A sweeping enforcement action exposes widespread dormancy across trade

Uganda’s business registry has undergone a major reset, with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) deregistering 50,003 companies that failed to comply with statutory filing requirements, revealing deep patterns of dormancy across key sectors of the economy. According to the Registrar of Companies’ notice dated 30 December 2025, the affected entities were struck off after failing to file annual returns for five consecutive years and subsequently failing to apply for restoration within the legally allowed period under the Companies Act. A review of the deregistered entities list shows that the action cuts across multiple sectors, but is particularly concentrated in…