Government & statutory bodies
15 verified organisations
Ministries, departments and statutory bodies that set policy, register companies, regulate markets and administer tax, customs, standards and halal certification.
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This directory covers federal and statutory bodies, national and apex chambers, sector associations, state and regional agencies, bilateral chambers, SME and enterprise support bodies, trade and export networks, and professional and standards bodies. It does not attempt to list every organisation in Malaysia, and it does not list commercial consultancies or service providers in any public-support category.
A further 3 organisations are held back from the directory because an official source could not be confirmed or contradicted itself. They are listed, with the reason for each, in the coverage and gaps document linked from the sources section below.
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Eight kinds of organisation
Network categories
Each card shows how many verified organisations sit in that category. Explore applies it as a filter.
National chambers & federations
5 verified organisations
Malaysia's apex chamber and its constituent national chambers and manufacturing federation — the private sector's own representative structure.
Sector & industry associations
21 verified organisations
Membership bodies for a specific industry, from semiconductors and automotive to palm oil, construction, retail, hotels and textiles.
State & regional networks
19 verified organisations
State investment agencies, corridor authorities and regional chambers — the bodies to approach once you know roughly where you want to operate.
Bilateral & international chambers
20 verified organisations
Foreign and bilateral chambers operating in Malaysia, for companies entering from a particular country or looking for a market there.
SME, startup & enterprise support
10 verified organisations
Agencies and institutions supporting small businesses, founders and early-stage companies with advisory, grants, financing and development programmes.
Trade, export & buyer networks
6 verified organisations
Export promotion, customs, trade finance and commodity promotion councils — the route from a Malaysian product to an overseas buyer.
Professional & standards bodies
14 verified organisations
Accountancy, legal, engineering, architecture, surveying, governance, HR and standards bodies — and the difference between a regulator and an institute.
Category illustrations are editorial. The regional model is a conceptual planning model, not an accurate map of Malaysia, and no illustration depicts a named organisation, building, event or programme.
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Federal government
Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI)
Kementerian Pelaburan, Perdagangan dan Industri
The ministry that develops and implements Malaysia's industry, trade and investment policy, attracts domestic and foreign investment, and negotiates bilateral, regional and multilateral trade relationships.
- Trade and investment policy
- Industrial development
- Trade negotiations
- Standards and conformity oversight
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A ministry. No membership.
- Contact:
- webmiti@miti.gov.my · +603 8000 8000
The contact page gives two different fax numbers; neither is published here.
Statutory body
Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)
Malaysia's principal investment promotion and facilitation agency, which evaluates applications for manufacturing licences, tax incentives, expatriate posts, duty exemptions and regional establishments.
- Investment promotion
- Manufacturing licence evaluation
- Incentive applications
- Project facilitation
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A statutory body. No membership.
- Contact:
- +603 2267 3633
Email addresses on MIDA's contact page are obfuscated and could not be read, so none is published. MIDA's own page names its founding statute as the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority Act while the agency is now the Malaysian Investment Development Authority; the Act's current short title is not reconciled on that page.
Source: MIDA — Our Principle (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Statutory body
Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE)
Malaysia's national trade promotion agency under MITI, responsible for developing and promoting the country's exports and for connecting international buyers with Malaysian suppliers.
- Export promotion
- Exporter development
- Trade and market information
- Buyer–seller matching
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — No membership scheme is described on its About page.
- Contact:
- info@matrade.gov.my · +603 6207 7077
MATRADE's own pages describe it as a national trade promotion agency under MITI but do not state its statutory basis, so the statutory classification is from its standing rather than from its own wording.
Statutory body
Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM)
Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
The agency responsible for incorporating companies and registering businesses and limited liability partnerships in Malaysia, and for supplying corporate information to the public.
- Company incorporation
- Business and LLP registration
- Corporate information
- Compliance enforcement
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A statutory body. No membership.
