Register a company in India, the other billion-consumer market.

Set up an Indian Private Limited remotely - one SPICe+ filing delivers the company, tax numbers and GST together, FDI flows automatic in most sectors, and GIFT City offers finance a ten-year holiday. Three machine parts to know: a resident director is mandatory, GST compliance is monthly and real, and the rupee repatriates on paperwork, not vibes.An Indian Private Limited remotely: one SPICe+ filing delivers company, PAN, TAN and GST; FDI automatic in most sectors; GIFT City's ten-year holiday for finance. The machinery: a resident director, monthly GST, papered repatriation.

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India · at a glance
Legal formPrivate Limited - MCA
Time to set up2-4 weeks
Corporate tax~25.2% effective
FDIAutomatic - most sectors
GIFT City IFSC10-year holiday
Resident directorRequired - we provide
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India in brief

The fastest-growing large economy, in English.

India is the world's other billion-consumer market - the fastest-growing large economy, a digital stack (UPI, Aadhaar, ONDC) that leapfrogged the West's payment rails, and the talent base behind the global capability centre boom that has every Fortune 500 building engineering hubs in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. Incorporation modernised with it: the SPICe+ form delivers the company, director IDs, PAN, TAN and GST registration in one MCA filing, FDI enters automatically at 100% in most sectors, and GIFT City's IFSC hands financial-services units a ten-year tax holiday with its own regulator.

The working numbers: the effective corporate rate is ~25.2% (the 22%-plus-cess election most companies take); dividends are taxed in shareholders' hands with 20%-before-treaty withholding to non-residents. Every company needs one India-resident director - ours available - and investments from land-border countries route through government approval under Press Note 3, a rule some structures must plan around. GST is a monthly, e-invoiced discipline; transfer pricing is enforced with appetite; litigation runs on geological time, so contracts arbitrate. The rupee repatriates reliably through papered channels. India rewards process - and process is the product we sell.

The other billion: fastest-growing large economy, UPI-era digital rails, and the talent engine behind the GCC boom. SPICe+ modernised the paperwork; FDI enters automatically at 100% in most sectors; GIFT City runs India's onshore offshore for finance.

~25.2% effective, dividends 20% before treaties, one director must live in India 182+ days (ours included), Press Note 3 gates land-border investors, GST is a monthly e-invoiced discipline, transfer pricing is enforced, and litigation arbitrates elsewhere. Process is the product.

Packages & pricing

Indian company - cost & packages.

01 - PRIVATE LIMITED · MCA

Company

from$2,400USD · all-in

Remote registration of an Indian Private Limited - SPICe+ filing, director identification, PAN/TAN, GST registration and the first year of the registered address included.

SPICe+ incorporation - one filing, all numbersDINs & digital signatures for directorsPAN, TAN & GST registrationRegistered address in Mumbai - first yearResident-director solution includedFree pre-incorporation consultation

Optional add-ons: GIFT City IFSC structuring - scoped per case · FDI reporting (FC-GPR) - from $400 · accounting & GST - from $220/month · renewal - from $1,800/year.Add-ons: GIFT scoping per case · FC-GPR from $400 · accounting & GST from $220/month · renewal from $1,800/year.

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02 - PRIVATE LIMITED · MCA
Most popular

Company + Bank Account

from$3,900USD · all-in

A working Private Limited with an Indian bank account - INR and foreign-currency accounts with FDI inflows reported properly from day one.

Everything in CompanyAccount with HDFC, ICICI, Axis or a foreign bankFDI inflow & FC-GPR reporting handledAccount application & KYC file preparationCompliance onboarding supportDedicated account manager
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Starting prices, confirmed first. MCA, stamp-duty and licence fees are itemised.Prices open here, fixed before filing. MCA and stamp fees itemised in your quote.
What you can do

Popular uses for an Indian company.

FDI enters automatically at 100% in most sectors; a short approval list and the land-border rule aside, the market opens on filing. With GIFT City as the licensed-finance door.Automatic FDI at 100% in most sectors; a short approval list plus the land-border rule; GIFT City for licensed finance.

GCC & engineering hubs

The boom of the decade. Captive tech and operations centres for global groups.

Market entry

Selling to 1.4 billion as UPI-era consumption formalises and compounds.

Manufacturing & PLIlicensed

Production-linked incentive schemes paying manufacturers to build in India.

IT & services export

The original industry. Now with SEZ-successor regimes and export muscle.

GIFT City financelicensed

IFSC units with a ten-year holiday, offshore-facing licences and their own regulator.

Trade & distributionlicensed

Single-brand and wholesale channels open; multi-brand retail stays gated.

GCC & engineering hubs

The decade's boom.

Market entry

1.4B formalising demand.

Manufacturing & PLIlicensed

Paid to build in India.

IT & services export

The original industry.

GIFT City financelicensed

The ten-year holiday.

Trade & distributionlicensed

Channels mapped end to end.

Why India

Key advantages of the jurisdiction.

