CAC Business Name Registration for Furniture in Kaduna State

If you build sofas, fit wardrobes, restore chairs or run a showroom anywhere in Kaduna State, registering your business name with CAC is one of the simplest jobs on your to-do list. Onelove Business Ventures is an accredited CAC agent. We handle the name search, the filing and the certificate for you, so you can stay in the workshop instead of learning a government portal.

For upholstery, furniture and carpentry businesses in Kaduna State, Business Name registration costs ₦35,500 all-inclusive, with the government filing fee and our service fee bundled into a single payment. It fits most independent carpenters, upholsterers and small furniture workshops. A Limited Liability Company is also available at ₦65,500 all-inclusive if your business grows into bulk or contract supply. There’s no extra step hiding behind this: message us your business name, and we take it from there.

📋 CAC Business Name Registration

💰 Cost: ₦35,500 (All-Inclusive) ⏱️ Turnaround Time: 5 – 7 Working Days ✅ What You Get: Official CAC Certificate + Certified Status Report + TIN 🚚 Delivery: Soft Copy Sent via WhatsApp (Print Hard Copy Locally)

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Where Kaduna’s Woodwork Trade Actually Lives

Few Nigerian cities have a trade hub as big as Kaduna’s Panteka Market. It has been described as the oldest fabrication skills hub in northern Nigeria, home to thousands of artisans, including carpenters, welders, painters and metal fabricators, working from more than 4,000 shops and mini-workshops. Furniture and soft furnishings also sell in the city’s wider market network. Kasuwar Barci in Tudun Wada, Kaduna South, has stalls carrying furniture, rugs and mattresses among many other goods, and the market traces its roots to 1973, when traders were relocated there during the rebuilding of the Kaduna central market.

That is a lot of skilled hands and a lot of competition. In a crowded field, a registered business name is one of the few things that separates a workshop that only takes walk-in jobs from one that can quote and invoice for offices, schools, hotels and estates.

Sectors We Register Most Often

• Furniture workshops: bespoke beds, dining sets, wardrobes and living-room pieces made to order.
• Upholstery: sofa making, reupholstery, cushions, headboards and car or office seat work.
• General carpentry and joinery: doors, window frames, roofing timber, shelves and fitted cabinets.
• Kitchen and wardrobe units: built-in cabinetry supplied and installed for homes and offices.
• Furniture showrooms and retail: businesses selling ready-made home and office furniture.
• Institutional supply: desks, chairs and beds for schools, clinics, hostels and hotels.

Separate From This Registration

• Physical/printed copies of your certificate (delivered as soft copy; you print locally whenever convenient)
• Any forestry, timber-sourcing or transport permits and levies that may apply to how you obtain wood
• Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) requirements for products or materials such as foam and boards, where they apply
• Nigeria Customs Service duties and paperwork if you import fittings, fabrics, foam or finished furniture
• Workshop or premises approvals from your local government or state authorities, where required
• Employer registrations (such as pension or Industrial Training Fund obligations) once your headcount or turnover qualifies
• Business bank account opening, done with your chosen bank once your certificate is in hand
• Annual returns filing in future years, a small, separate step we can also help with when the time comes

The Full Breakdown of Your ₦35,500

• Business name availability search
• Business name reservation
• Completion and submission of the CAC Business Name application
• CAC government filing/processing fee
• Your Certificate of Registration (soft copy)
• Tax Identification Number (TIN)
• A CAC Status Report confirming your business is active on the public register

There are no second invoices and no surprise add-ons after you’ve paid.

Business Name vs. Limited Liability Company Cost

Most one-workshop furniture and carpentry businesses do well with a Business Name, which gives you a legally recognised trading name for customers, suppliers and banks. If you start taking large contract orders, running a bigger production team, or bringing in a co-owner or investor, the Limited Liability Company structure keeps your personal assets separate from the business. You can start with a Business Name and convert later.