- Contact:
- enquiry@ssm.com.my · +603 7721 4000
Source: SSM — Functions and Powers (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Statutory body
Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
The body that drives productivity and competitiveness at national, sector and enterprise level, and provides regulatory-review and policy advice to government alongside efficiency support for business.
- Productivity development
- Regulatory review
- Sector productivity nexus
- Business advisory
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A statutory body. No membership.
- Contact:
- +603 7955 7266
MPC's site displays an email address whose underlying link is a placeholder, so no email is published here. Its own pages do not name its establishing Act or parent ministry.
Source: MPC — Background and Rationale (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Statutory body
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)
Malaysia's central bank, which promotes monetary and financial stability, conducts monetary policy, oversees the national payment infrastructure and is the sole authority issuing currency.
- Monetary policy
- Financial-sector regulation
- Payment systems
- Financial inclusion
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A statutory body. No membership.
- Contact:
- 1-300-88-5465
Statutory body
Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)
The self-funded statutory regulator of Malaysia's capital market, which licenses and supervises regulated activities and promotes the corporate governance of listed corporations.
- Capital market regulation
- Licensing and supervision
- Corporate governance
- Market development
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A statutory body. No membership.
- Contact:
- +603 6204 8000
The SC's contact page obfuscates its email address, so none is published here.
Government-linked company
Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia)
An exchange holding company that operates and front-line regulates Malaysia's multi-asset exchange, under the purview of the Securities Commission and the Ministry of Finance.
- Exchange operation
- Market listing
- Front-line market regulation
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — It has listed issuers and trading participants, not members in the chamber sense.
Bursa Malaysia operates and regulates its own markets; the statutory capital-market regulator is the Securities Commission. No contact page could be opened, so no phone or email is published.
Source: Bursa Malaysia — About Us Overview (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Statutory body
Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA)
The statutory body responsible for developing and administering the Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, and the central regulatory, supervisory and enforcement authority for that sector.
- Labuan IBFC development
- Licensing
- Supervision and enforcement
- Sector policy
- Scope:
- Labuan
- Membership:
- Not available — Licensing and registration, not membership.
- Contact:
- communication@labuanfsa.gov.my · +603 8873 2000
Source: Labuan FSA — About Labuan FSA (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Federal government
Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM)
Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia
The federal department responsible for customs clearance, tariff classification, valuation, restricted-goods control and customs facilitation schemes for importers and exporters.
- Import and export clearance
- Tariff classification
- Restricted goods control
- Customs facilitation
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A federal department. No membership.
- Contact:
- ccc@customs.gov.my · +603 8882 2100
The description is drawn from the department's business-facing procedure pages; a corporate page stating its functions in its own wording could not be opened.
Statutory body
Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (HASiL)
Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia
The body responsible for the administration and collection of direct taxes in Malaysia, including corporate tax registration, tax identification numbers and e-Invoice guidance.
- Direct tax administration
- Tax registration
- e-Invoice guidance
- Taxpayer services
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A statutory body. No membership.
- Contact:
- +603 8911 1000
HASiL and IRBM are the acronyms the board itself uses; 'LHDN' does not appear on its current English homepage. A page stating its mandate in its own wording could not be opened.
Statutory body
Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia)
Jabatan Standard Malaysia
Malaysia's national standards body and national accreditation body, which develops Malaysian Standards and accredits laboratories and certification bodies.
- Standards development
- Accreditation
- Conformity assessment
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — Accreditation, not membership.
- Contact:
- central@jsm.gov.my · +603 8008 2900
Established 28 August 1996 under the Standards of Malaysia Act 1996 and under MITI since October 2018, per its own background page. The site uses both JSM and DSM as acronyms and brands publicly as Standards Malaysia.
Source: Standards Malaysia — Background (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Government-linked company
SIRIM Berhad (SIRIM)
An industrial research and technology organisation wholly owned by Minister of Finance Incorporated and under the purview of MITI, providing testing, certification and research services.
