Guide

MiCA licence register: listing businesses with MiCA authorisation

Updated 2026-08-15

There is one authoritative list, and it is ESMA's. A website logo, a 2023 national registration or a third-country licence is not evidence of MiCA authorisation.

Talk to a specialist Six questions, article references on every answer.

Question 1

Which of these describes what you do, or plan to do, with crypto-assets?

MiCA classifies by activity. Pick the one that carries the most weight in your business model; you can run the checker again for a second activity.

What Article 109 requires

Article 109 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 requires ESMA to keep a register of crypto-asset white papers, of asset-referenced and e-money token issuers, and of crypto-asset service providers.

Competent authorities feed it, sending the Article 109(5) information within two working days of an authorisation. ESMA must publish it by the date the provider starts trading (Article 63(13)). Article 60 notification entities are added the same way (Article 60(12)).

The other register, the one nobody advertises

Article 110 requires a separate register of non-compliant entities providing crypto-asset services in breach of Article 59 or Article 16. If you are doing counterparty diligence, that list is as informative as the first one.

Listing businesses with MiCA authorisation: what the register held

ESMA's interim register of crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv), as we read it on 8 September 2026, listed 337 businesses with MiCA authorisation. Each is counted once by legal entity identifier, from 26 home member states.

Germany was home to the most, 81, followed by France with 34, the Netherlands with 29, Cyprus with 25 and Malta with 22. The file is republished weekly, so a count is a date, not a fact; read the current file before relying on any entry.

How to check

Go to ESMA's databases and registers page and open the MiCA entries. ESMA has published the MiCA register as a set of CSV files updated at weekly intervals during the interim period.
Match the legal entity, not the brand. Groups commonly operate one authorised EU subsidiary alongside several unauthorised affiliates.
Check which services the authorisation covers. Article 59(6) requires the authorisation to specify them, and adding a service needs an extension request under Article 59(8), assessed like a fresh application.
Cross-check the national competent authority's own register. It is the authority that grants and withdraws, and it publishes withdrawals first.

What an authorisation gets a firm

A single authorisation is valid across the Union. Article 59(7) lets an authorised provider serve EU clients through the right of establishment, including a branch, or the freedom to provide services. It expressly needs no physical presence in a host member state. That is MiCA's commercial point, and why firms tolerate the file.

A firm that says it is "MiCA compliant" is not saying it is MiCA authorised. Only the register settles that.

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Questions, answered directly

Where is the official MiCA register?

ESMA maintains it under Article 109 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 and publishes it from its databases and registers page. It covers white papers, issuers of asset-referenced and e-money tokens, and authorised crypto-asset service providers, with a separate Article 110 register of non-compliant entities.

Does a MiCA licence work across the whole EU?

Yes. Article 59(7) lets an authorised crypto-asset service provider operate throughout the Union by establishment or freedom to provide services. It needs no physical presence in each host member state. The authorisation specifies which of the ten services it covers.

How do I find the businesses with MiCA authorisation in one country?

Open ESMA's CASPS file and filter the home member state column, then check each entry on that country's competent authority register, which publishes withdrawals first. A business authorised elsewhere can still serve that country under Article 59(7), so a country's own list is not the whole of who may serve its clients. (ESMA interim MiCA register, crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv))

Sources

This site's own dataset, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

The MiCA Authorisation Requirements carries 7 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages; the 6 published figures given by requirement run from 3 to 12 month, read 11 November 2026.

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