Online Company Formation

Description:

With this service, any citizen can incorporate a company online through the website of Portal da Empresa. However, you can only do so if represented by a Lawyer or Solicitor with a Digital Certificate or if you have a Citizen Card.
The following companies can be formed: commercial private limited companies (including sole quotaholder), public limited companies and general commercial partnerships.
This service isn’t available to companies whose share capital is paid-up through contributions in kind where the assets brought by the partners to the company are transferred through a more formal form than the written form. European public limited companies are also excluded from this service.

Who can make the request:

Any citizen can incorporate a company through this service. Natural persons, as well as representatives of collective persons, can now incorporate companies here. However, you can only do so if represented by a Lawyer or Solicitor with a Digital Certificate or if you have a Citizen Card.

Where can i make the request:

At Portal da Empresa.

When can i make the request:

Any time.

What is necessary to make the request:

A Digital Certificate or a Citizen Card.

What is the cost:

The costs for forming a company are the following:

• Standard: € 180 (bylaw or pre-approved model) or € 120 in case of reduction;
  Standard: € 380 (custom bylaw – drawn up by the interested parties) or € 320, in case of reduction *.
 

In case of an Online Company with an associated Trademark with one class of products or services, there’s an addition of € 100. Each additional class of products costs € 44.

*There is a fee reduction for companies with main activity on Informatics, Research and Development (CAEs beginning with 72 or 73).

Contacts

Address:

Praça Silvestre
Pinheiro Ferreira
n.º 1-C
1501-803
LISBOA

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Last update: 27/07/2010