CAC Business Name Registration for Furniture in Oyo State

Whether you build wardrobes in a roadside shed, reupholster sofas in a rented shop or run a full carpentry workshop, putting your trade under a registered business name is a practical first step. Onelove Business Ventures is an accredited CAC agent, and we take the whole filing off your hands for furniture, upholstery and carpentry businesses anywhere in Oyo State: the name search, the reservation, the application and the certificate. A Business Name registration costs ₦35,500, with CAC’s filing fee and our service charge both included.

It really is this simple: send us your business name on WhatsApp, and we’ll handle everything else.

Furniture and Woodwork Businesses We Register in Oyo State

Furniture makers and joiners — beds, tables, chairs, wardrobes and made-to-order pieces for homes and offices.
Upholsterers — sofas, dining chairs, headboards, and seat covers and cushioning for homes, offices and vehicles.
Kitchen cabinet and built-in wardrobe makers — fitted units measured and installed on the customer’s premises.
Carpenters for doors, frames and roofing timber — site carpentry for new builds and renovations.
Office, school and church furniture workshops — desks, benches, pews and pulpits made in repeat batches.
Bed frame and mattress makers — foam, springs and frames assembled and sold together.
Wood finishers and polishers — spraying, varnishing and refinishing for workshops and individual clients.
Furniture showrooms and resellers — shops that display, order and sell furniture made by others.

📋 CAC Business Name Registration

📋 CAC Business Name Registration

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

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💰 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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Here’s Exactly What You’re Paying For

One payment of ₦35,500 settles everything below. The government filing fee and our service fee are already inside that figure, so nothing arrives later as an add-on. A Limited Liability Company is available at ₦65,500, also all-inclusive, if you would rather begin as a company.

A search to confirm your business name is available
Reservation of the name once it clears
Completion and submission of your CAC Business Name application
The CAC government filing and processing fee
Your Certificate of Registration, as a soft copy
A Tax Identification Number (TIN)
A CAC Status Report showing your business as active on the public register

Outside the Scope of This Registration

A registration certificate gives your workshop a legal name. It is not a permit to saw, haul or sell timber, and the items below are handled separately from your CAC filing.

Printed copies of your certificate. You receive a soft copy on WhatsApp and can print it at any business centre near you.
Any forestry, sawmill or timber-transport permit from the Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, if you buy, saw or move timber yourself. Confirm the current requirements with the ministry.
Membership of trade bodies, such as the Oyo State Sawmillers and Timber Contractors Association for those in the timber supply chain, which you arrange with the association directly.
Standards requirements that may apply if you manufacture in volume or work with specific materials. Check with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria for your product.
Fire-safety arrangements for a workshop that stores foam, thinners, varnish and sawdust, plus any local government levies or signage permits for your premises.
State and federal tax obligations, including VAT where it applies to your sales.
Opening a business bank account, which you do with your chosen bank once your certificate is in hand.
Annual returns with CAC in later years. It is a small, separate step we can also help with when it falls due.

Business Name or Limited Liability Company: Which Fits a Workshop?

	Business Name	Limited Liability Company
All-inclusive cost	₦35,500	₦65,500
Personal liability protection	No	Yes
Documents received	Certificate + Status Report + TIN	Certificate + Status Report + Memart + TIN
Best for	Sole carpenters, upholsterers and owner-run workshops	Larger factories, showrooms with partners, and firms taking outside investment

For most owner-run workshops, a Business Name does the job: it gives you a name for invoices, a bank account and the quotations you hand to customers. A Limited Liability Company becomes worth considering when you employ a larger team, share ownership, or take on contracts big enough that you want the business kept separate from your own assets. Plenty of furniture makers start with a Business Name and convert later.

Before You Reach Out

Two proposed business names, in order of preference
A valid means of ID — National ID (NIN), international passport or driver’s license
A passport photograph
Your business address in Oyo State, with the LGA
A phone number and email address
Nature of business, in plain words — for example “furniture making, upholstery and carpentry”
If you choose a Limited Liability Company instead: names, ID and details of the directors and shareholders

From Message to Certificate

Check name availability on CAC’s public search portal — we do this for you.
Reserve the name as soon as it is confirmed available.
Complete the application with your business, owner and Oyo State address details.
Upload your ID and passport photograph — a clear phone photo works.
Pay the ₦35,500 filing fee, a single payment covering everything listed above.
Receive your Certificate of Registration, TIN and Status Report, usually within 5–7 working days.

From your side, that’s the entire process: one message, one payment, one certificate.

Oyo’s Timber Trade, and Where Your Registration Fits

Furniture in Oyo State begins at the sawmill. A 2022 study by forestry researchers at the University of Ibadan, published in Management of Sustainable Development, chose Iseyin and Oyo East as its study areas because of how many sawmills operate there, and found that most of the timber contractors surveyed in both areas belonged to a timber contractors’ association. That association culture is still visible today: in April 2026 the state’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources received the Oyo State Sawmillers and Timber Contractors Association, and its commissioner used the meeting to press for tighter environmental compliance, more tree planting and an end to the felling of immature timber, warning that using such wood in construction can put lives at risk.

For a carpenter, upholsterer or furniture maker, the point is practical. The timber your workshop depends on comes through a trade that the state is watching more closely, and any forestry or environmental approvals that apply to timber sit with the ministry, not with CAC. What CAC registration gives you is the legal business name you operate under when you deal with suppliers, banks and customers, which is why it is the sensible first piece of paperwork to get right.

