Registry of Friendly Societies


The Registry of Friendly Societies is based in Bloom House, Gloucester Place Lower, Dublin 1 Eircode: D01 F8W9 and shares the location with the Companies Registration Office.

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Search for Society/Union Details: View RFS Search Facility - https://core.cro.ie.

Documents with no scanned images available on our search facility can be requested by contacting our office via the following email address: rfs@enterprise.gov.ie. Documents for cancelled Societies/Unions are stored offsite and have to be retrieved from our offsite storage facility. As a result, such documents cannot be obtained on the same day they are requested. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.  The Register of Friendly Societies, Trade Unions and Industrial and Provident Societies is available online and can be searched using the CRO Website Search Facility: https://core.cro.ie.

It is possible to search online (by name or number or letter) for a particular society or trade union. You are able to see a list of submission numbers of documents that have been filed against the society/union. Once you click on a particular society or union, you will see its number, address, entity type (whether friendly or industrial & provident society or a trade union), the date of registration and its current status. It is possible to purchase online an image of a scanned document. (Fee €2.50 - Payment by credit card and customer account). Any queries about the availability of documents should be addressed to rfs@enterprise.gov.ie