Things are slowly moving online in Europe, I think, though at varying speeds. In Denmark, you can now form an ApS in about a day, entirely online, without visiting any offices. It's a fairly simple web-form. For a traditional ApS you do need €6.500 in starting capital to incorporate (not a fee, just starting capital for the company's bank account). Options for covering that include state-subsidized loans, and as of the beginning of this year, a transitional form (Iværksætterselskaber), which can incorporate before raising the minimum capital, and then comes up with it later by diverting 25% of profits to the capital reserve until the €6500 threshold is met.
If you just want a registered business and VAT ID but don't need the corporate form, on the other hand, you can do that part for about 100 euros and an even shorter webform.
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Things are slowly moving online in Europe, I think, though at varying speeds. In Denmark, you can now form an ApS in about a day, entirely online, without visiting any offices. It's a fairly simple web-form. For a traditional ApS you do need €6.500 in starting capital to incorporate (not a fee, just starting capital for the company's bank account). Options for covering that include state-subsidized loans, and as of the beginning of this year, a transitional form (Iværksætterselskaber), which can incorporate before raising the minimum capital, and then comes up with it later by diverting 25% of profits to the capital reserve until the €6500 threshold is met.
If you just want a registered business and VAT ID but don't need the corporate form, on the other hand, you can do that part for about 100 euros and an even shorter webform.