Czechia · Company Registration
Entity types, registration process, required documents, costs, and official registries.
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The usual limited company is the s.r.o. (společnost s ručením omezeným). Its legal minimum share capital is CZK 1, so the real constraint is a founding deed executed as a notarial record before a Czech notary, who can usually file the entry in the commercial register directly. The company exists from its entry in the register, which the regional courts keep and the Ministry of Justice publishes. Most business activity also needs a trade licence from a Trade Licensing Office, and every company is given a data box, the official electronic mailbox through which the authorities write to it.
- The legal minimum share capital of an s.r.o. is CZK 1; above CZK 20,000 the contributions are paid into a special bank account before registration.
- The founding deed must be a notarial record, so formation goes through a Czech notary.
- Beneficial owners must be entered in the register of beneficial owners kept with the courts.
- Public Register and Collection of Documents (Ministry of Justice)
Public registers and the Collection of Documents, kept by the Ministry of Justice.
- Trade Licensing Portal (Portál živnostenského podnikání)
Trade licensing portal (in Czech).
- Register of Beneficial Owners
Register of beneficial owners.
Government portals
- gov.cz — Public Administration Portal — Guides to life situations and online services, including emergency calls and annual leave.
- Public Register and Collection of Documents — Ministry of Justice search of the commercial register and companies' filed documents.
- Financial Administration (Finanční správa) — Tax filing, VAT registration and the VAT control statement.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Entry & Residence — Short-stay visas, Employee Card, EU Blue Card and residence registration.