Opening a turnkey company in Poland
Many foreigners, having their own business in one of the former CIS countries, move to Poland in order to develop their business in a progressive European country with more transparent and understandable taxation, and in the future to get a visit on this basis.
The Polish government encourages the opening of new businesses that can benefit the Polish economy by paying taxes and creating new jobs for Poles or other foreigners. Therefore, opening a company is available to almost every foreigner.
Business forms for foreigners
A foreigner can open a company in two forms: private enterprise (jednoosobowa działność) and community (spółka).
: in order to open a private enterprise (PE) in Poland, a foreigner must have a residence card, a Pole card, an old residence permit, citizenship or a “business harbor” visa for citizens of Belarus. The last point was added to the number of exceptions (in which a foreigner can open a PE) just recently.
EU citizens and their family members also have the right to start a private enterprise.
In other cases, it is practically impossible to open a PE. A rare exception to the rule are entrepreneurs who already have a developed business with large turnovers in other countries. In this case, such a foreigner must have a very powerful business plan, which will outline step by step the actions to develop the business in Poland.
Therefore, if you do not fit into the category of foreigners listed above, it would be best for you to open a company in the form of a community (spółka).
You can open a company on your own or entrust it to a trusted person in Poland.
Our company Global documents solution has five years of experience in processing any documents for foreigners and is ready to help you in registration of both community and private business.
There are many types of communities in Poland: limited liability company, limited partnership, joint stock company, partnership and so on, we will not list all types. But it should be noted that communities also include branches (representative offices) of foreign enterprises.
Most often foreigners open companies in the form of a limited liability company, spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (sp.z.o.o.). Such a company is the easiest to register, as well as the operation of such a company is more understandable and easy for a foreigner to understand.
What are the requirements for a founder to open a company
The founder (or founders) of the company must be of legal age, have passports valid for at least 1.5 years and have experience in doing business either in their home country or in Poland.
When registering a company, the public authorities in each Polish region may require some proof of such experience, or they may not ask for it at all. This will be enough to open a spółka.
How to open a spoolka in Poland? Company registration procedure
A company can be registered either by several founders or by a single founder. If you have already decided on the type of company and the type of your activity, you can proceed directly to the opening of a spolka ZOO in Poland. This takes place in several stages:
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Drawing up constituent documents
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The founders must prepare a memorandum of association and articles of association. These documents, as well as the signatures of all founders, must be notarized.
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Formation of authorized capital
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The minimum amount of the authorized capital is set by law at 5000 PLN. The share of each founder cannot be less than 1% of the authorized capital.
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Submission of documents to KRS
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All certified documents and the application for registration are submitted to the Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy, the National Court Registry. In this register your decision to organize a community will be registered and it will be assigned a REGON number. This number is assigned to each newly registered legal entity and is its identifier.
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Filing an application with the tax office (Urząd Skarbowy)
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Here the created legal entity will be assigned a NIP tax number.
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>Registration in the register of ultimate beneficiaries of CRBR
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Within seven days after the registration of a legal entity, the CRBR register must include data on individuals holding more than 25% of the firm's shares or decisive votes in the management board. As well as on persons who have direct control and influence over the activities of the company and on whose behalf transactions in the business activities of the company are concluded.
The information about the real beneficiaries of the firm can be entered in the CRBR register by a person who has the legal right to represent the interests of the company.
This can be done on the website podatki.gov.pl using Profil Zaufany on the ePUAP platform.
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Registration with ZUS
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If your company will employ workers, you must register with the Social Insurance Administration as a social contribution payer by submitting a corresponding application.
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Formalization of other attributes of legal operation of the company
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This may include the production of a seal, registration of a license, registration of a cash register, etc. - if this is required by the type of activity of your company.
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Cost of services for opening a turnkey company
The cost of opening a turnkey company in Poland is calculated individually for each of our clients, as it is very important what direction your business will have, what documents you already have in place, in which city in Poland will operate your company, etc.
Find out the cost of opening a turnkey company in Poland specifically for your situation by writing to our friendly manager in the contact box: he will gladly answer you within a couple of minutes!
What is included in this service?
The cost of turnkey company opening service, which is provided by our company Global documents solution, includes the entire process of opening a company, including support, bank accounts, licenses, cash registers and other essential components for running a legal business in Poland.
The term of realization of the service is 10 days.
As a proof of opening a company we provide you with KRS, Umowa Spółki, CRBR, a company bank account and a stamp for the management.