- Product testing
- Certification
- Industrial research
- Technology services
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A services company. No membership.
- Contact:
- web@sirim.my · +603 5544 6000
A government-linked company, not a statutory body.
Source: SIRIM Berhad — About Us (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Federal government
Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM)
The federal department for Islamic affairs whose Halal Management Division operates the Halal Malaysia portal and the MYeHALAL system for halal certification applications and public verification.
- Halal certification administration
- Halal status verification
- Recognition of foreign halal bodies
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — Certification, not membership.
- Contact:
- pr_halal@islam.gov.my · +603 8892 5000
JAKIM publishes no official English name. Its general functions page does not mention halal; the halal mandate is evidenced on the separate Halal Malaysia portal, which is the source cited here.
Government-linked company
Halal Development Corporation Berhad (HDC)
An agency under MITI that leads development of Malaysia's halal ecosystem through capacity building, investment and trade facilitation and knowledge transfer.
- Halal industry development
- Capacity building
- Trade and investment facilitation
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A development agency. No membership.
HDC does not issue halal certification — that is JAKIM's role. No email or phone is published on its contact page, so none appears here. A MATRADE–HDC merger was announced by MITI in October 2024 but no official source confirms completion.
Source: HDC — About HDC (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Government-linked company
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
The corporation that runs Malaysia Digital, a national initiative aimed at making Malaysia a hub for digital businesses and talent.
- Digital economy development
- Malaysia Digital status administration
- Digital talent programmes
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — Malaysia Digital status is a company designation, not membership.
MDEC's own About pages do not state its ownership, establishment year or parent ministry, and publish no contact email or phone.
Source: MDEC — About MDEC (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Federal government
Expatriate Services Division, Immigration Department of Malaysia (ESD)
The first point of contact for companies wishing to employ eligible expatriates in Malaysia; all such companies must register with the division as a first step.
- Expatriate employment registration
- Employment pass facilitation
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — Mandatory company registration, not membership.
A division of the Immigration Department of Malaysia, not a separate body. Contact details published on its portal are signed by the MYXpats Centre rather than by the division itself, so none is reproduced here.
Statutory body
SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp. Malaysia)
The central coordinating agency for SME development in Malaysia, which sets SME policy, coordinates programmes across ministries, provides advisory services and acts as secretariat to the National SME Development Council.
- SME policy coordination
- Business advisory
- SME research and data
- SME Status and SCORE certification
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — SME Status and SCORE are registration and certification schemes, not membership.
- Contact:
- info@smecorp.gov.my · +603 9213 0077
SME Corp sits under Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi (KUSKOP), confirmed by that ministry's own agency list updated 10 October 2026. KUSKOP publishes no official English name; its agencies render it as the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development.
Source: SME Corp. Malaysia — About Us (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Statutory body
Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp)
Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB)
The body that collects training levies from registered employers and disburses training grants through the Human Resources Development Fund, under the Ministry of Human Resources.
- Training levy administration
- Training grants
- Skills development programmes
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — Employer registration under a statutory levy, not membership.
- Contact:
- 1300-88-4800
Incorporated 17 April 2001 under the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act 2001, per its own About page. Its email is obfuscated and no contact page was found, so no email is published.
Source: HRD Corp — About Us (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Government-linked company
Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp)
A national agency under the Ministry of Human Resources mandated to drive Malaysia's talent strategy and to attract, develop and retain skilled talent across public and private sectors.
- Talent strategy
- Expatriate facilitation via MYXpats
- Workforce programmes
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A national agency. No membership.
- Contact:
- info@talentcorp.com.my · +603 7839 7000
Source: TalentCorp — About Us (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Government-linked company
MRANTI Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (MRANTI)
Formerly: Formed from the merger of Technology Park Malaysia and the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC)
The Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation, which supports the route from ideation to market through research support, industry networking, incubation and funding.
- Research commercialisation
- Incubation
- Innovation park operation
- Startup programmes
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A government-linked accelerator. No membership.
