Information on the licenses required for starting and running a business in Nepal
Do you want to start a business?
Want to know how to get the license to do business by registering your business like Public companies, private companies, partnership and private firms?
What is a license?
- a government document that allows you to do an activity
- There are many kinds of permits, authorizations, clearances, approvals, etc., and the ones relating to business activities are posted on the e-Portal as “licenses”
Licensing regime
- Nepal has institutional and legal framework required for registration of company, private firm, and partnership firm
- Public companies, private companies, and company established with an objective of not distributing profits/ dividends are registered according to Company Act 2063 by Office of Company Registrar
- partnership and private firms need to register either in Department of Industry or Department of Cottage and Small Industries under Ministry of Industry or in Department of Commerce under Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, based on the nature of their business
Here is the procedure how to get your business registered.
All you have to do is visit www.licenseportal.gov.np and read the procedures therein
- The e-Portal is an initiative of the Government of Nepal’s Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and the National Information Technology Center, with the cooperation of all government bodies that issue licenses
- The e-Portal is supported by the International Finance Corporation
- Users of this portal include the public user, business persons, government agencies, academicians, aspiring entrepreneurs and System Administrators
- e-Portal is a single platform that provides information on the licenses required for starting and running a business, the legal basis, procedures, time, steps, fees and costs for each individual license
- There is a facility to search by keyword, licensing agency, business type or industry
- provides easy, one-stop-shop access to exhaustive information about licensing requirements for business activities in Nepal
- Nepali businesses, large and small, can access detailed information on relevant business licenses and permits, including requirements, cost, application forms and contact details for relevant regulatory agencies
- Information available in this e-Portal?
- can search and obtain information about Business Licenses in Nepal via this e-Portal
- You can also select licenses, view what documents you need to submit and what you need to do to get the license
- You may refer to Browse License page to view the list of licenses
- You can't submit applications online, but this is planned for selected licenses in the future
Contact Nepal Business License e-Portal
NITC, Singha Durbar Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977 1 4211917, 4211710, 4211527.
Fax: +977 1 4243362.
Email: licenseportal@nitc.gov.np
Email: licenseportal@gov.np
Website : www.licenseportal.gov.np
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