A private limited company has a certificate of incorporation. A proprietorship has nothing equivalent, so when you walk into a bank to open a current account, they ask for Shop Act. That is why most people end up on this page — the registration is a labour law requirement, but the trigger is almost always the bank.
Pick the speed and depth that matches your need. Same quality, same CA team — only the timeline changes.
Timeline: 3 to 7 working days
Timeline: 3 to 7 working days
Timeline: 3 to 7 working days
Government fee — paid by you at actuals
The government fee is set by each state and usually scales with employee count, so it is paid at actuals and we quote yours before filing. Almost everything else varies by state too: the Act name, the registering authority, the timeline after commencing business (commonly 30 days), whether a simpler intimation applies below a worker threshold, the forms, the validity (one year to permanent) and the renewal cycle.
Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% on delivery.
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.
Scope, thresholds, forms, fee and validity all differ by state, and some states allow an intimation instead of a registration below a worker threshold. We tell you the position before filing.
Submitted on the state labour department portal with the premises and employee details the Act requires.
Delivered to you with the documentation pack the bank will ask for at account opening.
Registers of employment, wages, leave and fines, the certificate displayed at the premises, and the renewal diary — on the Complete plan.
Tell us your requirement, a CA will call you in 30 minutes.
A proprietorship has no incorporation certificate, so Shop Act stands in its place at current account opening and at marketplace seller onboarding.
The Act regulates working hours, rest intervals, weekly holidays, leave, wages, employment of women and young persons, and the records an employer keeps. Those obligations are the substance, and most providers never mention them.
Act name, authority, timeline, forms, fee, validity and renewal cycle all differ. We give you the position for your state rather than a national answer that is wrong for most readers.
Below a worker threshold several states accept a simpler intimation. Maharashtra runs its own well-known variant under the 2017 Act, which people call Gumasta.
Shops, commercial establishments, offices, hotels, restaurants, eating houses, theatres and places of public entertainment fall under this Act. Factories are covered by the Factories Act instead.
Most businesses maintain none of this until an inspection finds it missing. Our Complete plan sets the registers up on day one.
