One guide per registration: what it is in a sentence, why it is required, the process from first step to certificate, the documents, an honest timeline, and the mistakes that cause the delays. Written in plain language, and written to be read by the person who has to act on it rather than to rank for a phrase.

    INCORPORATED 29 JULY 2026 UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
    SCOPE AND FEE FIXED IN WRITING BEFORE ENGAGEMENT
    GOVERNMENT FEES ITEMISED AT ACTUALS
    ONE NAMED PROFESSIONAL PER FILE
  

STARTING A BUSINESS

BUSINESS REGISTRATION Private Limited Company Registration A private limited company is a business registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that exists as its own legal person — s… 5–7 WORKING DAYS FOR A CLEAN APPLICATION BUSINESS REGISTRATION LLP Registration An LLP is a partnership that has been registered so that it becomes its own legal person — the partners work together as partners… 10–15 WORKING DAYS BUSINESS REGISTRATION One Person Company Registration An OPC is a private limited company with a single owner — it gives one founder the protection and standing of a company without n… 10–15 WORKING DAYS

TAX, BRAND AND ANNUAL FILINGS

INDIRECT TAX GST Registration GST registration puts your business on the goods and services tax system and gives you a GSTIN — the number you must quote on eve… ABOUT 7 WORKING DAYS WHERE AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION SUCCEEDS AND NO SITE VISIT IS TRIGGERED TRADEMARKS Trademark Registration A trademark registration gives you the exclusive legal right to use a brand name or logo for the goods and services you registere… 12–18 MONTHS TO REGISTRATION IF UNCONTESTED — LONGER IF OBJECTED OR OPPOSED SECRETARIAL & MCA ROC Annual Compliance ROC annual compliance is the set of filings every registered company must make each year to show the government that it is proper… A FIXED ANNUAL CALENDAR TIED TO YOUR AGM DATE, NOT A TURNAROUND TIME

LICENCES AND CERTIFICATION

FOOD LICENSING FSSAI Licence An FSSAI licence is the food safety authorisation every food business in India must hold, from a home kitchen selling online to a… BASIC REGISTRATION IN ABOUT 7–10 WORKING DAYS; STATE OR CENTRAL LICENCE TYPICALLY 30–60 DAYS TRADE REGISTRATIONS Import Export Code (IEC) An IEC is the ten-digit code issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade that every Indian business needs in order to impo… 1–3 WORKING DAYS, OFTEN WITHIN 24 HOURS FOR A CLEAN APPLICATION CERTIFICATIONS ISO Certification ISO certification is independent confirmation that your business runs a management system meeting a recognised international stan… TYPICALLY A FEW MONTHS, DRIVEN BY ORGANISATION SIZE AND HOW MUCH SYSTEM ALREADY EXISTS

STATUTORY DEADLINES

The dates the law sets, not the ones we invented.

Four of the deadlines that most often catch a new company. They are prescribed by statute, they do not move because you were busy, and they are all on the calendar we hand over.

20 days Validity of an approved company name. File the incorporation inside it or the reservation lapses.

30 days To appoint the first auditor after incorporation, by board resolution.

180 days To file INC-20A, the declaration of commencement of business.

No cap The daily late fee on the annual ROC filings has no upper limit. It grows until filed.

Not sure which of these applies to you?

Describe the situation in a line and we will tell you which registration it actually is — including when the answer is that you do not need one yet. It is a shorter conversation than the one that follows a filing nobody needed.

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