/in liquidation: compromise, arrangement or provisional liquidation102 companies

The company is in a compromise or arrangement with creditors or shareholders, or a provisional liquidator was appointed. Find out where the process stands before working with it.

Active/in liquidation: in receivership15 companies

A receiver was appointed who manages or sells the company's assets to pay creditors.

In voluntary liquidation10,756 companies

The shareholders decided to close the company, and the directors declared it can pay all its debts. A trustee sells the assets, pays creditors and distributes the rest, and the company no longer carries on normal business.

In liquidation by court6,233 companies

A court ordered the company wound up and appointed a trustee to run the liquidation, for example because it cannot pay its debts. Anyone the company owes money files a proof of debt with the trustee.

Struck off144,504 companies

The Registrar struck the company off the register, for example after years without the annual fee and annual report. A struck-off company counts as dissolved. Cancelling the strike-off can be requested from the Registrar within a year, or from a court after that.

Dissolved (voluntary liquidation)149,226 companies

The voluntary liquidation ended and the Registrar recorded the company as dissolved. The company no longer exists.

Dissolved by court10,330 companies

The court liquidation ended and the court ordered the company dissolved. The company no longer exists.

Dissolved by merger2,968 companies

The company merged into another company. Its assets and debts passed to the absorbing company, and it was dissolved and removed from the register.

Removed from the register574 companies

A foreign company removed from the register of foreign companies in Israel. It is no longer registered here as a company with a place of business in Israel, but it may still exist in the country where it was incorporated.

Active is a legal status, not evidence of business activity. A company that has done nothing for years stays Active until it is struck off or wound up. Some companies also have a sub-status showing which stage they are at, for example being struck off (more than 9,000 companies the Registrar has announced it intends to strike off), insolvency proceedings opened, or fast-track voluntary liquidation for a company with no assets and no debts. The tool shows and explains that too.

What a violating company is and what it means

A violating company (chevra mafra chok) is one the Registrar of Companies has recorded as not paying its annual fee, or, for a private company, not filing an annual report. This is set by section 362A of the Companies Law, 1999. Every company pays an annual fee under section 9, and a company that is not a reporting corporation files an annual report with the Registrar under section 141.

Registration happens in two steps. First the Registrar records a warning of its intention to register the company as a violator, and if the company does not fix the breach within 30 days, it is registered as a violator. In the database this is a separate field from the status, so a company can be Active and a violator at the same time. In the 22.10.2026 update, 191,784 companies were registered as violators, 171,598 of them with Active status.

What happens to a violating company

• The Registrar may refuse to register actions whose validity depends on registration, such as a change of name or objects.
• The Registrar may refuse to register a charge on its assets or in its favour, or to change or cancel a charge. The Registrar of Pledges may refuse to register a pledge in its favour.
• The Registrar may refuse to register a new company whose shareholders include the violating company, anyone holding 50% or more of its shares, or a director of it who did not pay a financial sanction imposed for the violation.
• The Registrar may refuse to carry out a merger in which one of the companies is a violator.
• A company registered as a violator for a year, which has not paid the fee or filed a report for three years, has no activity, assets or debts, and whose tax file is closed, can be struck off by the Registrar under section 351C.

Once the company pays the debt and files the missing reports, the Registrar removes the record. If it had further violations the Registrar notified before the fix, the record is removed only after all of them are fixed. For a supplier or customer, a violation record mainly means the company is not handling its basic obligations to the Registrar, and it is worth asking why.

How to check an osek murshe or osek patur

An osek murshe (licensed VAT dealer) or osek patur (exempt dealer) is a VAT registration, not a company, so they are not in the Registrar of Companies database. For a private person, the tax number is their teudat zehut (ID) number, so a private dealer's number does not start with 5. A company registered for VAT usually appears under its company number, which you can check here.

Dealer details are checked with the Israel Tax Authority online service: enter the dealer number to get its name and address. Before that, you can make sure the number is well formed with our Israeli ID number check, since a private dealer's number is an ID number.

Company number vs dealer number vs non-profit number

All these numbers have 9 digits with a check digit calculated the same way; the difference is which register they are in:

• H.P. (chet-pe) is the company number at the Registrar of Companies. In the database, 724,468 company numbers start with 51, 3,911 with 52, and 4,136 foreign company numbers start with 56.
• Osek number (ayin-mem) is the VAT dealer number. For a dealer who is a private person, it is their ID number.
• Non-profit (amuta) numbers start with 58, and partnership numbers with 54 or 55. They are in other Corporations Authority databases, not the companies database the tool searches.

Why check a supplier or customer before working with them

• Make sure the company exists and is active. A company in liquidation no longer carries on normal business, and anyone it owes money files a proof of debt with the trustee and waits for a distribution. A struck-off or dissolved company no longer exists.
• Make sure the name and number match.An invoice with another company's number points to a mistake or attempted fraud. Copy the full registered name into contracts and invoices.
• Watch for a violation record. It does not stop the company operating, but it means it has not paid its fee or filed an annual report, sometimes for years.
• Keep correct details in your CRM. A correct company number, registered name and address save mistakes on invoices.
• Check again before a large deal. Status changes, and a company active today can go into liquidation next month. Before paying in advance or signing a long agreement, check again and order an official extract if needed.

Sources

• data.gov.il: Companies database, Registrar of Companies: the database the tool searches. It updates automatically every day, and the 22.10.2026 update held 732,515 companies. The counts on this page are our own, across all records
• Registrar of Companies: corporate search and company extracts: free search by number or name, and company extracts. According to the page, an extract costs ₪12 and ordering the company file ₪39
• Israel Tax Authority: online request for VAT dealer details (Hebrew): enter a dealer number to get its name and address
• Israel Tax Authority via the OECD portal: Information on Tax Identification Numbers, Israel: an individual's tax ID is their ID number, and a company's is a 9-digit number
• Companies Law, 1999: sections 1, 9, 141, 323, 351C to 351H and 362A, and the voluntary and court liquidation provisions
• Insolvency and Economic Rehabilitation Law, 2018: sections 2 and 3

The sections, statuses and counts were checked on 23 October 2026 against the database on data.gov.il, updated on 22.10.2026, and against the text of the laws. The explanations on this page are general information, not legal advice.