CAC Business Name Registration for Interior Design in Lagos State

Every new apartment block, renovated office and freshly repainted compound in Lagos has a painter, decorator or finishing crew behind it. If you earn your living with a roller, a spray gun, a POP trowel or a mood board, putting that work under a registered business name is a practical first step. As one of CAC’s accredited agents, Onelove Business Ventures registers painting, decoration and interior design firms throughout Lagos State. Just your business name on WhatsApp — everything after that is on us.

📋 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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What Is in the Paint You Use? A Lagos Question Worth Asking

Anyone buying paint in Lagos should know that lead content has been a documented concern. Researchers who tested decorative paints bought in Lagos stores have repeatedly found samples above the 90 parts-per-million lead limit, with the highest readings turning up in solvent-based and brightly coloured enamel products. That limit comes from the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), whose lead paint standard was published in 2017, and the environmental regulator NESREA has since moved to give it regulatory force. Lead dust from old or peeling paint is considered especially harmful to young children, which matters when you are sanding down a nursery, a school corridor or a family home.

For a painting or decoration business, this is both a practical and a reputational point. Choosing paints from manufacturers that publish their lead content, and being able to tell clients so, is the kind of detail that sets a careful contractor apart. A registered business name does not test a single can of paint, but it gives your firm a legal identity to put on quotations, supplier accounts and client contracts. In practice, register the name first, then build the safe-materials and site-practice habits on top of it.

Painting and Decoration Businesses We Register in Lagos

• House painters and decorators: residential repainting, touch-ups and full interior finishes.
• Interior designers and decorators: space planning, colour schemes, furnishing and styling.
• Exterior and facade painting contractors: perimeter walls, building exteriors and weather-resistant coatings.
• POP, ceiling and wall-finish specialists: plaster-of-Paris ceilings, screeding, textured finishes and feature walls.
• Wallpaper, wall-panel and 3D-panel installers: decorative coverings fitted to client walls.
• Mural and sign painters: hand-painted artwork, shop fronts and branded walls.
• Paint shops and colour-mixing outlets: retailers who sell and tint paint for customers.
• Fit-out and renovation finishers: crews who handle the final layer on offices, shops, hotels and apartments.

Separate From This Registration

• Printed certificates: the certificate is delivered digitally; printing it is up to you.
• SON certification and NESREA compliance if you manufacture, blend or import paint rather than applying it. Those rules are aimed at producers and importers.
• Safety arrangements for work at height, including scaffolding, harnesses and any rope-access work on tall buildings or facades.
• Approvals for wall branding, murals and signage that face the street, which are handled by the relevant state authorities.
• Disposal of paint waste, thinners and solvents, which falls under the state’s environmental and waste-management rules.
• Local government permits and any building or estate-management approvals needed for specific jobs or premises.
• Professional memberships in design or building trade associations, if you want them.
• Tax obligations for your trade, beyond the TIN supplied with your registration.
• Business bank account opening, done at your preferred bank after the certificate reaches you.
• Annual returns in later years, a small separate filing that we are happy to handle for you.

The Full Breakdown of Your ₦35,500

You make one payment for your painting or decoration business, and the government fee and our service charge are both in it. No second invoice follows. If you would rather go the company route, the Limited Liability Company is ₦65,500, all-inclusive.

• A search to confirm your business name is free
• Reservation of that name
• Drafting and lodging your CAC application for the business name
• The CAC filing and processing fee
• Your Certificate of Registration (soft copy)
• Your Tax Identification Number (TIN)
• A CAC Status Report confirming your business is live on the register

Business Name vs. Limited Liability Company

A painter or designer working alone or with a small crew can usually run well on a Business Name: it covers quotations, invoices, supplier accounts and a bank account. A Limited Liability Company starts to earn its higher price when you take on bigger contracts, hold stock, hire a larger team or bring in partners, because the company carries the obligations instead of you personally. Starting small and upgrading later is a perfectly normal path.

Registering Painting and Decoration Businesses Across Lagos State

Cost, requirements and turnaround do not change with location. These are some of the places we register decorators, painters and designers.

Lekki, the Island and the southern coast

• Lekki, Ajah and Eti-Osa: decorators and designers working on new homes, apartments and offices
• Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lagos Island: interior designers and fit-out teams serving corporate and residential clients
• Ibeju-Lekki: finishing crews and decorators for estates and new developments
• Apapa: painting contractors serving port-area offices and homes

Mainland districts

• Ikeja, Ojodu, Maryland and Magodo: painters and designers working around the capital
• Yaba, Surulere, Shomolu and Ebute-Metta: decorators and renovation crews in long-established neighbourhoods
• Mushin, Oshodi-Isolo and Ifako-Ijaye: painters and finishers in busy mainland neighbourhoods
• Kosofe, Ketu and Agege: painting crews and decorators across the north of the mainland

West, east and the outskirts

• Festac, Amuwo-Odofin, Ojo and Okota: decorators and contractors in the western residential belt
• Alimosho, Ikotun, Egbe and Igando: painters, POP installers and renovation crews
• Ikorodu and Epe: painting and finishing firms toward the lagoon and the eastern edge
• Badagry: contractors and decorators working in the western border area

Wherever in Lagos State you work, we can register your business.

