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Register a Romanian Company Online: the remote route, the signature and the power of attorney.
What It Costs to Set Up a Company in Romania
Setting up a company in Romania costs four kinds of money: state charges, third-party costs, your capital and year one. Each line names the statute behind it.
- Monitorul Oficial Part IV charges 152 lei per manuscript page for Company Law acts, VAT included (Decision no. 1/2026)
- A new SRL needs at least 500 lei of capital. The company keeps it, so it is not a fee
- A notary, an apostille or a lawyer, only where the law requires one
- Our own fees are on request
Four kinds of cost, kept apart
If you live abroad, a Romanian company costs you four kinds of money: what the state charges, what a third party charges when your file needs one, the company's own capital, and what the first year adds. Each figure below names its statute and year. For the procedure, read our company registration overview.
These lines apply to a new company. Buying an existing one by share transfer is a different route with its own checks (see what to check before buying a shelf SRL in Romania). Our own fees are not on this page. Pricing is on request.
What's included
The registration work has eight parts, from the name check to the point where our work stops. Pricing is on request.
Name check and reservation
We check that the name is available. Then we file the reservation request through the online portal of ONRC, Oficiul Național al Registrului Comerțului (the National Trade Register Office).
The standard-form constitutive act
We fill in ONRC's standard form (formular-tip de act constitutiv) with the founders' choices. The founders sign it under private signature. A partner Romanian lawyer prepares anything bespoke.
Proof of the registered office
We provide a registered office address in Romania ourselves, as a trust and company service provider notified to ONPCSB. We also give you the proof the filing needs.
Beneficial-owner statement
The constitutive act names the beneficial owners at incorporation. That statement goes to the trade register, not to ONPCSB.
Filing at ONRC
The application goes in within 15 days of signing (art. 87). We file it under your power of attorney, or a partner lawyer files it under a lawyer's mandate.
Publication and certificate
We follow the Monitorul Oficial publication and the registration certificate. A non-resident individual founder's Romanian tax number runs through the same filing.
Hand-offs for reserved work
Your own CECCAR accountant handles the books and returns. A CCF tax consultant gives tax opinions, and we can point you to one. A partner lawyer prepares bespoke deeds.
Where our work stops
We do not keep books, run payroll, prepare returns, give tax advice, answer ANAF or draft bespoke deeds, and we promise no registration date, VAT code or bank account.
The cost map: who is paid for what
What the state charges to register a company in Romania is a short list. The rest depends on who signs and which documents come from abroad.
| Cost line | Paid to | What the law says | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Register registration | ONRC | The 2022 text charges no taxes or tariffs for registering a business before it trades (art. 41) or for registering changes (art. 43), under art. 44 | None in the 2022 text, read as the statute stands there, not as a 2026 guarantee |
| Publication in Monitorul Oficial | RA Monitorul Oficial | Under the 2022 text, an extract of the registrar's decision registering a legal person is sent to Monitorul Oficial within at most 3 working days, a mandatory procedure (art. 16(1)(a), (3), (4)); the law names no Part and no fee for it | No fee figure for this extract in Law 265/2022; acts the law sends to Part IV are charged 152 lei per manuscript page, VAT included (Decision no. 1/2026), a manuscript page being 2,000 characters including spaces |
| Trade Register Bulletin | ONRC | Publication within 3 working days of registration, and consulting the Bulletin, carry no charge (art. 15(3), (4)) | Free |
| Register extracts and ONRC assistance | ONRC | A certificat constatator (register extract) is charged at a Minister of Justice tariff capped at the administrative cost (art. 11(1), (7)); optional assistance, including drafting the act, has its own tariff (art. 26) | At the Minister of Justice tariff; guidance, typing the application, standard declarations and filing the application are free (art. 26(1)(a)-(c), (g), (4)) |
| Name reservation | ONRC, through its online portal | Availability can be checked and the name reserved through the online services portal (art. 50(1)) | No fee figure in the texts we rely on |
| Power of attorney or lawyer's mandate | A notary or a lawyer | The application is signed by the legal representative, an attorney under a notarised power of attorney (procură autentică), a lawyer under a mandate, or any shareholder (art. 79); a qualified electronic signature is the alternative (art. 82) | The notary's or the lawyer's own fee, only when that route is used |
