Create a company (Traditional procedure)

Before starting operations, companies must be registered at Business Registrations Licensing Authority (BRELA). They must also obtain Taxpayer Identification number from Tanzania Revenue Authority.

Companies must also obtain business licenses that vary according to the type of the business activity. Licenses are put into two categories; schedule A and schedule B. For Schedule A companies please click here. for Schedule B companies please click here. 

All types of companies follow the same registration procedure (although requirements vary). After registering with BRELA Schedule A companies will get their licenses from Ministry of Industry and Trade while Schedule B will get it at Municipal office nearest to the business premises. For some other business such as hunting, hunting licence must be acquired first before obtaining the general business licence.  Click the link on the left (orange coloured) to see the procedures

Create a company (Investors) 

Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) can help both local and foreign investors to register their business through a one stop facility center.  This service is provided to investors who need a certificate of incentives. In order to get the services investors need to have project with minimum capital of 100,000 USD for Tanzanians and 300,000 USD for foreigners. 

Traditional procedures 

Through traditional procedures, foreign companies can register branches of their foreign companies in Tanzania at the Business registration and Licensing Agency (BRELA). At the end of the procedure a registered foreign company gets Certificate of compliance.  Click the link on the left (orange coloured) to see the procedures

Investors

Foreign investors with project value more than 300,000 USD can register their companies through Tanzania investment center (TIC). This will give the company an opportunity to benefit from various incentives provided by the center. For more information click on the "SERVICE TO INVESTORS' menu