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Fees and timelines in 2026

Fees

Incorporation costs in Year 1 amount to €4,950 and annual company costs in Year 2 and thereafter amount to €1,800. The average total fees per engagement amounts to €14,090, including company incorporation, registered office, estimate of government fees and bank account.

Different Germany entity types	Cost	Draft invoice
Tax resident LLC	€14,090	View invoice PDF
Germany UG company	€11,690	View invoice PDF
German AG	€11,320	View invoice PDF
Autonomous Branch	€14,830	View invoice PDF
GmbH Bitcoin	€15,990	View invoice PDF

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Service	Fee (€)	Frequency
LLC Company incorporation (without travel)	4,950	One time
Germany corporate bank account opening (without travel)	4,950	One time
Resident director services	6,600	Annually
Residence and employment visa	2,950	One time
Nominee corporate shareholder services	1,800	Annually
Year end accounting and tax fees	8,600	Annually
Monthly bookkeeping service (estimate)	1,600	Monthly
Offshore corporate bank account opening	4,950	One time
Corporate merchant account approval	4,450	One time
Corporate brokerage account approval	2,950	One time
Find local office premises for your staff	4,950	One time
Business website building	2,500	One time
Phone answering service	900	Annually
Office mail service	900	Annually
Fax forwarding service	600	Annually
Business stationery design with logo	950	One time
Monthly payroll for staff	860	One time
Staff recruitment	7,950	One time
Trademark registration	4,950	One time
Find an apartment for your staff	4,950	One time
Find corporate finance	5,000	Retainer fee
M&A advisory	5,000	Retainer fee
Total fees (US$)	0

Other fee considerations

Timelines

The average Germany business registration period is 14 weeks as outlined below:

Service	Germany LLC	German AG	Autonomous Branch
Engagement planning	2 weeks	1 week	1 week
Germany company incorporation	5 weeks	4 weeks	3 weeks
Corporate bank account approval	4 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks
Corporate internet banking approval	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks
Engagement completion	1 week	1 week	1 week
Total engagement period	14 weeks	8 weeks	7 weeks

Preparing a detailed project plan;
Our Client confirms the corporate structure;
Collecting due diligence from our Client.

Our Client signs the corporate bank account opening forms;
Healy Consultants prepares a business plan;
Healy Consultants visits the bank for interview;
The Bank Legal and Compliance Department review and approve the banking application;
The Bank Front Office email corporate bank account numbers to our client.

The Bank Operations Department mails the internet username and passwords to our Client;
Some of our Clients’ request Healy Consultants to activate the internet banking on their behalf.

Healy Consultants confirms all Client due diligence is received;
Healy Consultants couriers to our Client the complete original company and bank account documents;
Our Client completes our web page feedback survey;

Contact us

For additional information on our company registration services in Germany, please contact our in-house country expert, Mr. Petar Chakarov, directly:

Mr. Petar Chakarov
Senior Manager, Sales and Business Development
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