SSM charges RM1,000 to incorporate a company limited by shares, RM50 per thirty days to reserve a name up to 180 days, RM150 for a private company annual return and RM50 for audited financial statements. A business registration is RM30 a year on a personal name and RM60 on a trade name. An LLP costs RM500 to register and RM200 a year for the annual declaration.
- Company fees are prescribed in the Schedule to the Companies Regulations 2017, P.U. (A) 37, made 26 January 2017
- LLP fees are prescribed in the Schedule to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2012
- Business (ROB) fees are annual — RM30 personal name, RM60 trade name, RM5 per branch
- Foreign company registration is tiered on share capital from RM5,000 to RM70,000; no share capital means RM70,000
- Name reservation is capped at 180 days with no extension beyond it
- Late lodgement penalties under PD 1/2017 revised 1 October 2024 start after 7 days — RM50 to RM200 private, RM150 to RM500 public or foreign
Who this applies to: Founders, company secretaries and finance teams budgeting SSM lodgement costs.
On this page
Three separate fee schedules, three separate statutes, and no single page on SSM’s site that puts them side by side. Company fees come from the Companies Regulations 2017; LLP fees from the LLP Regulations 2012; business registration fees from SSM’s own guidelines under the Registration of Businesses Act 1956.
All figures below are the prescribed amounts. Late-lodgement penalties and service provider charges sit on top.
Companies — Companies Regulations 2017, P.U. (A) 37
Formation and name
| Matter | Section | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Incorporation, company limited by shares | s.14 | RM1,000 |
| Incorporation, company limited by guarantee | s.14 | RM3,000 |
| Incorporation, unlimited company | s.14 | RM1,000 |
| Reservation of name | s.27 | RM50 per 30 days or part, max 180 days |
| Change of name | s.28 | RM100 |
| Appeal to the Minister on a name or an auditor | s.27 / s.247 | RM300 |
| Alteration or amendment of constitution | s.36 | RM30 |
| Conversion, unlimited to limited | s.40 | RM500 |
| Conversion, public to private or private to public | s.41 | RM500 |
| Application to the Minister | s.45 | RM300 |
Annual filings
| Matter | Section | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Annual return, private company | s.68 | RM150 |
| Annual return, public company | s.68 | RM500 |
| Financial statements, private, audited | s.259 | RM50 |
| Financial statements, private, non-audited | s.259 | RM20 |
| Financial statements, public, audited | s.259 | RM200 |
| Exempt private company certificate | s.260 | RM200 |
| Notification of new firm of auditors | s.265 | RM500 |
| Application for appointment of auditors | s.268 | RM500 |
Extensions of time
| Matter | Section | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Notice under s.143 | s.143 | RM100 |
| Statement of valuation of assets and liabilities | s.256 | RM100 |
| Lodgement of financial statements | s.259 | RM100 |
| Holding an annual general meeting | s.340 | RM100 |
| Lodgement of a document generally | s.609 | RM100 |
Charges
| Matter | Private and public | Foreign company |
|---|---|---|
| Registration of a charge (s.352, 354, 355, 356) | RM300 | RM500 |
| Assignment or variation of a charge (s.359) | RM100 | RM300 |
| Payment, satisfaction, release or cessation (s.360) | RM50 | RM150 |
Strike-off and dissolved companies
| Matter | Section | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Application to strike off | s.550 | RM100 |
| Objection to a strike-off | s.552 | RM300 |
| Withdrawal of a strike-off application | s.553 | RM500 |
| Registrar to represent a dissolved company | s.556 | RM500 |
| Registrar to execute or sign an instrument | s.556 | RM500 per signature |
| Registrar to sell property of a dissolved company | s.558 | 30% of proceeds plus costs |
Foreign companies
| Share capital converted to ringgit | Registration fee (s.562) |
|---|---|
| Not more than RM1,000,000 | RM5,000 |
| Over RM1m up to RM10m | RM20,000 |
| Over RM10m up to RM50m | RM40,000 |
| Over RM50m up to RM100m | RM60,000 |
| Over RM100,000,000 | RM70,000 |
| Without share capital | RM70,000 |
| Ongoing foreign company matter | Section | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Change of name | s.567 | RM250 |
| Financial statements and reports | s.575 | RM200 |
| Annual return | s.576 | RM500 |
Searches, copies and everything else
| Matter | Fee |
|---|---|
| Inspection of register (s.601) | RM10 |
| Copy or extract of a document (s.601) | RM10 |
| Certification of a lodged document | RM10 |
| Corporate profile, federal ministry or agency | Nil |
| Corporate profile, electronic | RM10 |
| Corporate profile, non-electronic | RM30 |
| Company information, electronic | RM20 |
| Company information, non-electronic | RM30 |
| Involvement of a shareholder, director, secretary, auditor or liquidator | RM50 |
| Issuance of a certificate or a copy | RM20 |
| Rectification of the register (s.602) | RM300 |
| Lodgement of a court order | RM100 |
| Confirmation by the Registrar | RM50 |
| Any document not specifically listed | RM100 |
| Prospectus registered with the SC (s.154) | RM1,000 |
| Prospectus lodged and registered (s.155) | RM2,000 |
| Supplemental or replacement prospectus (s.166) | RM1,000 |
| Statutory declaration to commence business (s.190) | RM500 |
| Application to the Minister for exemption (s.153) or an order (s.177) | RM300 |
| Application for declaration of investigation (s.590) | RM300 |
Businesses — Registration of Businesses Act 1956
These are annual rates. You select a registration period of one to five years and pay the rate for each year.
| Matter | Fee |
|---|---|
| Sole proprietorship using the personal name on the identity card | RM30 per year |
| Sole proprietorship or partnership using a trade name | RM60 per year |
| Registration of each branch | RM5 per year |
| Business information print | RM10 |
Renewal is charged at the same rates. Registration runs for a period not exceeding five years (s.5(3) of ROBA 1956), and renewal likewise not exceeding five years at each renewal (s.5A(2)).
