APTO International Trading Co. LLC (APTO)

About APTO International Trading Co. LLC (APTO)

Founded in 2007 in Hong Kong and now run from Jeddah for the Saudi market, this consultancy guides foreign investors, multinationals and smaller enterprises through market entry in the Kingdom. It works with four international offices, covering Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, China and India, and describes its Saudi specialists as the on-the-ground team. The core offer is company formation with a full foreign ownership structure: investment licensing through MISA, commercial registration, government portal activation and bank account introductions. After incorporation the firm stays on as an operating partner, supplying virtual CFO support, bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, zakat and ZATCA filings, audit work, visa and iqama processing, and a catalogue of more than thirty sector licences for areas such as healthcare, energy, aviation and logistics. A setup cost calculator on the website lets prospective clients model licence fees, visa costs and minimum capital before committing.

Services

Formation work covers the MISA investment licence, commercial registration, trade name reservation, branch registration, portal set-up, trademark filing, factory establishment and corporate bank account assistance. Financial services include virtual CFO, bookkeeping, payroll management, final accounts, VAT registration and filing, zakat calculation, statutory and internal audit, valuation and M and A advisory. Operational support covers work permits, iqama and visa processing, GOSI and Saudization compliance, government liaison, certified Arabic translation and feasibility or market entry studies.

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