Search SMEs by name, product or service, category and district. Each business page shows contacts, location, registration details and what they offer.
Change any answer and the roadmap updates instantly. Items are marked required, may be required, or not applicable, so you never chase a permit you don't need.
Five questions. We score individual, société and company on liability, tax, cost and paperwork, then show why.
Type a name to get a clash checklist across the company register, trademarks, domains and social handles, plus ready-to-check variations.
Permits, an example startup budget and the mistakes first-time owners make most, for nine popular startups in Mauritius.
Budgets are indicative examples to help you plan, not quotes. Your costs depend on location, size and suppliers.
A new business needs more than a BRN. Customers judge you by your logo, your signboard, your website and your social media. Pick what you need and contact a provider.
The three areas every new business touches. Each guide is organised by who you are, with official links beside every rule.
Tax thresholds change with each Finance Act (for example, mandatory VAT registration rules changed after the 2025 Finance Act). Every amount on Y-LOKAL carries its effective date and a link to MRA.
Seven areas that rarely make it onto a first checklist, explained in plain language.
MRA's e-invoicing system sends each invoice to the Invoice Fiscalisation Platform in real time. The platform returns a unique Invoice Reference Number (IRN) and a QR code that go on the invoice.
Taxpayer registration and software certification begin.
Phase 1: VAT-registered businesses with turnover above Rs 100 million.
Threshold lowered to Rs 80 million, with further reductions planned.
Smaller VAT-registered businesses. Watch this page and mra.mu.
Getting ready: use certified invoicing or POS software, keep VAT numbers on customer records, and send credit notes through the system as well.
National Budget presented June 2026. Measures take effect only once the Finance Act and regulations are passed, so each item shows its stated date where one was announced.
Pick a business type. Requirements are grouped by authority so you know who to talk to next.
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All figures in Mauritian rupees. Rates are pre-filled as examples; check the current rate on the official source before relying on a result.
Also coming: monthly expense, cash-flow and gross margin calculators.
Check the legal minimum for your sector, then produce a payslip and the end-of-year bonus.
Fill in your details and lines. The preview shows everything a Mauritian VAT invoice should carry. Copy it into your own document or accounting tool.
Choose your structure and where you're going. Tick items as you gather them; ticks are kept on this device.
Answer five questions to see the funding routes worth exploring. Confirm eligibility with each provider.
Twelve months of filings and payments, generated from your Setup Wizard answers. Set your accounting year end and registration month for exact annual dates.
Due dates shown are typical patterns. Confirm exact dates for your filing method on mra.mu.
Banks, leasing companies, deposit-taking institutions and investment funds that finance businesses. Compare offers and ask each one about their SME products.
Banks and deposit-taking institutions listed here are licensed by the Bank of Mauritius. Check a lender’s licence on bom.mu or fscmauritius.org before you sign. Public schemes (DBM, SME Mauritius) are in the Funding checker.
Local SMEs by category and district. Open a business to see its contacts, location, registration details, products and services.
Pins show the address when we have it, otherwise the district.
Get found by customers across Mauritius. Your business gets its own page with logo, contacts, map, photos, products and services, in English and French.
List your business with any plan and choose one gift, designed for you by our team at no extra cost:
For the first 25 businesses whose listing is paid and published. One gift per business.
Our launch offer (a free logo or social media advert for the first 25 businesses) is now complete. Thank you to everyone who joined.
Prices on request: hello@konpani.com
Already listed? Log in to your owner area to see your statistics, reply to reviews, post deals and renew.
We check your details (business registration number and contacts) and reply within a few working days. A free basic listing goes online after the check. A paid page goes online once we receive your Juice payment.
Yes. Once your page is online we invite you to your owner area, where you can update your description, contacts, opening hours, products and photos at any time. For your name, category or district, write to hello@konpani.com.
By phone, WhatsApp or email from your page, and with the enquiry form: messages go straight to your email.
We send you a reminder 30 days and 7 days before the end. Pay the renewal with Juice and your page continues for another year. If you don’t renew, your page stays online as a free basic listing (name, category, district and phone).
With Juice, from your phone, to 5797 6878, with your business name as the reference. We send you an invoice first.
Any customer, from your page. We check every review before it is published, and you can reply to reviews from your owner area.
DesignNow, the team behind Y-LOKAL, designs for small businesses in Mauritius: logos and branding, social media artwork and management, websites, flyers and signage.
Current promotions from businesses in the directory. Offers are posted by the businesses and disappear automatically when they end.
Are you a business in the directory? Post your offers from your owner area. Not listed yet? Join us.
Updates on rules, schemes and deadlines, and events where business owners meet and learn.
Outlines of the clauses each document should cover. Copy one, fill it in, and have a lawyer review it before signing.
Enter the basics and get a structured 11-part plan with startup costs, monthly cash flow and a break-even estimate.
SME financing · government schemes · bank loans · development finance · grants · loan guarantees · equipment financing · leasing · start-up and working capital
Every scheme is listed with:
Opening a business account usually requires:
Compare account types, online banking, merchant / POS facilities, business loans, overdrafts, leasing and trade finance. Comparisons are factual and date-stamped.
With the French term and, where people use one, the Kreol.
Workshops, networking and trade fairs from the organisations below. Dated listings go live with the events calendar at launch.
Short case studies from Mauritian founders: what it cost, how long it took, and what they would do differently. Share yours below; we publish selected stories with your permission.
Sector, location, startup budget, time from idea to first sale.
Which registrations and permits it took, and which step took longest.
One mistake, one tip, one resource that helped.
Y-LOKAL is free to search. Paid placements keep it running, and every one is clearly labelled.
Your photo or logo, description, website, WhatsApp and email in “Partners”, above the footer on every page, for 12 months, marked “Sponsored”.
Your business in “Featured businesses” on the home page and at the top of its category. Join us →
A partner firm handles CBRD, MRA and employer registration for a fixed fee.
A formatted business plan with 12-month cash flow, ready for a bank meeting.
Educational guides labelled “Sponsored”. Sponsors never edit the regulatory content.
Y-LOKAL summarises official and published sources. Always confirm fees, rates and deadlines with the official body before you act.
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Last updated: 25 September 2026. This policy explains what Y-LOKAL collects, why, and the choices you have, in line with the Mauritius Data Protection Act 2017.
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