MaGIC no longer operates as a separate agency. The merger is described in a news item on MRANTI's own site rather than in its corporate pages. MDEC's pages do not mention MaGIC, so the sometimes-repeated claim that MaGIC moved to MDEC is not supported.
Source: MRANTI — About Us (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Government-linked company
Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle)
The focal point agency for Malaysia's early-stage startup ecosystem, providing grant programmes, an investment programme and commercialisation support.
- Early-stage grants
- Startup investment
- Commercialisation support
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A funding agency. No membership.
- Contact:
- enquiries@cradle.com.my · +603 4045 8600
Source: Cradle — Who We Are (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Government-linked company
Malaysian Technology Development Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (MTDC)
A technology commercialisation and venture investment company that manages development and investment funds from early to growth stage and runs technology centres and talent programmes.
- Technology commercialisation
- Venture funding
- Technology centre management
- Talent development
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — An investment and commercialisation company. No membership.
- Contact:
- commsadmin@mtdc.com.my · +603 2172 6000
Current ownership and parent ministry are not stated on its own site.
Source: MTDC — Our Story (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Statutory body
Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)
A statutory body under the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development that develops and finances Bumiputera entrepreneurship, education and investment, with a focus on rural areas.
- Entrepreneur financing
- Entrepreneur development
- Education and training
- Scope:
- Nationwide
- Membership:
- Not available — A statutory body. No membership.
- Contact:
- +603 2613 2000
Established 1 March 1966 as a corporate statutory body; its own page does not name the Act. It sits under the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, not the entrepreneurship ministry.
Source: MARA — MARA Info (opens in a new tab) · verified 2026-10-10
Contact details appear only where the organisation's own current contact page published them. Many Malaysian organisations obfuscate their email address or publish none at all; where that is the case the field is left empty rather than guessed. No contact detail here was taken from a PDF or a third-party directory.
How it fits together
What each kind of organisation actually does
These categories are not interchangeable, and the differences decide who can help you. None of the blocks below ranks organisations or implies an endorsement.
Government and business facilitation
Malaysia separates policy, promotion and regulation across different bodies. MITI sets investment, trade and industry policy; MIDA promotes and facilitates investment and evaluates manufacturing licences and incentives; MATRADE develops exports; SSM registers companies. None of them is a membership body, and several run registration or status schemes — SME Status, registered-employer status, Malaysia Digital status — that are sometimes mistaken for membership but are not.
MITI — Vision, Mission and Functions(opens in a new tab)Malaysia's chamber and federation structure
The apex private-sector body is the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Malaysia, which is a federation of five constituent organisations rather than a body businesses join directly: ACCCIM, DPMM, MAICCI, MICCI and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing. A business joins one of the constituents, or a state chamber, rather than the apex body itself.
ACCCIM — What We Do, naming NCCIM's five constituents(opens in a new tab)Sector associations and supply-chain networks
Sector associations are private membership bodies that speak for one industry and usually publish a member directory — useful both for joining and for finding suppliers. They are not regulators. Several bodies that look like associations are not: CIDB registers contractors under statute, SEDA administers renewable-energy programmes, and the palm oil, timber and rubber councils are ministry-linked promotion bodies with no open membership.
CIDB Malaysia — official website(opens in a new tab)State agencies and regional corridors
Location decisions run through two layers. Corridor authorities — NCIA, ECERDC, IRDA, SEDIA and RECODA — are statutory bodies covering multi-state or sub-state regions. State investment agencies sit alongside them, and their legal forms differ: some are state-owned companies, some are divisions of a state planning unit. Which body to approach depends on where you are looking, not on which is larger.
NCIA — About NCIA(opens in a new tab)Bilateral chambers and international market access
Bilateral chambers are private membership organisations serving companies with a connection to one country. They are not embassies or government trade offices, even where one uses a care-of address at a diplomatic mission. EUROCHAM Malaysia acts as an umbrella for the European bilateral chambers and publishes the current list of them, which is the most reliable starting point for that group.
