Since the opening of European borders in 1993 all citizens of theEuropean community has the right to start a business in a country of the Union without the obligation to reside.

Starting a business in Spain is now very easy. We take all the steps in charge and we guarantee your company available 24 hours.

There are 7 steps to start your own business in Spain

1. Obtaining the NIE: You must first obtain an NIE in Spain (foreigner identification number)

2. Application for certification of name of the company: We willforward to the Mercantile Register of Madrid this request. 4 dayslater, you will be issued a document certifying that you are theonly one who can create a company with that name in Spain

3. Opening bank accounts of the company in Spain

4. Appointment with a notary in Spain: This step is most important for the creation of the company. That's when you'll writethe statutes of the owners of this company.

5. Registration steps: We will seek the CIF number (VAT) of the company, which is essential to its creation. Then we will declarethe tax liabilities of the company in Spain.

6. Submission of registration fees: This step, for now, 2010, has changed a bit. In Spain, to validate the contribution of bank capital, you had to pay a 1% tax varies according to the capital contributed. Today it is no longer required to pay this tax, but itmust still communicate to validate the creation of the company.

7. Declaration of the entrepreneur: The final step in creating your business in Spain is to declare the manager of the company, and if this is the case, employees of the company.

Delays in starting a business in Spain are quite short. 8 working days you will need to build your business:

Say you made ​​we are launching the procedures for creating aday:

Application for certification of company name: Day 1
Approval of company name in Spain: Day 4
Obtaining the NIE: Day 5
Drafting of statutes to the notary: Day 5
Creation of bank accounts: Day 5
Obtaining the CIF: Day 8

From that day and 8 to obtain the CIF, your company can charge.

If the time is crucial for you, we offer a package "rapido". In thiscase, we will make only a transfer of ownership of an existing business we have. We will not need to create a new business. Injust 24 hours, you can start charging.

Since the opening of European borders in 1993, all EU nationalcan start a business in the Member State of their choice without being obliged to reside there, and this, in line with the nationalcompany law. The only conditions are that the person is of legal age (major) and has not been banned management by the Spanish authorities.

You should know that in Spain there is no research about your past as an entrepreneur or bank in Europe.
Any non-European can also start a business but the conditionsare different. Please contact us in this case.

The only documents needed to start your own business in Spain are:

• An NIE (Foreigner Identification Number)) that we can get
• A valid identity
• 5 Names for Your Business
• The company object 

Any company carrying on business in Spain must be domiciled in Spain, and thus recorded in the commercial register of the province in connection with his professional domicile.

This address is the address of your company public, allnecessary administrative requirements and also the reception ofyour books for year end.


Our firm can avoid the requirement to have "address" in Spain. Our service includes a domicile for your business, and so the address of our office will become the address of your company in Spain.

An NIE is the identification number of a foreigner in Spain. It is essential to Spain in order to create his company, paid work,open a bank account and almost all the paperwork. This issue includes 8 or 9 characters, and begins with an "X" or a "Y"

You can get this NIE, whether European or not, but the approaches are different

Documents needed:

• your passport
• Evidence that you entered legally in Spain (for non-Europeans)
• Documentation supporting the need for the NIE.

If you want to create your business in Spain, there are offered mainly two types of choice. You can either create your business or become self-employed.


Starting a business:
In the case of a company, you can either create a SL Sociedad Limitada (LLC equivalent) or a Limited Company SA. In both cases, you will limit the liability of the company's capital.

In Spain, it is better to start a business rather than become a small entrepreneur in several situations:
-If you do not reside on Spanish soil. In this case, auto-entrepreneur is becoming impossible.
-If you want to work with other countries and not only in Spain, that is to say, to buy or sell abroad.
-If your business will induce large transactions. Start a businessthen you put away in case of problems.



Become Self-Employed:
If you choose to become "autonomo" Spain (self contractor), yoursocial status is confused with that of the company and yourliability is unlimited. This is interesting when you open a small business with you as the only employee. Indeed, Spain, the charges will be lower than that of SL because you will not have to pay any tax on corporations, or quotes.

After having chosen between self-employed or company formation, you will have to choose the type of company to be created in Spain. 

Two main choices are possible:


Create a Anónima  Sociedad SA in Spain:

An SA is a corporation, that is to say that each partner defines its interest in the capital on the basis of securities or shares. Less flexible than SL, the SA is creating a useful for large projects requiring a high capital and the involvement of shareholders.



Create a SL Sociedad Limitada in Spain:
SL is a commercial company or a liability is limited to contributions. This provides some flexibility such decision as it is very easy to change the status of partners or even to provideadditional non-monetary funds. In addition, if you create a SL in Spain, it is possible to generate shareholdings in the companywithout giving a vote, for a value of up to half of the share capitalof the company .

In Spain, the minimum capital required for starting a business is 3006 €, if you want to create an SL. It should be deposited in the creation of the bank account, cash or property.


If you choose our pack "rapido", that is to say, obtaining a business in 24 hours, you will not need to pay this amount.

When I go into the creation of a company in Spain, which will face many Spanish words at first difficult to understand. This article will enlighten you on these terms, explaining, for each of them, the French equivalent.

NIE (Numero de Identificación de Extranjeros): The NIE is the identification number of a foreigner in Spain. It is essential to Spain in order to create your company, paid work, open a bank account and almost all the paperwork.

You can get this NIE, whether European or not. This edition includes 8 or 9 characters and starts with an “X” or a “Y”.

• DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad): This is the identification number of Spanish citizens. It is the equivalent of our passport or identity card.

• NIF (Numero de Identificación Fiscal): The tax identification number of a person. For Spanish, which is composed of a number of ID + letter. For foreigners, it is the same as the NIE.

• CIF (Código Fiscal de Identificacion): Represents the identity of the company tax or legal entity in Spain. It consists of a letter followed by 8 numbers. The letter represents the type of society. The most common is an A for Corporation (corporation) or a B for Limited Company (LC). It will be very useful when VAT invoices in Spain.

• SL (Sociedad Limitada): This is the equivalent of the LLC (Limited Liability Company).

• VAT (Impuesto al Valor Añadido): This is the equivalent of VAT. IVA in Spain consists of the letters “ES” for Spain + CIF number. This VAT number, is used for all transactions in Europe. There are three different types of Spain: the standard rate of 18%, reduced rate of 8% and super-reduced rate of 4%.

• AEAT (Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria):  This is an agency of the Spanish authorities responsible for managing the tax system, but also customs.

• IAE (Impuesto sobre Actividades Económicas): This is a tax on economic activities of the company. You pay only for companies with a turnover of over 1 million euros. Stages is calculated based on the turnover of the company.