Frequently Asked Questions: #shelfcompany

Yes. Buying a shelf company (a pre-established, dormant PT PMA) changes the timeline, not the capital obligations. The two-part capital test applies to the company regardless of how you acquired it:

• Paid-up capital of at least IDR 2.5 billion (reduced from IDR 10 billion in October 2025)
• An investment plan of more than IDR 10 billion, excluding land and buildings, per business classification (KBLI) per location

A shelf company must already have its paid-up capital properly evidenced from establishment; the buyer takes the company over with that structure in place. What a shelf company does not do is provide a lawful way around the investment-plan commitment for the business you intend to run — the plan attaches to the licensed business activity, and adding or activating a KBLI brings the requirement with it.

What a shelf company legitimately offers is speed: the incorporation, tax registration and bank account groundwork already exist, so operations can begin weeks earlier than a fresh establishment. That is the honest reason to buy one.

Treat with caution any offer of a shelf company marketed as a way to “avoid the IDR 10 billion” — the claim confuses the paid-up reduction (real, now IDR 2.5 billion) with the investment plan (unchanged). Our guide to PMA capital requirements explains the two tests in detail.

Okusi Associates maintains a small stock of clean shelf companies and performs due diligence on any externally-sourced one before a client commits.

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