Cyprus company formations, from the official register

Who is setting up companies in Cyprus, and how they set them up.

A quarterly release that reads every new company on the Cyprus register: the likely origin of its directors, how it is set up, where it is registered and what changes after registration.

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69,087 companies read57 months of register filesTotals reconciled with the Registrar's own counts

Latest release · data to 28 September 2026

Cyprus company formations, Q3 2026

Cyprus formations are up 8% on last year and the underlying trend is still rising. The growth comes from companies with foreign-origin directors rather than local ones, and it is concentrated in a few origin groups, while one long-established group keeps declining. Essentials names the groups and shows which way each is moving; Insight sizes the moves.

Next releaseJanuary 2027

New companies11,204January to August 2026

Change on 2025+7.6%same eight months

Underlying trendRisingseasonally adjusted, 2024 to 2026

Where it comes fromForeign-origin directorstheir companies grow faster than those with local-origin directors; Essentials names the groups

Where the growth isConcentrateda few origin groups account for most of it

Inside Essentials this quarterOrigin group: the likely origin of a company's directors at registration, read from their names.

Companies of one origin group account for most of this year's growth.
Most origin groups are up on last year, and one large group is moving the other way.

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Indicator

New companies by month

Private companies · Jan 2022 to Sep 2026

Source: Cyprus Registrar of Companies open data, data.gov.cy, CC BY 4.0. Analysis: Prodromos.See it in the release

In every release

18 measures, three questions

Each measure is labelled confirmed, exploratory or indicative, with its source and method.

Market

The market at a glanceFree
New companies by monthFree

Origin groups

Who is incorporating in 2026Essentials
Which way each origin group is movingEssentials
Which origin groups are growingInsight
What the origin figures cannot seeInsight
Where each group registersInsight
Arrivals vs formationsInsight
Activity named in the company nameInsight

After set-up

Set-up choices at registrationIntelligence
New companies per closureIntelligence
What changes in the first two yearsIntelligence
Provider-type services over five yearsIntelligence
Still registered after 24 monthsIntelligence

Register health

Companies in strike-off proceedingsIntelligence
Changes of corporate secretaryIntelligence
How strike-off waves endIntelligence
Strike-off letters and secretary changes by origin groupIntelligence

Who it is for

Firms that serve new companies in Cyprus

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How we measure

Every number traced to the register

We keep every monthly file the Registrar publishes, so we see what changed, not just what exists. Totals are reconciled with the Registrar's own counts, each measure is labelled by how sure we are, and nothing is published about individuals. Read the method.