The other billion

1.4B consumers in the fastest-growing large economy. The demand curve of the decade.The demand curve itself.

English + common law

Contracts, courts and code in the language you already work in.Your working language.

One-filing incorporation

SPICe+ bundles the company, PAN, TAN and GST. The paperwork modernised.SPICe+ bundles it all.

The talent engine

The GCC boom exists because the engineering pipeline is real and vast.Why the GCCs came.

GIFT City's holiday

Ten years tax-free for IFSC financial units. India's own offshore centre, onshore.Onshore offshore.

Digital public rails

UPI, Aadhaar-KYC and e-invoicing. Compliance and commerce ride the same stack.UPI to e-invoicing.

How it compares

India next to the scale shortlist.

China is the other billion with harder walls; Vietnam the nimble plus-one; Bangladesh the garment floor; the UAE competes for back offices without the market. India sells demand plus talent, in English. Figures current as of 2026.China: harder walls. Vietnam: the plus-one. Bangladesh: the floor. UAE: the tax rival. India: demand + talent in English. As of 2026.

CountryCorporate taxOwnershipSignature edge
India~25.2% effective100% automatic mostDemand + talent + English
China25% · 5% small100% open listThe supply chain
Vietnam20%100% licensedThe plus-one
Bangladesh27.5% · RMG 12%100% mostThe garment floor
UAE9%100%The tax-side rival
IndiaDemand + talent
Corporate tax~25.2%
FDIautomatic most
ChinaSupply chain
Corporate tax25/5/15%
FDIopen list
VietnamPlus-one
Corporate tax20%
FDIlicensed
BangladeshThe floor
Corporate tax27.5/12%
FDIopen most
UAETax rival
Corporate tax9%
FDIopen
Requirements

What Indian law actually demands.

01
Two shareholders - Individuals or companies, any nationality. The standard Private Limited pattern.
02
Two directors, one resident - At least one director resident in India 182+ days. Our solution, included.
03
Capital - No minimum. Practical amounts follow the plan; FDI inflows report via FC-GPR.
04
Registered address - An Indian seat - included; state choice affects stamp duty and little else at start.
05
The land-border rule - Investment from countries sharing a land border routes through approval. Screened first where relevant.
06
Books & filings - Monthly GST, statutory audit for all companies, ROC annual filings. Carried by our accountants.
How it works

From application to a live company in weeks.

Everything runs through the MCA's SPICe+ rails - with the resident-director and FDI-route questions answered before filing.DSCs and documents, SPICe+ inside two weeks, bank + FC-GPR on the 30-day clock, GST rhythm from month one - 2-4 weeks.

01
Free consultation

Route, state, capital and the resident-director plan. Decided first.

Same day
02
DSCs & documents

Digital signatures and notarised-apostilled shareholder documents prepared.

3-7 days
03
SPICe+ filing

Name, incorporation, DINs, PAN, TAN and GST in the single form.

1-2 weeks
04
Bank & FDI reporting

Account opened; share subscription lands and FC-GPR files on time.

1-2 weeks
05
Registrations

Professional tax, shops & establishments and state items as applicable.

1-2 weeks
06
GST rhythm

E-invoicing and monthly returns configured. The discipline that keeps India smooth.

First month
Quick facts
Legal formPrivate Limited
Shareholders2+ - any nationality
Corporate tax~25.2% effective
Dividends (non-res.)20% - treaty-cut
Standard timeline2-4 weeks
GST5-28% by category
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,800/year

FC-GPR reporting of foreign capital has a 30-day clock - missed filings compound into penalties, so ours file with the inflow, not after it.

On the ground

On the ground in India.

Prifinance - India
Mumbai
Mumbai, India
+44 748 881 18 54info.en@prifinance.com
Mon-Fri · replies within one business day
01
India-desk specialists

Your setup is run with Mumbai counsel and CAs who file MCA and RBI work every week.

02
Resident directorship

The 182-day seat provided with governance banks and auditors respect.

03
GST & audit discipline

Monthly e-invoiced returns and the statutory audit. The machinery carried for you.

04
Also in Tallinn, London, Dubai & more

A network of offices across Europe, the Gulf and the Americas. One team for your whole international structure.

We also have offices in
Estonia
Tallinn
Estonia
Roseni 13
+372 602 65 11
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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+852 5808 0297
Lithuania
Vilnius
Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 2
+370 520 738 81
United Kingdom
London
United Kingdom
7 Bell Yard
+44 748 881 18 54
Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Vlkova 532/8, Žižkov
Germany
Berlin
Germany
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Portugal
Madeira
Portugal
Rua da Alegria 31, 1F
+351 300 528 936
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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+36 18 001 911
Türkiye
Istanbul
Türkiye
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+90 212 900 47 64
UAE
Dubai
UAE
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+971 800 0321096
Canada
Toronto
Canada
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+1 416 613 7311
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
3 Church Street, #29-68 Samsung Hub
Thailand
Bangkok
Thailand
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China
Foshan
China
A-Tower, Yuneng Digital Plaza, 46 Lishui Avenue South
Kazakhstan
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Republic Square 13
+7 717 269 59 04
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
32 Razzakov Street
Taxation 2026

A quarter, effectively - with GIFT City's zero for finance.

