How To Register A Business Name Botswana

Register your business name.

How to register a business name botswana. From the information supplied by the applicant business botswana is able to. Reserving a company name. Act 26 2018 act 13 2019 s i. Rsm is the trading name used by the members of the rsm network. Reservation of company or business name.

And for matters incidental thereto. Consequences of non re registration 6. Your national id for local citizens or passport for foreign citizens form 1 for the company name. Effect of re registration 8. An act to provide for the re registration of existing business names under the registration of business names act.

Form rbn 1a for business name. Apply to the companies and intellectual property authority cipa proposing 3 prospective company names. Payment of reservation fee of p20 00 p pula. One is reserving your business name and the second is company registration. The forms you need to submit will depend on the type of company you are registering.

All businesses in botswana need to be registered with the registrar of companies and intellectual property rocip. Restoration to register of business names 7. Reservation of company business name and submission of incorporation documents as described below. Checked your business name is available. On the 12 th april 2018 the national assembly passed the registration of business names re registration act no 26 of 2018 the act.

An application form must be completed by every company wishing to be a member of business botswana. Membership of business botswana is voluntary and is open to registered companies associations organizations in both the private and parastatal sectors of the economy. Rocip requires a reservation fee of p20 00 is payable upon submission of form 1 for company name and form rbn 1a for business name. Legal rsm botswana professional services proprietary limited rsm botswana professional services proprietary limited is a member of the rsm network and trades as rsm botswana. Registration carries a fee of p360.