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KBLI Navigator/Section M/72201
KBLI 72201★ Gold-Tier Intel

Social Science R&D

Penelitian dan Pengembangan Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial

🔬 Section M — Professional, Scientific & Technical

In Bali: open to a PT PMA

✅Open· 100% ForeignNew in 2025🏝️✅Registrable in Bali· needs review· low conf.⏳Crosswalk audit pending

Social-Science Research: Nationally Open, With a Bali Address Check

This systematic social-science research activity is fully foreign-open nationally and unblocked by Bali’s moratorium, though the record calls for address-level verification.

By the numbers
National PMA status
TERBUKA
Foreign-ownership ceiling
100%
National PMA source
Perpres 10/2021, 49/2021
Bali status
Registrable in Bali
National openness at 100% and Bali’s unblocked status can therefore be stated together without confusing one for the other.
Licensing & Requirements

What You Need

Licensing RouteSpecial / sectoral regime
OSS-RBA RowsNone retrievable (404)
Foreign Ownership100% Open
AuthoritySector regulator — verify case-by-case

Step-by-step for a PT PMA social science research consultancy

1
Company incorporation— PT PMDN / CV / Perorangan (local, WNI) — notary deed, AHU registration
2
NIB via OSS— register on oss.go.id, select 72201; expect NIB-only for now (new in KBLI 2025) (~2–3 days)
3
Ethical Clearance (for human subjects research):
4
Research permits (if applicable):
5
Institutional affiliation (recommended):— Social science research is often more credible and easier to permit if affiliated with an Indonesian university or research institution

Typical total timeline

Minimum PT PMA capital

Authority

PMA
2020 → 2025

New code in KBLI 2025 — social science research was previously part of broader research categories in KBLI 2020. The 2025 classification separates social science research (72201) from natural science research (72101) and experimental research (72109), recognizing the distinct methodologies and regulatory needs of social science disciplines.

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Sources & Verification

Each data layer below traces to a government source with its KBLI vintage — or is declared as a gap. Nothing in these layers is silently filled in.

Activity definition
BPS Peraturan 7/2025 + PP 28/2025VerifiedKBLI 2025

Title and scope as defined by the KBLI-2025 classification.

locator: OSS_RBA_2025_id_version_fff4053d

Risk & licensing
No OSS-RBA rows retrievable — special / sectoral regimeDeclared gap—

No KBLI-2025 risk scope was retrievable from the OSS API for this code (ruang-lingkup 404), and no licensing rows are served on this page. Activities in this group are typically licensed under a special or sectoral regime — on the crosswalk watchlist: if OSS publishes a scope, the code is re-adjudicated.

Foreign ownership (PMA)
Perpres 10/2021, 49/2021Declared gap—

Our sources record no KBLI-2020 predecessor for this code, so we cannot trace how the investment-list verdict shown here was assigned to it. The value is served as-is, not as a verified determination — confirm it at oss.go.id before relying on it.

Bali status
Bali province blocks ALL Low + Medium-Low risk KBLI for PMA (island-wide, permanent) (effective 2026-05-13)Audit pending2026 overlay

Conservative posture derived from the risk tier · confidence LOW.

Dataset last updated 2026-07-26 · KBLI 2020 and KBLI 2025 reuse code numbers for different activities — cross-vintage rows are labeled, never merged silently.

Common Questions
Can foreigners operate a social science r&d business in Indonesia?
Yes. KBLI 72201 (Penelitian dan Pengembangan Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial) is TERBUKA — open to 100% foreign ownership via PT PMA. No local Indonesian partner required. (Source: Perpres 10/2021 as amended by Perpres 49/2021 — the investment-list annexes predate KBLI 2025; per-code crosswalk audit in progress.)
What license is required for KBLI 72201?
KBLI 72201 sits outside the ordinary OSS-RBA risk-based licensing flow: no business-scale licensing rows for it are retrievable from OSS. Activities in this group are typically licensed under a special or sectoral regime (e.g. government affairs, financial services under OJK/BI, education or health authorities) — verify the applicable regulator case-by-case before relying on an NIB alone.
What is KBLI 72201?
KBLI 72201 is the Indonesian business classification code for "Penelitian dan Pengembangan Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial" (Social Science R&D). It falls under Section M of KBLI 2025, the Indonesian Standard Industrial Classification updated by BPS (Regulation 7/2025). The June 2026 KBLI 2025 transition window has closed; operators should verify the code's current OSS/NIB treatment before relying on it for licensing, reporting, or amendments.

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Social science research in Bali? 72201 is the code. It is new in KBLI 2025, so expect NIB-only registration with licensing details to be clarified. The critical non-OSS requirement: Ethical Clearance for human subjects research. Bali's tourism, culture, and social dynamics make it a rich research environment. Let me explain the setup.