Sleek vs Osome vs Grof: 8 Best Company Incorporation & Corporate Secretary Services in Singapore 2026

ON PRICE FOR YEAR ONE IT IS A TIE, AND HAS BEEN ALL YEAR. Re-checked on both providers' own pricing pages on 4 September 2026, both entry packages are S$600 for year one with the company secretary included, and both bundle S$375 of government fees (the S$315 ACRA registration fee plus the S$60 fee for your first annual return). Sleek's S$600 is off a S$700 list price and its tier is now called the Founder Launch Kit; Osome's S$600 is down from a usual S$950. SO COMPARE YEAR TWO, WHICH IS NOW PUBLISHED BY BOTH. Osome's standalone corporate secretary is S$300 a year on Essential, including the annual return and its S$60 government fee, or S$600 on Unlimited. Sleek's is from S$350 a year on Essentials+, S$500 on Professional and S$1,500 on Enterprise. Osome is S$50 a year cheaper at the entry level. OSOME IS ALSO CHEAPER ON EVERY OTHER RECURRING LINE WE COULD PRICE. Registered address: Osome S$300 a year, Sleek S$400 a year as a standalone service. Foreign founders: Osome from S$2,438 for three months of nominee director and from S$3,772 for a full year, against Sleek's S$2,600 and S$4,000. WHAT ACTUALLY DIFFERS BEYOND PRICE. Sleek is a self-serve DASHBOARD where every filing and document sits in one portal and you make unlimited company changes yourself, and it bundles a multi-currency business account. Osome is CHAT-BASED, so you message a request and the team actions it, and its entry plan covers share management for up to 50 shareholders. If you would rather click than converse, Sleek; if you would rather message than navigate menus, Osome. ONE CONDITION ONLY SLEEK PUBLISHES: its nominee-director page states that clients requiring a nominee director must also subscribe to Sleek's accounting service. Confirm current pricing directly with each provider, because promos move.

FIRST, THE NAME: Sprout Asia has fully rebranded to GROF. sproutasia.com no longer lists packages or pricing and simply banners visitors across to grof.co. One thing to note is that Grof's structured site data gives the legal entity as Grof Services Pte. Ltd. while its page footer credits Gro Big Big Pte Ltd, so check which name appears on your engagement letter. FOR A LOCAL (SG/PR) FOUNDER THEY ARE LEVEL OVER TWO YEARS. Sleek is S$50 cheaper at entry, S$600 against Grof's Kick Start from S$650, and S$50 dearer to renew, from S$350 a year against Grof's S$300. Decide on service style instead: Grof is hands-on and advisor-led, Sleek is a self-serve dashboard where you may never speak to anyone. Both include a company secretary at entry, and both price their secretary tiers by shareholder count. FOR A FOREIGN FOUNDER THE ANSWER HAS FLIPPED SINCE OUR LAST CHECK. Sleek's twelve-month nominee-director tier has risen from S$3,650 to S$4,000, and its entry foreigner tier from S$2,250 to S$2,600. Grof's Launch (offshore) and Onshore (EP) at from S$3,600, and Onshore (DP) at from S$3,140, all bundle nominee director, registered address and accounting. So Grof is now around S$400 cheaper than Sleek for a comparable full-year bundle, where the two used to be level. BUT NEITHER IS THE CHEAPEST. Counto's Foreigner package at SGD 2,500 covers the nominee director for the whole first financial year, which is S$1,100 below Grof and S$1,500 below Sleek. THE FIGURE TO ASK GROF FOR: it does not publish how many months of nominee director its foreign packages include, and that is the number that decides your real cost. Ask before you sign, and confirm current scope and fees directly with each provider.

