KERALA · KOCHI
Company Registration & Business Setup in Kerala
Register your Private Limited, LLP or OPC in Kerala with a team that stays on your file all year — fixed, all-inclusive fees and full clarity on Kerala’s stamp duty, professional tax and incentive schemes.
Kochi is Kerala’s commercial and IT gateway (Infopark, Cochin Port and the new Vizhinjam transshipment port), with IT, tourism and spices driving the economy. From Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode to the rest of Kerala, we register your company end-to-end and stay on your GST, tax and annual filings afterwards — so you deal with one team, not a new person at every stage.
What company registration costs in Kerala
| Professional fee (ApplyLegal) | ₹5,999 |
| Government charges — stamp duty, PAN, TAN, name reservation | ≈ ₹3,490 |
| All-inclusive, from | ₹9,489 |
MoA ~₹1,000 + AoA ~₹2,000 for capital up to ₹10 lakh (Kerala Stamp Act). Government charges are indicative for a private limited company with ₹1 lakh authorised capital and are computed by MCA at filing; our professional fee is fixed. Excludes GST on our fee and additional DSCs where there are more than two directors.
What you can register in Kerala
Starting professional fees; government stamp duty varies by state and authorised capital — see the Kerala breakdown above. We also handle GST registration, trademark & IP, licences (FSSAI, IEC, Udyam), corporate finance and legal documentation across Kerala — see all services.
Subsidies & incentives in Kerala
Kerala runs real incentives for new and growing businesses under the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) with the Entrepreneur Support Scheme (ESS):
- ESS capital subsidy of 15% (general) to 25–45% for SC / ST / women / differently-abled founders
- Margin-money grant of 30–40% of project cost for nano units up to ₹10 lakh
- K-SWIFT single-window clearance and KSUM seed funding
Structuring your unit to actually qualify — and filing the claims — is our wheelhouse. See Subsidy & Scheme Advisory.
Professional tax & ongoing compliance in Kerala
Kerala levies professional tax of up to ₹2,500 a year, collected half-yearly, deducted monthly from salaries. We register you for professional tax and handle the returns alongside GST, TDS and your annual ROC filings — so nothing slips once you’re incorporated.
You don’t need a local CA in Kochi
Company registration is a central Ministry of Corporate Affairs process, filed online through the SPICe+ portal — it works the same wherever you are in Kerala. What genuinely varies by state is the stamp duty, the professional-tax position and the incentive schemes, and those are exactly the Kerala-specific points set out above. You get a dedicated team from name reservation through incorporation and every filing after, with your documents handled digitally — no local office required, and one point of contact throughout.
Kerala company registration — FAQs
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Ready to register your company in Kerala?
Tell us what you’re building. We’ll confirm the exact Kerala costs, the documents, and a timeline — and handle it end to end.