The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) said it delisted over 400,000 inactive and non-compliant companies from its official register in 2025.
Registrar-General of CAC, Hussaini Magaji, disclosed this at an event organised by the commission in Abuja.
“The commission de-registered over 400,000 companies in a bid to clean up our database from inactive and non-compliant entities,” he stated.
The CAC boss said the action was also meant to safeguard the integrity of the national companies register.
He further noted that the commission has transitioned from a manual, location-based registry to a fully digital, end-to-end service provider offering corporate registration services to Nigerians at home and abroad.
According to him, the commission’s digital reforms have greatly improved the ease of doing business, noting that entrepreneurs can now register their companies remotely without visiting any CAC office.
“Today, CAC provides services anywhere, anytime and 24 hours a day. You can register your business from your room without coming to our offices. The reforms have strengthened confidence in Nigeria’s business environment and enhanced transparency in corporate regulation,” he said.
Magaji added that CAC, in partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), facilitated free business registrations for 250,000 entrepreneurs as part of its support for small businesses.
The initiative, he added, was designed to reduce the cost of formalisation and encourage small enterprises to operate within the regulated economy.
He further noted that the commission has operationalised a ‘beneficial ownership register’ to promote transparency and accountability by allowing the public to identify the ultimate owners of companies operating in Nigeria.
