OPC Registration Fees & Cost (One Person Company)

A One Person Company is one of the cheapest ways to incorporate in India. When it is registered through SPICe+ with authorised capital up to ₹15 lakh, the MCA charges no incorporation fee at all. That leaves four costs: state stamp duty, a digital signature for the director, the name reservation, and whoever files the forms for you.

State stamp duty is separate from the MCA fee and is the number that changes most. It is paid through the SPICe+ form for the state you choose as the registered office.

SPICe+ Part B (incorporation)

The single form that incorporates the company and applies for its PAN and TAN. No MCA fee up to ₹15 lakh authorised capital.

e-MoA and e-AoA (INC-33 and INC-34)

The memorandum and articles are filed as part of the same process. The MCA fee is nil in that range; the stamp duty on them is set by your state.

Name reservation (SPICe+ Part A)

Typically ₹1,000, according to filing guides. Confirm the amount on the form; a rejected name may need a fresh application.

Nominee consent (INC-3)

Every OPC names a nominee, and the nominee's written consent is filed with the incorporation papers.

This table is a sample of the 36 states and union territories in our data, ordered by cost at ₹1 lakh capital: Sikkim at ₹0 at the low end, Punjab at ₹10,025 at the high end. The figures are commonly published rates; confirm yours against your state's stamp schedule before you file. Open any state page on this site for its full capital-by-capital table.

1. Get a Digital Signature Certificate for the director. The member and the director are often the same person.
2. Choose a nominee, and get a signed consent from them. They step in if you die or become unable to act.
3. Reserve the name in SPICe+ Part A. It must end with "(OPC) Private Limited" in the style the MCA expects.
4. Fill SPICe+ Part B: registered office, director details, authorised and paid-up capital, and the e-MoA and e-AoA.
5. Pay the stamp duty for your state; the MCA fee is nil up to ₹15 lakh authorised capital.
6. Receive the Certificate of Incorporation with the company's CIN, and the PAN and TAN issued with it.
7. Open a bank account, deposit the subscription money, and file Form INC-20A within 180 days of incorporation to declare that business has started.

Most OPCs are registered in a few working days to about two weeks. The delays are nearly always a rejected name or a nominee document that does not match the form.

• One member, who must be a natural person, an Indian citizen and resident in India (present at least 120 days in the previous year).
• Since 2021, non-resident Indians can also form an OPC under the same 120-day test.
• At least one director; the member can be that director.
• A nominee who consents in writing. A person cannot be the sole member of more than one OPC or the nominee of more than one.
• An OPC cannot be formed to carry on non-banking financial business.
• The old rule forcing an OPC to convert once it crossed a capital or turnover limit was removed in 2021, but check the current rules before you plan growth.

Documents to keep ready

• Director and nominee: PAN, identity proof, address proof, a photo, email and mobile number.
• Registered office: a utility bill, plus a rent agreement and owner's no-objection letter if the space is rented.
• Nominee's signed consent in the prescribed form.

An OPC does not hold annual general meetings, but it still files yearly returns, keeps books and gets an auditor appointed. Missing the yearly filings blocks other MCA filings until you clear them, so budget the CA's yearly fee along with the setup cost. Our MCA late fee calculator works out the late fee for AOC-4 and MGT-7A.

An OPC and a Private Limited pay the same MCA fee, and both follow your state's stamp table. The OPC saves on the second director's digital signature and on compliance, but it is a dead end for investors: you must convert to a Private Limited before co-founders or investors can come in. An LLP pays a small MCA fee (₹500 or more) but has no minimum capital.

• Stamp duty rising with capital in states like Delhi, Gujarat and Rajasthan if you choose a higher authorised capital.
• A rejected name or form, which can mean reserving a name again.
• GST registration, trademark and professional licences, none of which are in the incorporation fee.
• The CA's yearly fee for accounts, audit and the AOC-4 and MGT-7A filings.
• Cost of converting to a Private Limited when you take on a co-founder.
• Late fees at ₹100 per day per form, with no cap.

A single-founder company with limited liability — one director, one member, lighter compliance than a Private Limited.

An OPC suits a solo founder who wants limited liability and a corporate identity without a co-founder or partner. You can convert to a Private Limited later when you take on co-founders or investment.