A Udyam search confirms whether a business is registered as an MSME, and the official way to run one is on the government Udyam portal using the firm's Udyam Registration Number.
Enter that number on the verification page and it typically returns the enterprise name, its type, its major activity and the date it registered.
The official verification page has no search by business name, and it takes the registration number rather than a PAN. If you hold only a company name or a PAN, you cannot usually look the firm up directly on the government page, because it checks records against the registration number.
You ask the business for its number or its certificate, or you use a paid third-party service that does the matching for you.
Most people run a udyam search on a supplier or a buyer before onboarding them, or to classify a payable correctly.
The number lookup is free and takes a minute once you have the number, so asking the vendor for it is usually the fastest first step.
How to do a Udyam number search on the official portal
The only public, free lookup is on the official Udyam Registration Portal, and it works on the Udyam Registration Number alone. The number follows the format UDYAM-XX-00-0000000, and it sits on the certificate the business received when it registered.
Start the udyam number search at udyamregistration.gov.in and follow the steps below.
| Step | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Open udyamregistration.gov.in and go to the "Print / Verify" menu. |
| 2 | Select "Verify Udyam Registration Number". |
| 3 | Enter the Udyam Registration Number in the format UDYAM-XX-00-0000000. |
| 4 | Type the captcha shown on screen and submit. |
| 5 | Read the result, which typically lists the enterprise name, type, major activity, NIC codes and registration date. |
If a saved direct link to the verify page redirects to the home screen, reach it through the menu instead.
If you want to know what the number itself encodes, the guide to the Udyam Registration Number breaks down each segment.
Can you do a Udyam search by PAN
The public verify form asks for the Udyam Registration Number, so a udyam search by pan is not something the official portal clearly offers an outside checker.
Some guides claim a PAN route exists, but it is not a feature you can rely on, so plan your check around the Udyam number instead.
If you need to search udyam by pan at scale, that is where paid providers come in.
Third-party KYC and API services match a PAN, and sometimes a GSTIN, to a Udyam record for a fee, and businesses use them inside their own onboarding checks.
They are commercial tools rather than an official lookup, so verify any result they return against the firm's own certificate before you rely on it.
Udyam search by name and what the portal does not offer
The official portal has no udyam search by name. You cannot type an enterprise name into the verification page and get its Udyam record back, so an msme search by name does not work there either.
This is the simple limit many checks run into, because a buyer often knows the supplier's name long before it knows any registration number.
The practical fix is to ask the business directly for its Udyam Registration Number or a copy of its certificate, then verify that number on the portal.
Checking your own registration rather than a vendor's is a different task, and the guide to Udyam registration verification walks through confirming your own status and reprinting your own details.
How to find MSME registered companies and vendors
There is no single public directory that lets you browse every registered firm, so knowing how to find msme registered companies means combining a few sources.
Government portals such as data.gov.in and the MSME dashboard publish aggregate Udyam statistics, but these are mainly counts and summaries, not a per-company lookup you can search by firm.
For a specific vendor, the reliable route stays the same: collect the Udyam number in your onboarding form, record it alongside the PAN and GSTIN you already capture, and verify it once on the portal.
That gives you a confirmed MSME status on file rather than an unverified claim.
What the Udyam search result tells you about a vendor
A verified result confirms the firm exists on the register and shows a few core details, but it is not a full credit or compliance report.
Read each field for what it actually proves, and treat the rest of your due diligence as separate work.
| Field on the result | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Enterprise name | The legal name on the register, to match against your invoice and PAN records. |
| Enterprise type | Whether the firm is micro, small or medium; only micro and small suppliers fall under the 45-day payment rule. |
| Major activity | Whether the firm is a manufacturer or a service provider. |
| NIC code | The industry code for the firm's registered activity. |
| Registration date | When the Udyam record was created, useful when a status is recent or disputed. |
The result is not a credit report and does not give payment history, so pair it with the documents you normally collect.
If a vendor cannot share its certificate, the guide to Udyam certificate download explains how a registered business retrieves its own copy.
When the lookup shows no record or wrong details
A failed lookup does not always mean the business is lying, so work through the likely causes before you reject a supplier. The table below maps each common outcome to its usual reason and the next step.
| What you see | Likely reason and next step |
|---|---|
| No record found | The firm may not be registered, or you entered the number wrongly; re-check each character and ask for the certificate. |
| An old UAM number fails | UAM numbers stopped being valid after the move to Udyam; ask the firm to share its current Udyam number. |
| Details do not match | The name or activity differs from your records; confirm you have the correct entity and the latest certificate. |
| You suspect a fake certificate | Ask for the PDF certificate, then verify the number on it through the portal rather than trusting the document alone. |
If a business has genuinely lost its own number, the guide to recovering a forgotten Udyam registration number covers how to retrieve it, and the firm can also reprint the certificate from the portal once it recovers the number.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The official Udyam Registration Portal verifies a firm free of charge, but only when you enter its Udyam Registration Number and the captcha.
The government verification page does not offer a name lookup, and a PAN lookup is not a feature to rely on.
No. The portal does not support a search by business name. You need the firm's Udyam Registration Number, so ask the business for its number or its certificate and verify that instead.
The public verify form does not accept a PAN. Some paid third-party tools match a PAN, and sometimes a GSTIN, to a Udyam record, but that is a commercial service rather than the official route.
It typically shows the enterprise name, its type as micro, small or medium, the major activity, the NIC code and the registration date. It is not a credit report and does not show payment history.
The firm may not be registered, the number may be typed wrongly, or it may be an old UAM number that is no longer valid. Re-check the characters and request the latest certificate.
Checking your own status is a separate task from verifying a vendor. A registered business can verify and reprint its own details through the portal, and the guide linked above covers the steps.
