Firmengründung in Spanien

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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.

• —Technology, SaaS, agencies and consulting with Spanish/EU customers or operations.
• —Trade, tourism, property support and local business following licence/activity analysis.
• —Subsidiaries and joint ventures using SL or SA governance.

• —Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada / sociedad limitada (SRL/SL), the standard private limited company with €1 minimum capital and special reserve/liability rules until €3,000.
• —Sociedad anónima (SA), a joint-stock company with €60,000 capital, generally at least 25% paid at formation.
• —Sociedad colectiva, a general partnership with personal partner liability.
• —Sociedad comanditaria simple/por acciones, limited-partnership variants.
• —A branch of a foreign company; autónomo, sociedad civil and comunidad de bienes for suitable personal/joint models.

• —A Spanish registered office, company-name certificate, activities, administrator(s), articles and capital.
• —Foreign natural persons obtain NIE/NIF; foreign corporate founders obtain a Spanish NIF and appoint a representative for the tax/registry process.
• —An SL/SA requires a public deed before a Spanish notary and registration in the Mercantile Registry; CIRCE coordinates but does not remove the notarial step.
• —There is no general resident-administrator condition; non-EU personal work/residence and regulated activities are reviewed separately.
• —Foreign-investment reporting/screening applies according to investor, sector and transaction facts.

• —A passport or other acceptable ID for every founder, director, signatory and ultimate beneficial owner (UBO).
• —Current proof of residential address and tax residence for every person subject to verification.
• —A transparent ownership chart through to natural persons; a corporate participant also provides an extract, constitutional documents, good standing and an investment resolution.
• —A description of the activity, markets, counterparties, expected turnover, source of funds and source of wealth, supported by evidence.
• —NIE/NIF, name certificate, bylaws, office, activities, capital, administrators and a UBO declaration for the notary.
• —Capital-contribution evidence or a permitted founder declaration under the selected notarial route.
• —An apostilled/notarised POA, corporate registry extract/articles/resolution and sworn translations for foreign founders.

1. 01Select SL/SA/branch and review NIE/NIF, activity/licence, investment screening, office and tax links.
2. 02Obtain the name/identifiers and prepare bylaws, capital, UBO, administrator and the POA/notary pack.
3. 03Execute the public deed personally or through a valid representative and file through the Mercantile Registry/CIRCE workflow.
4. 04After registration, activate tax/VAT, Social Security/payroll, accounting and separate bank/EMI KYB.

• —A Spanish company files corporate income tax; the rate, startup/small-company provisions and deductions are checked for the period and facts.
• —IVA/VAT, payroll/Social Security, withholding and local activity taxes depend on operations/location.
• —Administrator residence, foreign management, distributions and related parties require treaty/PE/transfer-pricing analysis.

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

• —The notarial deed/capital evidence and operating bank account are separate approvals; the bank rechecks UBOs/source of funds.
• —A foreign UBO must substantiate the Spanish/EU business rationale, counterparties, expected flows and management location.

• —Annual accounts are approved and filed with the Mercantile Registry.
• —Corporate tax, IVA/payroll/withholding filings and legalised accounting books where applicable.
• —Registry/UBO/foreign-investment updates following changes to administrators, shareholders, office or control.

• —An SL with €1 capital is subject to mandatory reserve/additional-liability rules until €3,000 and must not be positioned as a no-funding company.
• —NIE/NIF and company ownership do not grant a visa, residence or personal work permission.
• —Incorporation does not disapply UBO disclosure, AML/KYC or sanctions screening by the registrar, notary, provider, tax authority or financial institution.
• —The place of incorporation does not automatically determine tax residence: effective management, permanent establishment, CFC rules and the owners' personal residence require separate analysis.
• —Registration does not grant a licence, residence or work rights and does not guarantee a bank or EMI account.

• —Coordination of NIE/NIF, CIRCE/Spanish notary, POA/apostille, office, Mercantile Registry and accountant hand-off.
• —Comparison of entity forms, ownership structure, governance, tax links and substance requirements before filing.
• —Coordination of the address, notary, lawyer or authorised representative, translations, apostille and the corporate pack.
• —Preparation of a verifiable KYB data room and responses to legitimate compliance requests without promising a bypass, approval or timing.
• —Accountant hand-off and creation of an accounts, tax, VAT, payroll, UBO, licence and registry compliance calendar.

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.