To start a new company or expand your business in another EU country you need to know the rules that apply and the relevant national contact point to set up a company in that specific country.

The EU encourages:

  • setting up possible in no more than 3 working days
  • administrative costing no more than €100
  • completing all procedures through a single administrative body
  • completing all registration formalities online
  • registering a company in another EU country online through the national contact points

Where and how to open a Company: choose a Country and check the formalities


​The costs mentioned here are indicatively only the administrative ones. They do not include any costs of notary and accounting offices.

​Registration times and prices may vary from region to region of the same country. For this reason we cannot indicate prices and timing. Click into the Country of your choice.
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​Rights & obligations

As an EU citizen, you are entitled to:
  • set up your own business (even as a sole trader) in any EU country (or Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein)
  • set up a subsidiary branch of an existing EU-based business that is already registered in one EU country.


Evaluation tool

If you have already started a business, you can use this questionnaire to give you an indication of how it is performing, as well as some tips on improving it.

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Support to scale-up your Start-Up

​Go to the EU Platform SEP, to help local startups emerge and scale-up