EUROCHAM Malaysia — About(opens in a new tab)
Avoid the wrong door
Choosing the right organisation
These functions are frequently confused, and contacting the wrong body costs weeks. Each row says what the task actually is, which kind of organisation owns it, and what it is not.
| What you need | Who owns it | What it is not |
|---|---|---|
| Register a company or business | The Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM), the statutory registrar. | A chamber cannot register your company, and registering a company is not a licence to carry out a regulated activity. |
| Get a licence for a specific activity | The sector regulator or licensing authority for that activity, which differs by sector. | An investment agency's facilitation is not a licence, and a sector association has no licensing power. |
| Investment facilitation and incentives | MIDA nationally, plus the relevant corridor authority or state investment agency. | Facilitation is not approval. Incentives have their own eligibility rules decided by the responsible authority. |
| Export promotion and finding buyers | MATRADE for export development and directories; EXIM Bank for trade financing and guarantees. | Export promotion does not clear your goods. Customs classification and origin are separate questions. |
| Tax and customs | HASiL for direct tax; the Royal Malaysian Customs Department for import, export and indirect tax. | A tax institute qualifies practitioners; it does not assess or rule on your tax position. |
| Employing people and expatriates | HRD Corp for training levies and grants; the Expatriate Services Division for expatriate employment registration; TalentCorp for talent programmes. | An HR institute is a professional body for practitioners, not an employment authority. |
| Joining a chamber or association | A constituent national chamber, a state chamber, a bilateral chamber or your sector association — all voluntary. | Membership is not accreditation, certification or government approval, and it is not a substitute for any registration. |
| Professional advice you can rely on | A registered professional — a lawyer, accountant, tax agent, engineer, architect or company secretary appointed for your matter. | Nothing on this page, and no directory listing, is legal, tax, financial or investment advice. |
One distinction worth holding on to: in engineering, architecture and surveying, the statutory register and the professional institute are different organisations. The Board of Engineers Malaysia, the Board of Architects Malaysia and the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia register practitioners under statute and you cannot join them. The Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia and the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia are voluntary membership institutions. Accountancy is the exception: by the Accountants Act 1967, membership of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants is itself the statutory registration.
Keep it accurate
Suggest an organisation or a correction
This directory is reviewed rather than crowdsourced. If an organisation is missing, a link has moved, a contact page has changed or a body has merged, renamed or closed, tell us and we will check it against the organisation's own site before anything changes here.
- Submissions are never published automatically. Every one is stored for review.
- A suggestion is only acted on after the organisation's own official website confirms it.
- We do not publish membership numbers, leadership names or endorsements, so please do not send them.
Sources and verification
How this directory is built
Every live record was made by opening the organisation's own official website and reading its name, type, mandate and contact details from its own pages. Search results and third-party directories were used only to find candidates.
Every live organisation record links to an official source reviewed by The True Malaysia. Inclusion does not imply affiliation, endorsement, membership or partnership. Organization mandates and contact details can change; confirm requirements directly with the relevant body.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-10
- Live records
- 110, every one carrying an official source URL and a verification date
- Held for verification
- 3, excluded from the directory and from every count on this page
- Geographic coverage
- 15 of Malaysia's 16 states and federal territories — no verified body yet for Putrajaya
By organisation type
- Statutory body20
- Bilateral chamber20
- Sector association20
- Government-linked company12
- State agency9
- Federal government8
- Professional body7
- Chamber5
- Regional authority5
- Development financial institution2
- Industry federation2
The full source register
Each organisation card above carries its own source link and verification date. The complete register, every record with its evidence, and the documented gaps in coverage are kept with the repository:
docs/business-network/MALAYSIA_NETWORK_SOURCE_REGISTER.mddocs/business-network/MALAYSIA_NETWORK_COVERAGE_AND_GAPS.md