Registering Furniture Businesses Across Oyo State

The price, requirements and turnaround do not change with your location. Here is how our coverage breaks down across the state.

Ibadan and the metropolitan belt. Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East and Ibadan South-West cover the city’s densely built core, where workshops, showrooms and finishing shops sit side by side. Around them, Akinyele, Egbeda, Ido, Lagelu and Oluyole take in the outer settlements, where larger workshop plots are easier to find.

Oyo town, Ogbomosho and the central axis. Oyo East and Oyo West, Atiba and Afijio, Ogbomosho North and Ogbomosho South, Ogo Oluwa, Surulere and Ori Ire. Oyo East stands out as one of the areas where sawmills are concentrated, so carpenters here often work close to their timber source.

Ibarapa. Ibarapa Central, Ibarapa East and Ibarapa North, home to workshops that supply the farming towns of the western side of the state.

Oke-Ogun and the northern belt. Saki East, Saki West, Atisbo, Iwajowa, Itesiwaju, Kajola, Iseyin, Irepo, Olorunsogo, Orelope and Igboho. Iseyin is another of the areas where sawmills operate in numbers, and for workshops across this belt the same registration applies.

Smaller towns and development areas. Ago-Are, Alapa, Fiditi, Igbeti, Igbo-Ora, Kisi, Lalupon, Okeho and Orita-Eruwa. A small shop in one of these towns is registered exactly as a large workshop in the city would be.

If your workshop is anywhere in Oyo State, it is covered.

You Know the Grain; We’ll Handle the Forms

Furniture is judged on details a customer notices in seconds: a drawer that runs smoothly, stitching that lines up along a sofa arm, a finish without brush marks, a wardrobe that arrives on the day you promised. Your week is already full of cutting lists, foam and fabric orders, deposits for custom pieces and the drive to deliver a finished set. Registering the business is a task that does not need to compete with any of that. Once it is done, your name appears on your invoices and quotations, and your workshop has the paperwork behind it when a customer, a supplier or a bank asks for it.

You’ll Probably Like Working With Us If…

Different business owners want different things from an agent — this is who we serve best:

You’d rather be at the bench, the sewing machine or the staple gun than on CAC’s portal — with a sofa frame waiting for its foam or a wardrobe promised for Friday, you want the paperwork finished without stopping the work.
You’re moving from walk-in orders toward bigger jobs — fitting out an office, a school or a hotel, or opening a showroom in Ibadan or Ogbomosho — and want a registered name to grow under.
You want a recommendation that fits your size — not the biggest package by default.
You want a process without back-and-forth — send your details once, pay once, and there are no surprise charges afterwards.

If this describes you, we’d be glad to take the paperwork off your hands.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does CAC registration cost for a furniture business in Oyo State? ₦35,500 all-inclusive for a Business Name, the same wherever in Oyo State your workshop is. A Limited Liability Company is ₦65,500 all-inclusive.

What do I get for the ₦35,500? The name search and reservation, the completed CAC filing, the government fee, your Certificate of Registration (soft copy), a TIN and a CAC Status Report.

Is a Business Name enough for a carpentry or upholstery workshop? For most owner-run workshops, yes. It gives you a legal name for invoices, quotations and a bank account. Any forestry or environmental approvals that apply to your activities are a separate matter.

Do I have to register before I start selling furniture? CAC registration is what gives your business a legal name, and customers, banks and institutions commonly ask for it. Whether other approvals apply depends on what your workshop does, so check those separately.

I only do upholstery. Can I still register? Yes. Describe your nature of business as upholstery, or list it together with furniture making and carpentry if you do all three.

Can I register carpentry, upholstery and a furniture showroom under one name? Yes. Describe the nature of business broadly, for example “furniture making, upholstery, carpentry and sales”, and one registration covers it.

Does the registration cover a sawmill or timber-transport permit? No. Permits connected to buying, sawing or moving timber are handled by the Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, and the registration only gives you the business name to apply under.

Is there a different price if my workshop is in Ogbomosho, Iseyin or Saki instead of Ibadan? No. The cost and turnaround are identical across every LGA in the state.

I work from a rented shop or a roadside shed. Can I register? Yes. You need an address in Oyo State and the LGA it falls under. If you are still arranging premises, send the address you plan to use.

Do I need to join the Oyo State Sawmillers and Timber Contractors Association? That is a trade association and not a CAC step. If you are in the timber supply chain, contact the association directly about membership.

Can I register more than one workshop or showroom under one business name? One registration covers the business as a whole. Approvals tied to specific premises, such as local levies or fire-safety arrangements, are usually dealt with for each location.

Will a CAC certificate help me supply offices, schools or hotels? Organisations often ask for proof of registration before placing orders, so the certificate is a useful document to have. It does not guarantee any contract.

Can I open a business bank account with the certificate? Yes. A CAC certificate is one of the main documents banks ask for, along with your ID and other details.

Is the TIN included? Yes. A Tax Identification Number is part of what you receive for the ₦35,500.

Do I need to file anything with CAC in later years? Registered businesses have annual returns to file. It is a small, separate step and we can help with it when the time comes.

What if my proposed business name isn’t available? Send a backup name and we will check it right away. Having two or three options ready keeps things moving.

Can I upgrade from a Business Name to a Limited Liability Company later? Yes. Many workshops start with a Business Name and convert once the team grows or a partner joins, and we can assist with the conversion.

When does it make sense to start with a Limited Liability Company? If you are setting up a larger factory, sharing ownership with partners, or an investor wants a company structure, that route is worth considering from the start.