Reserve a company name
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 fees are all included in one all-in price. Once approved, the name is reserved for you for 30 days. Then you can incorporate against it.
What URSB charges
- 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
When our team handles this for you, it is one all-in price with the URSB fee above included, so you never pay the agency separately, and you see the total before you pay. When you apply yourself, you pay the URSB fee directly, using the payment reference the service gives you.
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 nameThe official portal
URSB runs this service. You can also apply directly on their own site.
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