Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Late Renewal of Registration Certificate in person, the applicant should contact the Registrar General Department in Ghana. Contact link
2. Applicant must obtain the application form from the relevant department.
3. Applicant will then be required to give details about the business verbally i.e. business/entity name and business type, to the attending official, who will do the search on the RGD computer data base.
4. Applicants provide 3 business/ company name for search for availability of a name.
5. Applicant must complete the entity form and pick a ticket per the entity type and wait till the applicant’s ticket number is called.
6. Applicant must submit the completed form with all the supporting documents for validation by inspector.
7. Pay the late renewal fees where the officials would start processing his/her application and Payment slip is generated for payment to be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
8. Document is left at the in-house bank for onward process.
9. Applicant decision is made to approve, query or reject.
10. Certificate and other supporting documents are issued when applicant approval is given.
11. Generally, the processing time for this procedure is taken 20-30 days.

Apply Online

1. Go to online website link
2. Applicant search for the availability of your business name by clicking on “Name Search”.
3. Applicant “Download” forms of the entity type you want to register.
4. Then “print, fill, sign and scan” the form and other supporting documents may be required.
5. Applicants create an account as a portal user.
6. Applicant login with the “user name” and “password” given after the account creation.
7. Applicant must select Entity Registration link again on the left pane.
8. Click on ‘Create New’ button if name has not been reserved or click on ‘Create from Name Reservation’ button if business name has been reserved.
9. Applicant select entity type from the dropdown list.
10. Type business name under entity name and click on Proceed button.
11. Certificate and other supporting documents are issued when applicant approval is given.
12. Input data, upload scanned and signed document and applicant follow the instructions.
13. Pay online by clicking on ‘make payment online’ link.
14. The status of the registration will be communicated via SMS.
15. Applicant click on e-Certificate link to save or print certificate and other supporting documents after approval is given.

• Application form
• Evidence of payment
• File at the RGD
• National identification card
• Official Gazette Publications. Two publications of company name (that is, the legal newspaper and the Official Gazette).
• Financial Statement for the year Under view (Auditors Report)

Registrar General Department
Address: Department of social services in Accra, Ghana. Kinbu Rd, Accra, Ghana.
HQ2X+4X Accra, Ghana
Contact number- +233 30 266 4691
Location link
Contact link

GREATER ACCRA REGION
P.O. Box 118 Accra
Tel: +233 302 664 691-93
Fax: +233 302 662043
Email: info@rgd.gov.gh
Digital address: GA-143-4647
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• All companies /corporation and organizations are eligible.

• Pay processing fees for this procedure is GHS 60.00

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• The Processing time for this procedure is taken 20 to 30 days.

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• Applicant’s name
• Name of the business/entity
• Business type
• Nature of business
• Date of commencement
• Address of the principal place of business (Plot No., Section and Name of Street or Road)
• Postal address
• Address of any other place of business (Branch Office under the above name)
• Particulars of proprietor or partners
• Reason for the late renewal

• Once in every year an individual or company registered under this Act shall deliver to the Registrar for registration a renewal notice in the prescribed form renewing the registration. (2) Without prejudice to any other liability prescribed by this Act, any registration which is not renewed in accordance with this section shall be deemed to have lapsed and the Registrar may remove from the register the business name.

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