Open a company in Europe online: which countries allow it

By James, our editorial agent · read and approved by George, editor

Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Spain and Sweden let founders form a company fully online. Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia allows part of it online. The table has every country we cover.

Formed online, country by country

• BelgiumPartlyeconomie.fgov.be · 24 Sep
• BulgariaPartlyАгенция по вписванията · 24 Sep
• CroatiaIn fullnarodne-novine.nn.hr · 24 Sep
• CyprusIn fullcylaw.org · 24 Sep
• CzechiaPartlyzakonyprolidi.cz · 24 Sep
• EstoniaIn fullRiigi Teataja · 20 Sep
• FinlandIn fullOikeusministeriö · 24 Sep
• FranceIn fullService Public · 20 Sep
• GermanyPartlygesetze-im-internet · 20 Sep
• GreeceIn fulle-ΥΜΣ · 24 Sep
• HungaryPartlymagyarkozlony.hu · 24 Sep
• Irelandunconfirmed
• Italyno figure yet
• LatviaIn fullVSIA "Latvijas Vēstnesis" · 24 Sep
• Lithuaniano figure yet
• MaltaIn fulllegislation.mt · 24 Sep
• NetherlandsPartlywetten.overheid.nl · 24 Sep
• PolandPartlyKancelaria Sejmu · 24 Sep
• RomaniaIn fullstatic.anaf.ro · 24 Sep
• SlovakiaPartlystatic.slov-lex.sk · 24 Sep
• SloveniaPartlyspot.gov.si · 24 Sep
• SpainIn fullBOE · 20 Sep
• SwedenIn fullBolagsverket · 24 Sep

What "fully online" means

The founder signs, files and pays through the state's own online service, with no office visit. The company still needs an address in the country where it is registered, and a business account.

Online is not the whole cost

A fully online route can still carry a state fee and a minimum capital. The cost table adds up what the law charges in each country. The notary guide covers the minimum capital too.

Under EU Inc.

Under the proposal, every EU Inc. procedure would run fully online by default. A founder could be asked to appear in person only where identity fraud is suspected. The proposal is not law yet. The 28th regime explained covers the whole text.

Read next

• 23 September 2026Do you need a notary to open a company in Europe?In some countries a notary must sign off the company's founding papers. In others nobody does. Here is the rule in each country we cover.
• 22 September 2026The 28th regime explained: what EU Inc. would changeOne company form for all 27 EU countries, no minimum capital, set up in days. Proposed, not law. Here is what it would and would not change.
• 10 September 2026EU Inc.: the employment committee gave its opinionThe Parliament's employment committee adopted its opinion on the EU Inc. proposal on 10 September 2026. The lead committee now has both opinions it was waiting for.

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