Fast Company Registration in India — 5 Days (2026 Guide)

With Bentham, a Private Limited Company is incorporated within 5 working days of us receiving your documents. The statutory process is name approval, then SPICe+ (INC-32) filing, then MCA processing — traditional CAs typically take 2-4 weeks for the same steps.

A Private Limited Company in India requires a minimum of 2 directors and 2 shareholders (the same two people can be both). An LLP instead requires a minimum of 2 designated partners. At least one director must be resident in India.

No. The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 removed the minimum authorised capital requirement, so there is no legal minimum. Bentham recommends setting authorised capital at ₹10 lakh regardless — the government fee is identical whether you set ₹1 lakh or ₹10 lakh, and ₹10 lakh gives headroom to raise a seed round or Series A without having to increase it later.

Yes. You can use your home as the registered office if you own the property, or if your landlord provides a No Objection Certificate (NOC). For the registered office you will need a No Objection Certificate from the property owner and an electricity bill not older than two months.

From each director: PAN, Aadhaar, a passport-size photograph and address proof — and, if a director does not already have an active DIN, a bank statement not older than two months for that director. For the registered office: a No Objection Certificate from the property owner and an electricity bill not older than two months.

The MCA rejects names that are identical or deceptively similar to an existing company or a registered trademark, or that breach naming rules. If a name is rejected you can resubmit — the SPICe+ Part A name reservation gives you resubmission opportunities. Bentham's AI checks your proposed name against the MCA database and gives you an acceptance-probability estimate before you file, so you know where you stand before committing to a name.

Within 30 days of incorporation you must appoint an auditor (Form ADT-1). Within 180 days you must file INC-20A (declaration of commencement of business) before the company can start operations. After that, annual compliance — MGT-7, AOC-4, director KYC and others — is due every year regardless of revenue. Bentham handles all of this.

Choose a Private Limited Company if you intend to raise outside capital or issue ESOPs — it has shares, so it can take on investors and run an employee option pool, which is why institutional investors fund companies and not LLPs. Choose an LLP if the business is run by the same small group with no plan to bring in outside equity — it is cheaper to run, since an LLP only needs a statutory audit once it crosses either of two thresholds under Rule 24 of the Limited Liability Partnership Rules, 2009 — annual turnover exceeding ₹40 lakh, or total partner capital contribution exceeding ₹25 lakh, whereas a Private Limited Company needs one from its first year regardless of turnover.

No. The entire incorporation is fully online with Bentham — no office visits. Document preparation, e-signatures, DSC generation coordination and OTP collection all happen on the platform. Our Company Secretary reaches out directly for the DSC step and reviews all documentation before it is filed with the MCA.