| Apostille and translation | The apostille authority and an authorised translator (traducător autorizat) | Filing documents are in Romanian (art. 75); foreign official documents go in the original with the apostille (Hague Convention states) or superlegalisation, or in the original alone where a treaty or EU rule removes the formality, and with a legalised Romanian translation (art. 76); an EU-notarised power of attorney keeps the apostille unless a bilateral treaty removes it | Their own charges, only for foreign official documents |
| Lawyer, notary, expert report | A partner Romanian lawyer, a notary, a valuation expert | A bespoke act is lawyer work (Law 51/1995 art. 3(1)(c)); contributed real estate needs a notarial act (art. 5(6) Law 31/1990); an in-kind contribution in a single-member SRL needs an expert report (art. 13(3)) | Their own fees, only on these triggers |
| Copies and courier | ONRC and the courier | Copies from a pending file are obtained against payment (art. 116(1)); delivery of the registration documents by post with acknowledgement of receipt is at the applicant's cost; courier is the other option the article lists (art. 111(1)(c)) | At cost, only if requested |
| ANAF: CUI, tax number, SPV | Nobody, on the texts we rely on | A non-resident individual founder's, shareholder's or administrator's tax number is requested through the Trade Register filing (art. 83(1) Fiscal Procedure Code); SPV, ANAF's online account, is free | No separate charge; VAT registration is a separate ANAF request |
We read Law 265/2022 in its 2022 text. Later amendments are not included, and the 2023 and 2026 bills to amend it are not law. The tariff order and fee schedules of the repealed trade-register acts lapsed on 26 November 2022 (art. 140(2)), so we do not use their figures.
Share capital stays with the company
Capital is money the founders put into the Romanian limited liability company, the SRL. The company keeps it. It is a contribution, not a fee.
| Case or rule | What the law sets | When it is paid in | Source and year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New SRL | A minimum share capital of 500 lei for a newly formed SRL, in force since 18 December 2025 | 30% of the subscribed capital within 3 months of registration and before trading, the cash balance within 12 months; nothing before filing | Law 239/2025 art. VI(2); Law 31/1990 art. 91(2), January 2024 text |
| SRL with previous-year net turnover above 400,000 lei | A minimum share capital of 5,000 lei | Raised by the end of the financial year after the one in which the rise in turnover is found; it does not fall back if turnover later drops | Law 239/2025 art. VI(1), (3), (4) |
| Registered SRL raising its capital | It raises the capital set under para (1), the 5,000 lei above, by amending the constitutive act; no text we rely on obliges a low-turnover SRL to reach 500 lei | The Monitorul Oficial Part IV tariff for that increase is halved if it is made by 31 December 2026 and the amending act concerns only that capital increase | Law 239/2025 art. VI(6), (7) |
| What counts as a contribution | Cash contributions are compulsory at formation; work or services never count as capital; in a single-member SRL an in-kind contribution is valued by an expert report | Not applicable | Law 31/1990 art. 16(1), (4), 13(3), January 2024 text |
| SA (societate pe acțiuni, joint-stock company) | 90,000 lei, which the Government may revise to the lei equivalent of EUR 25,000; no later revision is part of the texts we rely on | At least 30% at formation for an SA formed by simultaneous subscription | Law 31/1990 art. 10(1), 9(2), January 2024 text |
The capital stays with the company. It is not a cost of our work.
How the process and its costs line up
Name check and reservation · US, CLIENT, STATE · STATE
You choose the name. We check that it is available and file the reservation through ONRC's online portal (art. 50(1) Law 265/2022, 2022 text). ONRC decides.
The constitutive act · CLIENT, US, LAW, NOTARY · THIRD PARTY
We fill in the standard form, and the founders sign it under private signature. You need a notary only if you contribute real estate. A partner lawyer prepares anything bespoke.
Proof of the registered office · US, CLIENT · COMPANY
The filing carries proof of the seat (dovada sediului declarat). The office is a recurring cost. A comodat (free loan) of a year or less, without other premises, is an Annex 6 VAT risk criterion.
Beneficial-owner data · CLIENT · NONE
The constitutive act names the beneficial owners, which meets the declaration duty at incorporation. This step carries no charge.
Signature route and foreign documents · CLIENT, NOTARY, LAW · THIRD PARTY
You can sign with a qualified electronic signature, or use a notarised power of attorney with the apostille (or superlegalisation) and a legalised Romanian translation. A lawyer's mandate (împuternicire avocațială) replaces the power of attorney when a lawyer files.
Filing at ONRC · US, LAW · NONE
The application goes in within 15 days of signing (art. 87 Law 265/2022, 2022 text). That text sets no ONRC fee (art. 44). A non-resident individual founder's tax number goes through the same filing.
