🇳🇵How to verify a supplier in Nepal
To verify a supplier in Nepal, look the company up for free in the official Inland Revenue Department PAN and VAT taxpayer verification, with company incorporation held by the Office of the Company Registrar and confirm it is registered and currently active. The registry returns the IRD site offers a PAN number search and a separate tax clearance search, so a buyer can confirm that the PAN a Nepali supplier quotes exists and belongs to that trade name.
The official registry
- Registry
- Inland Revenue Department PAN and VAT taxpayer verification, with company incorporation held by the Office of the Company Registrar
- Company ID
- PAN (9 digits), which for a VAT-registered business is also its VAT number
- Cost
- Free basic lookup
- Active status
- A working Nepali exporter holds an active PAN, and for VAT-liable trade a VAT registration; the tax clearance search shows whether the taxpayer is current with filings, which is the closest free proxy for good standing.
- Incorporation itself is at the Office of the Company Registrar (https://ocr.gov.np/, 200 on 2026-08-05): the company registration number there and the PAN are different numbers, and a genuine supplier can give both.
- The IRD pages are Nepali-first with an English toggle, so expect to switch language before searching.
Before you sign: five asks no registry can answer
The register proves the company exists and who signs. It says nothing about whether the supplier survives a bad quarter, a fire or a key person leaving. Serious suppliers answer these five asks without friction; hesitation on any of them is information too.
- Business continuity: what happens to your order if their plant loses power, a strike hits or their systems go down? Ask for the plan, not a reassurance.
- Liability insurance: is product or professional liability insured, with which insurer and to what ceiling? A certificate of insurance is a one-page email for a real firm.
- Exit terms: how do you terminate if it goes wrong, what notice and fees apply, and how do you get your tooling, molds or data back?
- Support in numbers: ask for response and resolution times as figures, not adjectives. A supplier who commits to hours in writing has a support process; one who writes fast support does not.
- Named people: who exactly runs production and who owns your account? Continuity of a named team matters more than a polished sales deck, and employee-review sites often show whether that team stays.
General commercial hygiene, not legal advice.
Verify it in four steps
- 1
Open the Inland Revenue Department PAN and VAT taxpayer verification, with company incorporation held by the Office of the Company Registrar
Inland Revenue Department PAN and VAT taxpayer verification, with company incorporation held by the Office of the Company Registrar is the official government record of companies in Nepal. Basic name or number search is free.
- 2
Search the exact legal name or ID
Search the supplier's registered name or its PAN (9 digits), which for a VAT-registered business is also its VAT number. If the name does not match cleanly, treat it as a red flag, it may be a trade name, a different entity, or wrong.
- 3
Confirm it is active, not struck off
A working Nepali exporter holds an active PAN, and for VAT-liable trade a VAT registration; the tax clearance search shows whether the taxpayer is current with filings, which is the closest free proxy for good standing.
- 4
Check it makes what it sells
A real factory carries a manufacturing activity code and a consistent trade history; a middleman reselling everything is the most common mismatch.
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice. For the full method, see the 7 checks that separate a real supplier from a scam.
We do this check for you
On every Nepal company we list, we show what the open record says, each linked to its free public source so you can re-check it yourself, no paid badge. And we go past the big directories to the local and craft makers who are too small for them but real, then verify and sort them, so you find genuine Nepal suppliers, not just the loudest.
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Every company on these pages shows what the open record says about it, each fact linked to its free public source.
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Questions
Is checking a Nepal supplier free?
Yes. A basic name or number lookup in the Inland Revenue Department PAN and VAT taxpayer verification, with company incorporation held by the Office of the Company Registrar is free. Some full official extracts are paid, but confirming a company exists and is active costs nothing.
What ID does a Nepal company have?
Its PAN (9 digits), which for a VAT-registered business is also its VAT number. Ask the supplier for it, then confirm it in the Inland Revenue Department PAN and VAT taxpayer verification, with company incorporation held by the Office of the Company Registrar and check the registered name matches.
How do I know a Nepal supplier is a real manufacturer, not a reseller?
The registry's activity code is the tell: a manufacturing code means a real maker, a wholesale or retail code means a trader. Incorporation itself is at the Office of the Company Registrar (https://ocr.gov.np/, 200 on 2026-08-05): the company registration number there and the PAN are different numbers, and a genuine supplier can give both.