Doing business in Slovakia
Slovakia is a very attractive location for investors and entrepreneurs. It is one of the leading countries in the business environment out of all Central European countries. Slovakia offers excellent conditions for conducting business in terms of legal, tax and personnel resources.
Investing in Slovakia
Strategic Location
Key location in the heart of Europe with great export potential.
Eurozone
A member of the Eurozone since 2009 as one of a few in CEE.
Qualified Workforce
Cost–effective, skilled and loyal labour force with excellent multilingual skills.
World-class Productivity
The highest labour productivity rate in the region.
Investor-friendliness
Continuously improving the competitiveness of the Slovak business environment.
Innovative Ecosystem
The highest share of higher added-value jobs in CEE, ready for new investments into R&D and innovation.
Openess
One of the most export oriented and open economies in the EU.
Support
Attractive investment incentives scheme and special tax regimes for R&D activities.
Investing in Slovakia
Slovakia ranks 36th out of 109 countries from all over the world in terms of GFICA. As one of the most dynamically developing markets in the EU, Slovakia offers investors an attractive combination of reasons to invest in the country apart from strategic location, membership in Eurozone and highly skilled labour force.
Opening a business in Slovakia – how can we help?
Crowe offers full scope of support for setting up a business in Slovakia efficiently, with an approach tailored to the clients’ needs. We have many years of experience in serving foreign clients who are entering the Slovak market or developing their business in Slovakia, and who are looking for solutions which best fit their specific business model.
We support companies that want to:
- Open a company in Slovakia
- Open a branch in Slovakia
- Buy a ready-made company
- Invest in a Slovak company
- Acquire a Slovak company / conduct M&A transaction
- Expand business in Slovakia
- Relocate business to Slovakia / Move specific operations to Slovakia
Starting business in Slovakia – scope of support:
- Advice on choice of structure
- Advice on international and local tax treatment
- Company set-up:
- Limited Liability Company in Slovakia
- Branch in Slovakia
- Ready-made company in Slovakia
- Registration for tax purposes (including VAT registration)
- Opening a bank account in Slovakia
- Establishment of an electronic signature
- Registration in the CRBR (Central Register of Beneficial Owners)
- Advice on finance structure
- Advice on employment structure and contracts
- Trademark registration with the Slovak Patent Office
- Advice on local regulatory permissions/licences
Running business in Slovakia – ongoing support:
- Accounting outsourcing in compliance with Slovak regulations
- Fiscal representative in Slovakia
- Payroll and HR Administration outsourcing
- Ongoing corporate compliance and company secretarial services
- Local director services
- Advising on corporate income tax (CIT)
- Advising on value added tax (VAT)
- Assistance during tax and fiscal inspections
- Assistance with investment structures
- Ongoing tax advice
- Audit of financial statements
- Corporate law
- Labour law (Employment Law & Benefits)
- Commercial law (contracts, intra-group contracting)
- M&A transactions (legal due diligence, legal structuring, post-merger integration)
- Advice on all matters related to purchase of commercial real estate by foreigners
- Intellectual property protection
All our services are provided in Slovak or English.