YES, THEY ARE ONE GROUP, AND IT MATTERS IF YOU WERE PLANNING TO COMPARE THEIR QUOTES. Rikvin's own website footer states that Rikvin Pte. Ltd. is a part of InCorp Group, and its copyright line reads 'Rikvin Pte Ltd (UEN 200708442E) An InCorp Group Company'. Both brands publish the same Singapore address, 36 Robinson Road #20-01 City House, Singapore 068877, and the same WhatsApp number, +65 8699 8821. WHY THEY STILL LOOK LIKE TWO OPTIONS: they market separately and position differently. Rikvin leads on foreign founders, nominee directors and the full range of work passes (Employment Pass, EntrePass, Personalised Employment Pass, ONE Pass, Tech.Pass, S Pass, Letter of Consent, Long-Term Visit Pass). InCorp leads on breadth, regional expansion and advisory across its markets. That is a real difference in emphasis, but it is one firm's two front doors, not two firms competing for your business. WHAT TO DO: treat them as a single entry on your shortlist. If you want a second quote, get it from a genuinely separate provider such as Sleek, Osome, Counto, Grof or Lanturn. Neither publishes package prices, so ask both, or rather ask one, for the scope in writing item by item, plus the ongoing annual cost as well as the setup fee. ONE MORE THING TO KNOW: InCorp's site banners that it will be rebranding to Ascentium, in the future tense, and ascentium.com is already live, so expect Ascentium-branded emails and invoices at some point. Its notice says the team, the services and your statutory obligations are unchanged.

ON THE PUBLISHED 2026 PRICES, COUNTO. Its Foreigner package is SGD 2,500 and covers the resident nominee director for the whole first financial year, plus SGD 375 of ACRA fees, a registered mailing address, the corporate secretary, bank account opening assistance, a CA review of the accounts and the Form C-S and AGM filings. The nearest twelve-month equivalents are Osome's Fully compliant from S$3,772 and Sleek's Full Compliance at S$4,000, so Counto is between S$1,272 and S$1,500 cheaper for the same legal cover. Grof's Launch is from S$3,600 but does not publish its nominee-director duration. IF YOU ONLY NEED THREE MONTHS: Counto knocks S$500 off, landing at SGD 2,000, against Osome's Starter from S$2,438 and Sleek's Starter at S$2,600. WHY MONTHS MATTER MORE THAN THE HEADLINE PRICE: a local resident director is a legal requirement, so if you have nobody in Singapore you are buying a nominee director whether the package says so or not. A three-month bundle leaves you renewing in month four, and standalone nominee director runs from S$1,500 a year at Lanturn to S$2,000 a year at Sleek. Compare total twelve-month cost with the same inclusions, not the sign-up figure. READ COUNTO'S CATCHES BEFORE YOU BOOK: the company secretary covers one shareholder and additional shareholders are S$50 each; the registered office is a S$240 a year add-on; XBRL filing is a SGD 500 add-on and is required if you have a corporate shareholder; and Counto states its package prices apply to the first year of operation only, after which its standard accounting plans apply. ONE CONDITION AT SLEEK: its nominee-director page states that clients requiring a nominee director must also subscribe to its accounting service, so price that in before comparing. Confirm all figures directly, as these packages are repriced often.

To incorporate a private limited company with ACRA you need six things. (1) AT LEAST 1 SHAREHOLDER, an individual or a company, local or foreign; 100% foreign ownership is allowed. (2) AT LEAST 1 LOCAL RESIDENT DIRECTOR: a Singapore Citizen, PR, or an eligible pass holder ordinarily resident here. A foreigner with no local director appoints a NOMINEE DIRECTOR, a resident who fulfils the legal requirement but is not involved in running the business, which most incorporation firms provide as a paid service. (3) A COMPANY SECRETARY, appointed within 6 MONTHS of incorporation, a natural person ordinarily resident in Singapore and qualified. The sole director cannot also be the company secretary. (4) A REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS in Singapore, a physical operational address. A virtual or serviced office works; a P.O. box does not, and using your home address requires the Home Office Scheme. (5) MINIMUM PAID-UP CAPITAL of S$1. (6) A COMPANY NAME approved by ACRA. WHAT IT COSTS ACRA: S$15 for the name application plus S$300 for registration, so S$315, and then S$60 a year for the annual return. Those fees are the same whoever files. WHO HANDLES IT: a corporate-services firm or digital platform acts as your registered filing agent, files the incorporation through ACRA's BizFile, and typically provides the company secretary and, for foreigners, the nominee director. Foreigners generally must engage a registered filing agent, so self-filing from overseas is not an option the way it is for a local. Always confirm current ACRA requirements and your provider's scope, as rules and fees change.

