How to register a company in Turkmenistan (2026)
This checklist separates the verified Turkmenistan company and tax facts from the registry, fee, portal and foreign-owner questions that remain unresolved.
Company facts
| Fact | Published value |
|---|---|
| Legal form | business company; LLC-equivalent used in this fact sheet |
| Local form | Hojalyk jemgyýeti (ХО) |
| Minimum capital | 100 times the statutory basic amount for calculating taxes and fees (Law on Enterprises, article 29(4); effective 2026) |
| State fee | not published — we could not confirm this at an official source on 2026 |
| Registration time | 3 working days (Law on Enterprises, article 16; effective 2026) |
| Registry | {'value': 'Unified State Register of Legal Entities', 'unit': 'registry', 'effective': '2026', 'source_url': 'https://mejlis.gov.tm/single-law/301?lang=tm', 'source_name': 'Law on Enterprises, article 15', 'tier': 'PRIMARY', 'quote': 'Ýuridik şahslaryň ýeke-täk döwlet sanawy', 'verified': True} |
| Portal | {'value': None, 'unit': 'URL', 'effective': '2026', 'source_url': 'https://mejlis.gov.tm/single-law/301?lang=tm', 'source_name': 'Law on Enterprises', 'tier': 'PRIMARY', 'quote': '', 'verified': False, 'note': 'No current online registration portal URL was found.'} |
| Notary required | not published — we could not confirm this at an official source on 2026 |
| Foreign sole owner | not published — we could not confirm this at an official source on 2026 |
| Corporate tax | 8 % of taxable profit for qualifying Turkmen resident legal entities (Tax Code, article 172(1); effective 2026) |
| VAT threshold | not published — we could not confirm this at an official source on 2026 |
Step by step
- Confirm the company form, intended activity and any sector permission before preparing the filing.
- Prepare founder, charter, signature and foreign-document evidence according to the current authority instructions.
- Confirm capital, fee, timing, notary treatment, registry route and online portal because the opened sources do not publish all of them.
- Submit through the current official channel and retain the registration and tax evidence returned by the authority.
- Confirm corporate tax, VAT and dividend treatment separately because the VAT threshold is not published in the assigned record.
- Resolve both employer and employee pension treatment before making the first employment offer.
Taxes the new company will meet
The record publishes 8% corporate tax for the qualifying resident legal-entity case, 15% VAT and 15% dividends, while the VAT threshold and taxpayer-specific exceptions remain unpublished.
Employing your first person
Do not convert an employer-only pension result into net pay; confirm the ordinary employee pension rate, the basic-amount value and any professional-pension category before hiring.
Editor's note
The registration evidence states that The company page shows only the verified legal-form, capital and tax facts, while the opened material does not publish a current state fee, registration time, online portal, notary rule or sole-foreign-owner and director rule.
A foreign founder should confirm the exact activity, ownership evidence, registry route and current basic-amount value with the relevant authority before paying, filing or hiring; the payroll gap is not resolved by incorporation.