Fees and timelines in 2024

Fees

pay fee by instalmentsIncorporation costs in Year 1 amount to US$28,750 and annual company costs in Year 2 and thereafter amount to US$3,420. The average total fees per Kuwait engagement amounts to US$76,390, including company incorporation, resident director, and corporate bank accounts.

Different Kuwait entity types Cost Draft invoice
51% LLC US$26,740 View invoice PDF
KDIPA LLC US$76,390 View invoice PDF
National LLC US$58,240 View invoice PDF
Fast nominee solution US$129,653 View invoice PDF
Agency agreement US$15,200 View invoice PDF
Free zone company US$50,665 View invoice PDF
Branch of a foreign company (GCC) US$43,875 View invoice PDF
Branch of a foreign company (non GCC) US$53,875 View invoice PDF
Closed joint stock company US$49,715 View invoice PDF
Limited partnership US$37,455 View invoice PDF
Kuwait Representative office US$44,825 View invoice PDF
Kuwait annual renewal US$11,576 View invoice PDF

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Timelines

The average Kuwait company registration period is 27 weeks as outlined below:

Service Joint venture Wholly foreign Owned LLC Free zone company LLP PLC Branch RO
Engagement Planning 1 week 1 week 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 weeks
Company incorporation period 4 months 5 months 5 months 5 months 5 months 4 months 4 months
Bank Account approval 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Internet Banking approval 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week
Engagement completion 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week
Total engagement period 5 months 3 weeks 6 months 3 weeks 7 months 7 months 7 months 6 months 6 months

kuwait 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 country registration services in Kuwait, please contact our in-house country expert, Mr. Petar Chakarov, directly:
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