Most companies elect the 22% regime, landing at ~25.2% effective with surcharge and cess. Dividends are taxed in shareholders' hands - 20% withholding to non-residents before treaties trim it. GST runs 5/12/18/28% by category with monthly e-invoiced returns. GIFT City's IFSC offers financial units a ten-year, hundred-percent holiday.~25.2% effective, dividends 20% treaty-cut, GST 5-28% monthly, GIFT City at zero for finance - transfer pricing documented from day one.

Corporate - ~25.2%

The 115BAA election most companies take; older regimes linger for some.The standard election.

Dividends - 20%

To non-residents before treaties (typically 10-15%). The planned exit line.Treaties trim to 10-15%.

GST - 5-28%

The monthly discipline; input credits reward clean e-invoiced books.The monthly discipline.

GIFT IFSC - holiday

Ten years at zero for qualifying financial units. India's onshore offshore.Ten years at zero.

Levies in 2026
Corporate (effective)~25.2%
Dividends (non-res.)20% - treaty-cut
GST5-28%
GIFT City IFSC10-yr holiday
Transfer pricingEnforced - documented
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,800/year

Owners remain responsible for tax where they live - and Indian transfer-pricing documentation is written with the group structure, not discovered at audit.

Your team

The specialists who'll handle your case.

Dmitri Mihhailov
Dmitri Mihhailov
Managing Partner

Founder of Prifinance. 15+ years structuring international companies, banking and licensing for founders worldwide.

Eugeniu Bevziuc
Eugeniu Bevziuc
International Business Consultant

Guides clients from the first consultation to a working setup - companies, accounts and substance in 60+ jurisdictions.

Alex Danila
Alex Danila
Corporate Services Specialist

Handles incorporation paperwork, KYC and bank introductions so your Indian company launches without delays.

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FAQ

India, filed properly.

Can I open an Indian company without visiting?+

Yes - SPICe+ filing, digital signatures and tax numbers run remotely on apostilled documents, and our resident-director solution satisfies the 182-day rule. Banks onboard with video KYC increasingly; a visit helps for some institutions and most business anyway.

How much does it cost?+

Turnkey registration starts from $2,400 including SPICe+, DINs, PAN/TAN/GST and the resident-director seat for year one; with banking and FDI reporting from $3,900. Renewals with accounting, GST and the statutory audit run from $1,800 a year.

What taxes will the company pay?+

Most companies land at ~25.2% effective under the 22% election. Dividends out carry 20% before treaties (typically trimmed to 10-15%), GST runs 5-28% by category, and GIFT City's IFSC offers finance a ten-year holiday. We map your sector's numbers - and the transfer-pricing file - before you commit.

How does FDI actually enter?+

Automatically, in most sectors: money wires in, shares issue, and the FC-GPR report files with the RBI within 30 days - no permission sought. A short list (defence, multi-brand retail and peers) routes through approval, and investments from land-border countries need government sign-off under Press Note 3 regardless of sector - the rule we screen for first where ownership chains touch it.

What is the resident-director requirement?+

Every company needs at least one director who spends 182+ days a year in India. Foreign founders solve it with a trusted local appointee or our professional solution - governance-grade, priced plainly, and structured so control stays exactly where the cap table says.

How heavy is GST in practice?+

A real monthly discipline: e-invoicing above thresholds, returns every month, input credits that reward clean books and punish improvisation. It is also the best-designed part of Indian compliance - digital end to end. Our accountants run the rhythm; clients feel it as a report, not a burden.

What is GIFT City?+

India's International Financial Services Centre in Gujarat - a jurisdiction-within-the-jurisdiction where qualifying financial units (funds, brokers, fintechs, aircraft lessors) enjoy a ten-year tax holiday, offshore-facing rules and a unified regulator (IFSCA). It is India's answer to Singapore for finance, and we scope IFSC licences as their own project.

Can profits leave India?+

Yes - dividends, royalties and service fees repatriate through normal banking on papered compliance: board approvals, tax paid, CA certificates (15CA/CB). The rupee is convertible for these purposes in practice; the paperwork is the toll. We build it into the routine so distributions are events, not projects.

India or China / Vietnam?+

China remains the supply chain; Vietnam the nimble factory alternative. India's case is different: the demand curve itself, the English-speaking talent engine behind the GCC boom, and digital rails that make consumer business scale. Manufacturing is rising on PLI money, but market-and-talent is the real headline. Which door is yours tends to be obvious once we ask about customers.

How long does it take?+

Plan two to four weeks: digital signatures and documents first, SPICe+ approval inside two weeks, then banking, FDI reporting and state registrations. GIFT City licences run their own scoped tracks. The FC-GPR 30-day clock is the deadline that matters - ours files with the money.

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