The legal foundation for your business, set up properly.
The Business Foundation Starter Kit is a 3-month legal setup for people building a non-tech business in Canada. It costs $4,797, or 3 monthly payments of $1,599. You get your incorporation and minute book, 2 contracts written for your business, website terms, a privacy policy and 5 calls with your lawyer. Zābo Law delivers the documents in the first 45 days.
Book a free fit conversationYou're ready to do this properly.
You might be leaving a job to open your own business. Or you've been running for 3 years, and it's time to make it official.
The Starter Kit fits service businesses, trades, food and hospitality, clinics, studios and shops.
Tech and software companies raising outside investment need a different firm. If you need one document only, our flat-fee services start at $497.
Here is what you'll have in place.
Incorporation and minute book
Your business becomes its own company. If you've already incorporated, we audit your articles and your setup.
2 contracts written for your business
You send clients your own agreement, with the scope, the fee and the payment terms set out.
Website terms
Your website says how people can use it.
Privacy policy
Your website says what you collect and what you do with it.
5 calls with your lawyer
You ask your questions before you decide.
Here is how you get there.
1. Book a free fit conversation
You tell us what you're building and where you are now.
2. Get your foundation
We plan the structure with you, then draft. Your documents arrive within 45 days.
3. Go forward with a lawyer beside you
We stay for the full 3 months.
Start before the first deadline.
Start before your first client contract, your first hire or the day a partner puts money in.
or 3 monthly payments of $1,599. The price is the same if you've already incorporated.
Here are the short answers.
How much does it cost to have a lawyer set up a new business?
At Zābo Law the full setup is $4,797, or 3 monthly payments of $1,599. An Ontario incorporation on its own is $1,797. Prices include government fees.
What do I get for $4,797?
Your incorporation and minute book, 2 contracts written for your business, website terms, a privacy policy and 5 calls with your lawyer.
What if I've already incorporated?
We audit your incorporation articles and your setup in place of a new incorporation. The price is the same.
How long does it take?
The engagement runs 3 months. You have your documents within the first 45 days, and we stay with you for the rest.
Is the Starter Kit right for me if I have no revenue yet?
Yes. It also fits a founder who has been running for a few years and is ready to make it official.
Is it for tech startups?
No. We don't take tech and software companies.
Where do you work?
We work with founders across Canada.
Updated October 2026.
Tell us what you're building.
We'll tell you whether the Starter Kit fits. The conversation is free.
Book a free fit conversation