Start Your Company in Romania Online
Describe your plan: the company form or an open choice, the owners, the directors and the services. A person in our Bucharest office reads it Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00, Bucharest time, and replies by your chosen channel. Nothing is charged, uploaded or signed here.
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How it works
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Send your enquiry
You
- no documents yet
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We review and reply
A person in our Bucharest office
- read by a person
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Documents and the filings
You and us
- identity documents by secure link
- you sign standard forms
Nothing is charged, uploaded or signed on the enquiry page.
Send your enquiry
Describe the company you have in mind, or leave the choice open, then the people who will own and run it and the services you need. No documents yet.
We review and reply
A person in our Bucharest office reads your answers and replies with the routes open to you and what each requires. Our fee is given on request. The choice stays yours.
Documents and the filings
Identity documents come by secure link. You sign standard forms; we file at the trade register and the tax administration (ANAF) under your power of attorney, and submit returns your accountant prepared. A Romanian lawyer drafts anything bespoke.
Enquiry
Tell us about your plans
What we will ask for later
Each body named asks for its own documents; this form asks for none. We confirm the exact list once we know your case.
| Your route | What will be asked for | Who asks |
|---|---|---|
| SRL formed by individuals, one member or several | Identity document, citizenship and residence of each founder and administrator; each administrator's acceptance; proof of the right to use the registered office; the beneficial owners. A VAT request, if wanted, goes into the same filing. | The trade register |
| SRL or holding SRL owned by a foreign company | The people who will administer it, as above; for the parent, its registration documents translated into Romanian; the ownership chain up to the people who own or control it; who signs for the parent. | The trade register |
| SA | Identification of at least two shareholders and of every board member; each board member's acceptance and proof of professional liability insurance; proof of the right to use the registered office. | The trade register |
| Branch of a foreign company | The parent's decision creating the branch, its object and who runs it; the branch's seat; for a parent outside the EU and EEA, its constitutive documents, translated, and a certificate from its home register. | The trade register |
| Taking over a ready-made SRL | The buyer's identity documents or, for a company, its registration documents; the details for the transfer deed and the amended articles; the incoming administrator's acceptance; the beneficial owners. | The trade register and ANAF |
| Changes to, or closing of, an existing company | Identity documents of every signatory and of any new member or administrator; the signed members' decision; a new administrator's acceptance; for a new seat, the document giving the right to use it; for closing, the decision on dissolution. | The trade register |
| A registered office or a virtual office in Bucharest | Passport or identity card of each founder, administrator and beneficial owner; the ownership structure; the purpose of the relationship; the signed address contract; an email or phone number for the register's letters. | FormaRoman Group, for its anti-money-laundering checks |
| A business payment account in Romania | Passport or identity card and proof of address for each administrator, beneficial owner and signatory; the registration certificate and constitutive act; a business description; the source of funds where the bank asks. | The bank |
| A founder's long-stay visa or residence permit | For the visa: a passport valid beyond it, a criminal record certificate, travel medical insurance and proof of accommodation. Business-plan information for the ARICE opinion. Later: proof of means and of the right to use the registered office. | The consulate, the General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI) and the Romanian Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARICE) |
| A trade mark or an authorisation file | Trade mark: the owner's details, the mark, the goods and services, a monitored email. Authorisation: the business plan, passports of founders and qualifying holders, the ownership chain, evidence of good repute. | OSIM or EUIPO; the ASF or the BNR |
How we handle your answers
Nothing is uploaded or paid on this page. Your answers travel encrypted, through Cloudflare and our mail provider Resend, to our mailbox on this domain, and a short notice also reaches our team on Telegram. Identity documents come later, through a secure link.
The form also records technical context about your visit: approximate location, browser, referring page and the pages you viewed. It helps us filter abuse and answer well. The controller is FormaRoman Group, Bucharest; the privacy policy lists what is kept and for how long. A question first? Use the contact page.
Frequently asked questions before you send
Does sending this enquiry commit me to anything or cost anything?
No. This is an enquiry: nothing is charged on this page and nothing binds you. Once we know your plan, we give our fee on request, and the decision to go ahead stays yours. If you would like to ask something before sending, write to us through the contact page.
I have not chosen the company form yet. Should I still send it?
Yes. Choose "Not decided yet" and describe the business, who will own it and who will run it. Our reply sets out the routes open to you, such as an SRL, an SA, a branch or a subsidiary, and what each one requires. The choice stays with the founders.
Can you act as my administrator or hold the shares for me?
No. We do not act as administrator or shareholder for clients. Those roles are held by the founders and the people they appoint. Every company declares its beneficial owners at the trade register when it is registered and whenever something changes, under art. 56 of Law 129/2019, in Romanian.
Why do you ask me to confirm where the funds come from?
Forming companies and providing a registered office are regulated activities under Romania's anti-money-laundering law, Law 129/2019 art. 2(l) and 5(1)(g), in Romanian, and banks apply the same kind of checks. The documents themselves come later through a secure link, never through this form.
Do I have to be in Romania to start?
Not necessarily. Article 36(1) of Law 31/1990, January 2024 text in Romanian, lets the founders, the first administrators or their attorney file the registration application, and we file under your power of attorney. We confirm the form it must take once the case is known. The bank opening the payment account sets its own requirements for meeting the administrator.