How to search the Peru company registry (RUC lookup).
The official, free tools to check one company in Peru, what each returns, the RUC format, and how to get every company at once.
Official lookup tools
Consulta RUC
- Run by
- SUNAT
- Search by
- RUC, identity document, or name
- What you get
- legal and trade name, taxpayer type, status (activo) and condition (habido), address, activities, start date
- Address
e-consultaruc.sunat.gob.pe
Links checked on 2026-11-10. The sites are in Spanish or Portuguese.
SUNAT's lookup is the reference check in Peru: status activo and condition habido together mean the company is operating and can be located at its registered address.
The RUC format
11 digits. Legal entities start with 20; individuals with business income start with 10.
Every company at once
The lookups answer "does this company exist, and is it active?" one company at a time. For market sizing, territory planning or a prospect list you need the whole register, filtered by industry and department: Peru company data shows the counts by sector and department for free, with a 25-row sample, built from the SUNAT Padrón RUC.
Questions
How do I look up a company in Peru?
Start with Consulta RUC, run by SUNAT: it is free and needs no account. The table lists what it returns.
What is the RUC format?
11 digits. Legal entities start with 20; individuals with business income start with 10.
Can I get a list of all companies in Peru?
Not from the lookup tools, which return one company at a time. LatSouth publishes counts by sector and department and sells the full file in English, built from the SUNAT Padrón RUC.
Other countries
All of Peru's companies, not one at a time.
Counts by sector and department, a free sample and the full file in English.