Search for LLP registration in Mumbai and most of what you read still assumes one Registrar of Companies for the whole city. That assumption expired on 16 February 2026. LLP filings from the region now split between two registrars, and an incorporation addressed on last year's map can sit with the wrong office while your bank account, licences and first invoices wait. The fix costs nothing: confirm the district of your registered office before anything is filed. That is the first check we run on every mandate. This page covers the rest of it too: the real cost, the premises documents that stall filings here, and the Maharashtra obligations that begin the week your certificate arrives.
Which registrar will actually take your LLP filing?
The answer turns on the district your registered office sits in. ROC Mumbai-I covers offices in Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban, the two districts that together make up Greater Mumbai, the BMC area. ROC Mumbai-II, seated at Navi Mumbai, takes everything else in the region: Thane, Kalyan, Bhiwandi, Vasai Virar and Panvel all answer to it, and its charge runs across eight districts reaching Nashik and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The split comes from MCA notification S.O. 4849(E), the LLP counterpart of the company notification.
A quick test: an address inside BMC limits files with Mumbai-I, any address outside them files with Mumbai-II. Nothing here needs a visit. Every LLP form, from FiLLiP at incorporation to the annual Form 8 and Form 11, goes through the MCA V3 portal. The registrar still matters, because that office examines your name, your attachments and every resubmission remark.
What does LLP registration cost in Mumbai?
Our professional fee is ₹3,499 and the working timeline is 10 to 15 days from complete documents. Two amounts sit on top of the fee, and both depend on your contribution figure, so we show them before filing rather than after.
| Component | What it covers | What you pay |
|---|---|---|
| LegalX India fee | RUN-LLP name reservation, FiLLiP filing, LLP agreement drafting, Form 3, PAN and TAN | ₹3,499 |
| Digital signatures | DSC for both designated partners | Included in the fee |
| MCA government fee | Charged by the portal on your contribution slab | At actuals, shown upfront |
| Stamp duty on the agreement | Maharashtra duty varies by instrument and value | Computed before execution |
Be suspicious of any fixed stamp figure you read online. Stamp duty in Maharashtra depends on the instrument and the value it carries, and the schedule has been amended in recent years. We compute the exact amount for your contribution and pay it through GRAS, the state's electronic receipt system, before the agreement is signed.
Who is registering LLPs in Mumbai right now?
The structure fits a services city, and the mandates on our desk show who is choosing it:
- Cloud kitchen partners in Andheri West, running two or three delivery brands out of one shared kitchen. The LLP holds the FSSAI licence, the kitchen's leave and licence agreement and the aggregator contracts, and it caps each partner's exposure at the contribution they signed up for.
- Professional practices, two CAs or a CS and an advocate joining up around Fort and Nariman Point, where the agreement records profit splits and exit terms that a plain partnership deed handles badly.
- A D2C fashion duo in Lower Parel, a designer and an operations partner, registering before marketplace onboarding because the platforms ask for an entity PAN and a current account.
- Family trading firms formalising an arrangement where one generation holds capital and the next runs operations, written into the agreement instead of left to memory.
If two or more people share revenue and risk, an LLP is usually the lightest structure that still protects personal assets. The national rules, eligibility and structure comparisons sit in our complete LLP registration guide for India; this page stays on the local specifics.
Which documents stall Mumbai filings?
Partner papers are the easy half: PAN, Aadhaar, one photo each, a recent bank statement or utility bill as address proof, and a working mobile and email for OTPs. The registered office is where files here actually stall.
Most Mumbai premises are held on leave and licence, and plenty sit inside cooperative housing societies. The filing needs a utility bill for the premises and a no objection letter from the owner. We read the leave and licence agreement before filing to confirm who the licensor really is, because a NOC signed by the wrong person is the most common resubmission remark we see. Maharashtra also requires leave and licence agreements to be registered, an obligation that sits on the landlord, so an unregistered agreement is worth fixing now rather than during your GST application later.
A home address works as a registered office. So does a shared kitchen in Andheri West or a coworking desk in Powai, provided the operator gives the NOC.
How does the filing run, step by step?
- Name and structure call. We test the proposed name against existing companies, LLPs and trademarks, then reserve it through RUN-LLP with two options.
- Signatures and identity. Both designated partners get digital signature certificates, and DPIN applications travel inside the incorporation form itself.
- FiLLiP on MCA V3. We file the incorporation form to your registrar, answer any remarks, and your certificate arrives with the LLPIN.
- Agreement, stamping, Form 3. We draft the agreement, pay the computed stamp duty, and file Form 3 inside the 30 day window so the late fee never starts.
Complete documents to certificate typically runs 10 to 15 working days, and no step requires standing in a government office.
What does a new Mumbai LLP owe in its first weeks?
Incorporation is national. What follows is Maharashtra's own stack, and it is the part most guides skip entirely.
- Profession tax enrolment. The LLP takes a PTEC on mahagst.gov.in, a flat ₹2,500 a year with no return to file. Each partner needs an individual PTEC in personal capacity too, so a two partner LLP carries three enrolments, not one.
- PTRC when you hire. Once salaried staff come on, the employer needs a PTRC to deduct ₹200 a month, with ₹300 in February, and deposit it. PTEC and PTRC are two different certificates. Holding one does not cover the other.
- Shops and establishments. An establishment below 20 workers files an intimation of commencement and receives a receipt; from 20 workers it needs registration, under rules in force since 1 October 2025. We treat that as gazetted rather than settled: an ordinance made it, its replacing Bill sat with the Assembly at the last consolidated printing, and we act on the position live at filing. Inside Greater Mumbai this sits with the municipal corporation; in Thane or Navi Mumbai it is the local body there.
- Sector permissions. A cloud kitchen needs its FSSAI registration or licence, routed in this state through FDA Maharashtra. GST becomes relevant only as turnover approaches ₹40 lakh for goods or ₹20 lakh for services.
We hand over this checklist with the certificate, mapped to your premises and headcount.
Why LegalX India for your Mumbai LLP?
Because the local layer is where generic portals go quiet. Our CA and CS team files into both Mumbai registrars every week, computes Maharashtra stamp duty before execution rather than after, and treats PTEC as part of incorporation, not an afterthought. More than 15,000 clients have used LegalX India, and our Google rating stands at 4.8.
Everything runs online, and an expert calls you back within 30 minutes of your enquiry. If you would rather talk across a table, our office is at Second Floor, Haware Fantasia Business Park, Sector 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400703. Where you meet us has no bearing on jurisdiction; your own registered office decides whether Mumbai-I or Mumbai-II examines the file. Send the partner PANs and your premises proof today, and the name application can go in this week.