Starting a Company
Registering an International Federation in Estonia
An Estonian MTÜ can serve as the legal home of an international federation. Here is what the law requires of it.
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Forming an Estonian Company While the e-Residency Application Is Pending
An e-Residency application takes time. From submission to the card in hand, it can take around two months. The company does not have to wait for it. An Estonian OÜ can be formed by Power of Attorney while the application is in process, and the card is linked to the company once it arrives. The […]
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How to Restore a Deleted Company in Estonia: Complete Guide (2026)
If you need to restore a deleted company in Estonia, the process is more straightforward than most owners expect. Estonian law allows companies removed from the Business Register by the registrar to be reinstated, provided the application is filed within 3 years of the deletion date, and the original cause of removal is resolved. This […]
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How to Verify the Beneficial Owner of an Estonian Company
In our previous post on how to look up an Estonian company, we covered how to find the company’s basic record. Once you have the company, the next question is almost always: Who actually owns it? Beneficial ownership is the question that matters for most serious use of an Estonian company record. A bank onboarding […]
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Estonian Company Lookup: How to Find Any Company’s Details for Free
An Estonian company lookup is one of the easiest pieces of due diligence available anywhere in the world. Estonia publishes more company information online, for free, than almost any other country, which makes researching any registered legal entity in the country fast, transparent, and accessible to anyone – no login, no residency requirement, no paywall. […]
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Estonian Company Tax: What Foreign Owners Need to Know
Estonia is known for not taxing retained company profits. That part is true and it is one of the most business-friendly corporate tax systems in Europe. But it is also one of the most misunderstood. The common “0% tax on retained profits” headline is broadly correct, but only in a specific Estonian sense: an Estonian […]
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Why Opening a Bank Account for Your Estonian Company Is Harder Than You Think
Most owners who set up an Estonian company expect banking to be the easy part. The company is registered, the e-Business Register entry is live, and now it is time to open an Estonian company bank account. That is where many run into a wall they did not see coming. The assumption vs the reality […]
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Estonian OÜ Holding Company for Foreign Businesses
An Estonian OÜ holding company can be a good option for owning a foreign business, but the structure must be set up correctly. In Estonia, there is no separate legal form called a holding company. Usually, the structure is simply a normal Estonian private limited company, an OÜ, that owns shares in another company. Estonia […]
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Estonian Nonprofit Formation (MTÜ): Guide for e-Residents
An Estonian non-profit association, in Estonian mittetulundusühing or MTÜ, is the legal form for associations, professional bodies, cultural and educational projects and international federations. It can be formed and run from abroad. This guide covers what the law requires and how the formation works with Capture. What the law requires A non-profit association needs at […]
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Estonian Shelf Company: Buying an Existing Company From Capture
An Estonian shelf company is a company that already exists in the Business Register but has no business of its own yet. We hold a small number of them. They were formed by Capture in September 2025 as limited partnerships (usaldusühing), and each one is sold as a private limited company (OÜ) under the name […]
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How to Change Your Estonian Company Address: A Step-by-Step Guide
An Estonian company changes its legal address in the e-Business Register. The application takes a few minutes, and nobody has to be in Estonia for it. The steps below follow the English version of the portal. Step 1. Log in Go to ariregister.rik.ee and log in with an Estonian ID card, e-Residency card or Smart-ID. […]
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Estonian Annual Report for E-Residents: What It Costs, How to File, and What Happens If You Don’t
Every Estonian OÜ must submit an annual report to the Business Register. This applies whether the company had millions in revenue or did nothing all year. There are no exceptions. For many e-residents and owners abroad, this comes as an unpleasant surprise. They form an Estonian company because the system is digital and efficient, and […]
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What Does Company Registration in Estonia Really Cost?
The cost of registering an Estonian company depends on the route: with e-Residency, without it, or with our help getting e-Residency first. Below are the first-year totals for each route and the running costs after that. The routes themselves are compared on company registration in Estonia. First-year cost at a glance Route First year From […]
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Choosing an Estonian Business Address Provider: What to Check
Most Estonian business address providers look alike on paper. The address is in Tallinn, the price is per year, and signing up takes a few minutes. The differences show up later, when an official letter arrives with a deadline or a contact person entry runs out. These are the things worth checking before choosing an […]
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