[1] Since the Trade Register Regulation of 1936, the KKF has been maintaining the mandatory registration of all businesses in Suriname.

[1][3] The KKF organizes an annual fair from late November to early December, attracting around 100,000 visitors from the Caribbean region.

The usual legal forms for companies in Suriname are the sole proprietorship (eenmanszaak) and the naamloze vennootschap (NV).

Other forms are the general partnership (vennootschap onder firma; VOF), the commanditaire vennootschap (CV), the mutual insurance (onderlinge waarborgmaatschappij; OWM), the cooperative (co-op), public legal entities, formally foreign companies, foundations and associations.

Since the introduction of the Annual Accounts Act on August 31, 2017, legal entities are obliged to publish a financial statement for each fiscal year.