CIPC company registration
We prepare and file your private company (Pty) Ltd registration with CIPC — then help you take the next steps so your new company can bank, invoice and trade properly.
Company Registration Assistance
Afri-Cafe service fee
R795
Once-off · service fee + CIPC fee
Government fee
Registering a private company with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) creates a separate legal entity with its own registration number and registration certificate. Most small businesses use a private company — (Pty) Ltd — with CIPC's standard Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI).
Registration is only the first step. A new company also needs its beneficial ownership information on record with CIPC, an annual return every year, and — depending on what it does — registrations with SARS, the Central Supplier Database or the Compensation Fund.
More than a registration certificate
Our qualifying registration packages go beyond the CIPC filing: we help you apply for a business bank account and, once it is open, register you on the Central Supplier Database.
First-time founders registering a new (Pty) Ltd.
R1,695
Once-off · + applicable CIPC fees
Bonus included
Each step builds on the one before. CSD verifies your bank details, so CSD registration follows once your business bank account is open.
Bank approval is determined by the bank. Free CSD Registration Assistance applies to qualifying registration packages and follows successful opening of the required business bank account. Offer conditions apply. Offer conditions
Afri-Cafe is an independent administration partner. We are not CIPC and SARS and cannot make decisions on its behalf.
Our service fee and the government fee are shown separately, so you always know what goes to the authority.
| Fee | Amount | Paid to |
|---|---|---|
| Afri-Cafe service fee | R795 Once-off · service fee + CIPC fee | Afri-Cafe |
| CIPC company registration (standard MOI, with name)R125 if the company is registered under its registration number without a name. | R175 | CIPC |
| CIPC name reservation (if filed separately)Electronic filing. R75 for a manual application. | R50 | CIPC |
Government fees are set by the authority and can change. We confirm the applicable amount with you before anything is paid.
How it works
Share your name options, directors and shareholding through the enquiry form.
We send exactly what we need and check it before anything is filed.
We reserve the name and submit the registration to CIPC.
CIPC reviews the application. We respond to any queries on your behalf.
You receive your registration documents and a checklist for beneficial ownership, tax and banking. In a registration package, we then help with your business bank account application and, once it is open, your CSD registration.
CIPC's review time varies and is outside Afri-Cafe's control, and CIPC can reject a name that is too similar to an existing one. We submit as soon as your documents are complete and keep you updated until CIPC makes a decision.
Names too similar to existing companies or trademarks are refused. Checking alternatives first saves time.
Director details must match Home Affairs records exactly, or the filing is queried.
CIPC requires beneficial ownership information. Leaving it out causes problems at annual-return time.
A registered company still needs the right SARS registrations and a tax compliance status before most buyers will pay it.
Register for VAT once your taxable supplies require it.
List your new company as a government supplier.
Already have a company that CIPC deregistered? Check whether it can be reinstated.
Beneficial ownership, annual returns, SARS and labour registrations.
Registration combined with the compliance items new companies usually need.
No. The CIPC registration fee is a government fee charged separately, so you can see exactly what goes to CIPC and what is Afri-Cafe's service fee.
Yes. A company can be registered under its registration number and given a name later. CIPC charges a lower fee for this option.
It depends mainly on CIPC's review time, which we don't control. We file as soon as your documents are complete and keep you updated throughout.
SARS issues an income tax reference for newly registered companies. VAT, PAYE, UIF and SDL are separate registrations that apply depending on your turnover and whether you employ staff.
Yes. Our qualifying registration packages include Business Bank Account Application Assistance: we prepare the company documents banks usually ask for and help you through the bank's application and onboarding. The bank decides on approval and carries out its own FICA checks, and any bank charges are set by the bank.
National Treasury does not charge for CSD registration. Our qualifying registration packages include our CSD registration assistance, normally R695, free. Because CSD verifies your bank details, it is completed after your business bank account is open.
Keep your beneficial ownership information up to date, open a business bank account, set up your SARS registered representative, and diarise your annual return. We can handle each of these.
Send us a few details and we'll confirm what's needed, the applicable government fee and the next steps.