Brief on Establishing Business in Qatar
Starting a business no longer has to take months or years, thanks to Single Window, which offers investors a hassle-free process to obtain relevant clearances, permits and licenses. This one-stop-shop allows entrepreneurs and investors to interface electronically by submitting, paying, signing and updating their applications at a single entry point. This significantly enhances procedures by eliminating paper and reducing time and costs.
Establishment Options
There are two ways to go about registering a business before establishment in Qatar.
- Company registration: This occurs when an investor has not secured a location or premises but would like to get the process underway. The investor can reserve a trade name and register the company but cannot commence operations or recruit staff until it they are issued with a commercial license.
- Comprehensive establishment: An investor registers their businesses using the company trade name, commercial registration and commercial permit. Single window issues permissions and clearances allowing the investor to recruit staff and begin their business activities.
Steps for Establishing a Company
There are three steps to bringing your business idea to life.
1- Filling the application
Objective: To define the activity to be undertaken by the company.
Procedure: You will submit your company data using an online form that includes:
- Capital and partners' shares
- Economic activities
- Legal form
- Trade name
- Managers and authorized signatories
- Financial details
- Company location
- Employment details
- Type of contract
- Additional data by activity
The form will be automatically verified during data entry.
The application will be processed once it has been submitted. Based on the submitted entries, some or all of the following data must be completed:
- Trade name registration
- Issuance of a commercial registration
- Issuance of a trade license
- Issuance of the certificate of registration of the establishment
- Issuance of a tax card
- Company certificate
- Qualitative licenses according to selected economic activities
You will receive regular notifications on the progress of your application via text messages and email. You can also track the application through the single window website. If the submitted data is inaccurate or lacking details, the single-window system automatically asks the investor via text and email to update the required data.
2- Signing the Establishment contract
Objective: The signing of the establishment contract.
Procedure: The investor is notified that the contract shall be be signed electronically through the single-window site using the NAS card through the Hukoomi website. The contract can also be signed by visiting the single window service centers.
3- Payment Stage
Objective: Pay the application fee and receive the extracts
Procedures: The single window aggregates the required application fees.
- Pay using debit or credit cards via the single window site.
- Visit the single window service centers.
Payment methods that will be available in the future:
- Bank transfer to the single window’s account.
- Bank deposit.
- Partial payments are available through different payment methods, but the processing of the application and the issuance of certificates will not be completed until all fees have been collected.
The official certificates of the company will be automatically issued as soon as the payment process is completed. The single window system issues the approved certificates through the website. Investors can also receive the certificates from the single window service centers.