Setupz Business Consultants

About Setupz Business Consultants

Based in Dammam, with a second contact line in the UAE, this consultancy concentrates on helping foreign investors and overseas companies enter the Saudi market. It guides clients through choosing between a limited liability company, a foreign branch, a regional headquarters, a special economic zone entity or an entrepreneur licence, and then carries out the filing work, including the Ministry of Investment licence and the commercial registration. Packages are published openly and scale from basic incorporation to a managed setup that adds visas, tax and social-insurance registrations, bank account opening and a short virtual office period. After incorporation the team can continue with bookkeeping, VAT, corporate tax and zakat filings, government relations paperwork and trademark registration. The firm also supports applications for premium residency for investors and business owners. It describes work for ventures in manufacturing, construction, technology, tourism, food service and healthcare, and says clients do not need a local sponsor.

Services

Incorporation of LLCs and foreign branches, regional headquarters and entrepreneur-licence companies, including document review, power of attorney drafting, attestation, Arabic translation, name reservation, articles submission and commercial registration. Investment licence applications. Registrations with the chamber of commerce, VAT, social insurance and labour platforms. General manager visa and residence processing, premium residency applications, bank account opening support, municipality licence help, virtual office, accounting and bookkeeping, tax and zakat filings, trademark registration, feasibility studies and company dissolution.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✓ VAT: offered
• ✕ Payroll: not listed
• ✕ Audit: not listed
• ✓ Bank account assistance: offered
• ✓ Residency and visas: offered
• ✕ Corporate secretarial: not listed
• ✓ Virtual office: offered

Published prices

• Basic setup package from SAR 10,000 plus government fees
• Standard package SAR 17,000
• Premium package SAR 25,000

As published by the firm. Prices change; the firm's quote is what counts.