Registering a Singapore Representative Office allows you to perform a market assessment and identify your business potential in Singapore. You can decide whether Singapore is the best place for you to kickstart your business expansion in Asia without the need to incorporate a new company.
A Representative Office is a temporary establishment with no legal status and acts as an extension of your foreign company. It serves mainly to assess the country’s business potential, without the benefits that a subsidiary or local private companies can enjoy.
A Representative Office is only allowed to engage in activities including market research and feasibility studies. For example, the Representative Office can take part in trade shows and exhibitions, gather information about clients and potential customers, build trade contacts, research demand for the product, as well as to handle product-related enquiries.
As such, the Representative Office will not be able to take part in activities to yield profits or revenues, but activities that require you to spend money are allowed.
