This internal briefing note sets out a high-level summary of the identified constraints to women’s business registration in Bangladesh; an overview of the policy and legal framework for business registration in Bangladesh; the current steps in the registration process for the women entrepreneurs who want to register their enterprise and potential challenges at each step in this process; and in turn it sets out recommendations for action to address these constraints for the Catalysing Women’s Entrepreneurship Project in Bangladesh and the SME Foundation (SMEF).