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Romania offers international entrepreneurs an attractive entry point: Micro-company 1% on revenue up to €100k. The Romanian SRL (societate cu răspundere limitată) is the dominant corporate form for SMEs, holdings, and trading entities, and we hold a stock of pre-formed, never-traded SRLs ready for immediate ownership transfer through the Oficiul Național al Registrului Comerțului (ONRC).
ShelfCompanies24 has been arranging company formation and the transfer of pre-registered Romanian entities since 1995. We work with a network of Romanian corporate-service providers, accountants, and banks to deliver a consolidated, start-to-finish service, whether you need your Romania company ready in 48 hours or a brand-new one built from scratch in 5 days.
Ready-Made Shelf Companies in Romania, buy a pre-registered Romanian SRL with clean history and ONRC entry. Transfer in 48 hours.
Company Formation in Romania, register a new Romanian SRL, SA or other Romanian corporate vehicle. End-to-end service: ONRC filing, tax registration, banking. 5 days timeline.
Bank Accounts for Romanian Companies, corporate account introduction with banks active in Romania. Multi-currency and online banking included.
Registering a company in Romania means getting an SRL onto the register kept by the Oficiul NaÈ›ional al Registrului ComerÈ›ului (ONRC). You settle the legal form, the members and the business purpose with its CAEN activity codes; the act constitutiv is drafted and signed; proof of a sediu social in Romania is produced; the capital social is deposited; and the file goes to the ONRC, which issues the CUI, the company’s unique registration code. Tax registration with ANAF and the beneficial-owner filing follow the register entry. A new SRL is registered in 5 days on this route, and our company formation service in Romania covers every step of it.
No residency or nationality requirement applies to either the associates or the administrators of a Romanian SRL. Law 31/1990 draws no distinction between Romanian and foreign nationals, and a company can be founded and managed entirely from abroad. Non-resident associates and administrators do need a Romanian tax identification number, and must supply the specimen signature and clean criminal record declarations that the trade register asks of everyone.
| Legal form | Typical use | Liability |
|---|---|---|
| SRL | SME, default | Limited to share capital |
| SA | Listed/large | Limited to share capital |
Most Romania clients choose the SRL (societate cu răspundere limitată) for the combination of limited liability, ownership flexibility, and predictable ONRC treatment.
The 2026 headline corporate tax position in Romania is 16% / 1% micro (≤€100k).
16% standard; the microenterprise regime is a single 1% rate on revenue up to €100,000 from 1 January 2026, down from a €250,000 ceiling, and the 3% band was abolished. EU member, no Eurozone.
VAT, withholding-tax, and treaty-network specifics are jurisdiction-dependent and best discussed in a free first call, your consultant will map your operational profile to the correct Romanian tax treatment before you commit to a structure.
A Romanian corporate bank account is critical to operating the company, and one of the practical bottlenecks foreign owners hit when they apply directly. Our consultant introduces you to the right banking partner for your profile (high-volume international transfers, EUR/USD/GBP multi-currency, e-commerce processing, custodial, or simple operating-account-only).
A pre-formed Romanian SRL with clean ONRC entry typically passes bank KYC more smoothly than a newly formed entity, which is why operators in a hurry to begin trading specifically request a shelf company.
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With a pre-formed Romanian SRL the share transfer is documented and the ONRC update filed within 48 hours; the register amendment completes in 3 to 7 working days; you can sign contracts in the company’s name from day one. A newly formed SRL takes 5 days end-to-end because the Oficiul NaÈ›ional al Registrului ComerÈ›ului and the tax authority each add their own processing time.
Both are Romanian corporate vehicles registered with the ONRC. The SRL is the standard SME limited-liability form chosen by most operators. The SA is typically used for larger, capital-raising or listed structures. Most foreign owners arriving in Romania pick the SRL unless they have a specific reason, listing plans, multiple investor classes, or a partner-structure preference, to choose otherwise.
Two routes lead to the same result. You can register a new SRL with the ONRC, which takes 5 days on our service, or take over a pre-formed SRL from stock, where the share transfer is filed within 48 hours and the register amendment completes in 3 to 7 working days. Either way you need identity documents, a business purpose with CAEN codes and a sediu social in Romania, all of which we arrange. Signatures are given at a Romanian consulate, under eIDAS, or by procură to our Bucharest avocat.
An off the shelf company, called a firmă prefabricată in Romanian, is an SRL that was registered with the ONRC and then left dormant until a buyer takes it over. It is not a business that traded and was later sold, so it carries no customers, no debts, no employees and no tax history. Ours have never invoiced and have filed only nil declarations, which is exactly what a bank and a counterparty want to see when they check the register.
The 2026 headline rate in Romania is 16% / 1% micro (≤€100k). 16% standard; the microenterprise regime is a single 1% rate on revenue up to €100,000 from 1 January 2026, down from a €250,000 ceiling, and the 3% band was abolished. EU member, no Eurozone. VAT/sales-tax, withholding-tax on dividends, and treaty-network impact depend on your operating profile, a free first call with our consultant maps your business model to the correct Romanian tax treatment.
Through a Romanian entity, in practice an SRL, which gives you a CUI, a VAT number for intra-Community trade through VIES and the right to invoice across the EU single market VAT-free. There is no residency or nationality requirement on the owner or the administrator. Profits are taxed at 16%, or at 1% of revenue under the microenterprise regime if the company qualifies, and accounts are kept in lei by a Romanian accountant, since Romania is an EU member but not in the euro area.
Registration is only the first step. Once the SRL is on the ONRC register you register it with ANAF, elect the microenterprise regime if you qualify, register for VAT where turnover requires it, file the beneficial owners, activate an operating bank account and engage a contabil autorizat, because Romanian companies report monthly. We line those up in one sequence so nothing is left half-finished after the registration certificate arrives.
All ShelfCompanies24 shelf entities in Romania were incorporated solely to be held in reserve. They have never traded, never opened a customer-facing bank account, never invoiced a third party, and never accumulated tax losses, so the ONRC record shows pure dormancy. This avoids the loss-utilisation and beneficial-owner-disclosure complications that a real ex-trading company would carry.
Choose a shelf SRL when you need to be trading immediately, when banking onboarding speed matters, or when a counterparty insists on dealing with an established legal entity. Choose new formation when you want to design the constitution, share classes, or registered name from scratch and you can wait 5 days for the ONRC entry. Both options come with the same service, banking introduction, and post-formation support.
Romania keeps the registrul beneficiarilor reali within the trade register, maintained by the Oficiul Național al Registrului Comerțului, covering any natural person holding more than 25 per cent of the shares or voting rights or otherwise exercising control. It is no longer open to all. Law 86/2025 restricted access from May 2025, so a third party must now demonstrate a legitimate interest, and official guidance on what qualifies is still thin.
Ready to discuss your Romania corporate setup? Contact our Romanian desk, we reply within one working day with a service tailored to your needs. Specify whether you want a pre-formed SRL ready for transfer in 48 hours or a new SRL registered from scratch.