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Zimbabwe company registration and compliance prices

Every ZimCompany price, with our fee and the government fee shown as two separate numbers. Registering a Private Limited Company in Zimbabwe is US$240 and a Private Business Corporation is US$160. CIPZ charges US$5 per name-search application and US$60 to register a private limited entity, charged at cost inside those prices, with two name-search applications included.

Last verified 10 September 2026. Each item takes five working days from the day we have your complete documents, confirmed in writing by our filing partner. Where one item depends on another they run in sequence, so a ZIMRA registration waits for the certificate of incorporation and a tax clearance waits for the ZIMRA registration.

You pay in full when you instruct the job, in one payment rather than in stages. Our fee and the government fee are separate numbers on the quote, and government fees are passed through at cost. Your quotation arrives by email. Reply to it and we confirm your timeline in writing before you pay. If we cannot confirm a timeline in writing, anything you have paid comes back in full.

Starting from nothing? How to register a company in Zimbabwe: steps, requirements and cost. The two vehicles, the steps from name search to ZIMRA, the documents the registry needs, and what each step costs, with the government fee as its own number.

How ZimCompany charges, and how long it takes

Payment in full, once. You pay in full when you instruct the job, in one payment rather than in stages. Our fee and the government fee are separate numbers on the quote, and government fees are passed through at cost. Nothing further falls due before your documents are released.
Five working days per item. Each item takes five working days from the day we have your complete documents, confirmed in writing by our filing partner. Where one item depends on another they run in sequence, so a ZIMRA registration waits for the certificate of incorporation and a tax clearance waits for the ZIMRA registration. No total is published for a job made of several items, because the dependent ones run one after another.
Your timeline in writing, before you pay. Your quotation arrives by email. Reply to it and we confirm your timeline in writing before you pay. If we cannot confirm a timeline in writing, anything you have paid comes back in full.
Two numbers, always. Our fee and the government fee, separately, on every quote and every page.
Nothing is done without payment. A consultation fee is paid before the consultation, credited in full against your quotation if you proceed, and not refunded if you do not, because the consultation has been delivered.

Consultations

Nothing is done without payment, and that includes the conversations that come before a quotation. Three routes start with one, each with its own fee, paid before the consultation, credited in full against your quotation if you proceed, and not refunded if you do not, because the consultation has been delivered.

Re-registration register check, US$50. A dormant company coming back onto the register. We check what the registry holds against it before quoting the total. The re-registration register check is a paid consultation: US$50, paid before the consultation, credited in full against your quotation if you proceed, and not refunded if you do not, because the consultation has been delivered.
Foreign investor consultation, US$150. A foreign owner buying into a Zimbabwean company that already exists, where exchange control approval can apply; a company with a foreign owner that will mainly operate in a reserved sector under Statutory Instrument 215 of 2025; and ZIDA registration assistance. The foreign investor consultation is US$150, paid before the consultation, credited in full against your quotation if you proceed, and not refunded if you do not, because the consultation has been delivered.
General consultation, US$50. A company that already exists and has not yet asked for a filing the questionnaire can price. The general consultation is US$50, paid before the consultation, credited in full against your quotation if you proceed, and not refunded if you do not, because the consultation has been delivered.

A Private Limited Company with nobody ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe is not a consultation: reply with the name of a person ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe to be a director, or choose a Private Business Corporation, and we send the quotation.

