Guatemala Company & Beneficial Ownership Directory
Company register search for 276 Guatemala companies, plus shareholder, officer and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Guatemala company register data is public and searchable online through the Registro Mercantil General de Guatemala, under the Código de Comercio (Decreto 2-70), via its sedevirtual.registromercantil.gob.gt portal. Not yet: a Registro de Beneficiarios Finales (RESAF) has been proposed under legislative initiative No. 6486, but as of late 2025 it remained pending rather than operational, meaning there is no functioning central UBO filing to check ownership against today. Entity identity is verifiable at source through the Registro Mercantil; beneficial ownership cannot currently be confirmed through any live government register.
Guatemala beneficial ownership guideTop Companies in Guatemala
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts by data layer for Guatemala, as of the last reconciliation.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you about Guatemala
Family remittances are the single largest force shaping Guatemala’s economy: they reached US$25.53 billion in 2025, an all-time record equal to roughly 20–21% of GDP, per Banco de Guatemala data reported by Prensa Libre. That flow now faces a new headwind — the US “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed July 2025, imposes a 1% federal excise tax on cash, money-order and cashier’s-check remittance transfers sent from the US abroad, effective 1 January 2026, with Guatemala named among the countries most exposed given how much of its GDP depends on this channel and how thin its banking infrastructure remains for the exempted electronic-transfer alternatives.
President Bernardo Arévalo’s government, in office since January 2024, has combined a $21.4 billion 2025 budget prioritising security and social programmes with a January 2025 state of emergency against organized crime, while navigating 13 impeachment petitions and 6 attempts to lift his immunity since taking office, per Americas Quarterly’s 2026 country analysis — a reminder that political volatility remains a live factor for anyone assessing Guatemala’s operating environment.
Guatemala’s formal business base is overwhelmingly small: of 645,431 registered businesses tracked in the national statistics institute INE’s 2024 business registry (DINESE), 93.95% are microenterprises, 4.78% small, 0.89% medium and just 0.38% large. Commerce is by far the largest sector by firm count (204,897 businesses), followed by transport and storage (117,084), professional/scientific/technical activities (52,202) and administrative services (51,487).
Foreign direct investment reached US$1.88 billion in 2025, up 8.8% year-on-year, with about 90% concentrated in financial and insurance services, manufacturing, trade, and information and communication, per Banco de Guatemala’s own annual FDI report. Guatemala leads Central America in FDI volume but still trails Costa Rica and Panama, whose quarterly inflows run roughly double.
Guatemala 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.
Enterprises by size category
Share of Guatemala’s 645,431 registered businesses by size category, 2024. Source: INE Guatemala, Directorio Nacional Estadístico de Empresas (DINESE) 2024.
Who uses Guatemala ownership data
The three checks this page's data is most often run for.
KYB onboarding
Verifying a Guatemala 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
Filed accounts cover a limited share of the register in most jurisdictions, so group membership is often a better solvency signal than a standalone balance sheet.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies does Zavia have on record for Guatemala?
Zavia holds 276 company records for Guatemala, of which 276 (100%) are currently active on the register.
Is beneficial ownership (UBO) data public in Guatemala?
Guatemala company register data is public and searchable online through the Registro Mercantil General de Guatemala, under the Código de Comercio (Decreto 2-70), via its sedevirtual.registromercantil.gob.gt portal. Not yet: a Registro de Beneficiarios Finales (RESAF) has been proposed under legislative initiative No. 6486, but as of late 2025 it remained pending rather than operational, meaning there is no functioning central UBO filing to check ownership against today. Entity identity is verifiable at source through the Registro Mercantil; beneficial ownership cannot currently be confirmed through any live government register.
Does Zavia have shareholder and group structure data for Guatemala companies?
Yes. Zavia holds 0 shareholder records for Guatemala companies, with 3,834 ultimate parent relationships resolved for group-structure and ownership-chain mapping.
Does Zavia have director and officer data for Guatemala companies?
Yes. Zavia holds 1 officer and director records for Guatemala companies, sourced directly from the same official register as the company's own filing.
Can I access Guatemala's company data through an API?
Yes. Zavia's API connects directly to official government ownership registries across 195 countries and territories, including Guatemala, so company registration, shareholder, UBO, officer, and group-structure records can be queried programmatically instead of browsed one page at a time.
Where can I read more about how UBO verification works in Guatemala?
Zavia's Guatemala 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.