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Create a Portuguese company quickly<\/h2>\n
As mentioned above, the administrative process of setting up a business in Portugal<\/a> can be done very quickly with the “Empresa Na Hora” (Business in One Hour) service set up by the Portuguese government to simplify procedures. A service that has been available in 214 locations throughout Portugal for several years. Among other things, it allows :<\/p>\n There are two possibilities regarding the choice of company name:<\/p>\n The cost of setting up a business in Portugal is \u20ac360 to be paid immediately on the spot by credit card but you may have to pay more depending on the number of activities you wish to associate with your business. In case you don’t have a bank account in Portugal<\/a> yet, make sure that your credit card will work properly, it didn’t work for me the first time! This service still requires you to go to a physical reception point and the waiting time may be longer than an hour (the procedure took about 2 hours for me).<\/p>\n Please also be aware that since all the papers are in Portuguese, you will have to sign a document stating that the person who accompanied you to set up your business spoke the language and explained the information to you in Portuguese. This person will also have to sign as proof of good faith.<\/p>\n Below is a translation of the Portuguese administration’s answers to frequently asked questions about the process of setting up a business in Portugal in one hour.<\/p>\n The companies that can be set up under the Empresa Na Hora service are :<\/p>\n To set up a business in Lisbon, you don’t have to go to a Lisbon office. They are all interconnected and you can set up your business wherever you want. You will find the list of places offering this service on this page<\/a>. Attention: companies wishing to register movable or immovable assets in the capital, should go to the places marked “Com Procedimento de constitui\u00e7\u00e3o com Entradas em Esp\u00e9cie”.<\/p>\n Be aware that it is not mandatory to deposit your company’s capital directly at the time of creation. However, you will be required to sign an official document confirming that you and your partners will pay the capital within 5 working days of the creation of your business. The capital can be made up entirely of movable or immovable property.<\/p>\n The communication between Portuguese administrative services is not the strong point of the country. You will therefore have 15 days from the date of the creation of your company in Portugal to formalize the launch of your activity and to go to different services to register your company. Being accompanied by a local will allow you not to worry about this kind of details. The main thing you will need to do is to make the declaration of business start-up with the General Labour Inspectorate and register your business with the Portuguese social security<\/a> services.<\/p>\n It is quite possible to set up a business in Portugal in one hour with partners who are legal entities in Portugal or European country. In this case, all that is required is the official identification documents:<\/p>\n When you set up your company, you will automatically receive the corresponding domain name in “.pt”. You will need to activate a coupon within 90 days at this address<\/a>. Once your domain name is activated, it will be available with different tools for hosting and creating your website.<\/p>\n The various “Empresa Na Hora” reception points also offer a fast trademark registration service for Portuguese companies (“Marca Na Hora”). Unfortunately, you will not be able to register a new trademark (longer process) but you can choose a trademark from a list pre-approved by Portugal<\/a>. This list consists of 200 trademarks and is updated regularly. This fast trademark filing service can be used immediately at the time of the creation of the company or later at the service as on the internet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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Portuguese company in 1H, additional information<\/h2>\n
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Register your Portuguese trademark in 1 hour : Marca Na Hora<\/h2>\n
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