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Small Industry Registration Fee and Industry Class Calculator

Registration and renewal fees at the Cottage and Small Industry Office, plus your class under the Industrial Enterprises Act 2076.

How it works

Enter your capital to see the Cottage and Small Industry Office registration fee — NPR 1,000 up to NPR 1 lakh, NPR 12,000 up to NPR 20 lakh and up to NPR 60,000 above NPR 10 crore (Kathmandu, FY 2080/81) — plus the renewal fee and fines by delay, the 50% discount for eligible owners and your industry class.

Capital (NPR)

= NPR 5 lakh

Owned solely by a woman, Dalit or person with disability (50% discount)

Renewal for

When are you renewing?

Registration fee

NPR 6,000

Capital band: NPR 3 – 5 lakh
Renewal fee (incl. fines): NPR 1,600
Application fee: NPR 100

Cottage and Small Industry Office, Kathmandu schedule for FY 2080/81 — provincial finance acts revise it, so confirm the current year. Details in the small industry guide.

Fixed capital excluding land and building (NPR)

= NPR 15 lakh

Number of workers (including you)

Annual transactions (NPR)

Machinery power (kW)

Industry class (Industrial Enterprises Act 2076)

Micro enterprise (लघु उद्यम)

Fixed capital up to NPR 20 lakh (excluding land and building), up to 9 workers including the entrepreneur, annual transactions under NPR 1 crore, machinery up to 20 kW

Cottage industries are defined by traditional skills rather than capital, so they are not auto-detected here.

Registration fee table

Cottage and Small Industry Office, Kathmandu — FY 2080/81
Capital	Registration fee	Renewal within 35 days (company/private firm)
Up to NPR 1 lakh	NPR 1,000	NPR 600
NPR 1 – 3 lakh	NPR 3,000	NPR 1,000
NPR 3 – 5 lakh	NPR 6,000	NPR 1,600
NPR 5 – 20 lakh	NPR 12,000	NPR 3,000
NPR 20 – 50 lakh	NPR 20,000	NPR 5,000
NPR 50 lakh – 1 crore	NPR 28,000	NPR 6,500
NPR 1 – 3 crore	NPR 36,000	NPR 8,000
NPR 3 – 5 crore	NPR 44,000	NPR 11,000
NPR 5 – 10 crore	NPR 52,000	NPR 15,000
Above NPR 10 crore	NPR 60,000	NPR 20,000

Full renewal and fine table in the cottage and small industry guide.

Questions about this tool

Who gets the 50% registration discount?

Industries or firms solely owned by women, Dalit or persons with disability, under the Industrial Enterprises Act 2076 and provincial finance law.

What is a micro enterprise?

Fixed capital up to NPR 20 lakh (excluding land and building), up to 9 workers, annual transactions under NPR 1 crore and machinery up to 20 kW.

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