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
- (VASP) Broker/dealer of Virtual Asset Securities
- (VASP) Engaged in Virtual Asset Servivces as definied 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 Activites
- Other Huma 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 carre 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
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