Ethiopia - Reserve a Company Name

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. For reserving a company name, the applicant has to conduct a search at Ministry of Trade and Industry contact link for knowing the availability of their proposed name.
2. After knowing the availability, applicant has to provide necessary information in an application form and submit it at the Ministry.
3. Applicant must carry all related documents for the procedure to complete while applying for this procedure.
4. Documents that are necessary for this procedure to complete are mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Fee for this procedure are:
   • Stamp duty fee of 350 Birr
   • Service charge and Name search of 10 Birr for 4 copies of Memorandum of Association
   • Additional fee for completion of the process will come between 5,000 and 10,000 Birr.
6. Applicant should attach photocopies of documents along with the application form while submitting.
7. If all the above-mentioned procedures were followed properly, the procedure will be completed within a month by visiting the office or via post.
   

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Required Documents

Documents required for this procedure to complete are:

• Letter of Recommendation
• Commercial Registration Certificate
• Memorandum and Articles of Association
• Business License
  

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Contact No: +251115518025
Contact link
Location link

Eligibility

Any Ethiopian Citizen who owns a firm or company is eligible for reserving their company name.

Fees

Fee for this procedure is:

• Stamp Duty fee of 350 Birr
• Service charge and name search of 10 Birr for 4 copies of Memorandum of Association
• Additional fee of around 5,000 – 10,000 Birr for completion of the process.
  

Validity

Valid for a period of 5-180 days.

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

Processing time for this procedure is one month.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

• Applicant should know rules and regulations of reserving a company name in Ethiopia.
• Proposed or names chosen by the applicant must not be similar to any other registered company names.
• Applicant must follow all instructions provided by an applicant.
  

Required Information

• Name
• Address
• Sex
• Age
• Marital status
• Proposed business
• Address of the company
• Names of shareholders
• Details of each share holders
• Proposed company activities
  

Need for the Document

Owner of a firm or company must reserve their company name with Ethiopian Trade and Industry office to own the company name and claim the name for themselves.

Information which might help

• Applicant must make a company seal that is specifically designed and can be commonly used.
• Company must have a bank account under the company name as company’s bank account.
  

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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