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Special Requirements for Employment Agencies: What You Need to Know About Operating Addresses

Updated at: May 28, 2025

If you're planning to run an Employment Agency (EA) in Singapore, it's important to understand the specific address requirements set by MOM (Ministry of Manpower) — which differ slightly from general ACRA requirements.

While virtual office addresses are commonly used by many businesses for registration, employment agencies face additional rules regarding their operating address.

✅ What Address Can Be Used for Registration?

Like other business entities, employment agencies can use a virtual office address as the company or business’s Registered Address on ACRA records.

With a valid subscription from VOfficeSingapore.com, your company officers can also use our address as their Contact Address (for free), ensuring personal data protection and compliance.

⚠️ MOM Requires a Real Operating Address

However, under MOM guidelines, employment agencies must declare their actual operating address — this must reflect where the business is physically conducted, and not a virtual office address.

This is because a virtual office is not a place where clients or job seekers are received, nor where actual employment agency operations are carried out.

📌 Important: MOM reserves the right to step in and reject or review operating addresses in exceptional cases — especially if the EA shares space with objectionable trades such as massage parlours or KTV lounges.

🏠 Can I Use My Home as an EA Operating Address?

Yes, you may use your residential address as your EA’s operating or business address.

However, you must first obtain approval from the relevant authority:

Make sure that the premises are approved for business use under the Home Office Scheme.

For more detailed information, please refer to MOM's official guidelines:

https://www.mom.gov.sg/faq/employment-agencies/do-i-need-to-have-an-office-to-operate-an-employment-agency

https://www.mom.gov.sg/faq/employment-agencies/can-i-list-my-residential-address-as-my-ea-s-operating-or-business-address

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