There is no such thing as a sole proprietorship registration certificate in India. No Act creates the entity, no registrar records it, and nothing is issued. The business exists the moment you start trading. What you actually need is evidence that it exists, and specifically two government-issued documents in the firm name, because that is what a bank requires before opening a current account. Getting the right two is the whole job.
Pick the speed and depth that matches your need. Same quality, same CA team — only the timeline changes.
Timeline: 2 to 3 working days
Timeline: About a week
Timeline: About a week, then the year
Government fee — paid by you at actuals
Most of this carries no government fee at all, and we would rather say so than let you assume otherwise. Udyam registration is free, instant and lifetime on udyamregistration.gov.in, and GST registration carries no government fee either. What does cost money varies by state: a Shop and Establishment registration and professional tax enrolment carry state fees, and sector licences such as FSSAI or IEC carry their own. A trademark application carries a government fee per class on top of our professional fee. We tell you which parts are free before you pay us for anything.
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.
Which registrations your activity and state require, which two documents your bank will accept, and whether you should be incorporating instead. This conversation is the service. Everything after it is filing.
A proprietorship confers no rights in its name, so another business can lawfully use the same one. We search the trademark register before you print signage or build a website, and tell you whether the name is worth protecting.
Instant, lifetime, and no government fee. It is the quickest first document in the firm name, and it recalculates annually from the GST and ITR data on your PAN.
Professional tax enrolment, a Shop and Establishment registration, or a sector licence, depending on your state and activity. Voluntary GST is usually the wrong answer here, because it buys a permanent filing obligation to solve a paperwork problem.
The document pack assembled the way the bank wants it, plus the proprietary declaration. Then the presumptive position under Section 58 and the advance tax date, which for presumptive filers is a single instalment by 15 March.
Tell us your requirement, a CA will call you in 30 minutes.
Udyam is free, instant and lifetime. GST registration carries no government fee. A service selling you a proprietorship registration certificate for a few thousand rupees is charging you for a free filing, and we would rather say so.
Banks implementing the RBI KYC framework want two government-issued documents in the firm name, your own KYC, and a proprietary declaration. That is the real deliverable, and everything else is a means to it.
Taking voluntary GST below the threshold just to have a second document buys permanent monthly or quarterly filing, late fees on nil returns, and a cancellation process later. There is almost always a cheaper second document.
A proprietorship gives you no rights in its name. Two businesses can lawfully use the same one and neither can stop the other. A register search costs almost nothing and is the cheapest risk reduction available at this stage.
Wholesale and retail traders can register on Udyam, but the coverage runs to priority sector lending rather than the buyer-payment protection. The 45-day rule under Section 15 of the MSMED Act is aimed at manufacturers and service providers.
Unlimited liability, no share to sell, no separate PAN and no independent credit history, and a growing number of corporate buyers will not onboard a proprietorship as a vendor at all. If that is where you will be in two years, incorporate now rather than converting later.
