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Start your company in the Seychelles

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

I'm in 4 min · no card required
Live in 12-14 days
  1. 1
    KYC & Naming Day 1-2
    • Run KYC on shareholders and directors
    • Reserve IBC name with FSA registry
    • Confirm activity stays non-regulated
  2. 2
    FSA Incorporation Day 3-4
    • File M&A through licensed CSP agent
    • Pay FSA fees and government duty
    • Receive Certificate of Incorporation
  3. 3
    Substance & Banking Day 5-7
    • File beneficial ownership with FSA
    • Open international or EMI account
    • Set up bookkeeping for FATF compliance
Starts from
SCR 37,403 first year, all-in
≈ $2,596 ≈ €2,206
What's included
  • Company formation SCR 17,000
  • Registered agent $500 /year
  • Bookkeeping SCR 1,100 /month
    See pricing tiers by revenue
    • ≤ SCR800K revenue SCR 1,100 /month
    • SCR800K–3.2M SCR 1,840 /month
    • SCR3.2M–8M SCR 3,080 /month
    • SCR8M–16M SCR 6,160 /month
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Why the Seychelles?

Founders maintaining a pre-2019 IBC (International Business Company)

The Seychelles IBC (International Business Company) Act 2016 underpins legacy holding structures incorporated before EU and FATF pressure. Annual maintenance below USD 1,500 keeps grandfathered SPVs cheap to run.

Seychelles IBCLow maintenanceLegacy structures

Asset protection structures with no banking dependency

Seychelles allows nominee arrangements and a confidential beneficial owner register accessible only to authorities. Useful for niche IP or trademark holding where the entity does not transact.

Confidential registerNominee permittedIP holding

Africa Indian Ocean trading SPVs

28 DTAs including South Africa, Mauritius, China and Cyprus support intra Africa trading flows. The Seychelles IBC (International Business Company) pays 0% on foreign source income under the territorial regime.

28 DTAsTerritorial 0%Africa trading

Considerations

If reputation, banking, or any new operating activity matters

Seychelles exited the FATF grey list (February 2024) and the EU non-cooperative list (October 2024) — but banking remains slow (180 days) and Stripe / Mercury / Wise still do not support Seychelles entities. Almost any operating use case is better served elsewhere:

No Stripe/Mercury/WiseSlow bankingLegacy reputation lingers
→ Mauritius EU clean Africa hub, 3% effective→ Delaware (USA) Stripe ready, US VC standard→ United Kingdom credible reputation, Stripe day one

If your shareholders include US persons or EU residents

Seychelles IBCs trigger PFIC for US shareholders and full CFC attribution for French and German residents. For tax clean cross border holding choose:

PFIC for US personsFull CFC attribution
→ Mauritius Treaty access, GBL substance→ Cyprus EU member, IP box, no PFIC→ Luxembourg EU holdco, participation exemption
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Filing, compliance, accounting, handled by certified local partners

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