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Virtual Office in Lahore

Your company needs a registered office. It may not need a room to go with it. A WorkBench virtual office gives your company a business address at 13-D, D Block, Valencia Town, Lahore 54784, with a staffed reception where its mail is handled. It is a virtual address in a real building, not a PO box, and no desk comes with it. PKR 5,000 a month, plus PKR 5,000 once to set it up.

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Looking through the glass street doors of WorkBench in Valencia Town, Lahore, past grey sofas with rust cushions to the concrete reception desk and the amber W on a charcoal fluted wall.
The door your company’s address leads to.

The short answer

What is a virtual office?

A virtual office is a business address you pay for without renting a desk. Your company puts the address on its paperwork and has its post received there, while you work from anywhere. Here, that means the address plus mail handled at reception.

Itemised

What our virtual office services include

This is a business address service with mail handling. The price covers two things, so here are the two things.

  • Your business address

    13-D, D Block, Valencia Town, Lahore 54784

    Use of the address for reference. It can also be your company’s registered business address, the office address your SECP filing gives.

  • A business mailing address with a staffed reception

    Post addressed to your company is handled at reception, and the front desk is staffed 9AM to 9PM, Monday to Saturday. Settle how that post reaches you before you sign up, not after a notice goes astray.

What is not included

  • A desk. Virtual office space here comes without a seat. A day pass is PKR 2,000.
  • Meeting room time. None is built in. Rooms are booked by the hour, at published non-member rates from PKR 1,000 to PKR 2,500 an hour.
  • Phone answering. The plan covers two things, and taking calls is not one of them.

The cost

How much is a virtual office in Lahore?

Business address rental at WorkBench comes down to two published numbers.

What a WorkBench virtual office costs
ItemPriceHow it is worked out
Address and mail handlingPKR 5,000Every month
SetupPKR 5,000Once
First monthPKR 10,000Monthly plus setup
First 12 monthsPKR 65,000Twelve months plus setup
Annual planNot publishedAsk on 0311 2200818

The twelve-month row is arithmetic, not an annual plan. Contract length, billing and tax are not published, so get them in writing when you sign up. Every WorkBench rate is on the pricing page.

What is virtual office setup in Pakistan?

At WorkBench, setup is a single PKR 5,000 charge on top of the monthly fee. You pay it once. What it involves for your company, and how long it takes, are fair questions for 0311 2200818.

Is it for you

Who a virtual office in Lahore is for

  • Freelancers forming a company

    Your home address is not the one you want on the company record. This puts a different door on it.

  • E-commerce sellers

    The business lives online. The company still needs a registered office where notices can reach it.

  • Consultants

    You work at client sites, so a desk would sit empty. Rooms are bookable by the hour when you need a table.

  • Out-of-city and overseas companies

    Your team works elsewhere but wants a Lahore address on the record. What the law says about that is below.

SECP

Virtual office for company registration

A summary of what the law says, not legal advice. Check your own case with SECP or a corporate lawyer.

The SECP registered office requirement

Under section 21 of the Companies Act, 2017, every company must have a registered office, where all communications and notices are addressed. You notify the registrar of it within 30 days of incorporation, and until then the application can give a correspondence address. Miss the notice and the company, and each officer responsible, can face a penalty of up to Rs. 25,000, plus up to Rs. 500 a day while it continues.

Source: Companies Act, 2017, opens in a new tab, sections 16, 21 and 479

What the registered office has to do

Legal documents can be served on the company there, and the books of account are kept there unless the board picks another place in Pakistan and the company notifies the registrar of it within seven days. Your letterhead and official documents carry its address, and the company’s name and incorporation number are displayed outside it. Use WorkBench as a virtual registered office address and all of that points to 13-D, D Block, so ask how the name display is handled here.

Source: Companies Act, 2017, opens in a new tab, sections 22, 53 and 220

The form that records it

The notice is Form-21 under the Companies Regulations, 2024, filed through eZfile or on paper. Its listed enclosures do not include a rent agreement, a utility bill or a landlord’s NOC. That is the form, not a promise about what the registrar or anyone else may ask to see for your business registration address.

Sources: SECP Form-21, opens in a new tab; Companies Regulations, 2024, opens in a new tab, regulation 31

The paperwork from WorkBench

Ask on 0311 2200818 which document WorkBench issues for your filing, and have it in hand before anything goes to SECP. Cheaper than a filing you have to redo.

Step by step

How to open a virtual office in Pakistan

  1. Decide the province. The memorandum names the province of the registered office, so a Lahore address means Punjab.
  2. Get in touch. Call or WhatsApp 0311 2200818, or email info@workbench.pk. Say whether the company is new or already registered.
  3. Settle the details. Ask which document you will receive, how your post reaches you, and the terms. Agree all three before you submit anything.
  4. File the address. Give it on your incorporation papers, or notify it on Form-21 within 30 days of incorporation.
  5. Replacing an old registered office? Notify the change on Form-21 within 15 days. A move to another city in the same province also needs a special resolution.

Beyond Lahore

Virtual office in Pakistan

The memorandum ties a company to a province, not a street. SECP then deals with it through the Company Registration Office for wherever its registered office is, and the Lahore office covers the Lahore and Gujranwala divisions, among other areas. An address at 13-D, D Block, Valencia Town sits with Lahore.

Sources: Companies Act, 2017, opens in a new tab, sections 27 and 32; Companies Regulations, 2024, opens in a new tab, regulation 70

Virtual office Karachi

The WorkBench address is in Lahore, not Karachi. A company run from Karachi can still use a Lahore registered address, because SECP places a company by its registered office, not by where its people work. A new company names Punjab. One already registered in Sindh needs a special resolution and SECP’s confirmation on petition to move.

Straight answers

Questions about a virtual office

The Companies Act, 2017 requires every company to have a registered office where its notices are addressed, and 13-D, D Block, Valencia Town is available as one. How your own filing is treated is a question for SECP or a corporate lawyer.

Not from WorkBench. The address and mail handling cost PKR 5,000 a month, plus PKR 5,000 charged once at setup.

Not on this plan. It covers use of the address and mail handled at reception, and nothing to do with your phone.

The law requires a company’s letterhead and official documents to carry its registered office address. For your website and visiting cards, ask us before anything goes to print.

The desks are at the same address. A shared desk is PKR 20,000 a month and a dedicated desk PKR 25,000. Ask how the switch works when you are ready.

Yes. Reception is staffed for tours and walk-ins 9AM to 9PM, Monday to Saturday.

Before you file

Settle the address while the form is still a draft.

Call or WhatsApp 0311 2200818, or write to info@workbench.pk. Say what the company is and which filing it is for.

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The reception at WorkBench, where a virtual office client's post is handled: a concrete desk under the amber W on a charcoal fluted wall, grey sofas and concrete tables in front, and a glass meeting room to the left.