Udyam (MSME) Registration Online — Get Your Certificate in 24 Hours

What Is Udyam Registration?

Udyam Registration is the government's official recognition of your business as a Micro, Small or Medium Enterprise. You register on the Ministry of MSME's portal and receive a Udyam Registration Certificate carrying a unique 19-character number, called the URN.

MSME, Udyam and Udyog Aadhaar — are they different?

No. They are the same registration under three names:

• MSME — the umbrella term for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
• Udyog Aadhaar (UAM) — the old system, used from 2015 to 2020
• Udyam — the current system, since July 2020

You will also see it written as Aadhaar Udyam, Udyam Aadhaar, Aadhar Udyog or Udyam Adhar — all the same registration. The name varies because the process is verified using your Aadhaar number.

If someone asks for your "MSME certificate", your "Udyam certificate", your "Udyog Aadhaar" or your "Aadhaar Udyam" — they are asking for the same document. If you still hold an old UAM number, you need to migrate. See the migration steps →

→ Read more: The complete MSME & Udyam guide — schemes, sector data, glossary

The Udyam Certificate

The Udyam Certificate is the document that proves your business is a registered MSME. Banks ask for it before approving collateral-free loans. Corporate buyers ask for it before the 45-day payment law applies to them. Government tender portals ask for it before you can bid.

What is on the certificate

• Udyam Registration Number (URN) — format UDYAM-XX-NN-NNNNNNN, where XX is your state code
• Your enterprise name and type of organisation
• Classification: Micro, Small or Medium
• Date of registration and date of commencement
• NIC codes for your business activities
• A QR code any bank or buyer can scan to verify it

How to make your Udyam certificate

There are two routes.

Do it yourself. The portal is free and self-service. The full walkthrough is in How to Apply below.

Apply through us. ₹999. We check the three things that go wrong most often — NIC code, depreciated investment value, and Aadhaar–PAN name match — before submitting, then email your certificate within 24 hours.

Does the Udyam certificate need renewal?

No. There is no renewal process, no renewal fee and no expiry date. Your certificate is valid for the lifetime of the business.

This confuses a lot of people, because most other business registrations do expire. Udyam does not. What you should do is update your investment and turnover figures once a year on the portal — but that is an update, not a renewal, and it costs nothing.

Who Can Apply for MSME Registration

Every legal business structure in India is eligible:

• Sole Proprietorship, Partnership Firm, LLP
• Private Limited, Public Limited, One Person Company
• Section 8 Company, Co-operative Society, Trust
• Self Help Group (SHG), Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)

All four sectors qualify

Manufacturing · Services · Wholesale trade · Retail trade

Traders have been eligible since July 2021. Before that, a distributor or shop was excluded regardless of size. Today any trading business — including sellers on Amazon, Flipkart and Meesho — can register.

Foreign-owned Indian companies

Eligible, including 100% foreign-owned. The test is investment and turnover within India, not who owns the company.

Who cannot register

• Government-owned companies
• Businesses that exceed the Medium limits on both investment and turnover

No PAN?

Informal micro-businesses without a PAN can register through the Udyam Assist Platform (UAP) via any bank, NBFC or microfinance institution. Once you have a PAN, the UAP registration converts to a full Udyam registration.

Documents Required for Udyam Registration

You do not upload anything. The Udyam portal is a self-declaration system that pulls your data directly from government records.

You need exactly two numbers:

1. Aadhaar — of the proprietor, managing partner, authorised signatory or Karta
2. PAN — business PAN for companies and LLPs, personal PAN for proprietorships

Have ready to type in (not upload)

How to Apply for Udyam Registration Online

The official portal is udyamregistration.gov.in. Here is the full process, step by step.

Step-by-step on the portal

1. Click "For New Entrepreneurs who are not Registered yet as MSME"
2. Enter your Aadhaar number and name exactly as on the card, then Validate & Generate OTP
3. Enter the OTP sent to your Aadhaar-linked mobile
4. Enter your PAN — the portal auto-fetches your ITR and GST data
5. Fill business details: name, type of organisation, commencement date, address, bank account
6. Select your NIC code (2-digit) — reference table below
7. Enter investment as depreciated value (not original cost) and turnover excluding exports and GST
8. Accept the self-declaration and verify with a final OTP
9. Your certificate generates instantly and is emailed to you

NIC code quick reference

No Aadhaar, or no mobile linked to it?

