🇮🇱How to verify a supplier in Israel
To verify a supplier in Israel, look the company up in the official Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register for free and confirm it is registered and currently active. The registry returns the search returns the registered name in Hebrew and English, the company number, the registration date, the status and the registered address.
The official registry
- Registry
- Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register
- Company ID
- Company number (9 digits, usually starting with 51)
- Cost
- Free basic lookup
- Active status
- Read the status: an active company is marked so, while a violating or dissolved company is flagged in the same field, which is the local equivalent of a good-standing signal.
- Checked live 2026-08-10 (200). The interface is Hebrew-first.
- Israel is outside the EU, so VIES does not apply.
Sector export licences
Being a registered, active company is not the same as being allowed to export a specific product. In Israel, some goods need their own export licence or certificate from a named body. Each entry says which goods it covers and when it applies; an entry marked “scope not checked” names the body, but we have not yet checked its product scope and conditions against the legal text, so confirm with that body whether it applies to your goods.
- pharmaceuticalsscope not checked
GMP certificate from the Ministry of Health.
Check the manufacturer's operational compliance record in the ministry's pharmaceutical log.
Official source - rough diamondsscope not checked
Kimberley Process certificate from the Ministry of Economy and Industry.
Confirm the shipment validity status with the Israel Diamond Controller office numbers.
Official source
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice, and the list is not exhaustive.
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 Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register
Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register is the official government record of companies in Israel. Basic name or number search is free.
- 2
Search the exact legal name or ID
Search the supplier's registered name or its Company number (9 digits, usually starting with 51). 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
Read the status: an active company is marked so, while a violating or dissolved company is flagged in the same field, which is the local equivalent of a good-standing signal.
- 4
Check it makes what it sells
Whatever activity Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register records, the maker-or-middleman question is best answered by facility permits, inspections, product registrations or customs records.
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 Israel 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 Israel suppliers, not just the loudest.
Israel suppliers by sector
Every company on these pages shows what the open record says about it, each fact linked to its free public source.
Related guides
Questions
Is checking a Israel supplier free?
Yes. A basic name or number lookup in the Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register is free. Some full official extracts are paid, but confirming a company exists and is active costs nothing.
What ID does a Israel company have?
Its Company number (9 digits, usually starting with 51). Ask the supplier for it, then confirm it in the Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register and check the registered name matches.
How do I know a Israel supplier is a real manufacturer, not a reseller?
Whatever activity Israeli Corporations Authority, companies register records, the maker-or-middleman question is best answered by a facility permit, an inspection record or a product registration that names the site. Checked live 2026-08-10 (200). The interface is Hebrew-first.