Serving Furniture and Carpentry Businesses Across All of Kaduna State

Price, requirements and turnaround stay the same wherever your workshop or showroom is in Kaduna State. We regularly register businesses in:

• Kaduna North and Kaduna South: city-centre showrooms, market-based workshops and upholstery shops
• Chikun, Igabi and Kajuru: workshops and timber-yard businesses on the edges of the capital
• Zaria, Sabon Gari, Soba and Giwa: carpenters and furniture makers serving the Zaria axis and its institutions
• Kudan, Makarfi, Ikara, Kubau and Lere: furniture and joinery businesses across the northern LGAs
• Jema’a, Kaura, Zangon Kataf and Jaba: carpentry and furniture trading in Southern Kaduna
• Kachia, Kagarko, Kauru, Sanga and Birnin Gwari: woodwork and furnishing businesses across the remaining LGAs

If your business is in any of Kaduna State’s 23 Local Government Areas, you’re covered.

What to Have on Hand

You probably have most of this already:

1. Two proposed business names, ranked by preference (if your first choice is taken, we check the second right away)
2. A valid means of ID: National ID (NIN), international passport, or driver’s license
3. A passport photograph
4. Your business address in Kaduna State, indicating the LGA
5. Phone number and email address
6. Nature of business, described simply, e.g. “furniture making and upholstery” or “carpentry and interior fittings”
7. If you choose Limited Liability Company instead: names, ID and details of directors and shareholders

How We Get You Registered

1. Check name availability on CAC’s public search portal, handled on our end.
2. Reserve the name once availability is confirmed.
3. Complete the application with your business, director and Kaduna address details.
4. Upload your ID and passport photograph. A phone photo is fine.
5. Pay the ₦35,500 filing fee, a one-time payment covering everything.
6. Receive your Certificate of Registration, TIN and Status Report, usually within 5–7 working days.

That’s the full extent of it on your part: send the details, make one payment, receive your certificate.

📋 CAC Business Name Registration

💰 Cost: ₦35,500 (All-Inclusive) ⏱️ Turnaround Time: 5 – 7 Working Days ✅ What You Get: Official CAC Certificate + Certified Status Report + TIN 🚚 Delivery: Soft Copy Sent via WhatsApp (Print Hard Copy Locally)

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Good Work Deserves a Name That Can Be Invoiced

A customer can see a well-joined cabinet or a tight upholstery finish from across the room, and word of mouth carries that a long way. What word of mouth can’t do is satisfy a school bursar, a hotel procurement officer or an estate developer who needs a named, registered supplier before releasing a payment. Registration doesn’t improve your craft. It gives the craft a form that larger buyers, banks and suppliers are able to work with, so orders that would have gone to a bigger name can come to you instead.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does CAC registration cost for a furniture, upholstery or carpentry business in Kaduna State, and what is included? ₦35,500 all-inclusive, the same across all 23 LGAs. You get your name search and reservation, the completed CAC filing, the government processing fee, your Certificate of Registration, a Tax Identification Number and a CAC Status Report. A Limited Liability Company is ₦65,500 all-inclusive.

Should I register as a Business Name or a Limited Liability Company, and when should I upgrade? A Business Name suits most workshops and independent carpenters. Consider upgrading to a Limited Liability Company when you take on large contract supply, grow into a factory-style operation, or bring in partners or investors. Conversion later is possible, and we can assist with it.

Can I register carpentry, upholstery and furniture sales under one business name? Yes. A single registration covers the business as a whole, and you can describe your nature of business broadly enough to include all three.

My workshop is a roadside shed or a market stall. Can I still register? Yes. Small and large workshops register the same way. You need a business address in Kaduna State, which can be your workshop, stall or shop.

Will the certificate help me get supply contracts and open a bank account? Many schools, offices, hotels and larger buyers ask for proof of registration before adding a supplier, and banks ask for a CAC certificate when opening a business account, alongside your ID and other details.

Do I need SON approval or timber permits to run a furniture business? Those requirements are separate from CAC registration. Depending on what materials you source, import or sell, check any timber-sourcing rules and product standards that apply to you.

Do you register businesses outside Kaduna city? Yes. We register furniture and carpentry businesses in all 23 Kaduna State LGAs, at the same price and turnaround time.

Your workshop is already busy. Send your business name on WhatsApp → and let the registration run alongside it.