Start your company Norway
Formation, registered office and bookkeeping — ready to operate from day one.
- 1Filing
- 2Banking
- 3Operational
Why Norway?
Energy, maritime, and offshore tech founders
Norway is the world's most concentrated energy and maritime tech base (Equinor, Aker, Yara, DNV, Kongsberg). Innovation Norway grants fund pilots up to NOK 25M, SkatteFUNN gives an 18 to 20% tax credit on R&D spend, and Eksfin export finance covers international receivables.
Fintechs and SaaS using EEA passport
Norway is not EU but EEA via EFTA, so financial services authorised by Finanstilsynet passport into all 27 EU states plus Iceland and Liechtenstein. Aksjeselskap (AS) requires NOK 30,000 minimum capital, Foretaksregisteret handles registration in roughly 14 days, and English language banking is available at DNB and Nordea.
Holding companies with EEA and treaty subs
Norway's exemption method (fritaksmetoden) makes dividends and capital gains from qualifying EEA shareholdings and treaty country corporates effectively tax free at the holding level. Combined with no domestic WHT on interest to most counterparties and 90+ tax treaties, an AS is a credible holding wrapper.
Considerations
If you want to minimise headline tax and cost
Norwegian CIT at 22% is competitive but employer payroll, statutory accountant fees, and operating costs are among the highest in Europe. There is no IP Box. For lower headline and cheaper operating bases:
If your team is fully outside Norway
Foretaksregisteret and Skatteetaten interactions are bilingual at the surface but core filings and Altinn portal work flow in Norwegian. If no board member is EEA resident, you must appoint a Norway resident representative. For lighter Nordic and EEA admin:
Everything you need to run a company Norway
Filing, compliance, accounting, handled by certified local partners
Start your company Norway
From formation to compliance, we handle every filing Norway.