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Company Registration in Italy

Set your business up for success

Starting a company in Italy

Take the first step towards realizing your entrepreneurial dreams by incorporating a company in Italy and turning your business idea into a thriving reality!

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How can a lawyer help me with company registration in Italy?

The process of incorporating a company can be long and time-consuming. International businesses and entrepreneurs are often unaware of specific regulations set by the Italian Law or the Chamber of Commerce practices. This can lead to unforeseen hurdles and complications that delay your plans. This means impacting your market entry or even reducing your start-up capital.

In Italy, you can open a company in many ways. A qualified lawyer can lead that process to ensure that you head in the right direction. 

You will be guided through the company incorporation process whether it’s a Simplified Limited Private Company or an Innovative Startup Business. This makes the bureaucracy much simpler.

A legal professional has the knowledge and practical experience to make the process more affordable and more efficient.

The team at Lexidy LegalTech Boutique has years of experience working with clients from all over the world and their company incorporation needs. We regularly work with businesses of all sizes throughout the country’s economic centers to position new enterprises for success.

What Our Clients Are Saying

Don’t try to go through the process of creating a company in Italy on your own. Seek the help of an experienced immigration lawyer to increase your chances of success and make the process as smooth and stress-free as possible.

How do I start a business in Italy?

The company incorporation in Italy process differs depending on the type of entity being created. Limited companies, for example, are much simpler, more affordable, and faster to create than public limited companies. There are also benefits for startups and innovative small and medium-sized businesses, such as tax breaks.  

Even so, in most cases, some of the essential requirements to be met are: 

  • Checking the availability of the Company name with the Chamber of Commerce
  • Deciding the company governance structure
  • Preparing the company bylaws
  • Signing the company’s incorporation with a public notary
  • Registering the company with the Chamber of Commerce
  • Opening a bank account

What types of companies can we incorporate in Italy?

Company formation is the ideal way to grow or expand your business into Italy. Some businesses enter the country as a way to sell products or services to a new marketplace. Others use Italy as a springboard to launch operations in the European Union because of its close vicinity to France, Austria, Germany. It also has easy access to ports at Genoa and Venice.

Milan is the business center of Italy and attracts entrepreneurs. Business interactions are part of daily life for most of the city’s residents. Lexidy’s Milan office is right in the spot to help you achieve your goals in Italy.

Whatever your motivation or plans, there are many legal entities in Italy that can be used to position the business for success:

Company Representative Office:

This entity does not have independent legal personality, so the parent company is liable for its debts. However, unlike a Branch or Permanent Establishment, this entity doesn’t require regular accounting and VAT filings. It also doesn’t pay corporate income tax. This is ideal for exploring and researching the local market as well as creating a network of business contacts.

Company Branch:

Unlike a Representative Office, a Branch is considered as the same Legal entity as the foreign parent company. They are considered permanent establishments and taxed as such. The branch has fiscal obligations like submitting VAT and income tax returns with the Italian Tax Authorities.

Italian Incorporated Company:

Italy offers many different possibilities to incorporate a Company. The most common are Limited Liability Companies – which can be Private or Public companies – and Partnerships, where the liability of the partners is unlimited. The companies can also receive different fiscal treatments depending on their objectives. Italian companies can be, for example, beneficial  companies, or “società benefit” in Italian, when their objectives are to improve society or the environment.

 

SUBSIDIARY

BRANCH

REP. OFFICE

PRIVATE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (S.r.L.)

SIMPLIFIED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

PUBLIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

(S.p.A)

PARTNERSHIP

Individual Legal Personality

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Minimum Share Capital

€10,000 € for an S.r.l or
€50,000 for a S.p.A.

€0

€0

€10,000

€1

€50,000

€0

Sign Up With the Commercial Register

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Is the Parent Company Liable?

No

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Accounting Bookkeeping

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Corporate Income Tax

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Social Security Contributions

Yes

Yes

Yes when hiring employees

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

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About Corporate Department

“We know the legal aspects of getting your business project in a foreign country can be anything but an easy, straightforward process, – that’s why we come in! We will be by your side every step of the way, so you can actually focus your time on your new Italian Business Project.”

-Corporate Team

Giancarlo Ostetto

Giancarlo Ostetto

Lawyer, Head of Milan Office
Alessia Peschiera

Alessia Peschiera

Lawyer
Marta

Marta Mascheroni

Immigration Consultant

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