The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia is a legal person that acts under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice and its activity is regulated by the law on The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia, the Regulations of the Register of Enterprises approved by the Cabinet of Ministers and other regulative enactments.

The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia registers companies, traders, their branches and representative offices and changes in their founding documents, and carries out other activities provided for in legislation. The

Register of Enterprises also registers mass media, associations and foundations, commercial pledges, controlling interests, public-private partnership agreements and matrimonial property agreements, political parties, arbitration bodies, trade unions, religious organisations and religious institutions, and insolvency proceedings.