Slovenia runs its business registration on two linked layers. The Poslovni register Slovenije — PRS (Slovenian Business Register), kept by AJPES, is the central register of all business entities seated in Slovenia. The sodni register (court register) is where companies are entered, with the decision taken by the registry courts — although since 1 February 2008 AJPES technically maintains the court register and its document collection as part of the business register. Both are searchable free of charge, and Slovenia publishes annual reports openly.

The company registry in Slovenia

AJPES describes the business register as a computerised database of all business entities seated in Slovenia: companies and their business units, branches of foreign companies, sole traders, societies, institutes, political parties and natural persons carrying on a registered activity. The courts’ own pages confirm the arrangement from the other side, stating that everyone must be given free access to data on every court-register entity through AJPES.

Registration runs through the SPOT point system, the successor to the earlier one-stop scheme, either online or at a physical point, and registration itself is free. A notary is mandatory in defined cases: a multi-member or complex limited liability company, non-cash contributions or cash contributions above a statutory threshold, spouses as co-owners, general and limited partnerships, joint-stock companies, economic interest groupings and branches of foreign companies. Notaries file electronically with the registry court.

Sole traders are covered: the samostojni podjetnik — s.p. (sole trader) is entered in the business register rather than the court register, and can be registered free of charge through the SPOT portal or at a SPOT point, with the registration decision issued within a few days. Every entity receives a matična številka (registration number) on entry in the business register, and its davčna številka (tax number) is recorded there as well; both are search keys.

Legal forms that can be registered in Slovenia

The company forms come from the Zakon o gospodarskih družbah — ZGD-1 (Companies Act) and are entered in the court register:

  • Družba z omejeno odgovornostjo — d.o.o. (Limited liability company) — members are not liable for the company’s debts; the minimum share capital is EUR 7,500 with a minimum individual contribution of EUR 50. The dominant Slovenian form.
  • Delniška družba — d.d. (Joint-stock company) — shareholders are not personally liable; minimum share capital EUR 25,000 with a minimum nominal value of EUR 1 per share. A notary is mandatory.
  • Komanditna družba — k.d. (Limited partnership) — the komplementar is fully liable with all assets while the komanditist answers only up to the contribution; no minimum capital.
  • Družba z neomejeno odgovornostjo — d.n.o. (General partnership) — all partners are jointly, severally and unlimitedly liable.
  • Komanditna delniška družba — k.d.d. (Partnership limited by shares) — at least one fully liable partner alongside shareholders.
  • Evropska delniška družba — SE (European Company) — the EU-law joint-stock form, with liability as for a domestic joint-stock company.
  • Gospodarsko interesno združenje — GIZ (Economic interest grouping) — formed without share capital; members are jointly and severally liable with all their assets; notary and court register required.
  • Evropsko gospodarsko interesno združenje — EGIZ (European Economic Interest Grouping) — the EU equivalent, with the same unlimited member liability.
  • Podružnica tujega podjetja (Branch of a foreign company) — no separate legal personality; the foreign company is liable with all its assets. Notary and court register required.
  • Samostojni podjetnik — s.p. (Sole trader) — a natural person with unlimited personal liability, entered in the business register through SPOT.

Other entities appear in the business register under their own statutes rather than the Companies Act: the zadruga (cooperative) in its several liability variants and the European Cooperative Society, the zavod (institute) including public institutes, the društvo (association) and unions of associations, and the ustanova (foundation).

Information available from the Slovenian business register

Access is broad and mostly free. The business register search covers the name, registration and tax numbers, address, activity code, legal form, representatives and founders, and a companion search allows looking up the entities in which a given person is a founder or representative. AJPES issues an electronically signed extract in portable document format free of charge, with the same content and validity as a paper one, usable for public procurement, banks and authorities.

The court register’s document collection and its registration publications are freely accessible, with court decisions anonymised. Annual reports are genuinely public: the javna objava letnih poročil (public publication of annual reports) covers companies, cooperatives, sole traders, public-law legal persons, societies and political parties, and is free after a free registration. AJPES also publishes the business register as open data with regularly refreshed downloads, bulk files and a public web service for re-use.

What is restricted

The exception is beneficial ownership. The Register dejanskih lastnikov — RDL (Register of Beneficial Owners), kept by AJPES under the anti-money-laundering act, was open to the public until 9 August 2025, when an amendment to that act abolished public access. AJPES states plainly that public access to beneficial ownership data is no longer possible. Access is now granted on request to entities subject to anti-money-laundering obligations, to law enforcement, courts and parliamentary inquiry commissions, to supervisory bodies, and to persons who demonstrate a legitimate interest under the act; an entity may always view its own data. The register records the beneficial owner’s name, residential address, date of birth, tax number, citizenship and ownership share, which is why the closure matters in practice.

One point of accuracy: AJPES attributes the closure to the 2025 amendment itself and does not cite the Court of Justice ruling on public beneficial ownership registers, so the change should be described by reference to the national amendment rather than to the judgment.

Documents that can be obtained from the register

  • Izpis iz Poslovnega registra Slovenije (Extract from the Slovenian Business Register) — the identifiers, name, seat, activity, legal form and representatives; the general proof of existence and status, available free as an electronically signed document.
  • Redni izpis iz sodnega registra (Current extract from the court register) — the entries currently in force, including capital, members, representatives and their powers and branches. The standard proof for banks, tenders and counterparties.
  • Zgodovinski izpis (Historical extract) — the chronology of all entries and changes since the register was centralised in 2008, with earlier data available through a dedicated historical search. Used for chain-of-title work and due diligence.
  • Sestavljen izpis (Combined extract) — the person-based extract produced from the search of founders and representatives.
  • Listine iz zbirke listin sodnega registra (Documents from the court register document collection) — the articles of association or statute, minutes, decisions appointing and removing directors, merger and division plans, proof of capital, transfer documents and court decisions.
  • Potrdilo o vpisu v PRS (Certificate of entry in the business register) — a certificate of registration issued on request.
  • Letno poročilo in računovodski izkazi (Annual report and financial statements) — data tables, scans and documents from the public publication service.
  • Podatki iz Registra dejanskih lastnikov (Data from the Register of Beneficial Owners) — available only to the restricted categories described above, on written or electronic request.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the business register in Slovenia called?

The Poslovni register Slovenije (Slovenian Business Register), kept by AJPES, alongside the court register in which companies are entered by the registry courts.

Are sole traders registered in Slovenia?

Yes. The samostojni podjetnik is entered in the business register rather than the court register, and registration through the SPOT point system is free.

What is the minimum capital of a Slovenian d.o.o.?

EUR 7,500, with a minimum individual contribution of EUR 50. A joint-stock company requires EUR 25,000.

Are Slovenian annual reports public?

Yes. Annual reports of companies, cooperatives, sole traders, public-law legal persons, societies and political parties are published free of charge through the public publication service.

Is the register extract free?

Yes. AJPES issues an electronically signed extract in portable document format free of charge, with the same content and validity as a paper extract.

Can I look up beneficial owners of Slovenian companies?

Not as a member of the public. Public access was abolished on 9 August 2025; access is now on request for obliged entities, law enforcement, courts, supervisory bodies and persons demonstrating a legitimate interest.

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