The registrar's decision · STATE · NONE
The registrar has one working day (art. 105(1)) and up to 15 calendar days to fix a deficient file (art. 106(1)). These are the statute's terms, not a promise. The 2022 text sets no fee.
Publication · STATE · STATE
The Bulletin publishes within 3 working days, free (art. 15(3), (4)). The decision's extract goes to Monitorul Oficial within at most 3 working days (art. 16(1)(a), (3), 2022 text). The text names no Part or fee.
Who pays at each step
State
Third party
Company
None
1Name check and reservation
StateYou choose the name; we check availability and file the reservation through ONRC's online portal (art. 50(1) Law 265/2022); ONRC decides
2The constitutive act
Third partyWe fill in the standard form and the founders sign it under private signature. A notary is needed only if real estate is contributed; a partner lawyer prepares anything bespoke
3Proof of the registered office
CompanyThe filing carries proof of the seat (dovada sediului declarat); the office is a recurring cost
4Beneficial-owner data
NoneThe beneficial owners are named in the constitutive act, which meets the declaration duty at incorporation. No charge arises
5Signature route and foreign documents
Third partyA qualified electronic signature, or a notarised power of attorney with the apostille (or superlegalisation) and a legalised Romanian translation; a lawyer's mandate when a lawyer files
6Filing at ONRC
NoneThe application goes in, with no ONRC fee in the 2022 text (art. 44); a non-resident individual founder's tax number goes through the same filingTerm 6
7The registrar's decision
NoneThe registrar decides; no fee in the 2022 textTerm 7
8Publication
StateThe Bulletin publishes, free; the decision's extract goes to Monitorul Oficial, with no Part or fee namedTerm 8
- Term 6filing within 15 days of signing (art. 87)
- Term 7one working day, a statutory term and not a promise (art. 105(1)); up to 15 calendar days to fix a deficient file (art. 106(1))
- Term 8Bulletin within 3 working days (art. 15(3), (4)); extract to Monitorul Oficial within at most 3 working days (art. 16(1)(a), (3))
Law 265/2022, 2022 text. A step with no published figure carries no amount.
Want these cost lines mapped to your own founders and documents?
In a walkthrough we sort your file into the four kinds of cost: state, third party, capital and year one.
What the first year adds
In its first year, a Romanian SRL has costs and duties. The law sets the duties, and steps follow from them.
- Open a payment account in Romania within 60 working days. The fine is 3,000 to 10,000 lei.
- Pay in 30% of the capital within 3 months and before trading, and the cash balance within 12 months.
- Your own staff or a CECCAR member under contract keeps the books. We keep none.
- File beneficial-owner changes within 15 days. The fine is 5,000 to 10,000 lei.
- Renew the registered-office deed before it expires.
- VAT, if needed, is a separate ANAF request with a risk analysis. We promise no code.
- SPV, ANAF's online account, is free to join. The texts we rely on do not say whether it is mandatory.
Law 70/2015 sets the payment-account duties and their fine (art. 1(12), (13) and 12(4)), as inserted by Law 239/2025. The beneficial-owner term and fine come from Law 129/2019 (art. 56(3) and 57(1)). The administrator stays responsible for the accounts (Law 82/1991, art. 10(1)).
The first year after registration
Company: months from registration
- 3 months30% of the capital paid in, within 3 months of registration and before tradingArt. 91(2) Law 31/1990
- 12 monthsThe cash balance of the capital paid inArt. 91(2) Law 31/1990
Bank: working days from formation
- 60 working daysA payment account in Romania; a breach is fined 3,000 to 10,000 leiLaw 70/2015 art. 1(12), 12(4)
Register: days from a beneficial-owner change
- 15 daysA beneficial-owner change filed; a breach is fined 5,000 to 10,000 leiLaw 129/2019 art. 56(3), 57(1)
The registered-office deed is renewed before it expiresNot a statutory term: its expiry is a ground for dissolution
The three tracks run on their own scales and are not converted into each other.
Problems we solve
Founders bring us five situations about cost. Each one below shows what the statute says and how we handle the file.
A quote that blurs the lines
We list each line by who is paid and the legal trigger behind it. We leave out any figure the texts do not publish, and we do not guess.
A cheap seat and the VAT risk criteria
For cancelling a VAT registration, Annex 6 lists a lawyer's seat or a comodat of a year or less, without other premises. It also lists a non-resident foreign administrator with capital under 45,000 lei. We promise no code.
