1. Creating a Google Play Account

Before you can publish an Android application on the Google Play Store, you first need a Google Play Console developer account. If you are publishing on behalf of a company, you should create an Organization account.

1. Prerequisites

Before starting the registration, make sure you have:

• Google Account
• Registered company/organization
• Developer name
• Account owner identified
• Company legal name and address
• Company website
• Company phone number
• D-U-N-S number
• Google Payments profile
• Government-issued ID of the account owner or authorized representative
• Official company registration document
• Contact email address and contact phone number
• Developer email address and developer phone number
• Credit/debit card for the registration fee
• US$25 one-time registration fee

2. Create a Google Play Console account

Start by creating your developer account through the official Google Play Console sign-up. Google Play provides two account types:

• Personal account — intended for individual developers, students and hobbyists.
• Organization account — intended for businesses, companies, non-profits and other organizations.

For a company application, select Organization. Google's documentation explains the difference in Choose a developer account type.

3. Organization information

For an Organization account, Google requires information about the company:

• Developer name
• Legal organization name
• Organization address
• Organization phone number
• Organization website
• Contact person's name, email and phone number
• Developer email and developer phone number

The organization name and address are taken from the Google Payments profile linked to the developer account, and Google requires this information to be verified before you can publish apps. See required information to create a Play Console developer account.

4. D-U-N-S number

An organization account requires a D-U-N-S number — a unique nine-digit identifier issued by Dun & Bradstreet that Google uses to verify the organization.

• First check whether your company already has a D-U-N-S number — many companies do.
• If not, you can request one from Dun & Bradstreet free of charge.
• Google states this can take up to 30 days, so do it before starting registration.

Details: D-U-N-S number requirements.

5. Company verification documents

Google needs to verify that the organization exists and that the person creating the account is authorized to represent it. Depending on your country, Google may require:

Organization documents

• Certificate of incorporation or registration
• Extract from the commercial register
• VAT registration certificate

Personal identification

• Passport
• National ID card
• Driving licence
• Other accepted government-issued identification

The exact documents depend on the country associated with your Google Payments profile — see developer verification requirements. For example, organizations registered in the Netherlands must provide company registration documentation plus government-issued photo ID for an authorized representative.

6. Google Payments profile

Your Play Console account must be linked to a Google Payments profile. For an organization, that profile contains:

• Organization name
• Legal address
• D-U-N-S number

The information should match your company's official records — Google uses it as part of developer identity verification.

7. Registration fee

To create a full-distribution developer account, Google charges a one-time US$25 registration fee. It is a one-time payment, not an annual subscription, and the same account can then publish and manage all of your applications. See get started with a developer account.

8. Contact information verification

For an organization account, Google verifies:

• Contact email
• Contact phone number
• Developer email
• Developer phone number

Verification uses a one-time process, and these details should stay active because Google may use them to contact you about your developer account. Some developer information is also displayed publicly on Google Play — contact information requirements.

9. Ready to continue

Once the developer account has been created and verified, you can move on to step 2: prepare the Android app for publishing. That covers:

• Creating the Android App Bundle (.aab)
• Application ID / package name
• App signing
• Version code and version name
• Target Android version
• App icon, screenshots and feature graphic
• Privacy policy and Data Safety form
• Content rating and store listing
• Testing requirements and creating a production release
• Submitting the app for Google Play review