Kyrgyz Republic

Starting a Business in

Kyrgyz Republic

Listed below is a detailed summary of the bureaucratic and legal hurdles an entrepreneur must overcome in order to incorporate and register a new firm, along with their associated time and set-up costs.  It examines the procedures, time and cost involved in launching a commercial or industrial firm with up to 50 employees and start-up capital of 10 times the economy's per-capita gross national income (GNI).

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011.

  • Standardized Company

  • Legal Form: Private Limited Liability Company
  • City: Bishkek

About This Topic

To see indicator data for all economies, see the Starting a Business page. To see how economies rank, see the Rankings page.

No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Register at the One stop shop Register with the Social Fund and the State Tax and the National statistics

In June 2008 the one-stop shop registration procedure came into force:
The applicant submits the full package of documents to the one-stop shop at the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic. According to article 10 of the Law “On State Registration of Legal Entities” of the Kyrgyz Republic, the registration of legal entity (LTD) has to be done in 10 calendar days. Since the amendements to the civil code in April 2009, the one stop shop operates officially in 3 days and interacts electronically with all the agencies.

As of April, 2009, only 3 documents are needed fo registartion:
- application for the company incorporation;
-letter stating the entrepreneur's decision to create the LLC - founding agreement;
- copies of IDs of founders and managers.

1. Applicant submits all the documents to the one-stop-shop in an application.
2. The office accepts the documents and should carry an expertise of the incorporation documents to make sure they comply with legislation during the 3 days period.
3. Upon expiration of the term, the system delivers an order to register and issue a certificate of registration for the legal entity. This certificate contains the OKPO code, INN code (tax payer number) issued by statistics offices and tax authority via electronic data base correspondingly.






7 days KGS 232 (registration fee)
2 Obtain permission to make company seal and make a seal

The seal-making company requests permission to make its client’s company seal. The cost of the seal depends on the delivery time (say, 2 hours versus 1 day). The faster the delivery, the higher the cost. The Presidential decree of 23rd April nb 182 makes the use of the seal optional, however in practice, companies still use it.
3 days KGS 1,100 (125 of permission cost + service fees of 450-1,500).
Explore Economy Data