Bosnia and Herzegovina
How to use Kausate in Bosnia and Herzegovina — what you can call, and which identifiers it uses
New to the API? Start with the jurisdictions overview, which explains how ordering, identifiers and documents work everywhere.
Company data here comes directly from Registar poslovnih subjekata and Registar poslovnih subjekata Republike Srpske.
What you can call here
What each operation does is the same everywhere and is explained on the jurisdictions overview.
| Operation | Status |
|---|---|
| Autocomplete | Coming soon |
| Company search | Live |
| Company report Includes: Registered details, Legal representatives and Shareholders. | Live |
| Shareholder graph | Live |
| Beneficial owners | Live |
| Prefill | Live |
How to search
Start with company search and jurisdictionCode: "ba". Pass the name as companyName. Bosnia and Herzegovina takes no other search criteria.
Examples
{ "jurisdictionCode": "ba", "advancedQuery": { "name": "BH Telecom" }}Company identifiers
Bosnia and Herzegovina has no number-based search: find a company by name, then use the kausateId search returns. These schemes label the values that come back in a company’s identifiers.
| Identifier | Appears as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Registration Number (MBS) Court registration number (Matični broj subjekta). Scoped to the registering court and not unique: the older 1-NNNN numbers repeat across courts (1-100 is one company in Brčko and another in the Federation), and the Republika Srpska register gives one MBS to different companies. | ba_mbs | ^(?:\d{1,2}-\d{2}-\d{4}-\d{2}|\d-\d+(?:-\d{2})?)$ |
| Unique Identification Number (JIB) Jedinstveni identifikacioni broj - 13-digit national tax identification number | ba_jib | ^4\d{12}$ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina Customs Number Customs registration number published for an entity by the Bosnia and Herzegovina court register | ba_customs_number | No fixed format |
| Business Entities Register Entity ID The Business Entities Register's internal entity id, unique across the Federation and Brčko District sub-registers and unchanged when an entity is removed | ba_pos_id | ^\d+$ |
| Republika Srpska Business Register Entity ID The Republika Srpska business register's internal entity id. Neither the MBS nor the JIB singles out a Republika Srpska entity: the register gives one MBS to different companies, and enters some companies twice under one JIB. | ba_rs_id | ^\d+$ |
| Statistical Number (MB) Matični broj, the eight-digit statistical number the Republika Srpska business register prints for a company and cites for corporate founders | ba_mb | ^\d{8}$ |
| Company Register Number | ba_company_register_number | No fixed format |
Local notes
Gotchas
| Trap | What happens |
|---|---|
| Board and founders share a list | Board members and founders — both individual and corporate — share the same people collection. Filter by role for directors only. |
| Stale bankruptcy wording | Raw status text can still read "not in bankruptcy or liquidation" after dissolution — e.g. a merger absorption, where the register signals the real outcome only via a name prefix. Use the normalized status, not raw text, to tell if a company is active. |
Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
nije u stečaju/likvidaciji | Not in bankruptcy or liquidation — the register's status text for a company in good standing. |
u stečaju | In bankruptcy (insolvency) proceedings. |
u likvidaciji | In liquidation (winding-up) proceedings. |
brisan | Struck off — removed from the business register. |
brisan pripajanjem | Struck off because the company was absorbed into another company through a merger. |
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