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Start your company in Hong Kong

Formation, registered office and bookkeeping — ready to operate from day one.

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Live in 17-19 days
  1. 1
    Companies Registry filing Day 1-3
    • Reserve English and Chinese name
    • File NNC1 with Companies Registry
    • Receive Certificate of Incorporation
  2. 2
    IRD and Business Registration Day 3-7
    • Issue Business Registration Certificate from IRD
    • Apply for HSBC or ZA Bank account
    • Engage company secretary and registered office
  3. 3
    Operational Day 7-12
    • FSIE substance file prepared
    • Significant Controllers Register maintained
    • Stripe HK live, ready to invoice
Starts from
HK$17,250 first year, all-in
≈ $2,203 ≈ €1,872
What's included
  • Company formation HK$6,950
  • Registered office HK$2,500 /year
  • Company secretary HK$4,200 /year
  • Bookkeeping HK$300 /month
    See pricing tiers by revenue
    • Dormant / ≤ HK$500K HK$300 /month
    • HK$500K–2M HK$600 /month
    • HK$2M–5M HK$1,200 /month
    • HK$5M–10M HK$2,400 /month
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Why Hong Kong?

China facing operations and cross border trade

RMB clearing centre. CEPA free trade arrangement gives Hong Kong companies preferential mainland access ahead of foreign peers. Greater Bay Area (Hong Kong, Macao, Guangdong) integration handled by SAR level rules, not central planning.

RMB clearingCEPAGreater Bay Area

Asian holding companies

Territorial tax. No tax on foreign source profits, dividends, or capital gains. 8.25% on the first HKD 2M of local profits, 16.5% above. 50+ DTAs with Asian and European partners.

Territorial tax8.25%/16.5%50+ DTAs

Trading and import export businesses

World class container port and air freight infrastructure. No VAT or sales tax. Companies Registry incorporates in 5. 7 days. SFC regulated capital markets.

No VATCompanies RegistrySFC

Considerations

If China political risk concerns you

Hong Kong's autonomy framework remains contested at the margin. For lower perceived risk Asian setups:

Autonomy riskPRC overhang
→ Singapore neutral political brand, English common law→ Ireland EU + common law, no Asian exposure→ Estonia fully digital, EU jurisdiction

If you want zero corporate tax on all activity

Hong Kong's territorial system taxes locally sourced profits. For zero on everything:

16.5% on local profitsTerritorial only
→ British Virgin Islands pure tax neutral structure, no corporate tax→ Cayman Islands fund friendly, zero tax holding→ Dubai (UAE) 9% headline with 0% on first AED 375K
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