Company formation in Bulgaria

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Company registration in Bulgaria: start a business in Bulgaria
How to set up a company in Bulgaria?

How to set up a company in Bulgaria?

Depending on the nature of your activity in Bulgaria, the type of structure that best suits your project on the Bulgarian market (liaison or representative office, subsidiary, branch), and the legal form of business in Bulgaria that you will choose (sole proprietorship, limited liability company, etc...), the administrative procedures and formalities for the formation of the company in Bulgaria may vary. Generally, the steps to create and register a company in Bulgaria are:

  • Choice of the legal form under Bulgarian law and the social capital
  • Drafting the company statutes in Bulgarian.
  • Opening a Bulgarian bank account
  • Registering the company in the Bulgarian trade register
  • Obtaining a Bulgarian tax identification number

After these steps of creation, you will receive all the necessary legal documents attesting the legal existence of your company or subsidiary in Bulgaria. Your Bulgaria business will also have to meet the specific accounting requirements of Bulgarian business law.

Bulgaria: Merger & Acquisition (M&A)

Setting up your business in Bulgaria and starting from scratch to develop it in the Bulgarian market can be an exciting challenge, but it can also be time consuming. Sometimes it is more interesting and faster to acquire a Bulgarian competitor that is already well established in the Bulgarian market. It is therefore necessary to study the Bulgarian market carefully to detect the most interesting companies.

To create a company in Bulgaria, it is strongly advised to be accompanied by a Bulgarian lawyer or an Bulgarian expert who will be able to save you many problems in front of the subtleties of the Bulgarian business law. 

nativExpand is your gateway to facilitate the creation of your company in Bulgaria. Thanks to a network of experts in company incorporation on the Bulgarian market, we will accompany you and put you in contact with a Bulgarian professional, ideally an English speaker or speaking your language.

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Setting up a subsidiary or branch in Bulgaria requires several steps: analysis of the economic model of the project for the Bulgarian market, the choice of the legal structure in Bulgaria, the registration of the company in the Bulgarian trade register, the opening of a Bulgarian bank account and the tax and accounting formalities in Bulgaria with the specificities of the Bulgarian law.

Before being able to domicile your company in Bulgaria, you must first set up a company in Bulgaria with a legal entity under Bulgarian law.

To be accompanied by professionals (a Bulgarian lawyer) is essential to succeed in setting up in Bulgaria and to develop your subsidiary on the Bulgarian market. nativExpand connects you with a Bulgarian expert from its international network.