How to search and verify a company on CAC
Before you pay a supplier, sign with a partner or trust an “RC number” on an invoice, it pays to verify the company on CAC. This guide shows how the CAC public search works, how to confirm a registration number, and how to get a status report that proves a business is real, active and who it claims to be.
Honest note: RenewPapers is not CAC. The register is CAC’s. What we do is run the search, obtain and interpret the status report, and tell you plainly whether a company checks out — useful for due diligence, KYC and tenders.
What a proper check tells you
- That the company exists and the RC/BN number is real — not an invented one on a letterhead.
- Its status — active, inactive, or at risk of being struck off for unfiled annual returns.
- Who controls it — directors, shareholders and registered address, via the status report.
What do you need to confirm?
Need to verify a Nigerian company?
Give us the company name or RC/BN number. We will run the CAC search, pull the status report and tell you straight whether it checks out.
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