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Fees and timelines in 2026

Fees

The average fee per China engagement is outlined in the table below. These fees include company incorporation, opening corporate bank accounts, project management and all government fees:

Different China entity types	Cost	Draft invoice
Tax resident LLC	US$18,085	View invoice PDF
China fast nominee company	US$47,810	View invoice PDF
China shelf company	US$39,110	View invoice PDF
Guangzhou Knowledge City company	US$17,650	View invoice PDF
Free zone company	US$16,650	View invoice PDF
Branch of a foreign company	US$19,350	View invoice PDF
Representative office	US$19,650	View invoice PDF
Equity joint venture company	US$17,650	View invoice PDF
Subsidiary LLC	US$16,650	View invoice PDF
Holding company LLC	US$17,650	View invoice PDF
LLC with employment visa	US$21,600	View invoice PDF
Hong Kong legally tax exempt company	US$10,105	View invoice PDF
Marshall Islands IBC with China corporate bank account	US$9,430	View invoice PDF
Fast business setup solution + 6 months tax reporting	US$46,970	View invoice PDF
China export LLC without travel	US$35,540	View invoice PDF
China trading company with tax reporting	US$24,570	View invoice PDF
Hong Kong LLP	US$9,110	View invoice PDF
Macau LLC	US$9,150	View invoice PDF

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Select the services you require and get the total fees at end of this table:

Select	Service	Fee (US$)	Frequency
	LLC Company incorporation (without travel)	6,400	One time
	China corporate bank account opening (without travel)	4,950	One time
	Non-resident shareholder and director servic	6,600	Annually
	Legal representative services	4,800	Annually
	Supervisor services	4,800	Annually
	Resident shareholder services	4,800	Annually
	Non-resident shareholder services	2,100	Annually
	Employment visa	3,950	One time
	VAT, business tax and income tax registration	950	One time
	Year end accounting and tax fees	4,950	Annually
	Monthly bookkeeping service (estimate)	860	Monthly
	Offshore corporate bank account opening	4,950	One time
	Corporate merchant account approval	4,450	One time
	Corporate brokerage account approval	2,950	One time
	Find local office premises for your staff	950	One time
	Business website building	2,500	One time
	Phone answering service	900	Annually
	Office mail service	900	Annually
	Fax forwarding service	600	Annually
	Business stationery design with logo	950	One time
	Monthly payroll for staff	550	One time
	Staff recruitment	7,950	One time
	Trademark registration	4,950	One time
	Find an apartment for your staff	4,950	One time
	Find corporate finance	5,000	Retainer fee
	Total fees (US$)	0

Other fee considerations

Timelines

The average China business incorporation engagement period for a WOFE entity is 26 weeks as outlined below:

Service	Limited Liability company (LLC)	Free Zone	Branch office	Representative office	Equity joint venture	Hong Kong offshore
Engagement planning	2 weeks	3 weeks	1 week	1 week	3 weeks	1 week
Entity registration	3 months	3 months	3 months	3 months	4 months	1 week
Corporate bank account approval	6 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	4 weeks
Corporate internet banking approval	3 weeks	3 weeks	3 weeks	3 weeks	3 weeks	1 week
Engagement completion	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week
Total engagement period	5 months	5 months	5 months	5 months	6 months	2 months

Preparing a detailed project plan;
Our Client confirms the corporate structure;
Collecting due diligence from our Client.

Our Client signs the corporate bank account opening forms;
Healy Consultants prepares a business plan;
Healy Consultants visits the bank for interview;
The Bank Legal and Compliance Department review and approve the banking application;
The Bank Front Office email corporate bank account numbers to our client.

The Bank Operations Department mails the internet username and passwords to our Client;
Some of our Clients’ request Healy Consultants to activate the internet banking on their behalf.

Healy Consultants confirms all Client due diligence is received;
Healy Consultants couriers to our Client the complete original company and bank account documents;
Our Client completes our web page feedback survey;

Contact us

For additional information on our company registration services in China, please contact our in-house country expert, Mr. Petar Chakarov, directly:

Mr. Petar Chakarov
Senior Manager, Sales and Business Development
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