Firmengründung in Ecuador

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Wichtig: Das Recht eines Nichtansässigen, Eigentümer des Unternehmens zu sein, berechtigt nicht automatisch dazu, in diesem Land zu leben, zu arbeiten oder das Unternehmen von dort aus zu führen. Einwanderungsstatus, Arbeitserlaubnis, wirtschaftliche Substanz, Ort der tatsächlichen Geschäftsleitung und Steueransässigkeit werden gesondert geprüft.

• —A single-founder or closely held business that needs a limited-liability operating company in Ecuador.
• —Technology, e-commerce, services and regional trade with verifiable operations and local tax setup.
• —A foreign-owned subsidiary after reviewing the power of attorney, shareholder chain, cross-border tax and annual foreign-company filings.

• —A Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada (SAS), with one or more individual/legal-person shareholders, a private formation document, flexible governance and limited liability.
• —A Compañía de Responsabilidad Limitada (Cía. Ltda.), a quota-based closely held company with traditional corporate formalities.
• —A Compañía Anónima (S.A.), a traditional share corporation for governance or investment cases not suited to an SAS.
• —A branch of a foreign company, domiciled for an existing overseas company with local authority and filings.

• —An SAS is formed by one or more individual or corporate shareholders and acquires legal personality when entered in the SCVS Companies Register.
• —The formation document/statutes state the name, Ecuadorian domicile, activity, duration, capital/shares, payment terms, shareholders, governance and legal representation.
• —An ordinary SAS has no significant fixed minimum capital; declared capital and its payment schedule must follow law, the statutes and the real plan. Regulated activities have separate requirements.
• —A foreign corporate shareholder provides a current existence certificate, a full ownership list through to natural persons and an Ecuadorian power of attorney where Company Law requires it; documents are apostilled and translated.
• —RUC may be generated automatically from SCVS incorporation; activity, invoicing, municipal/sector permits, employment/social security and UBO/shareholder reporting remain separate operational steps.

• —A passport or other acceptable ID for every founder, director, manager, signatory and ultimate beneficial owner (UBO).
• —Proof of residential address and tax residence; the registry, notary, representative, bank or other reviewer sets the document-validity period.
• —A transparent ownership chart through to natural persons and, for a corporate participant, registry documents, good standing and a corporate resolution approving the investment.
• —A description of the product, markets, counterparties, expected turnover, source of funds and source of wealth, supported by evidence.
• —Name reservation, Ecuadorian domicile, CIIU activities, capital/share table, payment terms, manager/legal representative and governance clauses.
• —The private formation act and statutes, appointments/acceptances, SCVS electronic forms and, where needed, qualified e-signatures or representative authority.
• —For a foreign company: a certificate of legal existence, constitutional documents, ownership chain, corporate resolution and power of attorney, duly apostilled/legalised and translated into Spanish.
• —SRI RUC, fiscal-address and activity data, UBO/shareholder information and source-of-funds evidence for tax and bank files.

1. 01Review activity, founders, licensing, foreign ownership and the tax model; select an SAS, Cía. Ltda., S.A. or branch.
2. 02Reserve the name, agree statutes/capital/governance and prepare foreign documents, the power of attorney, apostille and translation.
3. 03Submit the electronic or assisted SCVS formation package; after entry, complete the company-data update and automatic/manual RUC route.
4. 04Activate SRI obligations, invoicing, accounting, IESS/payroll, municipal/sector permits and UBO/shareholder reporting.
5. 05The bank application follows the registered company, RUC, appointments, shareholder chain, UBO/KYC and operating evidence.

• —Ecuador tax review covers corporate income tax, VAT, withholding, electronic invoicing and monthly/annual SRI returns based on activity and taxpayer status.
• —Dividends, shareholder loans, related parties, cross-border services and foreign management require withholding, transfer-pricing, treaty and tax-residence analysis.
• —An Ecuadorian accountant confirms current rates, filing forms and shareholder/beneficial-owner reports from the live SRI obligations before launch.

Allgemeiner Überblick, keine individuelle Steuer- oder Rechtsberatung. Die Vorschriften werden vor der Einreichung erneut geprüft.

• —A bank reviews SCVS registration, RUC, statutes, appointments, signatories, the complete shareholder/UBO chain and source of funds/source of wealth.
• —Foreign-owned cases need an Ecuador business rationale, address, website, contracts/pipeline, expected currencies and countries, and a practical local contact.
• —A bank may require local signatory presence or video identification and additional foreign-company evidence; automatic RUC does not guarantee account approval.

• —Maintain accounting, corporate books, the shareholder register, resolutions and supporting documents; prepare and file annual financial/company information with SCVS as applicable.
• —File SRI tax, VAT, withholding and information returns and maintain electronic invoicing according to the assigned taxpayer obligations.
• —Foreign corporate shareholders renew and file legal-existence, ownership-list and power-of-attorney information under current SCVS deadlines.
• —Update UBO/shareholder data, appointments, address, capital and activity; maintain IESS/payroll and municipal/sector licences when triggered.

• —An SAS is not available for every financial, insurance, securities or specially regulated activity; licensing and permitted-form checks precede filing.
• —Foreign corporate shareholder compliance is recurring, not one-time: stale existence, ownership or Ecuador-authority documents can affect good standing and onboarding.
• —Incorporation does not conceal ownership or disapply AML/KYC. The registry, tax authority, local professional and financial institutions may obtain and verify UBO information.
• —The place of incorporation does not automatically determine tax residence. Effective management, permanent establishment, CFC, withholding and the owners' personal residence require separate analysis.
• —Company registration does not grant a regulated-activity licence, immigration status or a bank account.

• —Coordination of SCVS electronic filing, foreign-shareholder/power-of-attorney documents, SRI RUC, shareholder/UBO reporting and accounting hand-off.
• —Comparison of entity form, ownership structure, tax links and local-substance requirements before filing.
• —Coordination of the notary or local representative, power of attorney, translations, apostille and the complete corporate file.
• —Preparation of a bank-ready KYB data room and responses to legitimate compliance requests; approval and timing remain with the bank or payment institution.
• —Local-accountant hand-off and a calendar covering tax, UBO, registry, employment and licensing obligations.

Der genaue Basic-Leistungsumfang und alle Ausschlüsse sind oben im Preisabschnitt aufgeführt. Nicht standardmäßige Strukturen und externe Kosten werden vor der Zahlung vereinbart.

Anforderungen geprüft am 9. August 2026. Vor der Einreichung gleichen wir Vorschriften, Formulare, Gebühren und Einschränkungen erneut mit der Registrierungsbehörde ab.