Ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) extract for Romanian companies
The official document naming the real owners of a Romanian company, requested by banks and notaries in KYC and anti-money-laundering procedures. Delivered by email, electronically signed by the Trade Register.
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What is it?
The extract from the Register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners (RBR) is issued by ONRC and shows the natural persons who ultimately own or control a Romanian company, as defined by anti-money-laundering legislation (Law 129/2019).
When you need it
- Opening or updating the company's bank accounts
- KYC/AML procedures requested by banks and financial institutions
- Notarial transactions on behalf of the company
- Due diligence on business partners
What the document contains
- Company identification data
- The declared ultimate beneficial owners
- The nature and extent of the interest held
What "ultimate beneficial owner" means under Romanian law
An ultimate beneficial owner is the natural person who ultimately owns or controls a company, no matter how many corporate layers sit in between. Romanian law follows the EU definition: as a rule, anyone holding more than 25% of the shares or of the voting rights, directly or indirectly, and anyone who exercises control by other means. When no such person can be identified, the law treats the senior managing officials as beneficial owners, and that is what the extract will show.
The register itself is the Registrul Beneficiarilor Reali, kept by the National Trade Register Office (ONRC) under Law 129/2019, Romania's anti-money-laundering act. Companies file a declaration; the register holds it; the extract is the official, electronically signed copy of what the register holds today.
Who asks for a UBO extract, and why
Most requests come from a bank. Opening or reviewing a corporate account triggers KYC, and the compliance officer wants the ownership chain evidenced by a state register rather than by a letter from the company. Notaries ask for it before transactions signed on behalf of a company. Foreign counterparties ask for it during due diligence, especially when the Romanian entity is a subsidiary and the shareholder on paper is another company.
You do not have to be the owner of the company to have a reason to look. Checking who is actually behind a Romanian supplier before you send an advance payment is the same question the extract answers, just asked from the outside.
What you get and what you need to order
The extract identifies the company, lists the declared beneficial owners with the nature and extent of their holdings, and carries the electronic signature of the Trade Register, so it can be forwarded to a bank exactly as received. To order you need the company's tax identification number (CUI). No Romanian address, no local representative and no notarised power of attorney are required from you.
One thing worth knowing before you order: the UBO extract answers the ownership question only. If you also need the company's registered office, share capital, directors, activity codes or insolvency status, that is the company registration certificate, a different document from the same register.
If you are an obliged entity onboarding a Romanian company
Compliance teams outside Romania meet this document during customer due diligence, and usually meet the register first. Access to the Romanian register is not open: it runs on a legitimate-interest test, the application goes through a Romanian-language portal, and being an obliged entity in your own country places you in the third-country category rather than exempting you. Directive (EU) 2024/1640 is meant to standardise this by the July 2027 transposition deadline, and Romania is behind schedule.
Ordering here skips that path entirely. We file the request as a registered reporting entity, so what you need is the company's tax number, not a justification file, a Romanian mandate or a portal account. The extract arrives electronically signed by the Trade Register, which is what makes it usable as evidence in a KYC or enhanced due diligence file rather than as a screenshot.
For the full picture of how Romania's beneficial ownership register works, who can access it since the 2022 EU Court ruling and what the request procedure involves, read our guide: The UBO register in Romania, explained. For the access rules themselves, with the directive's deadlines and where Romania stands against them, see access to Romania's UBO register in 2026.
How it works
Three simple steps, from your phone or laptop.
Company tax ID (CUI) + your contact details. Under 2 minutes.
Bank card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. The invoice arrives automatically by email.
It arrives by email in ~10 minutes. We also notify you by SMS.
Frequently asked questions
About this document
What is the UBO register in Romania?
The Register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners (Registrul Beneficiarilor Reali, RBR) is kept by the Romanian Trade Register (ONRC) under Law 129/2019, Romania's anti-money-laundering law. Every Romanian company must declare the natural persons who ultimately own or control it, and the extract we deliver is the official, signed proof of that declaration.
Who needs a UBO extract?
Usually companies asked by their bank or notary to prove their beneficial owners, but also anyone doing due diligence on a Romanian business partner.
How fast is it delivered?
About 10 minutes after the payment is confirmed, by email, 24/7.
Can a foreign obliged entity access Romania's UBO register directly?
Not without applying. Romania restricted public access after the 2022 EU Court ruling, and an obliged entity established outside Romania falls into the third-country category of Directive (EU) 2024/1640, which still requires a legitimate-interest application through ONRC's Romanian-language portal. We file that request ourselves, which is why ordering here needs only the company's tax number.
Is the extract accepted as KYC evidence?
It carries the electronic signature of the Trade Register, so it can be forwarded to a bank or a regulator exactly as received. It evidences what the company has declared to the register, which is what an anti-money-laundering file normally asks the register to confirm.
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