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A company chop is not a legal requirement in Hong Kong — a director’s signature binds the company (Companies Ordinance, Cap. 622, s.124: a common seal has been optional since 3 March 2014). Banks, payment providers and Mainland China counterparties still ask for one, because their forms have a box for it. This generator makes the standard round chop — English name around the ring, Chinese name in the centre — as a transparent PNG and an SVG, for USD 0.99. You upload the company’s Business Registration Certificate, the names are read from it, and the chop carries the name exactly as registered.
Upload the certificate and the names, number and expiry date are filled in from it. Check them against the certificate, choose blue, red or black ink, watch the live preview and pay by card. The download page opens straight away and the link is emailed to you.
Captime clients: your chop is free in the client portal under Company Chop.
Since the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) took effect on 3 March 2014, a Hong Kong company is not required to have a common seal. A company may still keep one, but a document is validly executed when it is signed on the company’s behalf in accordance with its articles — typically by a director, by two directors, or by a director and the company secretary, depending on the document. The rubber “company chop” that most Hong Kong businesses keep in a drawer has never been a statutory requirement at all; it is a convention inherited from a time when seals were.
Three different things get called a “seal” in Hong Kong. The common seal is the metal embossing seal the Ordinance refers to — optional since 2014, and now rarely used outside deeds and share certificates where a company’s articles still call for it. The company chop (公司印章) is the round rubber ink stamp this page is about: never a statutory requirement, but the one counterparties expect to see. The signature chop, or “long chop”, is a rectangular stamp with the company name and a line “For and on behalf of … Authorised Signature(s)”, used above a director’s signature on cheques and letters. None of the three replaces the signature.
This is why most Hong Kong corporate service providers, Captime included, no longer order a physical chop when they incorporate a company. Founders who want one buy it afterwards, and increasingly they discover the need only when a bank form or a Mainland supplier asks for it.
Account-opening packs and KYC refresh forms in Hong Kong often carry a “company chop” box next to the signature line. Staff processing hundreds of forms return the ones that look incomplete. A chop beside the director’s signature keeps the form moving.
On the Mainland, the company seal (公章) is the primary mark of corporate authority and a contract without one looks unsigned. Suppliers, platforms and customers there expect a Hong Kong company’s documents to carry a chop too, even though Hong Kong law does not require it.
Marketplace and PSP onboarding teams compare the chop on a document against the company name on the Business Registration Certificate. A clean chop with the exact registered name, in English and Chinese, is read as a sign of an established company.
The standard Hong Kong company chop (公司印章) — also called a Hong Kong company seal or digital company stamp when it is a file rather than rubber — is a round seal, 38–40 mm across when inked: a double outer ring, the company’s English name in a serif face running clockwise around the ring, the Chinese name set in the centre on one or two lines, and an asterisk closing the ring at the bottom. Blue ink is the Hong Kong convention; red follows Mainland practice; black is used on documents that will be photocopied. The generator reproduces this layout from the names you enter, so the result matches what counterparties expect to see.
| Aspect | Physical rubber chop | Digital chop (this tool) |
|---|---|---|
| Legal effect in Hong Kong | None by itself — the signature binds the company | None by itself — the signature binds the company |
| Works on | Printed forms, wet-ink contracts | PDFs, Word documents, scanned forms, e-signature platforms |
| Proof requested | Business Registration Certificate at the stationer | Business Registration Certificate uploaded here |
| Time and cost | HK$150–400, 1–3 days, collected in Hong Kong | USD 0.99, three minutes, from anywhere |
| Formats | Inked impression | Transparent PNG (1200 × 1200 px) and SVG |
Reviewed by Captime’s licensed team (TCSP Licence TC010212). Last reviewed: 16 October 2026. Reference: Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) Part 3, Division 4 — execution of documents; Companies Registry FAQ on the common seal.
A chop is a mark of a company’s identity, so we treat making one the way a Hong Kong stationer does: the person ordering shows the company’s current Business Registration Certificate first. Captime is a TCSP-licensed corporate services provider, and this tool is built for genuine business owners and the people who act for them — not for anyone who wants a stamp in a company’s name.
Asking for the certificate, and for your confirmation that you are authorised, stops the generator being used to pass off as a company you do not control. That protects every company whose name could be typed into a form like this, including yours.
Counterparties compare the chop with the registered name. The certificate shows the English and Chinese names exactly as the Inland Revenue Department holds them, so the chop matches what banks and platforms will check against.
The certificate carries its expiry date. If you tick the box, we will email you before it expires with a reminder and Captime’s renewal and company secretary offers — nothing else, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
The certificate and your details are kept by Captime Corporate Management Limited under Hong Kong’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and are not shared with third parties. See our privacy policy.
No. Since the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) took effect on 3 March 2014, a Hong Kong company is not required to have a common seal, and a rubber company chop has never been a statutory requirement. A document is validly executed when it is signed by a director (or two directors, or a director and the company secretary, depending on the document) in accordance with the company's articles.
Habit and their own internal rules. Many Hong Kong bank forms, payment-provider onboarding packs and Mainland China contracts have a box for the company chop, and staff processing them are used to seeing one. A chop alongside a director's signature avoids the form being returned for "missing chop", even though the signature alone binds the company.
The usual form (公司印章) is a round seal: the company's English name runs around the ring, the Chinese name (if the company has one) sits in the centre, and an asterisk closes the ring at the bottom. Blue or red ink is traditional. The generator follows this layout.
Neither has statutory force in Hong Kong — the director's signature is what binds the company. A digital chop placed on a PDF serves the same practical purpose as an inked impression on a printed form: it shows the counterparty the company's name in the format they expect. Where a counterparty insists on a wet-ink chop, a physical chop can be ordered from a stationer using the same design.
The same reason a stationer asks for it before cutting a physical chop: to confirm the chop is being made for a company you act for, with the name exactly as registered. We read the names from the certificate and the chop can only carry those names. The certificate is stored privately and is not shared.
A 1200 × 1200 px PNG with a transparent background and an SVG vector file. Place the PNG on PDFs, Word documents or scanned forms next to the director's signature; use the SVG where a designer or printer needs a scalable version.
No. By placing an order you confirm that you are a director, company secretary or authorised person of the company named on the certificate. Making or using a chop to pass yourself off as another company is a criminal offence in Hong Kong. Captime does not verify that you hold the authority you claim; responsibility for lawful use of the generated chop rests with the person who ordered it, and the digital file has no greater legal effect than a physical rubber chop.
No. Companies that Captime serves as company secretary can download their chop free of charge from the Company Chop page in the client portal, using the names already on the register.
The Business Registration Certificate you upload has to be renewed every year (or every three years on the three-year certificate). Captime’s company secretary service handles the renewal, the annual return and the registers for Hong Kong companies, and the free company name check and company fit checker help founders who have not incorporated yet.
Captime is a TCSP-licensed Hong Kong firm serving founders worldwide since 2018. Ask us about renewals, secretary services and bank-account introductions.
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