Information and guides to help to start and manage your business or company.
Information about applying for and maintaining your licence or professional registration
How ASIC regulates financial services and products and what to do when you have a problem with your finances.
Everything you need to know about the areas we regulate.
About us, how we regulate and the laws we administer
Before you start
Steps to register your business name
Before you register a company
Steps to register a company
Company officeholder duties
Annual statements
Members of a company
Shares
How to renew your business name
Changing company addresses
Changing a company name
Changing a company type
Changing officeholder details
Passing a company resolution
Before you cancel your business name
Steps to cancel your business name
Once you cancel your business name
ASIC initiated cancellation of business name
Deregistration
Effects of deregistration
Reinstating a deregistered company
Who needs to transfer a business name
Stop your business name transfer
Steps to transfer a business name to a new owner
Steps to register a business name with a transfer number
Changing your business name ABN
Starting a small business
Starting a company
Running a small business
Protecting your small business
Closing a small business
Indigenous corporations
Small business resources in other languages
See also Innovation Hub
ASIC and fintech
Fintech regulatory sandbox
ASIC and regtech
Fintech licensing FAQs
Regulatory sandbox FAQs
Innovation Hub events
