Register your company with ACRA

You register your private limited company through BizFile+, ACRA's online filing system — your company name, registered office address, directors, shareholders and constitution all get filed in one application. Most of the process runs entirely online; there is no in-person step for a standard registration.

Almost everything else you need to open — the bank account, the lease, the Food Shop or liquor licence application, GST registration — needs your company's UEN (Unique Entity Number) and exact registered name to match. Nothing else can start until this is done.

Watch out for

• Reserving a name that clashes with an existing business or trade mark — ACRA only checks for exact or near-identical duplicates, not general similarity, so a name can pass approval and still cause you trouble later.
• Starting the filing before your registered office address and resident director are actually confirmed — the application asks for both, and a rushed filing gets delayed or rejected.
• Treating registration as one step — it is two separate fees and two separate approvals: name reservation first, then the actual company registration.

Sources

• ACRA — Submitting your application to ACRA checked 2026-09-08
• ACRA — Service and transaction fees checked 2026-09-08

See also

• Set up a registered office address
• Appoint a Singapore-resident director
• Open a business bank account
• Check whether you must register for GST