🇬🇷 Greece · Investment
Foreign investment rules, incentives, investment promotion agencies, and restricted sectors.
Quick answer
Greece courts foreign investment through Enterprise Greece, with EU free movement of capital and no exchange controls. A strategic-investments (fast-track) framework speeds up major projects, and the development law and EU-funded programs offer grants and tax incentives; profits repatriate freely.
Inward investment is promoted by Enterprise Greece, the official investment and trade agency; investment incentives and a residence-by-investment (golden visa) programme are available.
- Enterprise Greece offers free support and a one-stop service for investors.
- A residence-by-investment (golden visa) programme grants residence to qualifying investors.
- Incentives support strategic investments under national development laws.
Step-by-step
- 1
Check the investment regime
Greece welcomes FDI with EU free movement of capital; Enterprise Greece supports investors.
- 2
Consider the strategic-investment route
Large projects can use the strategic-investments framework for fast-track licensing and incentives.
- 3
Choose your vehicle and register
Set up an IKE, EPE or AE (or branch), register in the business register (GEMI) and with the tax authority.
- 4
Access incentives
Use development-law grants and tax incentives, and EU recovery and structural-fund programs for eligible projects.
- 5
Handle capital and repatriation
There are no exchange controls, so capital, dividends and profits move freely within the EU and abroad.
- 6
Meet reporting and protections
Keep corporate/tax filings and any incentive conditions; EU law and investment treaties protect investors.
Checklist
- Open regime (EU free capital) + Enterprise Greece
- Strategic-investment fast track (large projects)
- IKE/EPE/AE/branch + GEMI + tax
- Development-law grants + EU-fund programs
- No exchange controls (free flows)
- Corporate/tax filings + incentive conditions
- EU-law + investment-treaty protection
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Official authorities
- Enterprise Greece
National investment and trade promotion agency.
Frequently asked questions
What is the strategic-investments framework?
A fast-track regime for large or high-impact projects, offering accelerated licensing and, in some cases, tax and spatial-planning incentives.
What incentives are available?
Development-law grants and tax incentives, plus EU recovery-fund and structural-fund co-financing for eligible investments.
Can I repatriate profits from Greece?
Yes — Greece has no exchange controls, so dividends and capital move freely (withholding tax may apply to outbound dividends).
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