₹24,999 is the fixed professional fee at which LegalX India sets up a foreign parent's Indian subsidiary in Mumbai. That figure covers the professional run: parent document checks, DSCs and DINs, name approval, MoA and AoA drafting, the SPICe+ filing and RBI reporting support once share money lands. Indian subsidiary registration in Mumbai runs on the same MCA V3 rails as everywhere else in India. What is genuinely local is the wrapper: which of two registrars reviews your file, how a local office is proved on paper, and the Maharashtra registrations that begin the moment your CIN is issued.
Which registrar will your subsidiary actually file with?
Since 16 February 2026, Mumbai company matters are split between two registrars under MCA notification S.O. 4850(E) dated 23 October 2025, with commencement shifted by S.O. 6112(E). The test is simple and worth learning before you sign an office deal. Greater Mumbai, the BMC area, is exactly the two districts of Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban, and a registered office there files with ROC Mumbai-I at Mumbai. An office anywhere else in the metropolitan region, including Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Bhiwandi, Vasai Virar, Mira Bhayandar and Panvel, files with ROC Mumbai-II at Navi Mumbai. Its charge covers the eight districts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Nashik, Palghar, Raigad and Thane.
Most guides your parent company's advisors will find online still describe a single ROC Mumbai. A filing prepared on that assumption addresses the wrong office. The split also has a sting later. Shift the registered office across the boundary, say Mulund to Thane, and the move becomes a change from one registrar's jurisdiction to another. That needs a special resolution and Regional Director confirmation on Form INC-23, where a simple address form once did the job. We map your intended office to the correct registrar before anything is filed.
What does Indian subsidiary registration cost in Mumbai?
Our professional fee is ₹24,999, and the honest answer is that it is not the only line on the sheet. Here is where the money actually goes.
| Cost head | What it covers | How it is charged |
|---|---|---|
| Professional fee | Advisory, drafting, filings and RBI reporting support | ₹24,999 fixed |
| DSC and DIN | Digital signatures and director identification for proposed directors | Included in the fee |
| Government filing charges | Name reservation and SPICe+ on the MCA V3 portal | At actuals, linked to authorised capital |
| Apostille and notarisation | Parent company documents legalised in the home country | Paid abroad, varies by country |
| Maharashtra stamp duty | Duty on the incorporation instruments | Computed and disclosed before execution |
Stamp duty in Maharashtra depends on the instrument and value, so we compute the exact figure before execution instead of quoting a guess. On timing, plan for 20 to 30 days. Apostille turnaround in the parent country is the single biggest variable, followed by resubmission cycles if the registrar raises remarks.
Who is registering subsidiaries in Mumbai right now?
- Foreign logistics and warehousing groups building an Indian arm near the port. JNPT at Nhava Sheva is India's largest container port, and the warehousing belt at Bhiwandi serves it. A Singapore parent typically takes a Thane district address for the subsidiary, which routes the file to ROC Mumbai-II.
- Trading parents that want the entity close to the port corridor pick Navi Mumbai or Panvel premises for the same reason: goods clear at the port, and the company sits minutes from its own stock.
- Overseas SaaS companies placing a development subsidiary in Powai's startup cluster, hiring Indian engineers on Indian payroll while the parent keeps the IP and customer contracts offshore.
In each case the legal shape is identical. What changes is the district, the reviewing registrar, and the state registrations that follow.
Which documents slow the filing down?
The parent side is predictable: certificate of incorporation, charter documents and a board resolution authorising the Indian entity, all apostilled or notarised in the home country, plus passports and address proofs for the foreign directors. The full national checklist sits in our complete Indian Subsidiary Registration guide for India.
The local side is where files actually stall, and it is almost always the registered office proof. Most offices here are held under a leave and licence agreement, which Maharashtra requires to be registered, with the obligation on the landlord. If the premises sit in a cooperative housing society, the agreement, the licensor's NOC and the society's position must all line up. Getting this evidence clean at incorporation pays twice, because the same proof set returns at GST registration, where a Maharashtra state officer or a Central GST officer can physically verify the principal place of business.
How does the incorporation run, step by step?
- We confirm the FDI position for your activity, map your office district to ROC Mumbai-I or ROC Mumbai-II, and issue one document checklist covering both countries.
- The parent completes apostille or notarisation abroad while we obtain DSCs and file the name reservation, so neither side waits on the other.
- Our CS team drafts the MoA and AoA with subscription by the foreign parent and files SPICe+ on the MCA V3 portal. Nobody visits any office.
- The registrar reviews the file and issues the Certificate of Incorporation, with a CIN carrying the MH state code, in the shape U72900MH2026PTC123456.
- The parent remits the share subscription money, and we support the RBI reporting through your AD bank within the 30 day window.
What does a new Mumbai subsidiary owe in its first weeks?
The Maharashtra layer starts immediately, and it is what foreign parents are least prepared for.
- PTEC: the company's own profession tax enrolment on mahagst.gov.in, a flat ₹2,500 a year with no return to file.
- PTRC: a separate certificate once Indian payroll begins, the employer's authority to deduct ₹200 a month from salaries above the slab threshold, with ₹300 in February. Women earning up to ₹25,000 a month are exempt from this deduction.
- A Shops and Establishments filing for the office. Since 1 October 2025 an establishment below 20 workers files only an intimation of commencement and holds the receipt, while 20 or more workers means a Form A registration certificate.
- The annual FLA return, filed directly on RBI's FLAIR portal, not through the AD bank, a distinction many advisors miss even though the regulator itself is headquartered in Mumbai.
A staffed subsidiary needs both profession tax certificates, and we queue every one of these alongside the incorporation itself.
Why LegalX India for your Mumbai subsidiary?
Because a subsidiary is not one filing, it is a chain, and we hold the whole chain: entry advice, incorporation with the correct registrar, RBI reporting, and the Maharashtra registrations that follow. The work is handled online by a team of 50+ CA and CS experts with 10+ years of practice behind the process. More than 15,000 customers have used it. Our Google rating stands at 4.8 across 2,500+ reviews, and you get a callback within 30 minutes of asking. If your team prefers a table to a call, our office is at Second Floor, Haware Fantasia Business Park, Sector 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400703. Your registrar and officers are decided by your own registered address, never ours. Call +91 96356 85435 and start with the district your office will sit in. Everything else follows from that.