Before you start any business, you must know your own skills and evaluate whether you are ready to be a self-employed.

To start a business in Singapore, you must be a Singapore citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR). As a self-employed, you derive income from your business in Singapore or from outside Singapore through any trade, business, profession or vocation. You are not under a contract of service as you are your own boss.

As a new self-employed you need to register with the Board when you commence your business. If you are already a licence-holder, you will be automatically registered with the Board and you will be informed when the registration has been successfully completed.

For the various categories of self-employed, click here.