These fees apply in Peninsular Malaysia and the Federal Territory of Labuan only. Section 1(2) of ROBA 1956 confines the Act to Peninsular Malaysia. Sabah and Sarawak run separate regimes with separate fees.
Limited liability partnerships — LLP Regulations 2012
| Matter | Section | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Registration of a new LLP | s.10(1) | RM500 |
| Conversion into an LLP | s.31(1) and (2) | RM500 |
| Reservation of a name | s.14(1) | RM30 |
| Change of name | s.15(1) | RM100 |
| Change in registered particulars | s.17(1) | RM30 |
| Annual declaration | s.68(1) | RM200 |
| Inspection | s.70(2) | RM10 |
| Rectification | s.71 | RM150 |
| Any other document required by the Registrar | s.77 | RM100 |
| Certification of a document | — | RM5 per page |
| Supply of prescribed information | — | RM5 per item |
| Supply of non-prescribed information | — | RM3 per item |
| Corporate profile of an LLP | — | RM20 |
| Certificate or a copy of a certificate | — | RM20 |
| Registration of a court order | — | RM100 |
| Confirmation of LLP status | — | RM50 |
| Extension of time | — | RM50 per 30 days or part, max 6 months |
| Partner or statistical report | — | RM100 for first 2,000 rows, RM1 per row after |
| Supply of information to government agencies | — | 50% of the prescribed fee |
| Application to the Minister | — | RM100 |
| Any application where no fee is prescribed | — | RM100 |
Late lodgement penalties
Practice Directive 1/2017, revised 1 October 2024, paragraph 17. The bands begin after seven days of default and rise with the length of the delay:
| Entity | Penalty bands |
|---|---|
| Private company | RM50 / RM100 / RM150 / RM200 |
| Public or foreign company | RM150 / RM250 / RM300 / RM500 |
Paragraph 18 gives the Registrar a remission power. There is no published late-lodgement scale for beneficial ownership filings — do not assume one exists.
Processing times SSM actually publishes
- Business registration certificate — within one hour of the payment transaction for a new registration, and within fifteen minutes for a renewal, which is auto-approved when done through EzBiz.
- Foreign company — notice of registration within one working day of a compliant submission.
- Certificates and business info — downloadable for 90 days from the approval date through the SSM4U portal. After that you pay again.
SSM does not publish an equivalent service standard for company incorporation or for LLP registration.
Common mistakes
- Treating the RM1,000 incorporation fee as the cost of starting a company. It is one line. The first year also carries a company secretary, a registered office and the annual return.
- Quoting the ROB fees as one-off. RM30 and RM60 are per year of the registration period selected.
- Assuming a name reservation can be renewed indefinitely. The cap is 180 days.
- Paying RM50 to reserve a name you intend to use immediately. Direct incorporation folds the name check into the RM1,000 application.
- Budgeting a branch registration at the RM1,000 rate. A foreign company branch starts at RM5,000 and reaches RM70,000, and RM70,000 is also the flat rate where there is no share capital.
- Missing that unaudited financial statements are cheaper to lodge. RM20 against RM50 — small, but it is a real consequence of qualifying for audit exemption.
What’s next
Price the recurring line, not the formation line. For a private company that is RM150 plus RM50 a year before anyone’s professional fee; for an LLP, RM200; for an enterprise, RM30 or RM60. Then check whether your entity is in Sabah or Sarawak, because none of the ROB figures on this page apply there.
The following are deliberately unstated or described only qualitatively until confirmed by a subject-matter expert:
- The RM30 / RM60 / RM5 / RM10 business registration fees are taken from SSM's published guidelines rather than from a retrieved gazetted schedule under the Registration of Businesses Rules 1957 as amended — confirm against the Rules before relying on them in a fee quotation
- Confirm whether any fee waiver or incentive scheme is currently open — the SPPP and S1O1P schemes referenced in SSM's EzBiz guidelines carry their own eligibility conditions and end dates
- SSM publishes no general processing-time service standard for company incorporation; the figures given here come from individual guidelines of varying dates
Sources
- Companies Regulations 2017, P.U. (A) 37 — Schedule (Regulation 8), Fees — Attorney General's Chambers
- Table of Fees — Registration of Company (ROC) — SSM
- Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2012 — Schedule — SSM
- Guidelines for Registration of New Business — SSM
- Practice Directive 1/2017 (Revised 1 October 2024) — Late Lodgement Penalties — SSM
- Guidelines for Registration of Foreign Company — SSM
Change history
| Version | Date | Change | By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.00 | 20 Jul 2026 | Approved and published. | — |