Quebec Business Registration / Registre des entreprises
Overview
This dataset includes over two million businesses and companies registered with the Business registrar / Registraire des entreprises - Gouvernement du Québec. The registrar maintains a public register of the information prescribed by law and relating to associations and businesses incorporated or registered in Québec. Each business is registered with Québec business number (NEQ), business name, home address location, incorporation date, update dates, etc.
Dataset Information
Subject
Economics and Industry
Jurisdiction
Province of Quebec
Data Provider
Registraire des entreprises - Gouvernement du Québec
Source
donneesquebec.ca
Dataset Details
The Business registrar (Registraire des entreprises) maintains a public register in which the information prescribed by law and relating to associations and businesses incorporated or registered in Québec or which carry out activities there is filed and disseminated. The information declared by businesses and companies is made available to all citizens. The role of the registrar also consists of promoting the administrative efficiency of the government and facilitating the communications that the latter maintains with associations and businesses by (1) the allocation of a Québec enterprise number (NEQ) to enterprises that register in the register; (2) communication of information to Québec government departments and agencies that administer public programs for the benefit of businesses.
This dataset includes all busiensses registered with Registraire des entreprises. For each business, the registered information includes Québec business number (NEQ), business name, home address location, incorporation date, update dates, etc. The Quebec business number (NEQ) is the unique identifier for each business. The information contained in the business register is public, and it is the businesses that are responsible for the accuracy of the information they declare.
In 2016, the Government of Quebec and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec and Sherbrooke joined their efforts to create the new open data portal, Données Québec. Data Quebec adheres to the principle of open government and aims to providing better access to open data of public interest; giving citizens the opportunity to interact with the organizations disseminating the data; simplify the use and cross-referencing of data; facilitate citizen participation in the development of innovative solutions; increase the transparency of public administrations. Since 2017, the Government of Quebec, through numerous initiatives, has promoted the opening of data and its reuse. The 2021-2023 Open Government Action Plan is part of the continuity and the search for greater transparency within the administration. This is the third plan for Quebec and the first since Quebec joined the Partnership in Open Government and co-created with civil society.
Statistics
While the vast majority of businesses are located in Quebec (94.74%), there are a number of businesses having offices in Ontario (1.30%) and Alberta (0.16%). The most popular city of Quebec businesses is Montréal (24.84%), followed by Laval (5.29%), Longueuil (2.26%), Gatineau (1.87%), Sherbrooke (1.47%), Brossard (1.41%), Lévis (1.29%), Terrebonne (1.16%), and Trois-Rivières (1.12%). The number of quebec businesses has grown steadily year over year, with a noticeable increase in recent years. The number of businesses grow by 5% in 2020 and 19% in 2021, largely attributed to new market opportunities created by the pandemic. We expect to see more federal incorporations in the coming years.