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Register a company in Sweden
Company incorporation, bank accounts, accounting services in Sweden
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Standard
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Company registration (Aktiebolag)
Annual registered address
Notary services and company seal
Corporate bank account
Accounting services
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How you can register a company in Sweden 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 Sweden
The Kingdom of Sweden is located in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Sweden has a territory of 450,295 square kilometers. Sweden has access to the Gulf of Bothnia, to the Baltic Sea and to the North Sea. Sweden borders Denmark, Finland and Norway. The capital city of Sweden is Stockholm, the largest city and the location of key government institutions. Sweden has a population of 10,5 million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - Standard tax rate 20.6%. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Advance income tax payments are made on a monthly basis
- Dividend withholding tax - 30%
- Interest withholding tax - 0%
- Royalties withholding tax - Standard tax rate 20.6%
- Capital gains tax - Standard tax rate 22%
- VAT - Standard tax rate 25% or reduced rates from 0% up to 12% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on a monthly, a quarterly or an annual basis
- Personal income tax - from 20% up to 36%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Sweden as:
- Private limited company (Privat Aktiebolag - AB)
- Public limited company (Publikt Aktiebolag - AB)
- General partnership (Handelsbolag - HB)
- Limited partnership (Kommanditbolag - KB)
- Economic association (Ekonomisk Förening)
- European company (Societas Europaea)
- Branch (Filial).
- Individuals or legal entities that are intending to register a company in Sweden can be resident or non-resident in Sweden.
- A resident or a non-resident individual can be a company director in Sweden. It is required to set up a company in Sweden with a Swedish resident individual or a EEA resident individual as one of its founders and directors.
- At least 1 shareholder is required in order to register a company in Sweden if such company is incorporated as a AB (a private 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 Sweden in order to establish a company in Sweden or to conduct business in the country.
- Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Sweden as a AB (a private limited company) is SEK 25,000.
- AB 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 Sweden is complete is publicly available in the state corporate register.
- With our service you can register a company in Sweden remotely upon a power of attorney.
Official currency of Sweden is Swedish krona (SEK).
Sweden has a highly developed export-oriented mixed economy. Timber, hydropower and iron ore constitute the resource base of an economy with a heavy emphasis on foreign trade. The main industries include motor vehicles, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, industrial machines, precision equipment, chemical goods, home goods and appliances, forestry, iron and steel. Sweden further develops engineering, mine, steel, and pulp industries, which are competitive internationally. Engineering sector amounts to 50% of total output and exports, while telecommunications, the automotive industry and the pharmaceutical industries are also of great importance. Economy of Sweden is characterised by a large, knowledge-intensive and export-oriented manufacturing sector, by an increasing, business service sector and by a large public service sector.
The GDP of Sweden grew by 5.1% in 2021 and amounted to USD 635.6 billion. Tertiary sector makes up 65.3% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 22.01%, agriculture at 1.35%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are petroleum oils, machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals, military armaments, medicaments, electrical equipment, communication equipment, furniture, fish.
Imports of Sweden consist of cars and vehicles, electrical equipment, consumer goods, optical equipment, parts of motor vehicles, plastics, furniture, food products.
Primary trading partners of Sweden are Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Poland, USA, China, Begium, Italy and France.
Sweden has a highly developed export-oriented mixed economy. Timber, hydropower and iron ore constitute the resource base of an economy with a heavy emphasis on foreign trade. The main industries include motor vehicles, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, industrial machines, precision equipment, chemical goods, home goods and appliances, forestry, iron and steel. Sweden further develops engineering, mine, steel, and pulp industries, which are competitive internationally. Engineering sector amounts to 50% of total output and exports, while telecommunications, the automotive industry and the pharmaceutical industries are also of great importance. Economy of Sweden is characterised by a large, knowledge-intensive and export-oriented manufacturing sector, by an increasing, business service sector and by a large public service sector.
The GDP of Sweden grew by 5.1% in 2021 and amounted to USD 635.6 billion. Tertiary sector makes up 65.3% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 22.01%, agriculture at 1.35%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are petroleum oils, machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals, military armaments, medicaments, electrical equipment, communication equipment, furniture, fish.
Imports of Sweden consist of cars and vehicles, electrical equipment, consumer goods, optical equipment, parts of motor vehicles, plastics, furniture, food products.
Primary trading partners of Sweden are Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Poland, USA, China, Begium, Italy and France.
Foreign entrepreneurs expand to Sweden and seek to incorporate a company in Sweden in order to conduct business in the following sectors:
- renewable energy
- wholesale and retail trade
- energy
- transport
- life science
- digital technology
- R&D
- construction and infrastructure
- datacenter industry
- battery tech
- manufacturing industry
- IT
- maritime services
- seafood sector.
Benefits of registering a company in Sweden
Business climate
- Access to EU markets
- Access to the Gulf of Bothnia, to the North Sea and to the Baltic Sea allows to establish a maritime trade
- Open and innovative economy
- 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
- Interest withholding tax rate is 0%
- Double tax treaties with several jurisdictions
Ease of doing business
- Sweden ranks #10 in the global Ease of doing business ranking
- No foreign exchange controls
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