D&B Report Guide - Georgia

Facts and figures:

Country Georgia
International Dialling Code 995
Legal Currencies Lari
Population 5,423,000 (1997)
Capital Tbilisi
Language Georgian
Time GMT +4

D&B Business Information Report content:

D&B Rating Yes Credit Appraisal n/a
Public Data Yes Financial Ratios n/a
D&B Payment Score n/a    

Legal forms in Georgia:

Legal Form Legal Form (local)
Proprietorship Individualuri Satcarmo
Joint Liability Co Solidaruli Pasukismgeblobis Sazogadoeba
Limited Partnership Co Komandituri Pasukhismgeblobis Sazogadoeba
Limited Liability Co Shezguduli Pasukhismgeblobis Sazogadoeba
Joint Stock Co Saakcio Sazogadoeba
Cooperative Koperativi

 

  Name
Address
Principals		 Reg Date
Number
Start Date		 Capital
(minimum)		 Ownership
(minimum number)
Proprietorship Yes Yes None  
Joint Liability Co Yes Yes 2,000 2
Limited Partnership Co Yes Yes 2,000 2
Limited Liability Co Yes Yes 2,000 2
Joint Stock Co Yes Yes 2,000 50
Cooperative Yes Yes 2,000 2

There is no minimum capital requirement for a proprietorship.

Legal filing requirements:

All companies must register with local District Court, Regional Tax Inspection Office, District Office of the Ministry of Interior and State Department of Statistics Office.

Proprietorships, Joint Liability Companies, Limited Partnership Companies, Limited Liability Companies, Stock Companies and Cooperative's are required to file balance sheets.

D&B Business Information Report - data sources and data elements:

Here is a breakdown of information available in Georgia and where this information is obtained from.

Georgian State Department of Statistics and Chamber of Commerce:

  • company registration and general details

Stock Exchange:

  • financial details and company information

Direct telephone interview:
  • activity/market territory
  • client type & number
  • premises/branches/divisions/employees
  • affiliations
  • principals' antecedents
  • expansion plans

Business publications and news clippings:
  • news articles concerning the subject company and its shareholders

Public Courts

All publicly available data is collected and verified from each of the above data sources by our locally positioned D&B Correspondent for each Business Information Report request received.

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Should you require any further information or have any questions, please contact your local Customer Service Centre.

Business Information Report enquiries which are placed with D&B's Emerging Markets Centre should always contain the below details. Unfortunately, enquiries without the below information have a much higher chance of being returned as an Unable To Locate Report. This is simply due to the fact that data sources in the Emerging Markets are not as sophisticated as those in Western Europe.

  • Full Company Name
  • Full Head Quarters Address (street, town, country)
  • Telephone Number
  • Fax Number

Any additional information such as a contact name or line of business would also help to locate the subject of your enquiry.