TL;DR
- Compare four things: what the headline price includes, how changes are charged, how fast they respond, and the TCSP licence (law and CPA firms are exempt).
- Bare named-secretary plans are advertised from about HK$1,300 a year with no address. All-in packages run to roughly HK$9,000 with the BR renewal and annual return inside.
- Share transfers and director changes billed per item are where cheap services get expensive. Published rates start at HK$660 a person.
- Test response time before you sign: email each shortlisted firm a question about your own company and time the reply.
What to compare
Four things are worth comparing. The first is what the headline price covers, particularly whether the annual return and Business Registration renewal fees are inside it. The second is how changes are charged, because a share transfer or a new director at, say, HK$1,500 a time adds up. The lowest published rate we found was HK$660 a person. The third is how fast they respond, which you can test by emailing before you sign. The fourth is licensing. Anyone acting as company secretary for clients as a business needs a TCSP licence from the Companies Registry unless they're a solicitor, a CPA or a bank, and most licensed firms show the number on their website.
Peblx
We're a licensed TCSP (TC011104). The price is HK$8,800 a year all-in: company secretary, registered address, mail handling and scanning, the annual return and the BR renewal with government fees included, and unlimited corporate changes with government fees at cost. Every deadline is tracked on the client dashboard. There's an On-Time Filing Guarantee that pays the government penalty if a filing is late because of us, and a digital assistant for Hong Kong company rules available around the clock. The team is Hong Kong-based and made up of qualified company secretaries. We're the newest firm on this list, launched in 2026, and we built the platform around the things we'd seen go wrong at larger firms.
The large digital providers
A small number of venture-backed firms operate across Hong Kong, Singapore and further afield with an app, a platform and a sizeable back office. Company secretary is sold on its own, from about HK$1,300 a year with no address and changes extra, or bundled into first-year incorporation packages that run from roughly HK$4,600 without a registered address to around HK$9,000 all-inclusive with government fees. They publish a lot of useful guidance on Hong Kong compliance. Support is through the app, chat and email, and response times depend on how busy the queue is.
Account-led providers
Some business account providers now bundle company secretary and incorporation into a single package with the account application included, sometimes with a partner firm doing the secretarial work. If you want one provider for the company and the money, and you're happy to keep your account with them, it's worth a look, though the account still needs the provider's own approval.
Offshore specialists
Some firms focus on overseas founders, particularly from Southeast Asia, and offer Hong Kong alongside BVI, Cayman and Singapore. Company secretary comes as part of the incorporation package. In our experience the documentation is good and the choice of jurisdictions wide, with less focus on the ongoing service once the company exists, so ask what the renewal covers.
Traditional CPA and secretarial firms
Most accounting firms in Hong Kong offer company secretary, and the quotes we've seen are often HK$2,000 to HK$4,000 a year for the bare named-secretary service without an address. A CPA practice is exempt from the TCSP licence, so it may not be on the register. In our experience the service is reliable, replies take longer than at a platform-based provider, and changes are billed by the item. If you already have an accountant you trust and a Hong Kong registered office from somewhere else, which every company must have, this can be the cheapest option.
Which one
For a founder outside Hong Kong who needs the address, the secretary and someone who answers, the digital providers are usually the practical choice. The differences come down to price, what's bundled and how they treat you after you've paid, and a price list only covers the first two. For the last, send each firm on your shortlist one question about your own company and see how long the reply takes.
