Get a business identification number (NIB) through OSS

What you need to get an NIB through OSS

• NIK and active contact details.
• Business-owner or entity information.
• The business address and operating location.
• The correct KBLI 2025 activity code (OSS has used KBLI 2025 for new applications since 15 June 2026).
• Business scale and documents requested by OSS.

How to get an NIB through OSS

1. Choose the relevant OSS guide

   Open oss.go.id and find the instructions for your business type, such as an individual micro/small business.

2. Register access

   Create access, verify contacts and sign in.

3. Enter the business details

   Complete the owner information and activity application.

4. Select KBLI and location

   Choose the KBLI 2025 code, scope, location and operational details that match the real business. Codes from KBLI 2020 tutorials may since have been split or merged.

5. Review the conditions

   Read the risk classification, declarations and requirements before submitting.

6. Download and review the NIB

   Check whether standards certificates or other obligations remain.

How much it costs to get an NIB through OSS

The Ministry of Trade states that obtaining an NIB through OSS is free. Other licences or services may have separate obligations or costs; not every permit is therefore free.

Check current requirements, availability and charges through the official reference ↗ before applying or paying.

Describe the actual business activity

Manufacturing a product and reselling it can fall under different activities. Read the KBLI scope rather than picking a similar business name. Check whether more than one activity needs recording. Ask OSS or local DPMPTSP for help if unsure.

Individual-business instructions do not automatically fit a legal entity. Existing applicants should also read the relevant transition guidance shown in OSS. The final fields and documents follow the actual application.

Since 15 June 2026 OSS has applied KBLI 2025 (BPS Regulation 7/2025) to all new licence applications. One KBLI 2020 code may now be split into several codes, or several merged, so do not copy codes from older tutorials without matching the description. Licences issued before that date remain valid, and ministry or agency checks may take longer during the transition.

• OSS: memahami transisi KBLI 2025 ↗

Review every activity after issuance

Check the downloaded NIB for identity, address and activity details. Keep access through an email and number you control. Correct errors through OSS rather than editing the PDF.

Read the status and remaining obligations for each activity. Record the responsible agency and any outstanding verification. An issued identification number is not evidence that all sector-specific conditions have been completed.

Current legal basis: PP 28 of 2025

Risk-based business licensing is now governed by Government Regulation (PP) 28 of 2025. It was enacted, promulgated and took effect on 5 June 2025. It revokes PP 5 of 2021 and required the OSS system to be adjusted within four months of promulgation. OSS itself dates the implementation of PP 28 from 5 October 2025.

For a sole trader the principle is unchanged: the risk level of each business activity determines the licence. For low-risk activities, the NIB is both the business identity and the legal basis to operate. For medium-low-risk activities, the licence consists of the NIB plus a Standard Certificate (Sertifikat Standar). That certificate is the business owner's statement that business standards will be met, and compliance is checked during supervision. For micro businesses with low-risk activities, the spatial-use conformity approval (KKPR) for the business location is issued through OSS as a self-declaration.

Licences issued and still valid before PP 28/2025 took effect are exempt from its new implementing provisions, unless the new rules are more favourable. You may have transitional project data from before 5 October 2025, with spatial requirements issued but licensing unfinished. In that case, OSS directs you to the Business Permit Application (Old Data) guide.

• BPK legal database: PP 28 of 2025 ↗
• OSS: NIB guide ↗

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