Gabon Company & Beneficial Ownership Directory
Company register search for 1,488 Gabon companies, plus shareholder, officer and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Gabon company register data is filed on the Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier (RCCM) under the OHADA regional commercial-law framework, with a digitization effort under way since 2018 and access to the register itself requiring prior authorization from the president of the relevant Commercial Court. The regional GABAC anti-money-laundering body notes that OHADA's own Uniform Acts do not provide for beneficial-owner identification to FATF standards. A separate regional rule, COBAC R-2023/01, defines beneficial ownership for regulated financial institutions' anti-money-laundering checks starting July 2024, but that is a banking-sector due-diligence rule, not a public company register.
Gabon beneficial ownership guideTop Companies in Gabon
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts by data layer for Gabon, as of the last reconciliation.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you about Gabon
Gabon’s nominal GDP was approximately $20.87 billion in 2024 (World Bank). GDP per capita (current US$) was approximately $8,219 in 2024 per the World Bank (FocusEconomics places the figure somewhat higher, around $9,122). Despite a small population of roughly 2.4 million, this makes Gabon one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s higher GDP-per-capita economies, a legacy of decades of oil wealth concentrated among relatively few people, though this masks high inequality and poverty. Gabon’s currency is the Central African CFA franc (XAF, distinct from the West African CFA franc, XOF), pegged at 655.957 XAF per euro since January 1, 1999; Gabon is a member of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), alongside Cameroon, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic, with regional central bank BEAC managing monetary policy. Real GDP growth slowed to an estimated 2.7% in 2025, down from 3.4% in 2024, driven by contractions in oil production (down 2.9%), mining (down 2.1%), timber (down 23.7%) and transportation (down 3.5%). Inflation has stayed low under the CFA franc peg: 1.2% in 2024, rising modestly to 1.8% in 2025. Gabon’s public debt stood at 67% of GDP in 2024 but is projected to rise to roughly 71–72% of GDP in 2025–2026; amid liquidity and debt pressures, Gabon requested an IMF program in March 2026. Oil remains the historic anchor of the economy, with manganese mining and timber as the second- and third-largest pillars — together, oil, manganese and wood account for roughly 97% of Gabon’s goods exports.
In 2023, Gabon’s main exports were crude petroleum (55.1%), manganese ore (14.3%), special-purpose ships (12.4%), refined petroleum (3.6%) and sawn wood (3.1%), with total goods exports of about $7.7 billion; exports went mainly to China (26.1%), Indonesia (8.3%), Spain (7%), Israel (6.4%) and the Republic of Congo (5.4%). France remained the top import supplier (14.5% share), followed by China and South Korea (each 12.5%). China is Gabon’s single largest export destination and a major buyer of both crude oil and manganese ore. FDI inflows into Gabon totaled $1.15 billion in 2023 (UNCTAD), up from $1.10 billion in 2022, with FDI stock estimated at $17.74 billion at end-2023. BGFIBank (headquartered in Gabon) is described as the largest banking group in the CEMAC zone. On investment climate: the August 2023 coup initially weighed on investor sentiment, but the U.S. State Department’s 2025 Investment Climate Statement notes substantial policy continuity between the transition government and the elected government installed after the April 2025 election, with the government actively seeking to increase and diversify FDI into mining, ecotourism and infrastructure.
Gabon’s population is approximately 2.4–2.5 million. Unemployment has remained persistently high: the overall rate was 20.1% in 2024 and roughly 20.2% in 2025, with youth unemployment (ages 15–24) markedly higher at 36.3% in both years. The World Bank’s 2025 Gabon Economic Update projects poverty reaching approximately 39.0% of the population by 2025. On the political front: on August 30, 2023, a military coup took place in Gabon, days after Ali Bongo Ondimba was declared winner of a contested August 26, 2023 election; General Brice Oligui Nguema, head of the Republican Guard and a cousin of Ali Bongo, was named transitional president, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule (Omar Bongo 1967–2009, Ali Bongo 2009–2023). A new constitution was approved by referendum in November 2023. A presidential election was held April 12, 2025, with 70% turnout — the highest since Gabon’s first multi-party elections in 1993; provisional Interior Ministry results gave Oligui Nguema roughly 90.35% of the vote, while the Constitutional Court’s final results gave him 94.85%, defeating seven other candidates including former Prime Minister Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze. This formally completed Gabon’s transition from military transitional government to elected constitutional presidency. Counterparties verify a specific counterparty’s current exposure to oil/manganese-price dependency and fiscal conditions directly.
Gabon company base, broken down
Charts render from live counts. Where coverage is partial, the excluded population is stated on the chart.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file. Entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Foreign-controlled entities
43.81% of Gabonese firms have at least 10% foreign ownership (2025), per the World Bank Enterprise Survey Gabon 2025 (fieldwork July 2025–January 2026, 80.9% response rate, sampling via ANPI-Gabon registration) — down from 61.36% in the earlier 2009 survey round.
Who uses Gabon ownership data
The three checks this page's data is most often run for.
KYB onboarding
Verifying a Gabon counterparty means confirming the beneficial owner behind the entity and evidencing where that answer came from, not just pulling the registered name.
AML and sanctions screening
Sanctions exposure often sits above the operating company, in a holding layer registered elsewhere. Screening the local entity alone will not surface it; screening the resolved ownership chain will.
Supplier and credit risk
Only 1 Gabon entities have digitized accounts on file, so group membership is often a better solvency signal than a standalone balance sheet.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Gabon companies are in Zavia's database?
Zavia holds 1,488 company records for Gabon, of which 1,487 (100%) are currently active on the register.
Who owns companies in Gabon, and is that information public?
Gabon company register data is filed on the Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier (RCCM) under the OHADA regional commercial-law framework, with a digitization effort under way since 2018 and access to the register itself requiring prior authorization from the president of the relevant Commercial Court. The regional GABAC anti-money-laundering body notes that OHADA's own Uniform Acts do not provide for beneficial-owner identification to FATF standards. A separate regional rule, COBAC R-2023/01, defines beneficial ownership for regulated financial institutions' anti-money-laundering checks starting July 2024, but that is a banking-sector due-diligence rule, not a public company register.
Can I see a Gabon company's shareholders and corporate structure on Zavia?
Yes. Zavia holds 0 shareholder records for Gabon companies, with 160 ultimate parent relationships resolved for group-structure and ownership-chain mapping.
Can I find the directors of a Gabon company on Zavia?
Yes. Zavia holds 11 officer and director records for Gabon companies, sourced directly from the same official register as the company's own filing.
Can I access financial statements for Gabon companies on Zavia?
Yes. Zavia holds 1 digitized financial reports for Gabon companies, available through Zavia's enriched company data for verified users.
Does Zavia offer an API for Gabon company data?
Yes. Zavia's API connects directly to official government ownership registries across 195 countries and territories, including Gabon, so company registration, shareholder, UBO, officer, and group-structure records can be queried programmatically instead of browsed one page at a time.
Is there a guide to verifying beneficial ownership in Gabon?
Zavia's Gabon beneficial ownership guide covers the register, the UBO threshold, and how to verify a company's ownership chain in more depth than this directory page.