Register a company in Poland

Yes. The notarial route runs via an apostilled power of attorney; the S24 portal works for holders of EU e-signatures. KRS, tax numbers, and CRBR follow remotely. Banks vary: some onboard by video, some prefer one meeting. We route you accordingly.

Turnkey registration starts at €1,800, including court fees, PCC tax, and the first-year address. With a bank account arranged, packages start from €3,200. Renewal with accounting starts at €1,500 per year.

Standard: 19% on profits and 19% on dividends. Small taxpayers (under about €2M revenue) pay 9% CIT, and most new businesses qualify for years. The IP Box reduces qualifying product income to 5%, and the Estonian-CIT election defers all income until distribution. We model which combination fits before you commit.

Small taxpayers, meaning companies with revenue under roughly €2 million, on their operating income. New companies typically start there and stay for years, making Poland's real SME rate the EU's second-lowest after Hungary. Status is checked annually, and we track the threshold as you grow.

Income from qualifying IP (patents and copyrighted software you develop) is taxed at 5% instead of 19/9%, under nexus documentation linking the income to your R&D. Paired with the 200% R&D deduction, product companies engineer dramatic effective rates. The documentation is the whole game, and we build it as you build the product.

Poland's deferral election, modeled on Tallinn: qualifying companies (employment-based conditions) pay no CIT until profits are distributed, then a combined rate that often lands below the classic route. For reinvesting businesses, it turns the company into a compounding machine. The election has entry conditions we check first.

Manageable with local hands, tedious without. ZUS handles social contributions through its own portal and calendar; VAT comes with the JPK e-reporting regime; and tax law is amended often enough that Poles joke about it. Our answer is process: Polish accountants who file on time and read every amendment so you don't have to.

Modern and thorough: PKO BP, Pekao, mBank, ING and Santander run some of Europe's best online banking in PLN and EUR. Foreign-owned companies pass real KYC (ownership chain, business story, sometimes a meeting). We prepare the file and pick the right desk; an EU EMI can run in parallel from day one.

Czechia wins on registry speed and engineering identity; Romania undercuts on costs with its micro-regime. Poland answers with the region's only mass market, its deepest talent pool, and the relief menu (9%, the 5% IP Box, Estonian CIT) that beats both when applied properly. Scale-plus-product cases usually land here. We recommend per case.

S24 filings can register in days; the notarial route takes one to two weeks, including KRS, NIP, and REGON. VAT registration adds several days to two weeks depending on the office's questions, and we front-load the answers. Banking adds one to two weeks. Reliefs elect on their own calendars, tracked from day one.