Switzerland company set up costs, draft invoices, and timelines in 2024

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How much does it cost to open a company in Switzerland?

The total cost to set up and start a company in Switzerland is €31,967. This includes cost of Switzerland company incorporation service, cost of Switzerland registered office service, Switzerland government registration fees, cost of Swiss passive nominee resident director service, cost of Swiss corporate banking account opening service and tax & VAT registration fees.

Switzerland company incorporation cost

Cost of Switzerland company incorporation in Year 1 is €7,750 and cost of renewing the Switzerland company incorporation in Year 2 and thereafter amounts to €0.

Discover the complete company set up cost for various Swiss companies in the table below.

Different Switzerland entity types Switzerland company set up costs Draft invoice
Switzerland tax resident LLC €31,967 View invoice PDF
Switzerland AG €21,640 View invoice PDF
Branch of a foreign company in Switzerland €20,300 View invoice PDF
Switzerland GmbH with mixed status €22,500 View invoice PDF
Switzerland Charitable Foundation €33,190 View invoice PDF
Switzerland Private Foundation €20,690 View invoice PDF
Switzerland Auxiliary company €20,900 View invoice PDF
Representative office in Switzerland €21,300 View invoice PDF
Switzerland Foundation €34,190 View invoice PDF
Switzerland holding company €19,650 View invoice PDF
Switzerland GmbH for Crypto & Blockchain business €32,150 View invoice PDF

Switzerland company set up timelines

How much time does it take to establish a company in Switzerland?

The average Switzerland company set up engagement period is 12 weeks as outlined below:

Switzerland company set up engagement stages Switzerland LLC Switzerland AG Branch Office
Stage 01 - Engagement Planning 1 week 1 week 1 week
Stage 02 - Swiss Company Incorporation 3 weeks 2 weeks 1 weeks
Stage 03 - Corporate bank account approval 4 weeks 5 weeks 5 weeks
Stage 04 - Corporate internet banking approval 3 weeks 3 weeks 3 weeks
Stage 05 - Engagement completion 1 week 1 week 1 week
Total engagement period 12 weeks 12 weeks 11 weeks

switzerland business registration engagement period timeline

  • 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 set up services in Switzerland, please contact our in-house country expert, Mr. Simon Guidecoq, directly:
client relationship officer - Simon