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Register a company in Croatia
Company incorporation, bank accounts, accounting services in Croatia
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Company registration (d.o.o.)
Annual registered address
Notary services and company seal
Corporate bank account
Accounting services
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How you can register a company in Croatia with us
Submit shareholder and director information to our firm with a signed power of attorney
Settle a payment for registration and banking assistance
Receive corporate documentation of the registered company and access to the corporate bank account of your company
Key details about Croatia
The Republic of Croatia is located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe. Croatia borders Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia and has access to the Adriatic Sea. Croatia has a territory of 56,594 square kilometers. The capital city of Croatia is Zagreb, the largest city and the location of key government institutions. Croatia has a population of 3,8 million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - Standard tax rate 18%. A lower corporate income tax rate of 10% applies if annual revenue does not exceed HRK 7,500,000. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Advance income tax payments are made on a monthly basis
- Dividend withholding tax - 10%
- Interest withholding tax - 15%
- Royalties withholding tax - 15%
- Capital gains tax - Standard tax rate 18% or a lower tax rate of 10%
- VAT - Standard tax rate 25% or reduced rates from 5% up to 13% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on a monthly or a quarterly basis
- Personal income tax - from 20% up to 30%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Croatia as:
- Limited liability company (Društvo sa ograničenom odgovornošću - d.o.o.)
- Simplified limited company (Jednostavno društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću - j.d.o.o.)
- Public limited company (Dioničko društvo - d.d.)
- General partnership (Javno trgovačko društvo - JTD)
- Limited partnership (Komanditno društvo - KD)
- Economic interest association (Gospodarsko interesno udruženje)
- Branch office (Podružnica).
- Individuals or legal entities that are intending to register a company in Croatia can be resident or non-resident in Croatia.
- A resident or a non-resident individual can be a company director in Croatia. It is not required to set up a company in Croatia with a resident individual as one of its shareholders or directors.
- At least 1 shareholder is required in order to register a company in Croatia if such company is incorporated as a d.o.o. (a limited liability company). An individual shareholder can simultaneously become a director of this company.
- It is not required to create substance (resident employees, office space) in Croatia in order to establish a company in Croatia or to conduct business in the country.
- Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Croatia as a d.o.o. (a limited liability company) is HRK 20,000.
- D.o.o. registration takes between 10 and 15 business days with the bank account taking up to 5 business days.
- Details of company founders, shareholders and directors after company registration in Croatia is complete is publicly available in the state corporate register.
- With our service you can register a company in Croatia remotely upon a power of attorney.
Official currency of Croatia is Croatian kuna (HRK).
Croatia has a high-income service based market economy. Tourism is one of the largest contributors to the GDP (almost 20%). Croatia is developing floating liquefied natural gas regasification terminal of the island of Krk and its green energy - wind, solar and geothermal energy. Apart from this Croatia is developing its own automotive industry contributing to R&D in this area.
The GDP of Croatia grew by 10.2% in 2021 and amounted to USD 67.7 billion. Tertiary sector makes up almost 59% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 20.5%, agriculture at 3%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are petroleum oils, medical blood, electrical transformers, static converters and inductors, wood, cars, parts and accessories of motor vehicles, insulated wire, cables, maize.
Imports of Croatia consist of energy, petroleum oils, natural gas, cars and vehicles, transmission apparatus, electric conductors, consumer goods, unwrought aluminium.
Primary trading partners of Croatia are Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Austria, Serbia, USA, France, Romania, China, Poland, Netherlands and Belgium.
Croatia has a high-income service based market economy. Tourism is one of the largest contributors to the GDP (almost 20%). Croatia is developing floating liquefied natural gas regasification terminal of the island of Krk and its green energy - wind, solar and geothermal energy. Apart from this Croatia is developing its own automotive industry contributing to R&D in this area.
The GDP of Croatia grew by 10.2% in 2021 and amounted to USD 67.7 billion. Tertiary sector makes up almost 59% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 20.5%, agriculture at 3%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are petroleum oils, medical blood, electrical transformers, static converters and inductors, wood, cars, parts and accessories of motor vehicles, insulated wire, cables, maize.
Imports of Croatia consist of energy, petroleum oils, natural gas, cars and vehicles, transmission apparatus, electric conductors, consumer goods, unwrought aluminium.
Primary trading partners of Croatia are Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Austria, Serbia, USA, France, Romania, China, Poland, Netherlands and Belgium.
Foreign entrepreneurs expand to Croatia and seek to incorporate a company in Croatia in order to conduct business in the following sectors:
- automotive industry
- tourism
- ICT sector
- pharmaceutical industry
- food industry
- metal industry
- energy
- agriculture.
Benefits of registering a company in Croatia
Business climate
- Access to EU markets
- Access to the Adriatic Sea allows to establish a maritime trade with EU states, Turkey, Middle Eastern and North African states
- Stable economic growth
- Highly-qualified workforce
- Political stability
- Secure legal and justice systems
- Comprehensive protection of property rights
- Comprehensive personal security
- Investment protection
- Low inflation
Tax incentives
- Corporate income tax is 10% if annual revenue does not exceed HRK 7.5 million
- Corporate income tax incentives in free trade zones
- Double tax treaties with several jurisdictions
Ease of doing business
- No strict foreign exchange controls
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