Check your NDIS registration status and expiry date
An NDIS registration that genuinely ends cannot be renewed — you reapply from the start, with a fresh audit. Search the Commission register below to see where you stand, and set a reminder for the window that actually matters.
The Rules required SIL and NDIS digital-platform providers to be registered — or to have lodged an application — before that date. The NDIA says that from 1 October 2026 plan managers should reject invoices from SIL providers who are neither registered nor have applied. Where providers stand now →
Check your NDIS registration
Search the NDIS Commission register by your registered legal or trading name. We will show your registration status, when it expires, and what you need to do about it. Free, no signup.
Try the name on your ABN — the register lists legal entity names, so “Smith Family Trust” may appear as “The Trustee for Smith Family Trust”. We handle both.
Source: the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s public register of registered providers, 27,250 approved records, as we last read it on 2 October 2026. It is a snapshot, not a live feed — always confirm against the Commission’s own register before relying on it. If what you see here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
Why the six-month window is the one that matters
Registration is granted for a fixed term and the Commission opens renewal six months before your expiry date. That lead time is not padding — in that window you have to engage an approved quality auditor, get the audit scheduled and completed, and have the Commission assess the outcome. Auditors book out, and the assessment is not instant.
The consequence of missing it is the part providers underestimate. If you lodge before expiry, your registration continues while the decision is made. If it lapses first, there is no renewal path: you make a fresh application and go through a full audit again, and in the meantime you are not a registered provider.
Against the register as we last read it, 3,353 registrations expire within six months. A further 1,704 are still listed as Approved but show an in-force date that has already passed — usually a renewal in progress, sometimes an entry that has not been refreshed. Either way it is worth knowing which group you are in.
Full detail on the process is in our guide to NDIS registration renewal.
If you are not on the register at all
Not appearing is not automatically a problem — plenty of providers deliver supports that have never required registration. What changed in 2026 is that some of them now do.
From 1 July 2026, supported independent living and NDIS digital-platform providers must be registered. The cut-off to be registered or to have lodged an application was 1 October 2026, and it has passed. The NDIA says that from that date plan managers should reject invoices from SIL providers who have done neither.
Our who-is-affected guide walks through the definition that decides it, and how to become a registered NDIS provider covers the seven-step process if you conclude you need to act.
How to verify this information
This tool reads a dated snapshot of a public register. Check anything important at the source:
- The NDIS Commission register of registered providers is the authority, and it is live. Ours is a copy taken on 2026-10-02.
- Renewal timing and process: the Commission's renewal page.
- If this page shows something you know to be wrong about your own business, tell us and we will correct it.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check if my NDIS registration is still valid?
Search your registered legal name in the tool on this page. It reads the NDIS Commission's public register of approved providers and shows your registration status and expiry date. For anything you intend to rely on, confirm it against the Commission's own register — ours is a dated snapshot, not a live feed.
What happens if my NDIS registration expires?
You cannot renew it. A lapsed registration means a fresh application and a full new audit, and you are not a registered provider in the meantime. This is why the six-month renewal window exists — a renewal lodged before expiry keeps you registered while the Commission decides.
When does my NDIS registration renewal window open?
Six months before your expiry date. That is the point at which you should be engaging an approved quality auditor, because the audit has to be scheduled, completed and assessed before your current registration ends.
Why can't I find my business in the register?
The register lists legal entity names rather than trading names, so try the name on your ABN — many providers appear as 'The Trustee for [X]'. Our snapshot also has a date on it, so a very recent approval may not have been picked up yet. And if you are genuinely not registered, the question is whether the 2026 mandate now applies to you.
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Tell us what supports you actually deliver and where you are up to. We will read it and reply with a straight answer — including “you do not need to do anything yet” if that is the honest answer.
Disclosure: we do not currently have a commercial arrangement with any registration consultant or approved quality auditor, and we are not paid to refer you to one. If that ever changes we will say so in the reply, on this page, and before any referral. ProviderScout is not a consultant and does not lodge applications for providers — the NDIS Commission requires the provider to be substantially involved in their own application.