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Start your company in Lithuania

Formation, registered office and bookkeeping — ready to operate from day one.

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Live in 10-12 days
  1. 1
    Digital Onboarding Day 1-3
    • Issue mobile signature or e-Resident smart card
    • Reserve UAB name with Centre of Registers
    • Draft articles and shareholder resolutions online
  2. 2
    Registry Filing Day 4-7
    • Deposit €2,500 share capital with Lithuanian bank
    • Submit JAR forms to Centre of Registers electronically
    • Receive company code and VAT pre-registration
  3. 3
    Tax and Bank Activation Day 8-10
    • Register with State Tax Inspectorate (VMI)
    • Activate operational account at LB-supervised bank
    • Enrol employer with Sodra social security
Starts from
€2,058 first year, all-in
≈ $2,422
What's included
  • Company formation €900
  • Registered office €450 /year
  • Bookkeeping €59 /month
    See pricing tiers by revenue
    • ≤ €50K revenue €59 /month
    • €50K–200K €99 /month
    • €200K–500K €165 /month
    • €500K–1M €330 /month
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Why Lithuania?

Founders applying for an EMI or PI licence

The Bank of Lithuania reviews EMI/PI applications in 6 months. The fastest in the EU. With EUR 125K minimum capital for a Payment Institution and EUR 350K for a full EMI. CENTROlink gives direct SEPA access without a sponsor bank.

EMI in 6 monthsEUR 125K PI capitalCENTROlink SEPA

Crypto asset issuers seeking MiCA (EU crypto framework) authorisation

Bank of Lithuania is the MiCA (EU crypto framework) national competent authority and operates a published fintech sandbox. Once authorised, issuers passport across the 27 EU member states from a Vilnius base.

MiCA via BoLFintech sandboxEU passporting

Bootstrapped fintech founders watching cash burn

Incorporation runs EUR 500-2.5K with annual maintenance from EUR 1.5K, share capital of EUR 2.5K, and accounts open in 21 days. The 5% small company CIT applies under EUR 300K revenue and 10 employees.

~EUR 1.5K/year5% small co CITSetup in 5 days

Considerations

If you are not building a regulated payments or crypto product

Lithuania's edge is the EMI/PI/MiCA (EU crypto framework) pipeline; outside fintech the 15% CIT and Lithuanian language admin offer no special advantage. For a generic EU operating company:

Fintech only edge15% CITLithuanian admin
→ Estonia 100% digital, 0% retained earnings tax→ Ireland 12.5% CIT, English speaking, common law→ Cyprus IP Box 2.5%, English admin

If you are raising US VC equity

Lithuanian UABs sit outside standard US VC term sheets and a Delaware flip is needed at Series A. If institutional US capital is the binding constraint:

Delaware flip neededOutside US term sheets
→ Delaware (USA) Default for US VC term sheets→ United Kingdom Accepted by tier one US VCs→ Ireland Common law, US VC standard
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