Registration of Business Names Act, 1961(Act 151)

Business Names also known as a sole proprietorship (one-man business) registered by one (1) person who takes all business decisions and all liabilities are unlimited i.e. makes profits alone and bears losses alone.

Procedure for registration

• A search for availability of the name must be conducted
• Applicant may pick up a prescribed Form A from the in-house bank or Download
• Submit completed and signed Form A at the Business Names Registration Counter for Verification and Capturing or submit Online
• Pay processing fee of GHS 100 at the in-house bank or Online on the ghana.gov.gh platform
• VIP service cost of GHs 400 in addition to the processing fees (optional)
• Registrar Examines, Approves and Issues:
  
  • Certificate of Registration 
  • Certified True Copy(CTC) of Form A
• Mandatory renewal of registered name each year at a fee of GHS 60 ( or pay by using  USSD *222#)

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