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Company Registration Number on the Invoice in South Africa

A Company Registration Number is a unique identifier for the business. It is the number that is obtained when the business registers with the South African Government’s business registration authority.

The basic purpose of this number is to track and identify the business and is used for various purposes such as operational, taxation and financing, as examples.

Company Registration Number Formats

• Private Company: YYYY/NNNNNN/07
• Public Company: YYYY/NNNNNN/06
• Non-profit: YYYY/NNNNNN/08
• Close corporation: YYYY/NNNNNN/23
• Incorporation (Professionals): YYYY/NNNNNN/21
• State-owned companies: YYYY/NNNNNN/30
• External companies: YYYY/NNNNNN/10
• Trust: NNNN/YYYY
• Sectional Titles / Body Corporate: NNN/YYYY

Where YYYY is the four-digit year of formation of the company and N is a multi-digit number.

Example of a Company Registration Number

Company Registration Number: 2017/123456/07

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