Your Portuguese LDA. From €970.

On the Startup Plan, you pick three options from the IRN’s official list of pre-approved names right after checkout. On the Custom or Premium Plan, you submit three names you actually want and we file for an Admissibility Certificate on your top choice. Both happen inside the intake form after payment.

Yes. Portugal has a free confusability tool that checks your name against existing companies. A similarity score below 85% means the name has a good shot at approval. It’s a pre-screening tool, not a substitute for the Admissibility Certificate, but it saves you from filing a name that’s clearly already taken.

It’s the official IRN document confirming your chosen company name is available and approved for use. Required for custom names, not for pre-approved ones. The €150 government fee is already included in the Custom and Premium Plan totals. Results typically come back in 5–7 days.

LDA (Limited Liability Company) and Unipessoal LDA (single-member LDA). These are the most common structures for founders, freelancers, and remote professionals in Portugal.

No, unless you want to. You describe your business in the intake form, our partner accountant prepares the codes, and we send them over for you to approve before anything is filed. If you already know the exact codes you want, give them to us and we’ll use those.

One thing worth knowing: the codes are registered in order, and the first one is your main activity.

If you’re not sure which codes fit, you don’t need to be. Working that out from your business description is part of the service. If what you’re really after is how your activity gets taxed, whether you need to register for VAT, or how to invoice clients abroad, that’s a different conversation, and a tax consultation is the right place for it.

Yes. Every shareholder needs a Portuguese NIF on file to form a company. If you don’t have one yet, we can issue one for you — see the NIF page for current pricing and turnaround. You’ll order the NIF first, then the company formation package once it’s in your hands.

Once your intake form is complete, we run a quick identity check to confirm you are who you say you are. It’s a two-minute step: a selfie and a photo of your ID. This is a standard fraud-prevention measure before we start a regulated legal process on your behalf.

Up to three documents. You e-sign the Power of Attorney so our Portuguese partners can act on your behalf. If you’re on the Premium Plan (or added the virtual office), you also e-sign a short service agreement with our address provider. The articles of association are drafted by our legal partners — you print, sign by hand, and scan them back to us.

No travel required. The whole process coordinates through our platform, with one exception: the articles of association need to be signed by hand, scanned, and sent back to us. Everything else is e-signed.

Two parts, and only one is on us.

After you submit your intake form, our partner accountant reviews it and prepares your CAE codes, and we confirm them with you before anything is filed. That usually takes a few days. Once you approve the codes, you sign a Power of Attorney and our partner lawyer files with the IRN.

Registration is then on the government’s clock. Most companies are incorporated in 3 to 4 weeks from the day you submit your form. A name approval or a query from the registry can add time, and that part isn’t in our hands.

You can add government express processing at checkout (+€220, paid to the government, not to us) to put your file on the registry’s priority track. It’s a priority request, not a guaranteed date.

Your Certidão Permanente (Permanent Certificate) and your RCBE (Beneficial Owner Registry). These are the official registration documents for your Portuguese company — see everything that’s included in each plan.

No. Opening a corporate bank account is a separate step. Once your company is formed, we can refer you to partners who help with corporate banking.

Not when you register. By default, your articles declare that the share capital will be deposited by the end of the first fiscal year (December 31). That gives you months to open a business bank account and transfer the funds at your own pace.

Not necessarily. Small LDAs that qualify as microenterprises (typically under €200,000 turnover and fewer than 10 employees) can handle basic accounting themselves in year one. Many founders choose to work with a TOC for VAT compliance and tax filings from the start. If you’re unsure which path fits, book a 45-minute session with our Portuguese accountant. We introduce you to an English-speaking TOC from our network so you have someone ready when you need them.

No. Novomove is a technology platform that coordinates your company formation. The regulated legal work is handled by licensed Portuguese lawyers and accountants in our partner network.