The Patents and Companies Registration Office

About PACRO

Statutes administered

Government institutions

Employment opportunities s

Who is PACRO? Mission and Vision Functions

Cap 388 The Companies Act Cap 389 The Registration of Business Names Act Cap 400 The Patents Act Cap 401 The Trademarks Act Cap 402 The Industrial Designs Act

Zambia Development Agency Zambia Competition Commission Zambia Bureau of Standards Citizens Economic Empowerment Zambia Revenue Authority

Name Clearance Guidelines File Searches and Company Printouts Other Services

What is a patent? How to obtain a patent Post granting Requirements

What is a trademark? How to register a trademark Post registration Requirements

What is an industrial design? How to register an industrial design Post registration Requirements

What is a limited company? How to register a limited company Annual Returns Post incorporation requirements

What is a business name? How to register a business name Annual Returns Post registration requirements

What is a foreign company? How to register a foreign company Post Registration Requirements

Mortgages Increase in capital Receiverships Liquidations Deregistration of companies

Company Forms and Fees

Business Names Forms and Fees

Foreign Company Forms and Fees

Patent Forms and Fees

Trademark Forms and Fees

Industrial Designs Forms and Fees

Company Forms Company Fees

Business Name Forms Business Names Fees

Foreign Company Forms Foreign Company Fees

Patent Forms Patent Fees

Trademark Forms Trademark Fees

Industrial Designs Forms Industrial Designs Fees

Calendar of Events News Articles Archive

Companies Business Names Foreign Companies Patents Trademarks Industrial Designs

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Mission

Provide efficient and effective registration and protection systems for commercial and intellectual property rights in order to promote innovation and orderly trade for the benefit of the nation.

ZAMBIA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

This is the Government agency responsible for implementing trade and investment policies and programmes for the development of the micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) sector. ZDA is an amalgamation of the Zambia Investment Center, the Export Board of Zambia, the Zambia Privatisation Agency and the Small Enterprises Development Board. Among others, therefore, the ZDA issues investment licenses and handles matters incidental to privatisation of State Owned Companies. It became operational in 2007. For more on the ZDA click here

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AIDS

PACRO has responded to the pandemic by forming an HIV and AIDS Committee at place of work. Let us show love to our friends living with HIV/AIDS "My friend with HIV/AIDS is still my friend". Medication may relieve the physical pain, but our concern, care and compassion to the sick prevents stigmatization. Click for more