Nature of Business – Government List for Companies

Nature of Business – Government List for 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.


GNB Category List

  1. (VASP) Broker/dealer of Virtual Asset Securities
  2. (VASP) Engaged in Virtual Asset Servivces as definied in VASP Law, other than above
  3. (VASP) Virtual Asset Custodian
  4. (VASP) Virtual Asset Exchange
  5. (VASP) Virtual Asset Issuer (ICO)
  6. (VASP) Virtual Asset Payment Service Provider
  7. (VASP) Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operator
  8. Accommodation (Residential or vacation rental)
  9. Accounting, book-keeping
  10. Aircraft holding company
  11. Aircraft or marine vessel acquisition or brokerage
  12. Aircraft or marine vessel leasing or financing
  13. Aircraft or marine vessel management maintenance or repair
  14. Architectural and engineering
  15. Arms, defence and military
  16. Arts and entertainment
  17. Banking services
  18. Bars, restaurant and nightclubs
  19. Broadcasting and media
  20. Car Dealership and Car Sales
  21. Casino, gambling and betting
  22. Civil engineering
  23. Civilian Aerospace
  24. Cooperative Society
  25. Computer programming
  26. Construction and property repairs
  27. Consumer services
  28. Corporate Finance – Lender or note issuer
  29. Credit Union
  30. Crop and animal production
  31. Disaster Relief
  32. Distribution and service centre business
  33. E-Commerce
  34. Education
  35. Employment agency
  36. Environment, social or international development
  37. Equity Holding Company
  38. Export – services, goods or commodities
  39. Extractive Industries – Oil and Gas
  40. Extractive Industries -other
  41. Facilities management
  42. Factoring
  43. Family Office
  44. Financial Technology Developer – Distributed Ledger/Blockchain/Cryptographic encryption/Fintech
  45. Fishing and aquaculture
  46. Food and Beverage
  47. Forestry and Logging
  48. Fund Administration
  49. General Partner
  50. Government and public sector
  51. Health Sciences
  52. Holding Company (securities)
  53. Human Healthcare
  54. Import – Goods or commodities
  55. Industrial
  56. Infastructure and Transport
  57. Insolvency and restructuring services
  58. Insurance services
  59. Intellectual Property business
  60. Investment/Asset Management
  61. Investment Advisory Services
  62. Investment Fund – Regulated Mutual Fund
  63. Investment Fund – Regulated Private Fund
  64. Landscaping
  65. Lease Finance
  66. Legal Services
  67. Leisure
  68. Lending: intergroup
  69. Lending: Other
  70. Libraries, archives and museums
  71. Management Consultancy
  72. Manufacturing
  73. Marine vessel holding company
  74. Medical Services
  75. Military Aerospace
  76. Mining – precious metals and stones
  77. Mining – Other
  78. Money Service Business
  79. Motion Pictures, video and television programme production
  80. Natural Resources
  81. Non-bank lending – Mortgage/Loan
  82. Non-bank lending – Payday loans
  83. Non-bank lending – other local
  84. Not for Profit
  85. Office Administrative, office support and other business support
  86. Other Accommodation and Food Service Related Activities
  87. Other Administrative and Support Services Related Activities
  88. Other Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing Related Activities (including culling)
  89. Other Construction Related Activities
  90. Other E-Commerce, Wholesale and Retail Trade Related Activities
  91. Other Education Related Activities
  92. Other Government, Defence and Social Security Related Activites
  93. Other Huma Health and Social Work Related Activities
  94. Other Import, Export, Transport and Storage Related Activities
  95. Other Information and Communication Related Activities
  96. Other Manufacturing and Industrial Related Activities
  97. Other Marine vessel and Aircraft Related services and activities
  98. Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Related Activities
  99. Other Property and Real Estate Related Activities
  100. Other Tourism, Arts, Entertainment and Leisure Related Activities
  101. Other Utilities, Power and Natural Resources Related Activities
  102. Other VASP or Fintech
  103. Other advisory services
  104. Payroll services
  105. Personal and cleaning services (hairdressing, massage therapy, spa, dry cleaning, house and boat cleaning)
  106. Pharmaceutical
  107. Philanthropy
  108. Postal and Courier Services
  109. Power generation and transmission
  110. Precious Metals Dealer / Precious Metals Custodian
  111. Property and Real Estate Development
  112. Property and Real Estate Sales
  113. Property holding company
  114. Public Administration
  115. Publishing
  116. Rental and leasing (other than real estate)
  117. Residential carre and care homes
  118. Retail
  119. Safety deposit boxes and safekeeping services
  120. Scientific research and development
  121. Securitisation SPV
  122. Security and Investigation
  123. Single Family Office
  124. Social Security
  125. Sports and events management
  126. Storage – goods
  127. Technology and telecommunications
  128. Third party payment processor
  129. Tourism
  130. Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services
  131. Trust & Corporate Services Provider
  132. Trust Services Business
  133. Utilities
  134. Veterinary
  135. Waste Management
  136. Wholesale
  137. Wildlife – Import and Export


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