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Register a company in Serbia
Company incorporation, bank accounts, accounting services in Serbia
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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 Serbia 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 Serbia
The Republic of Serbia is located in Southeastern and Cetral Europe at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans. Serbia borders Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Romania. Serbia has a territory of 88,499 square kilometers. The capital city of Serbia is Belgrade, the largest city and the location of key government institutions. Serbia has a population of 6,8 million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - 15%. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Advance income tax payments are made on a monthly basis
- Dividend withholding tax - 20%
- Interest withholding tax - 20%
- Royalties withholding tax - 20%
- Capital gains tax - 15%
- VAT - Standard tax rate 20% or reduced rates 0% and 10% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on a monthly or a quarterly basis
- Personal income tax - from 10% up to 15%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Serbia as:
- Limited liability company (društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću - d.o.o.)
- Public limited company (akcuinarsko društvo - a.d.)
- General partnership (ortačko društvo - o.d.)
- Limited partnership (komanditno društvo - k.d.)
- Cooperative company (zadruga)
- Branch office (ogranak).
- Individuals or legal entities that are intending to register a company in Serbia can be resident or non-resident in Serbia.
- A resident or a non-resident individual can be a company director in Serbia. It is not required to set up a company in Serbia with a resident individual as one of its shareholders or directors.
- At least 2 shareholders are required in order to register a company in Serbia 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 Serbia in order to establish a company in Serbia or to conduct business in the country.
- Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Serbia as a d.o.o. (a limited liability company) is RSD 100.
- D.o.o. registration takes between 7 and 12 business days with the bank account taking up to 3 business days.
- Details of company founders, shareholders and directors after company registration in Serbia is complete is publicly available in the state corporate register.
- With our service you can register a company in Serbia remotely upon a power of attorney.
Official currency of Serbia is Serbian dinar (RSD).
Serbia has an upper-middle income emerging market economy. The economy of the country is based on service sector, which accounts for 2/3 of the total GDP. The largest sectors of the economy are energy, automotive industry, machinery, mining and agriculture. International trade also contributes to the economic output.
The GDP of Serbia grew by 7.5% in 2021 and amounted to USD 63 billion. Tertiary sector makes up almost 68% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 26.1%, agriculture at 6%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are automobiles, base metals, furniture, machinery, chemicals, sugar, tires, clothes, pharmaceuticals, fruits, nuts, maize (corn).
Imports of Serbia consist of energy, petroleum oils, natural gas, cars and vehicles, transmission apparatus, electric conductors, consumer goods.
Primary trading partners of Serbia are Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenrgro, North Macedonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, China, Poland, Turkey, France and Slovenia.
Serbia has an upper-middle income emerging market economy. The economy of the country is based on service sector, which accounts for 2/3 of the total GDP. The largest sectors of the economy are energy, automotive industry, machinery, mining and agriculture. International trade also contributes to the economic output.
The GDP of Serbia grew by 7.5% in 2021 and amounted to USD 63 billion. Tertiary sector makes up almost 68% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 26.1%, agriculture at 6%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are automobiles, base metals, furniture, machinery, chemicals, sugar, tires, clothes, pharmaceuticals, fruits, nuts, maize (corn).
Imports of Serbia consist of energy, petroleum oils, natural gas, cars and vehicles, transmission apparatus, electric conductors, consumer goods.
Primary trading partners of Serbia are Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenrgro, North Macedonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, China, Poland, Turkey, France and Slovenia.
Foreign entrepreneurs expand to Serbia and seek to incorporate a company in Serbia in order to conduct business in the following sectors:
- automotive industry
- wholesale and retail trade
- tourism
- ICT
- healthcare
- renewable energy
- mining
- manufacturing
- environmental protection
- solid waste management
- agriculture and agro-processing.
Benefits of registering a company in Serbia
Business climate
- Access to EU markets
- Stable economic growth
- Highly-qualified workforce
- Political stability
- Secure legal and justice systems
- Comprehensive protection of property rights
- Comprehensive personal security
- Investment protection
Tax incentives
- Corporate income tax rate is 15%
- Corporate income tax incentive for R&D and innovative business activities
- Double tax treaties with several jurisdictions
Ease of doing business
- Minimum share capital for d.o.o. companies is RSD 100
- No strict foreign exchange controls
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