Incorporating in the USA for foreigners
A US incorporation is a state filing with a separate federal tax number attached, and the two are settled one after the other rather than together. This guide follows that order: which state to file…
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EU company registration: choosing a member state
There is no EU-wide company for an ordinary founder. A company is formed under the law of one of the EU member states, and EU law then treats a company formed that way as entitled to set up anywhere…
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Company registration in France: SARL or SAS
Company registration in France comes down to one online filing, but the file is built from decisions settled beforehand: whether the company should be a SARL or a SAS, where its registered office in…
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UK company registration, step by step
UK company registration usually means incorporating a private company limited by shares, the form most UK companies take. The filing is made at Companies House. First, choose a name the registrar…
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Netherlands company registration from abroad
Registering a company in the Netherlands from abroad usually means forming a BV, the Dutch private limited company, and the route runs through three stages in a fixed order: a civil-law notary…
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Spain company registration for foreign founders
Registering a company in Spain from abroad usually means forming a Sociedad Limitada (SL), and most of the work is done before anyone sits down with a notary. This general information follows the…
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Chile company incorporation for foreign founders
Chile company incorporation follows one fixed sequence with two real choices. The sequence starts before the company does: each foreign shareholder needs a Chilean tax ID, the RUT, and nothing else…
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Company registration Canada for non-residents
Registering your business in Canada is a short run of decisions taken in order, and most of the delay people meet comes from taking them out of sequence. The form comes first, depending on the type…
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Estonia company registration: forming an OÜ
Establishing a company in Estonia from abroad usually means an OÜ, the private limited company, and the filing itself is the simpler part. What takes thought are the choices made before it, and this…
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Business registration in Germany: GmbH or UG
Business registration in Germany passes through a notary, the commercial register and the tax authorities, and each of them asks the founder something different. This guide takes the decisions in the…
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Company registration in Poland for foreigners
Company registration in Poland for a founder abroad usually means forming a spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (sp. z o.o.), the limited liability company governed by the Commercial Companies…
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Company registration in UAE: setup options
Company registration in UAE starts with comparing the mainland and free zones in the UAE. Once that is settled, the business activities come first, because a license is issued for approved…
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Austria company incorporation: forming a GmbH
To start a business in Austria as a GmbH, sign a notarial deed in German. It becomes the operative legal entity on entry in the Commercial Register. The registration process follows a set order. This…
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Australia company registration for non-residents
Australia company registration begins with an application to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). It records decisions taken before filing. This guide follows them in order…
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Cyprus company registration for foreign founders
Registering a company in Cyprus is a filing with the Registrar of Companies under the Companies Law, Cap. 113, and the form most founders choose is the private company limited by shares. The steps…
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Finland company registration for foreign founders
For a foreign founder, registering a company in Finland almost always means forming a private limited company (osakeyhtiö, Oy), registering it with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)…
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Hong Kong company registration, step by step
Registering a company in Hong Kong forms a private company limited by shares through one submission to the Companies Registry, which also counts as the application for business registration, so the…
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Ireland company registration from abroad
This guide covers the private company limited by shares, the LTD, formed under the Companies Act 2014 and registered with the Companies Registration Office. The filing is the middle of the process…
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South Korea company registration for foreigners
Registering a company in South Korea follows the authorities' sequence. This order matters when starting a business in South Korea as a foreign investor. The business structure comes first, with the…
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Latvia company registration: forming a SIA
For most founders, setting up a company in Latvia means forming a private limited liability company (SIA), in the Register of Enterprises (Uzņēmumu reģistrs), and the steps have to run in a set…
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Norway company registration: forming an AS
A Norwegian AS comes into existence in a fixed order, and most of the work happens before the filing rather than in it. The founders settle the company's name, its business and its board, draw up the…
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Romania company registration: forming an SRL
A Romanian limited liability company (SRL) exists once the National Trade Register Office (ONRC) enters it in the Trade Register, and from then on its tax affairs sit with ANAF, the tax…
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Sweden company registration for foreign founders
Registering a company in Sweden usually means forming an aktiebolag (AB), the standard choice for founders abroad who want limited liability, and having it registered by Bolagsverket, the Swedish…
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Singapore company registration, step by step
Singapore company registration usually means forming a private limited company (Pte Ltd) with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA). The first two decisions concern people and…
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