What to Have on Hand

1. Two business names, your first and second choice
2. A valid form of ID: National ID (NIN), international passport or driver’s license
3. A passport photograph
4. Your Lagos State business address and its LGA
5. Phone number and email address
6. A simple description of your work, for example “painting, wall finishing and interior decoration” or “interior design and renovation services”
7. For a Limited Liability Company only: names, ID and details for all directors and shareholders

How We Get You Registered

1. We check whether your name is free on CAC’s public search portal.
2. We reserve it the moment it is confirmed.
3. We fill out the application using your business and address details.
4. You upload your ID and a passport photograph, and a phone picture is fine.
5. You make a single ₦35,500 payment, which covers all of the above.
6. You receive your Certificate of Registration, TIN and Status Report, normally within 5–7 working days.

Six steps, and only two of them involve you — everything else runs on our end.

📋 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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Wet Walls, Dry Deadlines

Painting and decoration run on waiting and rushing in equal measure. A coat has to dry before the next one goes on, a client changes the colour after the primer is up, the rain delays the exterior job, and a handover date is still fixed for Friday. Add quotation visits, material runs to the paint shop, colour matching and a crew that needs paying on time, and there’s very little left for forms. Registration is one task you can hand off completely. When it’s done, your business has its own name on quotes, receipts and contracts, ready for the clients who ask for it.

A Good Match If…

Before you decide, here’s an honest look at who gets the most from our service:

• You’re up a ladder or on a scaffold at a client’s site, waiting for a coat to dry, with the phone ringing for quotes — CAC’s portal isn’t something to wrestle with while the work is still wet.
• You’re moving from repainting individual homes toward estate contracts, office fit-outs and finishing work for developers, property managers or hotels — and you’d like a registered name behind those bids.
• You want a recommendation that fits your size — not the biggest package by default.
• You’d rather not chase anyone — one message starts it, and the price you’re quoted is the price you pay.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What would registering my painting or decoration business cost? ₦35,500 all-inclusive buys a Business Name, whichever Lagos neighbourhood you work in. The Limited Liability Company option is ₦65,500 all-inclusive.

What does the ₦35,500 pay for? Checking and reserving your name, filing the application, CAC’s own fee, and then your Certificate of Registration (soft copy), TIN and CAC Status Report.

Will a Business Name serve a painter or decorator well? Usually, yes, particularly for individuals and small crews. Quotes, receipts and supplier accounts can all carry the registered name.

Can I register painting, POP work and interior design together? Yes. Describe your business broadly, for instance “painting, wall finishing and interior decoration”. One registration covers the business as a whole.

Does registering the business make me a certified interior designer? No. CAC registration gives your firm a legal name; it is not a professional licence or qualification. If you want membership of a professional body, that is arranged separately with the body concerned.

Do I need SON or NESREA approval if I only apply paint? Those rules are aimed mainly at manufacturers and importers. If you blend, tint or repackage paint under your own label, check with SON and NESREA what applies to you.

I also sell paints and finishing materials. Can that be included? Yes. Include supply and retail in your business description so both the service and the shop side are covered.

Can I register mural painting or signwriting? Yes, they can be part of your business description. Murals or signs facing the street may need local approvals, which are separate.

I work from clients’ sites and from home. Which address do I list? The one your business operates from, with its LGA, whether that’s your home, a workshop or a small shop.

I have no shop or workshop. Does that stop me? Not at all, but the application needs some Lagos State address with an LGA. A home address you’re comfortable using is fine, and you can tell us if you’d like advice.

Is registration dearer in Lekki than in Ikorodu? No. Both pay ₦35,500, with the same 5–7 working days, and so does everywhere in between.

When will I have my certificate? Expect 5–7 working days, and it reaches you as a soft copy on WhatsApp.

Will the certificate help me get work from estates, property managers or companies? Organisations that hire contractors often ask for proof that the business is registered, so the certificate can help your case. It does not guarantee any contract.

Can I open a bank account for materials and client payments with it? The certificate is usually among the first things a bank wants for a business account, though each bank sets its own list.

Do I need to get a TIN myself? No, we issue it as part of the registration.

Is there anything to file every year? Yes, CAC requires annual returns from registered businesses. They sit outside this price, but we can do them for you when the date comes round.

What if CAC already has my first-choice name? Your second choice is the fallback. If that also fails, we’ll go through more ideas with you until one clears.

Can I put words like “Interiors” or “Paints” in my business name? Descriptive words like these are common, and we check each name for availability. CAC can reject names that are too close to ones already on the register.

Must I register each new job or site? No. The registration is held by the business and covers all your jobs.

I work with a partner. Can both of us be on the registration? Tell us before we begin, so we can set it up properly. If ownership is shared and you want protection for personal assets, a Limited Liability Company is worth considering.

Can I upgrade to a company later? Yes, and plenty of painting and decoration firms do once contracts and crews grow. We can handle the upgrade.

Which businesses should begin as a Limited Liability Company? Those bidding for large contracts, taking on partners or investors, or running a sizeable shop or contracting team may prefer to skip the interim step.

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