Nature of Business – Government List for Cayman Islands Companies

Entities registered in the Cayman Islands are required to provide a GNB Category. In the list below you can find a list of all the GNB categories from which you can pick.

For projects that are building software related to blockchain technology you can select "Financial Technology Developer – Distributed Ledger/Blockchain/Cryptographic encryption/Fintech".

GNB Category List

  • (VASP) Broker/dealer of Virtual Asset Securities
  • (VASP) Engaged in Virtual Asset Services as defined in VASP Law, other than above
  • (VASP) Virtual Asset Custodian
  • (VASP) Virtual Asset Exchange
  • (VASP) Virtual Asset Issuer (ICO)
  • (VASP) Virtual Asset Payment Service Provider
  • (VASP) Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operator
  • Accommodation (Residential or vacation rental)
  • Accounting, book-keeping
  • Aircraft holding company
  • Aircraft or marine vessel acquisition or brokerage
  • Aircraft or marine vessel leasing or financing
  • Aircraft or marine vessel management maintenance or repair
  • Architectural and engineering
  • Arms, defence and military
  • Arts and entertainment
  • Banking services
  • Bars, restaurant and nightclubs
  • Broadcasting and media
  • Car Dealership and Car Sales
  • Casino, gambling and betting
  • Civil engineering
  • Civilian Aerospace
  • Cooperative Society
  • Computer programming
  • Construction and property repairs
  • Consumer services
  • Corporate Finance – Lender or note issuer
  • Credit Union
  • Crop and animal production
  • Disaster Relief
  • Distribution and service centre business
  • E-Commerce
  • Education
  • Employment agency
  • Environment, social or international development
  • Equity Holding Company
  • Export – services, goods or commodities
  • Extractive Industries – Oil and Gas
  • Extractive Industries -other
  • Facilities management
  • Factoring
  • Family Office
  • Financial Technology Developer – Distributed Ledger/Blockchain/Cryptographic encryption/Fintech
  • Fishing and aquaculture
  • Food and Beverage
  • Forestry and Logging
  • Fund Administration
  • General Partner
  • Government and public sector
  • Health Sciences
  • Holding Company (securities)
  • Human Healthcare
  • Import – Goods or commodities
  • Industrial
  • Infastructure and Transport
  • Insolvency and restructuring services
  • Insurance services
  • Intellectual Property business
  • Investment/Asset Management
  • Investment Advisory Services
  • Investment Fund – Regulated Mutual Fund
  • Investment Fund – Regulated Private Fund
  • Landscaping
  • Lease Finance
  • Legal Services
  • Leisure
  • Lending: intergroup
  • Lending: Other
  • Libraries, archives and museums
  • Management Consultancy
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine vessel holding company
  • Medical Services
  • Military Aerospace
  • Mining – precious metals and stones
  • Mining – Other
  • Money Service Business
  • Motion Pictures, video and television programme production
  • Natural Resources
  • Non-bank lending – Mortgage/Loan
  • Non-bank lending – Payday loans
  • Non-bank lending – other local
  • Not for Profit
  • Office Administrative, office support and other business support
  • Other Accommodation and Food Service Related Activities
  • Other Administrative and Support Services Related Activities
  • Other Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing Related Activities (including culling)
  • Other Construction Related Activities
  • Other E-Commerce, Wholesale and Retail Trade Related Activities
  • Other Education Related Activities
  • Other Government, Defence and Social Security Related Activities
  • Other Human Health and Social Work Related Activities
  • Other Import, Export, Transport and Storage Related Activities
  • Other Information and Communication Related Activities
  • Other Manufacturing and Industrial Related Activities
  • Other Marine vessel and Aircraft Related services and activities
  • Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Related Activities
  • Other Property and Real Estate Related Activities
  • Other Tourism, Arts, Entertainment and Leisure Related Activities
  • Other Utilities, Power and Natural Resources Related Activities
  • Other VASP or Fintech
  • Other advisory services
  • Payroll services
  • Personal and cleaning services (hairdressing, massage therapy, spa, dry cleaning, house and boat cleaning)
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Philanthropy
  • Postal and Courier Services
  • Power generation and transmission
  • Precious Metals Dealer / Precious Metals Custodian
  • Property and Real Estate Development
  • Property and Real Estate Sales
  • Property holding company
  • Public Administration
  • Publishing
  • Rental and leasing (other than real estate)
  • Residential care and care homes
  • Retail
  • Safety deposit boxes and safekeeping services
  • Scientific research and development
  • Securitisation SPV
  • Security and Investigation
  • Single Family Office
  • Social Security
  • Sports and events management
  • Storage – goods
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Third party payment processor
  • Tourism
  • Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services
  • Trust & Corporate Services Provider
  • Trust Services Business
  • Utilities
  • Veterinary
  • Waste Management
  • Wholesale
  • Wildlife – Import and Export