Registered Office

Purposes of Registered Office include: (i) Legally required under Hong Kong Company Law; (ii) Official contact address for official government mail especially for receiving profits tax return from Inland Revenue; (iii) Details are placed on public record to create corporate transparency; and (vi) Statutory records and registers must be kept and made available for inspection at the registered office.

You may use your home (except public housing) for this purpose but it is not mandatory, nor is it the best choice. Ideally, you should use a non-residential address for reasons of privacy and professionalism.  The benefits of a non-residential registered office include (i) Due to the public disclosure of corporate information, the use of a residential address could result in unwanted visitors and unsolicited mail at your home; (ii) A non-residential address in a prestigious location will appeal to a larger consumer base and discerning investors; and (iii) More likely to be perceived as an established, credible business if you have a professional registered office address.

There are differences between registered office address and business address. As the official address of your company, only statutory mail from government agencies is delivered to the registered office. A business address, on the other hand, is used as a contact point for all other kinds of correspondence from clients, suppliers and other third parties.

There is no legal requirement to have a business address that matches your registered office, but you can certainly use the same address for both purposes as long as it meets the required criteria of a registered office.