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Reserve a company name

Reserve a company/business name with URSB — step 1 of registering a company.

Reserve a company/business name with URSB (step 1 of registering a company). We check name availability and handle the whole reservation with URSB for you — government fee included — for one all-in price. Once approved, the name is reserved for you for 30 days — then you can incorporate against it.

What URSB charges

Reserving a company name with URSB costs UGX 35,000, set by statutory instrument.

  • Reserve or approve a company nameAlso the fee for a change of company name.UGX 35,000

Source: Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 40, The Companies (Fees) Regulations 2024, Uganda Gazette No. 38 Vol. CXVII (14 June 2024) · last checked 2026-07-30

We handle this end to end as one package, and the URSB fee above is included in it — you'll see your total before you start, and you never pay the agency separately.

Start this application

We'll ask for what's needed one step at a time, in your language, and fill the application as you go.

Reserve a company name

The official portal

URSB runs this service. You can also apply directly on their own site.

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