Information and steps on how to register a business name
Register a business nameTo renew a business name, you will need your account number or ABN handy.
Renewing your business nameThe ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
The ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
Within online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to register a new business
Register a companyUpdate your company details in the Company officeholder portal.
Voluntarily deregister your company in the Company officeholder portal.
Lodge regulatory statements, documents and transactions in the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for company officeholders, you can:
Update your client details via the Registered agent portal.
Information about how you can update and/or cancel your registered agent registration.
Within online services for registered agents and authorised lodgers, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence.
Applying for and managing an AFS licenceUpdate your AFS licence details and lodge financial document via the Regulatory portal.
Changing your licence details through the Regulatory PortalLog in to ASIC Connect to appoint and update AFS representative's details.
Lodge regulatory documents and transaction in the ASIC Regulatory Portal
You can register a managed investment scheme using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemYou can lodge FS88 PDS in-use notice using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemWithin online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for a credit licence.
Apply for a credit licenceUpdate your credit licence details and appoint credit representations via the Credit Licensee portal
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Within online services for credit licensees and credit representatives, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for auditor or authorised audit company registration.
Applying for an auditor registrationUpdate your auditors details and submit annual statements via the Auditors portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Apply and maintain your SMSF auditor registration via the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for SMSF auditors, you can:
Update your liquidator details and lodge external administration documents via the liquidator portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
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Information and steps on how to register a business name
Register a business nameTo renew a business name, you will need your account number or ABN handy.
Renewing your business nameThe ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
The ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
Within online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to register a new business.
Register a companyUpdate your company details in the Company officeholder portal.
Voluntarily deregister your company in the Company officeholder portal.
Lodge regulatory statements, documents and transactions in the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for company officeholders, you can:
Update your client details via the Registered agent portal.
Information about how you can update and/or cancel your registered agent registration.
LoginWithin online services for registered agents and authorised lodgers, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence.
Applying for and managing an AFS licenceUpdate your AFS licence details and lodge financial document via the Regulatory portal.
Changing your licence details through the Regulatory PortalLog in to ASIC Connect to appoint, register, update and cease AFS representatives details.
Lodge regulatory documents and transaction in the ASIC Regulatory Portal.
You can register a managed investment scheme using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemYou can lodge FS88 PDS in-use notice using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemWithin online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for a credit licence.
Apply for a credit licenceUpdate your credit licence details and appoint credit representations via the Credit Licensee portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
LoginWithin online services for credit licensees and credit representatives, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for auditor or authorised audit company registration.
Applying for an auditor registrationUpdate your auditors details and submit annual statements via the Auditors portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Apply and maintain your SMSF auditor registration via the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for SMSF auditors, you can:
Update your liquidator details and lodge external administration documents via the liquidator portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Online services
ASIC often plan interruptions to our online services so we can install system upgrades. This page contains details of planned or unscheduled outages to our online services.
If you've been redirected to this page, then it means our online services are currently undergoing maintenance. Our 'Service interruptions' section below will have more information on when our services will be back online. We apologise for any inconvenience.
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There are no current unscheduled outages.
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Customers may experience interruptions to services or system slowness during this timeframe, while ASIC performs regular system maintenance tasks. Services impacted include:
These maintenance tasks are performed at this time to avoid customer impacts during regular AEST business hours.
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| ASIC website wording | Description |
|---|---|
| ASIC Connect Search - business names and companies |
ASIC Connect Search is the online system used to search ASIC's register. Performing or purchasing paid searches on companies and business names. |
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ASIC Connect Lodgement - business names, financial advisers, authorised representatives |
ASIC Connect Lodgement is our online service for registering and updating business names, financial advisers and authorised representatives. |
| ASIC Online Lodgement - Companies, Registered Agents, Auditors, Liquidators, AFS Licensees, Credit Licensees, and Short Sellers |
ASIC Online Lodgement is our online service for lodging electronic documents for Companies, Auditors, Liquidators, AFS Licensees and Credit Licensees. This service is also used by Registered agents to make lodgements to ASIC registers on behalf of companies. |
| M2M Services |
Machine-to-Machine (m2m) is a web service technology. This requires agencies to develop software and their own user interface. |
| Australian Business Register (ABR) Joint Registration |
ABR Joint Registration allows for a business name and Australian Business Number (ABN) to be registered at the same time through the ABR website. |
| ASIC Connect Government access |
ASIC Connect Government access is a search portal used by government entities to access the national business names register for free. |
| DataStream services | DataStream is a service used by Information Brokers. |
| EDGE Services |
EDGE is a system used by Registered Agents. This allows Registered Agents to lodge maintenance forms on behalf of companies and a variety of reports. |
| ASIC Regulatory Portal | ASIC Regulatory Portal is a portal used by Regulated entities with industry funding obligations, Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors, Australian passport fund operators and foreign passport fund operators and Trusted representatives of regulated entities – company employees, compliance officers, registered agents, or service providers to apply and maintain. |
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