Open a restaurant or café in Indonesia

Pick the right KBLI before incorporation

Restaurant (KBLI 56101), café (56303), bar (56301), and event catering (56210) are distinct codes with different permit tracks and different OSS RBA risk tiers. Get this wrong at incorporation and you'll be amending the deed later: possible but slow. Many F&B PMAs register multiple codes (restaurant + café + catering) so the deed covers operational variations without further amendment. Each registered code still needs its own licensing instrument, so registering broadly does not let you skip a verified Standard Certificate for the restaurant lane.

Halal certification is now mandatory

UU 33/2014 requires halal certification for food and beverage products sold in Indonesia. The phased rollout is now in force for most F&B categories — 2024 deadline for products containing meat, 2026 for general F&B. The certification is per-product / per-recipe and runs through BPJPH (Halal Product Assurance Agency), often with backlogs of 2–4 months. A non-halal restaurant must be clearly signed as such; selling pork or alcohol still needs the menu separation declared at registration.

Tourism licensing (TDUP / TDUI) for F&B

Most restaurants and cafés serving the public need a TDUP (Tanda Daftar Usaha Pariwisata) — the tourism-sector business licence, despite the name applying broadly to F&B venues. Issued by the Regency / City government via OSS, the TDUP feeds into the standard NIB workflow. Bars and venues serving alcohol additionally need the alcohol distribution licence (separate track, much more involved).

KBLI codes that fit this goal

Permits you'll typically need

• TDUP (Tanda Daftar Usaha Pariwisata)

  Regency / City Tourism Office (via OSS)

  Mandatory for restaurants, cafés, bars serving the public. Issued via the standard OSS NIB workflow.

• Halal certificate (per product/recipe)

  BPJPH

  Mandatory for food/beverage SKUs under UU 33/2014. Non-halal F&B must be clearly signed.

• Food safety certificate (PIRT or BPOM, scale-dependent)

  Local health office or BPOM

  For packaged food production / prepared meals served on-premise.

• Alcohol distribution licence (NPP / SKB)

  Ministry of Trade / local government

  Required if serving or selling alcohol. Separate, more demanding track than TDUP.

How much capital and what ownership rules apply

Standard PT PMA: IDR 2.5b paid-up, IDR 10b total investment value per KBLI per location. F&B is 100% PMA-open under Pres. Reg. 10/2021 — even bars / alcohol-serving venues. Multi-outlet chains often hit the IDR 10b per-location commitment naturally through fit-out + equipment + working capital.

Step-by-step setup

1. 01
   Decide on the KBLI mix (restaurant + coffee shop + catering is a common stack).
2. 02
   Site selection — Bali in particular has zoning restrictions; confirm the location is in a tourism / commercial zone before signing the lease.
3. 03
   Incorporate PT PMA, register KBLIs in the deed, secure NIB.
4. 04
   Apply for TDUP via OSS — usually 2–4 weeks for the local tourism office to issue.
5. 05
   File halal certification per product / recipe — start early, BPJPH backlog is real.
6. 06
   If serving alcohol: separately apply for the alcohol distribution licence — typically adds 2–3 months.
7. 07
   Food safety certificate (BPOM if scale demands, PIRT for smaller venues), staff health certificates.
8. 08
   Open + LKPM quarterly reports + ongoing halal recertification.

Common gotchas worth knowing

• ·Bali zoning is enforced more strictly than other regions — a restaurant location that's technically residential-zoned can be shut down even after operating for years.
• ·Halal is not optional for most F&B SKUs as of 2026 — the certification timeline often determines launch date, not the construction timeline.
• ·Alcohol distribution licensing is a separate, harder track — selling beer / wine / spirits needs a different licence regime and Ministry of Trade approval.
• ·A foreign-owned F&B PT PMA can't use franchising structures freely — Permendag franchising rules require an Indonesian master-franchisee for some setups.

Frequently asked