Hong Kong Company Registration Packages: What to Compare

Compare three published service levels on a common basis

HSJGlobal’s published professional-service starting prices, checked on October 28, 2026, are USD 499 for Filing coordination, USD 899 for First-year company support and USD 1,499 for Expanded setup support. These are three service levels, not three guaranteed all-inclusive totals. The original currency is USD; no fixed HKD conversion is quoted here.

The first price relates to a filing engagement; the second is marketed as first-year setup support; the third relates to an expanded setup project. Exact commencement and end dates, quantities of documents or filings, service caps and recurring charges are not publicly fixed by these starting figures. Obtain those terms in the written proposal. A first-year label does not determine when an annual address or secretary term begins.

The tiers reflect genuine differences in the intended ownership and local-support workload. They do not automatically establish different accounting allowances, bank entitlements or government-fee treatment. Compare the agreed deliverables rather than inferring them from a higher price. Optional additions can include local appointments, additional ownership-document work, mail services and separately scoped compliance support.

Isolate the statutory amount from the service price

For a standard local private company limited by shares using a one-year Business Registration Certificate, the current electronic statutory baseline is HKD 3,895: HKD 1,545 incorporation fee plus HKD 2,200 business-registration fee and HKD 150 levy. Paper filing instead gives HKD 4,070. The CR form-fee schedule and IRD fee-and-levy table support these components as checked on October 28, 2026.

The business-registration component stated here applies to the April 1, 2026–March 31, 2027 charging period. For a local company’s initial one-stop certificate, the relevant amount follows the incorporation submission date; renewal amounts follow the commencement date of the renewal certificate. Other entity types, certificate periods or later fee periods require a different calculation.

If a written Filing coordination quote says statutory charges are additional, its starting cash model is HKD 3,895 plus the quoted USD professional fee, plus any separately agreed extras. If statutory charges are included, do not add them again. Do not add mixed currencies into a single total. Request the invoice currency, conversion method if used and payment charges before comparing cash outlay.

Hong Kong has no general VAT or sales tax under the government tax-policy statement . Ask separately about tax treatment where a different contracting or invoicing jurisdiction is involved. Share subscriptions, operating funds and a bank’s minimum balance are funds committed for different purposes; do not classify them as incorporation-service revenue.

Price the boundaries that package labels leave open

Create a scope ledger with one row for each deliverable and four fields: responsible legal entity, measurable output, delivery or service period, and extra-charge trigger. Require each provider to mark included, excluded or separately priced. Leave an unanswered item unresolved rather than awarding it zero cost.

• Formation: name review, incorporation data, articles, signatures, submission, correction handling and certificate handover.
• Local statutory support: eligible secretary, authorised registered office, controller records, designated-representative arrangements and access to records where applicable.
• Operational assistance: bank application preparation, licensing assessment, accounting onboarding and tax-scope discussion, each with its own boundary.
• Delivery evidence: certificates, accepted filings, current registers, appointment evidence, correspondence records and renewal instructions.

For the underlying incorporation, Hong Kong company setup requirements concern the legal entity, officers, office and filing information. Procurement should translate those requirements into identifiable deliverables. “Company kit” or “compliance included” is too vague to show who will update a register after a later change or answer a government notice.

Ask how exceptions are priced: extra directors or shareholders, multiple holding-company layers, translations, certification, courier work, resubmissions caused by changed instructions, and additional applications. These are possible commercial variations, not universal legal requirements for every foreign owner. Any compulsory prerequisite should be explained before a deposit is taken.

The service-price components converge only after their scope and inclusion status are known. An attractive entry price cannot fill an unknown renewal or third-party line.

Test the renewal exposure and the cost of changing provider

Build a second-year view before accepting the first-year offer. List the secretary, office, business-registration renewal, annual-return filing, bookkeeping, audit and tax work that your actual company will need. The public service levels do not publish fixed renewal amounts, cancellation terms or refund entitlements; these require written agreement.

For a local private company, the annual-return guidance sets the usual return deadline at 42 days after the incorporation anniversary and the timely registration fee at HKD 105. That filing is separate from business-registration renewal and tax work. A provider should identify whether its reminder, preparation and submission charges are included in the renewal quote.

Inspect the exit terms as carefully as the renewal. Request the notice period, fees for extracting records, mail forwarding after termination, transfer of company books and electronic files, and the process for changing the office or secretary. Your comparison should show whether a low initial cost is offset by a difficult or expensive handover.

Check the actual contracting and performing entities. Where trust or company services are provided by way of business in Hong Kong, verify the relevant provider against the official TCSP register or establish the applicable exemption. Do not infer a licence from a brand name or a claim that work is handled by a partner.

Score package fit before comparing the final amount

Use this editorial scoring method to compare completeness rather than marketing language. Score each category 0 when unanswered, 1 when partly specified, and 2 when documented: formation outputs; local appointments and records; first-year cash components; renewal and exit terms; and responsibility for external applications. The maximum is 10, but any unresolved mandatory appointment or concealed compulsory charge is a stop condition regardless of the total.

The score is a procurement aid, not a regulatory approval or a provider ranking. A nine-point offer with a missing secretary term may be less suitable than a lower-priced offer that transparently requires you to appoint your own secretary. Request the missing information and compare the revised documents rather than guessing what the package ought to contain.

Match the offer to your case. Existing eligible local support can make a filing-only engagement sufficient. A founder without local appointments needs the precise first-year scope confirmed. A corporate shareholder needs document and control-chain coordination priced against the actual structure. Extra complexity justifies extra work only where the proposal identifies that work.

Finally, compare an identical decision horizon, such as formation plus the first recurring service renewal. extra-charge triggers in formation offers are useful to test against your scope ledger. An unpriced required service is an unresolved cost rather than a saving, and a higher tier should not be purchased solely to compensate for unclear wording.

Select the package with an enforceable scope

Select a package once its appointment periods, filing outputs, statutory-fee treatment, exclusions, renewal terms and delivery responsibilities match the company you will form. Accept the named scope and currency terms, not merely the advertised starting amount.

Ask for a revised proposal if the same item is charged twice, an essential service is merely implied, or an external approval is presented as guaranteed. Proceed with the simplest service level that meets the documented requirements; escalate genuine ownership or regulatory complexity before submission.