The structure you pick today decides your taxes, liability, fundraising and paperwork for years. Compare honestly, register correctly — with a CA on your side from day one.
Registering a business in India takes 7–14 working days and costs between ₹2,000 and ₹15,000 depending on the structure — a private limited company for startups that will raise capital, an LLP for professional firms, an OPC for solo founders, or lighter registrations like partnership and proprietorship for small local businesses.
Every FilingBase incorporation includes the government filings, digital signatures where needed, drafting by professionals, and a live tracker — with the structure decision itself validated by a CA before you spend a rupee. Not sure which entity fits? That consultation is free.
The startup standard — limited liability, ESOPs, VC-ready equity.
from ₹6,999→Most popularPartnership flexibility with limited liability; no audit below ₹40L.
from ₹4,999→Full corporate identity for a single founder, nominee built in.
from ₹5,999→Quick, deed-based setup for small teams that trust each other.
from ₹2,999→The lightest start — registrations without incorporation.
from ₹1,999→For NGOs and non-profits that need corporate structure.
from ₹12,999→Farmer and producer collectives with limited liability.
from ₹24,999→Foreign companies entering India with a wholly-owned entity.
from ₹29,999→Recognition, 80-IAC tax holiday and angel-tax relief.
from ₹3,999→Will outside investors ever own part of this business? If yes — now or in three years — start with a private limited company. Converting an LLP or proprietorship later costs more than incorporating correctly now, and investors will insist anyway.
Is it you alone, or partners? Solo founders choose between an OPC (corporate credibility, audit from day one) and a proprietorship (cheapest to run, unlimited personal liability). Teams choose between a company and an LLP — services firms that won’t raise equity usually take the LLP’s lighter compliance.
How much compliance can you carry? A company files audited accounts and ROC returns every year even at zero revenue (see what that involves); an LLP files two forms; a proprietorship files essentially only tax returns. Match the structure to your appetite for paperwork honestly — under-compliance penalties outgrow the savings fast.
For startups planning to raise funding: a private limited company, almost without exception — investors need equity shares and ESOPs. For bootstrapped service firms: an LLP usually wins on running costs. For testing an idea solo: proprietorship first, incorporate when revenue and risk justify it.
Yes — proprietorship→company, partnership→LLP, LLP→company and OPC→private limited are all recognised routes. But each conversion costs time and paperwork, so if your three-year plan clearly points at one structure, start there.
No — every structure here can use a residential address as its registered office, with a utility bill and owner NOC. You can shift to a commercial address later with a simple filing.
Tell us your plan — we’ll recommend the structure, quote the exact all-in cost for your state, and start the same day.