{
  "dataset": "Best incorporation services in Singapore",
  "category": "Company incorporation & corporate secretarial services",
  "areaServed": "Singapore",
  "url": "https://verdictsg-4ay.pages.dev/best-incorporation-services-singapore.html",
  "methodologyUrl": "https://verdictsg-4ay.pages.dev/methodology.html",
  "status": "live, in-progress",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-18",
  "firmsContacted": 13,
  "firmsFullyScored": 4,
  "rubric": {
    "scale": 100,
    "criteria": [
      {
        "name": "Communication & Responsiveness",
        "weight": "40%"
      },
      {
        "name": "Transparency",
        "weight": "15%"
      },
      {
        "name": "Expertise",
        "weight": "15%"
      },
      {
        "name": "Value",
        "weight": "15%"
      },
      {
        "name": "Service",
        "weight": "15%"
      }
    ],
    "formula": "TOTAL = (CommResp x 2) + (Transparency + Expertise + Value + Service) x 0.75"
  },
  "independence": "No firm can pay to appear, rank higher, or remove criticism. Affiliate links, where present, are labelled and offered on identical terms to every firm in the category. See methodologyUrl.",
  "sampleData": false,
  "rankings": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "name": "VIVOS",
      "score": 78.25,
      "maxScore": 100,
      "status": "fully scored",
      "affiliated": true,
      "disclosure": "",
      "reviewUrl": "https://verdictsg-4ay.pages.dev/reviews/vivos.html",
      "criteria": {
        "communicationResponsiveness": 20,
        "transparency": 15,
        "expertise": 10,
        "value": 8,
        "service": 18
      },
      "quotedPriceSGD": "900 incorporation + 1000 first-year corp-sec",
      "priceNote": "ACRA fee explicitly excluded from the incorporation quote",
      "firstReplyTime": "Same day (20 minutes)",
      "repBasedInSingapore": true,
      "localSgPhoneGiven": true,
      "inPersonMeeting": true,
      "historicalOwnershipConflict": true
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "name": "HeySara",
      "score": 75.25,
      "maxScore": 100,
      "status": "fully scored",
      "reviewUrl": "https://verdictsg-4ay.pages.dev/reviews/heysara.html",
      "criteria": {
        "communicationResponsiveness": 17,
        "transparency": 15,
        "expertise": 13,
        "value": 10,
        "service": 17
      },
      "quotedPriceSGD": "1097-1398/yr",
      "priceNote": "Annual retainer, ACRA fee included",
      "firstReplyTime": "Same business day",
      "repBasedInSingapore": true,
      "localSgPhoneGiven": true,
      "inPersonMeeting": true
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "name": "3E Accounting",
      "score": 72.75,
      "maxScore": 100,
      "status": "fully scored",
      "reviewUrl": "https://verdictsg-4ay.pages.dev/reviews/3e-accounting.html",
      "criteria": {
        "communicationResponsiveness": 18,
        "transparency": 9,
        "expertise": 12,
        "value": 16,
        "service": 12
      },
      "quotedPriceSGD": "~533 applicable (headline reads 4713)",
      "priceNote": "Headline total bundles an optional nominee-director service not needed by the shopper",
      "firstReplyTime": "Same business day",
      "repBasedInSingapore": true,
      "localSgPhoneGiven": true,
      "inPersonMeeting": true
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "name": "Osome",
      "score": 72.25,
      "maxScore": 100,
      "status": "fully scored",
      "reviewUrl": "https://verdictsg-4ay.pages.dev/reviews/osome.html",
      "criteria": {
        "communicationResponsiveness": 8,
        "transparency": 19,
        "expertise": 19,
        "value": 18,
        "service": 19
      },
      "quotedPriceSGD": 600,
      "priceNote": "All-in, ACRA fee included",
      "firstReplyTime": "Next business day",
      "repBasedInSingapore": false,
      "localSgPhoneGiven": false,
      "inPersonMeeting": "unclear — virtual calendar link only"
    }
  ],
  "inProgress": [
    {
      "name": "SBS Consulting",
      "status": "in progress — no quote received yet",
      "note": "Replied next business day; proactively flagged the local-director requirement but gave no price. Partial evidence only."
    },
    {
      "name": "InCorp Global",
      "status": "in progress — awaiting mystery-shop reply"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rikvin",
      "status": "in progress — awaiting mystery-shop reply"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hawksford",
      "status": "in progress — awaiting mystery-shop reply"
    },
    {
      "name": "Boardroom",
      "status": "in progress — awaiting mystery-shop reply"
    },
    {
      "name": "BBCIncorp",
      "status": "in progress — awaiting mystery-shop reply"
    },
    {
      "name": "Piloto Asia",
      "status": "in progress — awaiting mystery-shop reply"
    }
  ],
  "excluded": [
    {
      "name": "Sleek",
      "status": "excluded from standard scoring",
      "reason": "Contact/enquiry form requires a working Singapore phone number before a quote can be requested; no email-only path."
    },
    {
      "name": "Paul Hype Page & Co",
      "status": "excluded from standard scoring",
      "reason": "Contact form requires a working Singapore phone number before a quote can be requested; no email-only path."
    }
  ]
}