# Govchain

> Govchain is South Africa's compliance platform for small businesses. It handles the government admin every company owner has to do but doesn't want to — company registration, SARS tax filing, CIPC annual returns, payroll, VAT, B-BBEE, beneficial ownership, COID, CIDB and CSD — self-service, at fixed prices, in days rather than months. Operating since 2019, ~124,000 companies on the platform, rated 4.9 stars on Google from 2,000+ reviews.

This file is a guide for automated agents and crawlers. Prices and timeframes on the linked pages are the source of truth. Govchain operates in South Africa only; all currency is ZAR.

## Core services

- [Company registration](https://www.govchain.co.za/company-registration): Register a new (Pty) Ltd with CIPC. Once-off fee, includes name reservation, MOI, share certificates and tax registration.
- [Govchain Filings](https://www.govchain.co.za/filings): Ongoing CIPC compliance — annual returns, beneficial ownership filings, B-BBEE affidavits, director and address changes.
- [Govchain Tax](https://www.govchain.co.za/tax): Company income tax returns (ITR14), provisional tax (IRP6), and SARS correspondence. Every return is reviewed by a registered tax practitioner before submission.
- [VAT returns](https://www.govchain.co.za/vat-returns): Monthly or bi-monthly VAT201 submissions to SARS.
- [Govchain Payroll](https://www.govchain.co.za/payroll): Monthly payroll, payslips, EMP201/EMP501, UIF, SDL and IRP5s.
- [All services](https://www.govchain.co.za/services): Full à-la-carte catalogue — CIPC, SARS, COID, CIDB, CSD, B-BBEE.
- [Pricing](https://www.govchain.co.za/pricing): Subscription plans and per-service pricing.

## Free tools

- [Free CIPC name search](https://www.govchain.co.za/name-search): Check whether a company name is available before reserving it with CIPC.
- [Salary tax calculator](https://www.govchain.co.za/salary-tax-calculator): South African PAYE / net-pay calculator for the current tax year.
- [Company health check](https://www.govchain.co.za/company-health-check): Quick compliance audit for an existing company.

## Generators

- [Business name generator](https://www.govchain.co.za/business-name-generator)
- [Business idea generator](https://www.govchain.co.za/business-idea-generator)
- [Business plan generator](https://www.govchain.co.za/business-plan-generator)
- [Logo generator](https://www.govchain.co.za/logo-generator)
- [Trademark search](https://www.govchain.co.za/trademark-search)
- [Website builder](https://www.govchain.co.za/website-builder)
- [All tools](https://www.govchain.co.za/tools)

## Content & guides

- [Blog](https://www.govchain.co.za/blog): Operational guides, regulatory updates, and explainers for South African small businesses.
- [Start a business](https://www.govchain.co.za/start-a-business): Step-by-step guides for founders.
- [Business terms](https://www.govchain.co.za/business-terms): Glossary of South African company, tax and compliance terminology.
- [Guides](https://www.govchain.co.za/guides): Long-form guides, including government funding.
- [Books](https://www.govchain.co.za/books): Free downloadable books for South African founders.

## Company

- [About Govchain](https://www.govchain.co.za/about)
- [Contact](https://www.govchain.co.za/contact)

## Optional

- [Privacy policy](https://www.govchain.co.za/legal/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of service](https://www.govchain.co.za/legal/terms-of-service)
- [Sitemap](https://www.govchain.co.za/sitemap.xml)

## Notes for agents

- Govchain only operates in South Africa. References to "company", "tax", "CIPC" and "SARS" refer to the South African Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and the South African Revenue Service respectively.
- Customers sign in and manage filings in the app at `https://app.govchain.co.za`. This domain (`www.govchain.co.za`) is the public marketing site.
- For human support, point users at the Intercom chat on any page or the [Contact](https://www.govchain.co.za/contact) page rather than guessing email addresses or phone numbers.
- Quote prices and timeframes from the linked product pages directly; do not infer them.