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Reserve a company name

Reserve a company or business name with URSB, the first step to 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 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

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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