Private Limited Company Registration in Delhi

At a glance

What pvt ltd registration means in Delhi

A private limited company registered in Delhi is a separate legal entity incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013, with its registered office inside NCT of Delhi and its statutory file held by ROC NCT of Delhi-I / Delhi-II (split by district). The registrar is not incidental. It determines where your records sit, which office handles inspections and objections, and which Regional Director hears any application that needs one.

Recent change: ROC Delhi was split into three offices on 16 February 2026 and no longer covers Haryana.

South, Southwest, New Delhi, Southeast and East Delhi fall under ROC NCT of Delhi-I. Central, West, North, Northwest, Northeast and Shahdara fall under ROC NCT of Delhi-II.

Registered offices across Nehru Place, Connaught Place, Okhla, Netaji Subhash Place, Aerocity and Karol Bagh each fall into a district that determines the registrar.

Who should register in Delhi

• ✓Founders whose operations, clients or team sit in or around Delhi and who need a registered office inside NCT of Delhi
• ✓Businesses raising external capital, where investors expect a private limited structure with a clean cap table
• ✓Businesses needing limited liability separation between personal and business assets
• ✓Founders relocating from a professional-tax state who want to sit in Delhi, which levies none

Minimum requirements are two directors and two shareholders, at least one director resident in India, and a registered office address in Delhi supported by acceptable proof.

Benefits specific to a Delhi registration

• ✓No professional tax. None. Delhi does not levy professional tax. Founders moving from Maharashtra, West Bengal or Karnataka drop this obligation entirely.
• ✓Comparatively low stamp duty. NCT of Delhi sits at the lower end of the national range on MOA and AOA duty.
• ✓Registrar proximity. Your registrar sits in Delhi itself, which matters for inspections and record retrieval.
• ✓Local authority clarity. MCD trade licence, plus NDMC for the New Delhi council area
• ✓Access to the NCR client and talent market with a locally registered entity, which many enterprise buyers and tender processes require.

Documents required

From every director and shareholder

• ✓PAN card
• ✓Aadhaar card
• ✓Passport-size photograph
• ✓Address proof dated within the last two months
• ✓Passport for any foreign national or NRI

For the Delhi registered office

• ✓Latest utility bill for the premises, dated within two months
• ✓Rent or lease agreement where the premises are not owned
• ✓No-objection certificate from the property owner
• ✓Where the premises sit on an allotted industrial or authority plot, the executed lease deed rather than the allotment letter alone

Registered-office proof is the most common cause of objection on Delhi files. The name on the utility bill, the NOC and the lease must agree.

The process, step by step in Delhi

Step 1. Digital Signature Certificates

Class 3 DSCs are issued for every proposed director and subscriber. Nothing can be filed until these are live.

Step 2. Name reservation

The proposed name is reserved through SPICe+ Part A. ROC NCT of Delhi-I & II assesses it against existing names and trademark conflicts.

Step 3. Drafting MOA and AOA

The Memorandum and Articles are drafted with the registered-office clause stating a Delhi address inside NCT of Delhi.

Step 4. SPICe+ Part B submission

The incorporation application is filed electronically and routed to ROC NCT of Delhi-I / Delhi-II (split by district). Stamp duty on the MOA and AOA is charged on authorised share capital, not paid-up capital, and is paid electronically through the SPICe+ gateway at the rate of the state where the registered office sits. For a Delhi office, Delhi rates apply.

Step 5. Registrar scrutiny

ROC NCT of Delhi-I & II at Delhi examines the file. Any objection is raised as a resubmission request against this office, not any other NCR registrar.

Step 6. Certificate of Incorporation

ROC NCT of Delhi-I & II issues the Certificate of Incorporation with CIN, along with PAN and TAN.

Step 7. Post-incorporation setup

Bank account opening, INC-20A commencement filing within 180 days, and registration under the Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954, and a trade licence where Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) requires one for your activity.

Timeline

Government charges

Stamp duty on the MOA and AOA is charged on authorised share capital, not paid-up capital, and is paid electronically through the SPICe+ gateway at the rate of the state where the registered office sits.

[VERIFY at filing] Delhi stamp duty slabs are set under the state Stamp Act and revised periodically without central notification. Exact figures are confirmed against the live SPICe+ computation before payment rather than quoted from a static table.

Our fees

All plans exclude GST. MCA fees and stamp duty are paid at actuals and shown separately on your invoice.

All fees and charges listed are indicative only and do not constitute a binding offer. Final amounts may vary depending on the volume of work and the complexity involved.

After incorporation

• ✓INC-20A commencement of business declaration within 180 days of incorporation
• ✓First auditor appointed by the board within 30 days
• ✓Registration under the Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954 with the Labour Department, GNCTD where the establishment falls within scope
• ✓Annual AOC-4 and MGT-7 filings, and DIR-3 KYC for every director
• ✓GST registration where turnover thresholds or inter-state supply require it
• ✓No professional tax registration. None. Delhi does not levy professional tax.

Penalties for missing these

Compared with other structures

Why CorporateWalla for a Delhi registration

We are a CA and CS practice operating under DSG CORPORATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLP, working with founders across India from our Kolkata base. We do not maintain an office in Delhi and we will not pretend otherwise. Incorporation is an electronic process, and what determines whether your file clears is whether the registered-office district, the registrar and the state stamp duty are identified correctly at the outset.

• ✓We file to the correct registrar. Since the 16 February 2026 restructure, Delhi files go to ROC NCT of Delhi-I / Delhi-II (split by district). A great many published checklists still say otherwise.
• ✓Three-tier pricing published up front, with government fees itemised separately at actuals.
• ✓50% upfront, 50% on delivery. You are not fully invoiced until the certificate is issued.
• ✓A named CA on your file, reachable directly, rather than a ticket queue.

Mistakes we see on Delhi files

• ✓Assuming a single Delhi registrar. Since 16 February 2026 there are two, split by district, and the correct one depends on where the registered office sits.
• ✓Using a Delhi residential address without the owner's NOC. Delhi files draw objections on registered-office proof more often than the NCR average.
• ✓Believing Haryana files still route through Delhi. They do not, and have not since February 2026.

Legal and regulatory basis

Authority sources: Ministry of Corporate Affairs at mca.gov.in, and the Press Information Bureau release on the Registrar restructure (Release ID 2210213).

A Delhi example

A two-founder SaaS business taking a registered office in Nehru Place assumed its file would go to whichever Delhi registrar picked it up. Nehru Place sits in South Delhi, which places it with ROC NCT of Delhi-I. Their earlier consultant had drafted correspondence addressed to the pre-February office. The file went through once the registered-office district was mapped correctly at the outset.

Illustrative scenario based on typical file patterns. Not a named client engagement.

Related services

Same city: LLP Registration in Delhi, OPC Registration in Delhi, Section 8 Registration in Delhi, Partnership Firm Registration in Delhi, Sole Proprietorship Registration in Delhi.

National pages: GST Registration, Annual ROC Filing, Startup India Registration, Trademark Registration.

Related pages

• GST Registration
• Annual ROC Filing for Pvt Ltd

Reviewed by CA & CS Team - CorporateWalla · Last Updated 28 July 2026 · Reviewed for pvt ltd registration in delhi · Sources: Ministry of Corporate Affairs, PIB Release 2210213

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