Can foreigners operate a digital content & app development business in Indonesia?

Yes. KBLI 62192 (Aktivitas Pengembangan Aplikasi dan Produksi Konten) is TERBUKA — open to 100% foreign ownership via PT PMA. No local Indonesian partner required.

What license is required for KBLI 62192?

KBLI 62192 has a Menengah Rendah risk classification. Required license: NIB dan Sertifikat Standar. Processing time: Otomatis.

KBLI 62192 is the Indonesian business classification code for "Aktivitas Pengembangan Aplikasi dan Produksi Konten" (Digital Content & App Development). It falls under Section J of KBLI 2025, the Indonesian Standard Industrial Classification updated by BPS (Regulation 7/2025), effective June 18, 2026.

How did KBLI 62192 change from KBLI 2020 to 2025?

KBLI 62192 was mapped from previous code 62022 (KBLI 2020). Cleaned: removed invalid ['62192'] All businesses must migrate to KBLI 2025 by June 18, 2026 per BPS Regulation 7/2025.

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Mobile app development programming smartphone software

KBLI 62192★ Gold-Tier Intel

Digital Content & App Development

Aktivitas Pengembangan Aplikasi dan Produksi Konten

📡 Section J — Information & Communication

✅Open· 100% ForeignMedium-Low RiskAggregated

App development and digital content production — designing, coding, testing, and maintaining mobile apps, web applications, and digital media content. This is the go-to code for digital agencies, app studios, content production houses, and any company that both builds software and produces the digital content that lives inside it. Think social media tools, educational apps, interactive content platforms.

Licensing & Requirements

What You Need

Risk LevelMedium-Low (Menengah Rendah)

License TypeNIB dan Sertifikat Standar

ProcessingOtomatis

Foreign Ownership100% Open

AuthorityBKPM / OSS

PP28/2025 Licensing Data3 scales

Business scale:

Kecil, MenengahMedium-Low RiskNIB dan Sertifikat Standar⏱ OtomatisFiktif Positif

Post-License Obligations5

Memiliki bukti penyampaian wajib Data Industri tervalidasi setiap 6 (enam) bulan sekali sesuai peraturan perundang-undangan di bidang perindustrian

Memiliki dokumen SOP layanan purna jual pemberian jasa dan

Memiliki sertifikat pelatihan kompetensi SDM penyedia jasa

Menjamin konten dalam produk tidak mengandung konten SARA dan

Memberikan rekomendasi batas usia pengguna produk

Small / Medium scale: Medium-Low risk (Menengah Rendah). NIB + Standard Certificate issued automatically. Must maintain data security SOPs, submit industry data reports every 6 months, and have competency training certificates for technical staff.

Large scale: Medium-High risk (Menengah Tinggi). NIB + Standard Certificate verified within 7 working days. Requires org chart with qualified technical staff, employment contracts for skilled workers, business process documentation, and equipment inventory with photos.

PMA

Fully open — 100% foreign ownership allowed.

2020 → 2025

MATCH_CON_AGGREGAZIONE — this code consolidated several previously separate activities from KBLI 2020. App development and digital content production used to be spread across multiple codes. KBLI 2025 recognizes that in practice, most digital agencies do both — build the app AND produce the content — so it merged them into one code.

Bali Intelligence

This is arguably the most relevant code for Bali's booming digital agency scene. Canggu and Seminyak are full of small studios building apps and producing content for international clients. The automatic licensing at Small/Medium scale makes it very startup-friendly. The main practical consideration: if you're producing content that includes video or audio streaming, you may need additional codes (60103, 60203) which carry much heavier licensing. Stick to apps and non-broadcast digital content and this code keeps things simple.

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