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Company registration in Macau
Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China with its own commercial law and taxes. We cover how registration works and what you will need.
Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China with its own currency, the pataca (about MOP 8.08 per dollar at the rate of early October 2026), its own commercial code and tax system. A company is registered with the commercial registry, then registered with the tax authority, and opens an account with a local bank.
How registration works
- Defining the task: trading, services or a holding, work with China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
- Choosing the company form and checking the name.
- The articles and notarised founding documents.
- Registration with the commercial registry and the tax authority.
- A bank account and, if needed, an activity licence.
Capital and tax
The minimum share capital of a private limited company in Macau is MOP 25,000, about $3,100 at the rate of 5 October 2026. The company is registered with the Commercial and Movable Property Registry and with the Financial Services Bureau before it starts trading. Complementary tax on profits: the first MOP 600,000 a year (about $74,300) is exempt, and the excess is taxed at 12%.
We will calculate online the cost of registering and running your company for the first year.
A company account at a Macau bank
For a corporate account Macau banks ask for the certificate of incorporation and the latest registry extract, the articles, a board resolution to open the account, the tax declaration of commencement filed with the Financial Services Bureau and the documents of directors and authorised persons. The company needs at least one shareholder and one director. Registration usually takes 7 to 20 working days depending on how it is filed, and the account is opened after that.
What documents you need
Passports of the members and director, the memorandum or founding decision, proof of the company address and beneficial ownership details; for a corporate member, its registry extract translated and apostilled. For the bank, a business description and source of funds documents.
What we do
Murblz specialists prepare the founding documents, file them for registration, obtain the company numbers, register the company for tax and help open the bank account. The quote is fixed in writing before work starts.
Who gets refused
The registry returns applications with errors in the founding documents, and a bank will refuse an account if the source of funds cannot be documented or if any owner is under sanctions. We check whether a case can proceed before any documents are prepared.
Fees
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Company registration (Base package) | $33 000 |
| Company registration (Package with nominee service) | $36 100 |
| Company registration (Package with bank pre-approval) | $37 300 |
A Macau company means Chinese law with its own rules and banks
The law does not forbid registering a company in Macau on your own, but documents are prepared in Chinese or Portuguese under local commercial law. Mistakes cost more than the fees: a company form that does not fit the purpose, capital paid in other than by the rules, a bank that requires a personal visit and a detailed business description, tax obligations discovered only at the first audit. We prepare the documents, register the company and open the account.
The cost of support depends on the company form and the bank; a manager will calculate it in the chat.
See also
Business account · Personal account · Investment property
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