By Nicholas Smith
Checking a super fund? Here's where to start.
Summary
Super Fund Lookup is the Australian Government's public register of superannuation funds. It can help you verify a fund's details, including its ABN, USIs and regulatory status. A fund's status confirms its regulatory position, but does not tell you about its performance, fees or whether it is right for you.
Super Fund Lookup is the Australian Government's public register of superannuation funds. Maintained by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), it lets you check a fund's name, Australian Business Number (ABN), Unique Superannuation Identifiers (USIs) and current regulatory status. It is the authoritative place to verify a fund before sending contributions or processing a rollover.
You can search it directly at Super Fund Lookup.
What Super Fund Lookup shows you
Each record on the register contains information that helps identify a fund and confirm its regulatory status.
Fund name
The registered name of the fund, which may differ from the brand on your statement
ABN
The Australian Business Number identifying the fund or trustee as a legal entity
USI
The Unique Superannuation Identifier for each product offered by the fund
Status
The fund's current regulatory status
Fund type
Whether it is an APRA-regulated fund or a self-managed super fund
Effective dates
When the current status took effect
It does not show fees, investment performance, insurance, or anything about how good a fund is. The register is about identity and compliance, not quality.
What a fund's status means
This is the part of the register people most often misread.
Complying, and what that actually guarantees
A complying status means the fund meets the requirements of superannuation law and is eligible for concessional tax treatment. It means contributions can be made to it and rollovers can be sent to it.
It is a regulatory status. It is not a performance rating, not a recommendation, and not a guarantee about how the fund will be run or what it will return. A complying fund can still charge high fees, perform poorly, or be a poor fit for you. Complying tells you the fund is legally what it says it is, no more than that, and no less.
Non-complying and other statuses
A fund may show a status other than complying, including registered but not yet complying, or a status reflecting regulatory action. Statuses can also change over time, which is why the register shows effective dates.
If a fund you hold, or a fund you are about to transfer money to, does not show as complying, that is a reason to stop and check before proceeding, not a reason to panic. Contact the fund, and if you are not satisfied with the answer, the ATO is the right body to ask.
How to look up a fund
By fund name
Search the fund name as it appears on your statement. Brand names and registered names sometimes differ, so if the brand does not return a result, try the trustee name or search by ABN instead.
By ABN
If you have the ABN from a statement, a payslip or an employer form, searching by it is the most reliable route because it is unique and unambiguous.
Search the register at Super Fund Lookup.
Finding a super fund's ABN
A super fund's ABN identifies the fund or trustee as a legal entity. If you need to verify a super fund, complete employer paperwork, provide fund details to a new employer, complete rollover paperwork or check fund information, the ABN is often the most important identifier you'll be asked to provide.
Three places to find a super fund's ABN:
- Your annual statement, which normally shows the fund's ABN alongside your member details.
- Super Fund Lookup, searching by fund name.
- Your fund's website, which will usually publish it alongside its USIs.
Note that an ABN identifies the fund, while a USI identifies a specific product within it. A fund has one ABN and may have several USIs. If a form asks for both, they are not the same number.
You can also confirm any Australian ABN through the Australian Business Register.
CFS fund details
f you’re looking for the USI or ABN for your CFS super account, find your CFS super details.
If you're trying to find super you've lost track of
If what you are really trying to do is track down super from an old job, the register is not the fastest route because it identifies funds, not accounts.
The quickest way is through ATO online services via myGov, which shows super accounts held in your name, including any the ATO holds for you. Our consolidation guidance covers what to do once you have found them.
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Frequently asked questions
Super Fund Lookup is the Australian Government's public register of superannuation funds, maintained by the ATO. It shows a fund's name, ABN, Unique Superannuation Identifiers and current regulatory status, and it is the authoritative place to verify a fund.
No. It is a government register maintained by the ATO. CFS does not operate it and has no control over what it shows. You can search it at Super Fund Lookup.
It means the fund meets the requirements of superannuation law and is eligible for concessional tax treatment, so contributions and rollovers can be made to it. It is a regulatory status only, not a performance rating, a recommendation, or a guarantee about how the fund is run.
Check your annual statement, search the fund by name on Super Fund Lookup, or look at the fund's website. You can also confirm any ABN through the Australian Business Register.
No. The ABN identifies the fund or trustee as a legal entity. A USI identifies a specific product within the fund. A fund has one ABN and may have several USIs.
Not directly. It identifies funds rather than accounts. To find super held in your name, use ATO online services through myGov.
No. It carries identity and compliance information only. It does not show fees, performance, insurance or service. Those are separate questions and a complying status says nothing about any of them.
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Disclaimer
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