Visit your nearest District Industries Centre (DIC) with any government ID — PAN, Voter ID, Passport or Driving Licence. An authorised officer registers on your behalf.

MSME Size Limits 2026-27

Most guides online still show the pre-2025 limits. They are out of date. Budget 2025 revised the limits with effect from 1 April 2025, and those are the limits in force for 2026-27.

Current limits (from 1 April 2025)

Previous limits (2020 to March 2025): Micro ₹1cr / ₹5cr · Small ₹10cr / ₹50cr · Medium ₹50cr / ₹250cr

Three rules that decide your category

Investment means written down value (WDV) — the depreciated book value from your latest Income Tax Return, not what you paid. Using the original cost overstates your investment and can push you into a higher category, costing you benefits you qualify for.

Exports are excluded from turnover. A manufacturer doing ₹80 crore with ₹40 crore in exports counts only ₹40 crore. This is deliberate — the government excluded exports so MSMEs can grow internationally without losing MSME status.

The higher category wins. Investment of ₹20 crore (Small) with turnover of ₹150 crore (Medium) makes you Medium. There is no averaging.

MSME / Udyam Registration Fees

MSME registration through the Udyam portal is completely free of cost, as per the government.

While registration itself costs nothing, connecting with MSME registration consultants like eComHelp can provide valuable assistance for a nominal service charge.

What our ₹999 covers

• NIC code selection — the wrong code means wrong sector classification and lost scheme eligibility. Fixing it later needs a separate modification application.
• Investment and turnover verification — depreciated value, exports excluded. These two rules cause most misclassification.
• Aadhaar–PAN name check before submission, so the application does not fail at OTP.
• End-to-end handling within 24 hours, with a full refund if we cannot deliver.

No hidden charges. No renewal fee. No annual charge.

Benefits of MSME / Udyam Registration

The 45-day payment protection law

Since FY 2023-24, any company buying from a registered Micro or Small enterprise must pay within 45 days — or lose the tax deduction on that purchase until they actually pay.

This gives you real leverage over large buyers who delay payment. It applies only if the buyer knows your MSME status, so send them a copy of your Udyam certificate once it is issued.

Credit and loans

Selling to government

Other benefits

• 50% rebate on trademark and patent filing fees
• MAT credit carry-forward extended from 10 to 15 years
• Electricity tariff concessions in many states
• ISO certification cost reimbursement
• Stamp duty concessions in several states

Check Status, Download & Verify Your Certificate

Download your Udyam certificate

1. Go to udyamregistration.gov.in
2. Click "Print / Verify Udyam Certificate"
3. Enter your URN (UDYAM-XX-NN-NNNNNNN) and registered mobile or email
4. Verify by OTP — the certificate downloads as a PDF

Check your application status

Click "Know Your Udyam Registration Status", enter your URN and registered mobile, and verify by OTP.

Verify someone else's certificate

If you are a bank or a buyer, enter their URN on the portal's verify page. It confirms whether the registration is valid, the category, and the date of registration. Buyers covered by the 45-day law need to confirm the vendor is classified Micro or Small.

Lost your URN?

Use "Search Udyam Registration Number by Name" with the business name and state. If you still cannot recover it, we can retrieve your URN and issue a duplicate certificate.

Udyog Aadhaar to Udyam — Migration

An old Udyog Aadhaar (UAM) number is no longer enough for most scheme applications, government tenders and bank forms. If you registered before July 2020, you need to migrate to Udyam.

How to migrate

1. On the portal, click "For those already having registration as UAM"
2. Enter your UAM number and choose OTP by mobile or email
3. Verify, then review and update your business details on the Udyam form
4. Submit — a new Udyam Registration Number is generated and your old UAM is superseded

Your figures will be re-checked against the 2025 limits during migration. Many businesses find they now qualify for a more favourable category than they held under the old rules.

Frequently Asked Questions