Opening a Deposit Account

Form to be completed in order to open an account - pdf logoa/c1 form fillable (0.20 MB, Adobe PDF)  

Using Company Search

If you carry out detailed searches via the CRO website, you may wish to open an account with us. The account must be kept in credit at all times or searches can not be made. This account can also be used to lodge documents with the CRO.

Currently, the following information is made available on screen free of charge, and does not require an account to be accessed:

  • Company name
  • Company number
  • Address of registered office
  • Date of incorporation
  • Status of company
  • Date of last annual return filed

As an account holder with this Office it is possible to request company printouts and images of documents, by fax or e-mail. Company printouts are a synopsis of the company, including details of directors, registered office, documents received and mortgage charges registered against the company. An image of a document is a facsimile of a document received from the company. Document types include annual return and accounts, notification of change of company directors or change of registered office. Also, the following information is currently available on screen to all users free of charge:

  • Company name
  • Company number
  • Address of registered office
  • Date of incorporation
  • Status of company
  • Date of last annual return filed
  • Submission number of each document
  • Document number in each submission
  • Type of submission
  • Status of submission
  • Received date of each submission
  • Registered date of submission
  • Availability of image (yes/no)
  • Amount of pages contained in each scanned document

Go to  Fees for the list of fees for searches.
Prospective account holders should also make particular note of the methods of payment as the CRO is currently limited in the ways in which payment can be made.

To Open an Account

To open an account, please complete pdf logoa/c1 form fillable (0.20 MB, Adobe PDF)  

The application form must be printed out, completed in full and returned to us by post with payment. Once your application form and payment is received in CRO you will be supplied with a customer account number and PIN number. Once you are in receipt of account number and PIN number you are entitled to avail of our CRO website services.

In order to request company printout and/or scanned images of documents your account must have sufficient credit at all times. Up to date information regarding the use of accounts can be accessed through CORE.

Login/Add Funds to Account.

Link to CRO Accounts System.

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