Fees and timelines in 2023

Fees

payment by instalmentKenya incorporation costs in Year 1 amount to US$8,750 and annual costs in Year 2 and thereafter amount to US$1,200. The average fee per Kenya engagement amounts to US$20,500 including company incorporation, company secretary, corporate bank account opening, VAT registration and estimated Government fees. Refer to draft invoice in the table below.

Different Kenya entity typesCostDraft invoice
Tax resident LLCUS$20,500View invoice PDF
PLCUS$19,950View invoice PDF
Branch of foreign companyUS$16,250View invoice PDF
LLPUS$16,850View invoice PDF
EPZUS$19,300View invoice PDF
Fast solutionUS$30,710View invoice PDF
Shelf companyUS$25,670View invoice PDF

Timelines

The average Kenya company formation engagement period is 16 weeks as outlined below:

ServiceDuration
Engagement planning3 weeks
Company incorporation4 weeks
Corporate bank account approval4 weeks
Corporate internet banking approval4 weeks
Engagement completion1 week
Total engagement period16 weeks

kenya business registration engagement period timeline

  • 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 Kenya, please contact our in-house country expert, Mr. Kunal Fabiani, directly:
client relationship officer - Kunal