Single filings

Government fees at the Companies and Intellectual Property Office of Zimbabwe were taken from the live portal on 4 July 2026: US$5 per name-search application, covering up to five names, and US$60 to register a private limited entity. A registration price includes two name-search applications. An approved name is reserved for about 30 days and lapses if the company is not filed in that window.
Filing	Our fee	Government fee
Private Limited Company registration	US$240	US$5 per name-search application, two included, and US$60 to register the entity, all CIPZ fees at cost inside the price
Private Limited Company with a corporate director or shareholder	US$290	US$5 per name-search application, two included, and US$60 to register the entity, all CIPZ fees at cost inside the price
Private Business Corporation registration	US$160	US$5 per name-search application at cost, included. The registry does not itemise a separate registration fee on this filing
Company re-registration	US$180	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by the registry
ZIMRA registration and TIN	US$90	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by ZIMRA
Tax clearance certificate ITF263, first issue	US$80	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by ZIMRA
Tax clearance certificate ITF263, renewal	US$80	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by ZIMRA
NSSA employer registration	US$90	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by NSSA
NSSA certificate renewal	US$70	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by NSSA
VAT registration	US$450	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by ZIMRA
Annual returns filing	US$100	Government fees included in the price, not itemised by the registry
Registered office sourcing service	US$50	No government fee on this line. The address provider charges its own annual fee, which you pay to the provider at cost, never marked up.
PRAZ supplier registration	US$150	PRAZ charges US$50 to US$75 per category per year for a locally registered SME and US$850 a year for a foreign bidder. Paid to PRAZ at cost, on top of our fee.
Government vendor number (Ministry of Finance)	US$400	Treasury's processing fee is included in the US$400, whichever processing route applies, and is not charged on top. Quoted once your company has a Zimbabwe bank account, because Treasury needs a company bank statement, proof of residence for two directors and original documents delivered in Harare. Treasury processes a government vendor number in 2 or 7 working days, depending on the route, counted from the day the complete application is lodged.
Third name search attempt	US$10	US$5 CIPZ name search per application, included in the US$10

VAT registration is the one line here that is not ZimCompany’s to give on request. A trader is liable to register once the value of taxable supplies exceeds, or is expected to exceed, US$25,000 or the ZiG equivalent within a period of 12 months. Below that, registration is voluntary but subject to a minimum turnover set by the Commissioner. ZIMRA asks for a TIN, all tax heads up to date, a sales schedule from commencement of trade, sample sales invoices or signed contracts, a 12 month sales projection, a current stamped bank statement, a public officer appointment letter, and a lease agreement or title deed. A company registered last week holds almost none of that, so it usually registers later and ZimCompany files it then, for the same US$450. Verified 13 September 2026 (ZIMRA). More on VAT registration in Zimbabwe.

PRAZ registration and the government vendor number are two different things from two different offices. PRAZ supplier registration, US$150, is what lets your company bid for government tenders. Bought with Trade Ready, the Government Supplier bundle price of US$950 applies, so PRAZ supplier registration costs US$100 instead of US$150. PRAZ's own annual category fee is paid to PRAZ at cost, on top. The government vendor number is what lets government pay your company, and it is issued by the Ministry of Finance rather than by PRAZ. Government vendor number (Ministry of Finance): US$400, quoted once your company has a Zimbabwe bank account, because Treasury needs a company bank statement, proof of residence for two directors and original documents delivered in Harare. Most clients take the vendor number once they have won government work and need to be paid, since government cannot pay a supplier without one. Treasury processes a government vendor number in 2 or 7 working days, depending on the route, counted from the day the complete application is lodged. It is never part of an estimate total or a bundle, and it is not inside Government Supplier. More on PRAZ registration in Zimbabwe.

Bundles

Company Starter, Private Business Corporation, US$300. Bought separately US$340. Together US$300, a US$40 saving. The same start for a Private Business Corporation, which needs no Zimbabwe resident director and names a qualified accounting officer on its incorporation statement instead. The usual choice for one owner living abroad. Contains Private Business Corporation registration US$160, ZIMRA registration and TIN US$90, NSSA employer registration US$90. US$5 per name-search application at cost, included. The registry does not itemise a separate registration fee on a private business corporation, and ZIMRA and NSSA do not itemise a fee.
Company Starter, Private Limited, US$380. Bought separately US$420. Together US$380, a US$40 saving. A registered Private Limited Company with its tax registration and its employer registration done at the same time, so the company is ready to trade and to pay someone. Contains Private Limited Company registration US$240, ZIMRA registration and TIN US$90, NSSA employer registration US$90. US$5 per name-search application, two included, and US$60 registration, all CIPZ fees at cost. ZIMRA and NSSA do not itemise a fee.
Trade Ready, US$850. Bought separately US$950. Together US$850, a US$100 saving. Everything in the Private Limited starter plus your first tax clearance certificate and VAT registration, for a company that will invoice larger customers from day one. For companies that expect to pass the US$25,000 VAT threshold in their first year; otherwise start with Company Starter and add VAT later. Contains Private Limited Company registration US$240, ZIMRA registration and TIN US$90, NSSA employer registration US$90, Tax clearance certificate ITF263, first issue US$80, VAT registration US$450. US$5 per name-search application, two included, and US$60 registration, all CIPZ fees at cost. ZIMRA and NSSA do not itemise a fee.
Government Supplier, US$950. Bought separately US$1,100. Together US$950, a US$150 saving. Trade Ready plus PRAZ supplier registration, for a company that intends to bid for public tenders. The government vendor number that lets government pay you is quoted separately, once your company has a Zimbabwe bank account. Contains Private Limited Company registration US$240, ZIMRA registration and TIN US$90, NSSA employer registration US$90, Tax clearance certificate ITF263, first issue US$80, VAT registration US$450, PRAZ supplier registration US$150. US$5 per name-search application, two included, and US$60 registration, all CIPZ fees at cost. PRAZ charges its own annual category fee, paid to PRAZ at cost.

