Services · Company registration
We register companies for international founders in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia and North Macedonia. Not as a certificate-hunting exercise. As a structure that should survive tax registration, banking, contracts and the first normal compliance question.
The work starts before the registry form. Entity type, shareholders, director, business activity, local seat, travel limits, tax position and banking story all need to fit together. Otherwise registration is fast. Then the company becomes useless. Elegant disaster.
Coverage
The Balkans are not one legal product. Croatia is EU and euro-based. Bosnia is institutionally layered. Albania is centralised and energetic. North Macedonia is lean and tax-efficient. Same region. Different files.
Useful for tax-light regional structures, but entity and geography matter: Federation, Republika Srpska or Brčko.
Centralised QKB registration route, practical for services, trading and regional market-entry cases.
The EU anchor. More formal, more expensive, but often easier to explain to banks and EU counterparties.
Lean setup profile with 10% corporate tax logic and a practical Central Register route.
What is included
We assess the correct company form: d.o.o., sh.p.k., DOO/DOOEL, branch or another route if the standard option is wrong.
Legal form before formsPassport, address proof, corporate shareholder documents, authority chain, beneficial ownership evidence and certification route.
Foreign founders need clean KYCName, registered seat, business activity, share capital, director/manager, shareholder rights and signing authority.
The small choices become large laterCoordination with registry, court, notary, registration agent or local professionals depending on the country route.
Different country, different machineryInitial review of corporate tax, VAT threshold, activity classification and accounting handover requirements.
Tax is not a postscriptCorporate documents, next steps for bank account, accounting, legal support, powers and operational compliance.
The company must become usableWhy structured registration
The registry may accept a company. The bank, tax authority, accountant and client may still dislike the file. We plan for all of them.
Corporate shareholders, apostilles, translations, UBO evidence and director availability change the registration route quickly.
Croatia brings EU credibility. North Macedonia brings lean tax logic. Albania brings a centralised route. Bosnia brings layered optionality. Pick deliberately.
Process
The sequence is designed to stop the classic founder mistake: registering the fastest company, then discovering that banking, tax and contracts wanted a different structure all along.
We collect the essentials: target country, founders, shareholders, director or manager, activity, expected clients, banking needs, travel availability and whether a foreign company will hold shares.
We map the best registration route and explain alternatives. Sometimes the founder wants Croatia, but North Macedonia is cleaner. Sometimes Albania looks easy, but the bank story points elsewhere. The answer is not always flattering. Useful, though.
We prepare a country-specific checklist: passports, corporate extracts, powers of attorney, apostille or legalisation, translations, address evidence, UBO documents and signing route.
We coordinate the company name, business object, articles/founding act, director appointment, share capital, registered seat and filing package with local professionals.
Filing is handled through the relevant country route: court register, QKB, Central Register, notary-based process, registration agent or local administrative channel.
We organise the next layer: tax/VAT review, accounting, bank-readiness file, legal documents, powers, corporate records and operating checklist.
Documents
Individual founders are usually simpler. The standard file normally starts with passport, proof of address, personal tax details where needed, power of attorney if remote, and signatures/certifications required by the local route.
The complexity begins when the founder cannot travel, needs a director arrangement, or the business activity touches regulated sectors. Always the “small detail”. Naturally.
Warnings
A weak business model explanation, unclear UBO chain or risky geography can turn a registered company into a very polished paperweight.
Wrong or vague activity classification can create VAT, licensing, accounting and bank issues later.
Corporate extracts, powers, apostilles and translations are often the source of delays. Not dramatic. Just slow.
A simplified company can look smart on day one and unserious on day thirty when a bank, client or supplier asks for substance.
Indicative pricing
These are practical mid-market ranges for a normal foreign-owned company. They are not fixed quotes. Corporate shareholders, apostilles, translations, regulated activity, urgent timing, local address, banking complexity and director arrangements can move the budget. The paperwork has a personality. Sadly.
Typical range for simpler Albania or North Macedonia registration routes with individual foreign founders.
Usually excludes state fees, translations, apostilles, office and accounting.Typical range for standard foreign-owned d.o.o./sh.p.k./DOO formation with normal documentation support.
Best fit for most clean foreign-founder cases.Typical range for Croatia, corporate shareholders, heavier documentation, more formal notary/court route or complex activity.
Banking and legal support quoted separately.Country pages
Each country page explains the local entity form, registration route, tax highlights, banking reality, neighbouring-country comparison and practical price range.
Related services
Bank-readiness file, onboarding support, ownership narrative, expected flows and compliance package.
View banking service →Powers of attorney, corporate changes, shareholder documents, registered office logic and post-registration legal coordination.
View legal support →Insights cluster
This page is the service overview. The detailed cluster should explain country selection, founder documents, remote incorporation, corporate shareholders, apostilles, VAT registration and banking preparation. Otherwise one page becomes a legal suitcase with a font subscription.
Start here
Send the target country, founder profile, ownership structure, activity, banking needs,
expected clients and whether the founder can travel. We will tell you plainly which registration route fits —
and what must be prepared before paperwork starts breeding.
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