Multi-market guide

What compliance actually costs.

Compliance pricing is usually the murkiest part of a launch budget. Ours is published, so this page can do something unusual: put real numbers on entering the EU, UK, US and Switzerland, per product, with the separate lab costs called out honestly instead of hidden.

Reviewed by Cassandra Maddocks, chemist & biochemist · last reviewed 27 July 2026

How much does it cost to launch a cosmetic in the EU?

$1,500 per product with CIG: the launch pack covers the signed CPSR, the assembled Product Information File and the CPNP notification, and the same pack covers the UK filing too. Itemised, that is a CPSR at $450 to $600, a PIF at $400 and notifications at $150 each.

The pack price is the honest comparison figure because the three deliverables are stages of one obligation, as our comparison guide explains. What drives the CPSR within its range, and why the calendar belongs to the lab rather than the paperwork, is covered in the CPSR cost guide.

What do the US and Switzerland add?

The US adds $900 per brand for MoCRA facility registration and product listing setup, so one product across the EU, UK and US comes to $2,400. Switzerland adds no filing at all; its marginal cost is the Swiss-address responsible person arrangement and a label check against the language rules.

The Swiss economics follow from the regime itself: the same dossier serves, so you pay for structure rather than paperwork, as covered in the EU vs Switzerland comparison. A label review at $300 is optional everywhere but cheaper than one reprinted run.

What is not included in compliance pricing?

Laboratory testing. Stability, challenge and microbiological results are inputs the safety assessor works from, produced by labs at their own prices and timescales; stability alone can run 3 to 12 months. No compliance provider's fee includes them, and a quote that seems to should be read carefully.

The full input list, and which items set the timeline, is in the CPSR inputs guide. If your products already have test data from an existing market, most of it reuses, which is why second markets cost less than first ones.

Annex I of Regulation 1223/2009 on EUR-Lex showing the Cosmetic Product Safety Report structure — Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, the safety report structure your budget pays to fill, as published on EUR-Lex, consolidation of 1 May 2026 (02009R1223, EN, 040.001). Captured 26 July 2026. View the official text.

Why do compliance quotes vary so wildly?

Because scope hides in the wording. Quotes differ on whether the price is per product or per formula, whether shade ranges share a framework assessment, whether the PIF and notification are included or invoiced later, and whether the assessor signing is actually qualified to. The number alone tells you almost nothing.

Three questions expose a quote's real scope: what exactly is delivered for the price, who signs the assessment and with what qualification, and what happens when the formula changes later. Our answers are on the pricing page; the assessor qualification bar is captured from the regulation in the CPSR cost guide.

What does staying compliant cost?

Ongoing coverage is the part budgets forget. Responsible Person and agent roles are standing appointments, MoCRA registrations renew every two years, and rules change midstream. Our Compliance Care monitoring runs from about $490 per month covering all four markets, renewals and change tracking included.

The renewal mechanics that catch brands out are in the MoCRA renewals guide. For a complete number for your range, request a fixed quote: every figure above is published on our pricing page and holds before any work begins.

Sources

The legal duties behind these costs. Regulatory status last verified 27 July 2026.