Ireland Company Registration - Business Setup
- Register your Company in Ireland 2-3 days (upon validation of your identification documents).*
- Client confidentiality protection via secured systems.
- Your company and its application for a bank account, including eBanking. Opening by correspondence.
- A dedicated manager is available throughout the year to administer your company.
Step 1
Complete our application form – Ireland
Complete our order form and make the payment for your chosen services. You will then be assigned a client manager to assist you through the incorporation process.
Step 2
Upload your documents
Your account manager will ask you for official documents which are required for your company formation. Or use our UBO services.
Step 3
Incorporate your company successfully
Once your documents have been processed your company will be successfully incorporated subject to local authority approval.
Step 4
Your account manager will guide you through the steps of completing your request of additional services such as bank accounts.
Step 5
Manage Your company via our client portal
Our client portal will give you immediate access to all your documents as well as display your company structure.
Frequently Asked Questions Company Formation in Ireland
The type of company that we form in Ireland is known as a Private Company Limited by shares (LTD) and it is regulated under the Companies Act 2014. A private company limited by shares (LTD) is the most commonly used Irish company type for commercial and private businesses in Ireland.
Yes, an annual return must be filed annually with the Companies Registration Office regardless of whether the company has traded or not. Consultax, through its partners’ local accountants can take care of this formality for you.
We will contact you in due course and ask you for documents to be able to produce accounts on your behalf. Documents requested are generally bank statements, invoices, and receipts.
Yes, Irish company officers’ names are publicly available to check online.
A minimum of 1 director and 1 shareholder should be appointed to setup an Irish limited company (LTD). The maximum allowed number of shareholders is 149, while an LTD company can have only one single director.
Yes, a foreign shareholder can register an Irish limited company (LTD). However, if the director is not a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA), a bond called ‘Section 137 Non-Resident Directors Bond’ must be put in place.
A Section 137 Bond covers the company up to a sum of €25,000. This policy covers the risks of non-compliance by the company.
Do I need to travel to Ireland at any point to setup my Irish limited company (LTD)?
If you would like your bank account to be opened in Ireland, this is possible but will require your visit to Ireland to meet the bank in person.
Otherwise, we may open bank account in other countries.
Generally speaking, Irish companies are extremely well regarded internationally, and therefore opening a bank account is usually not a problem. Obviously, this will be subject to the bank’s own decision and due diligence requirements.
Ireland Company Formation
As well as the low Corporate Tax rate of 12.5% (0% for some companies until 2023), there are many other benefits of doing business in Ireland. For example, Ireland’s holding company regime is world renowned, as is Ireland’s tax structure and ease of doing business (Ranked as the best country in the world to do business by Forbes for 2014)