DIY VIA ACRA BIZFILE: if you are a Singaporean or PR with a simple setup, you can self-incorporate on ACRA's BizFile portal. The government fees are S$315 in total, S$15 for the company name application plus S$300 for incorporation. That is the cheapest route on paper. But you still need a company secretary appointed within six months, and you generally cannot fill that role yourself if you are the sole director, so you will be paying for one anyway. You also need a registered address, and you take on all the ongoing compliance yourself: the annual return and its S$60 fee, the AGM, the accounts and the tax filings. SO PRICE THE REALISTIC DIY YEAR, NOT THE S$315. S$315 to ACRA plus the cheapest standalone corporate secretary we found, Osome or Grof at S$300 a year, comes to about S$615, which is more than Sleek's or Osome's S$600 all-in package. That is the honest answer: for a straightforward local Pte Ltd in 2026, doing it yourself is not actually cheaper than the cheapest bundle, because the bundles are discounted in year one and the secretary is not optional. WHERE DIY DOES PAY: from year two, when the incorporation fee is behind you and you are only buying the secretary. And if you already have a qualified secretary in your network. WHEN A FIRM IS THE ONLY OPTION: if you are a FOREIGNER, you generally must use a registered filing agent and will likely need a nominee director, so DIY is not available. It is also the sensible choice if your structure is complex, or if you would rather not risk the penalties that follow a missed ACRA or IRAS deadline.

Incorporating is a one-time event; staying compliant is annual and ongoing, and missing deadlines carries ACRA and IRAS penalties. THE KEY OBLIGATIONS for a typical Pte Ltd: (1) COMPANY SECRETARY, appointed within 6 months and maintained at all times. Leaving the post vacant beyond six months can expose directors to a fine of up to S$1,000. (2) REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS, kept current and operational. (3) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, though private companies may be exempt if they meet the conditions, generally tied to your financial year end. (4) ANNUAL RETURN to ACRA, filed each year through BizFile, generally within 7 months of the financial year end, with a S$60 government fee. (5) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND BOOKKEEPING: you must keep proper accounting records and prepare financial statements, and some companies must file them in XBRL format. (6) CORPORATE TAX with IRAS: the Estimated Chargeable Income generally within 3 months of your financial year end unless exempt, and the annual return, Form C-S, Form C-S (Lite) or Form C, by 30 November each Year of Assessment. (7) GST, if your taxable turnover exceeds the registration threshold or you register voluntarily, typically filed quarterly. (8) CPF and payroll filings if you have employees. WHY THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY GOES: these filings are exactly what your provider handles year after year, which is why the year-two corporate secretary price matters far more than the year-one incorporation discount. Confirm current deadlines and your specific obligations with ACRA, IRAS or your provider, as thresholds and rules are updated periodically.

YES, THREE OF THE EIGHT TRADE UNDER A NAME THAT HAS CHANGED OR IS CHANGING, AND IT MATTERS BECAUSE YOU ARE APPOINTING A REGISTERED FILING AGENT AND SIGNING WITH A LEGAL ENTITY, NOT A LOGO. (1) TIMCOLE / HEYSARA: Timcole's own website carries a notice that, effective 1 November 2024, TIMCOLE ADVISORY PTE LTD was renamed HEYSARA ACCOUNTING PTE LTD, and its S$698 package is sold as the HeySara Digital Incorporation Plan. The Timcole brand and website are still live, but the entity you contract with may be named HeySara. (2) INCORP / ASCENTIUM: InCorp's Singapore site banners that it will be rebranding to Ascentium, in the future tense, and ascentium.com is already live. Its notice says the team, the services and your statutory obligations are unchanged and that the change unifies the brand across its markets. (3) GROF / SPROUT ASIA: Sprout Asia has fully rebranded to Grof. Note that Grof's structured site data gives the legal name as Grof Services Pte. Ltd. while its page footer credits Gro Big Big Pte Ltd. AND ONE THAT IS NOT A RENAME BUT LOOKS LIKE TWO FIRMS: Rikvin Pte Ltd, UEN 200708442E, is an InCorp Group company at the same address and WhatsApp number as InCorp. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: before you pay, search the exact entity name on ACRA's BizFile directory, check it is a live company and a registered filing agent, and make sure the name on your engagement letter, your invoice and your bank transfer all match. A rebrand is normal and none of these are red flags in themselves, but a mismatched name is also exactly what an impersonation scam looks like, so verify rather than assume.