You can start with something smaller: choose the lines you want when you reply to the quotation and we adjust it. Every bundle above contains NSSA employer registration, and NSSA registers employers rather than companies: a client with nobody on the payroll is quoted the other lines singly instead, with no bundle, and NSSA is added at the first hire for the same US$90. Registration is due within 30 days of becoming an employer (nssa.org.zw).

Annual renewals

Annual returns filing, US$100 a year. Filed against the registry due date that follows your incorporation anniversary.
Tax clearance renewal, US$80 a year. Filed before your ITF263 expires, so the 30% withholding never starts.
NSSA certificate renewal, US$70 a year. Keeps your employer compliance certificate current.

Two lines left this table on 13 September 2026. ZimCompany no longer holds anyone’s registered office: where a client has no Zimbabwe address we find them a provider and hand over the paperwork for the one-off US$50 sourcing fee listed above, and the provider bills them their own annual fee at cost, never marked up. And we do not provide a Zimbabwe resident company secretary yet. A Private Limited Company must have one ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe under section 198 of the Companies and Other Business Entities Act, so for now you appoint your own, or you register a Private Business Corporation, which carries no resident appointment and names a qualified accounting officer on its incorporation statement instead, under sections 248 and 274 of the same Act. ZimCompany does not provide an accounting officer either, and no price for a company secretary or an accounting officer appears anywhere on this site.

Statutory compliance retainer

The day a Zimbabwean company registers for tax or for NSSA it acquires monthly duties: Pay As You Earn and NSSA by the 10th, VAT by the 25th, and quarterly payment dates on 25 March, 25 June, 25 September, 20 December.

Lite, US$30 a month. No staff yet, or a dormant company. Nil PAYE and NSSA returns filed every month. Quarterly payment date nil returns. Your tax clearance kept alive. You confirm nil by the 5th of each month.
Standard, US$70 a month. Up to five people on the payroll. NSSA P4 return by the 10th. PAYE return and remittance advice by the 10th. Quarterly payment date computations and reminders on 25 March, 25 June, 25 September and 20 December. You send payroll figures by the 5th.
Plus, US$120 a month. VAT registered companies. Everything in Standard. Monthly VAT return by the 25th. You send sales and purchase figures by the 5th.

Pay for a year up front and you pay 10 months rather than twelve. Six months up front costs 5 months. Full bookkeeping, payroll and ERP start at US$200 a month. Business bank account opening: where a director is in Zimbabwe we prepare the bank pack and quote it after the estimate; for owners with nobody in Zimbabwe it is coming soon.

Talk to ZimCompany

ZimCompany registers and runs Zimbabwean companies for people and businesses anywhere in the world: owners living outside Zimbabwe, foreign investors, and companies registered elsewhere that need a Zimbabwean entity. Email support@lioncapventures.com or message +263 77 272 4514 on WhatsApp. We work 9:00 to 17:00 CAT, UTC+2 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

ZimCompany is a Lioncap Ventures service. Lioncap Ventures (Pvt) Ltd, registration 16326A02102024, Harare, Zimbabwe. Start with the questionnaire at https://zimcompany.com/start.

Register a company in Zimbabwe: The two vehicles, the steps from name search to ZIMRA, the documents the registry needs, and what each step costs, with the government fee as its own number.