A name that stays in the gazette
Under the 2022 text, Monitorul Oficial publishes the registration extract, with the founders' and administrators' names and towns (art. 16(1)(a), (2)). A published act cannot be changed.
A trip to Bucharest
You need not attend in person where a notary or lawyer drew up the application and documents. The registrar asks for your presence only if it suspects false identity (art. 105(2), 2022 text). A qualified electronic signature works (art. 82).
Capital treated as a fee
You deposit nothing before filing. The company pays in 30% within 3 months of registration and the cash balance within 12 months, and it keeps the money.
Not sure which of these cost lines applies to your file?
We go through your signature route, your foreign documents and any bespoke deed. Then we list each cost line they trigger.
Why work with us
Andrei Stoica prepares and files Romanian company registrations for founders who live abroad.
We are a trust and company service provider notified to ONPCSB, not a law firm (art. 2(l) and 302 Law 129/2019). Our own AML checks are our cost, not a state charge to you.
From our practice
At intake we sort each file into the four kinds of cost and check its triggers. The triggers are who signs, which documents are foreign, any bespoke deed and any contributed real estate.
Frequently asked questions about the cost of a Romanian company
Is there a Trade Register fee on top of a formation package, and how much is it?
The 2022 text of Law 265/2022 charges no taxes or tariffs for registration before trading or for changes (art. 41, 43, 44). This is the statute as we read it, not a 2026 guarantee, so we give no ONRC fee amount. The law also names no fee for the extract it sends to Monitorul Oficial (art. 16(1)(a)).
Is the "152 lei" that providers quote a Trade Register fee?
No. The 152 lei per manuscript page, VAT included, is the 2026 tariff for acts the law sends to Monitorul Oficial Part IV (Decision no. 1/2026). Acts under Company Law 31/1990 are among them. A manuscript page is 2,000 characters including spaces. Law 265/2022 names no Part and no fee for a new company's registration extract.
Is registering a company in Romania free?
Not in every case. The 2022 text of Law 265/2022 waives taxes and tariffs for registration and changes (art. 44), and the Bulletin is free. But we have not confirmed the 2026 status of art. 44. Third-party costs, the capital and Monitorul Oficial tariffs for acts published there can still arise. Pricing for our work is on request.
Is the 500 lei share capital a cost, and must I deposit it before registration?
It is not a fee, because the company keeps the money. A new SRL has had a minimum capital of 500 lei since 18 December 2025 (Law 239/2025). You deposit nothing before filing. The company pays in 30% within 3 months of registration and before trading, and the cash balance within 12 months (art. 91(2) Law 31/1990, January 2024 text).
Do I need a notary to set up an SRL in Romania?
Not for a cash-capital SRL. Its constitutive act is signed under private signature, and it needs a notarial form when real estate is contributed (art. 5(6) Law 31/1990, January 2024 text). You pay a notary when a non-lawyer attorney files, because that attorney needs a notarised power of attorney (art. 79 Law 265/2022, 2022 text).
When do I need an apostille and a certified translation?
You file foreign official documents in the original, always with a legalised Romanian translation (art. 76 Law 265/2022, 2022 text). For Hague Convention states, the original needs an apostille. For other states it needs superlegalisation. Where a treaty or EU rule removes the formality, it needs neither. A power of attorney notarised in another EU state still needs the apostille unless a bilateral treaty removes it.
Do I have to travel to Romania to register the company?
Not where a notary or a lawyer drew up the application and the supporting documents, including the constitutive act. The registrar can ask you to attend only if it suspects false identity (art. 105(2) Law 265/2022, 2022 text). You can sign the application by hand or with a qualified electronic signature (art. 82).
Can the type of office contract affect a VAT application?
Yes, it can. Annex 6 of the VAT norms sets the fiscal-risk criteria for cancelling a VAT registration. It lists an office at a lawyer's seat, or under a comodat (free loan) of one year or less, each with no other premises (pt. 1.1, 1.2). The texts we read do not say how ANAF scores a first application. We promise no VAT code.
How long do I have to open a Romanian bank or payment account, and what happens if I do not?
A newly formed legal person has at most 60 working days from formation to open a payment account in Romania. It must keep one while it trades (Law 70/2015, art. 1(12) and (13), inserted by Law 239/2025). The fine for a breach is 3,000 to 10,000 lei. A provider may refuse only where opening the account would breach the AML law or sanctions rules.
Who may keep the books of a new SRL, and do you do it?
You may outsource bookkeeping only under a contract with a CECCAR member, who answers for keeping the accounts (Law 82/1991, art. 10(3)-(4)). The administrator stays responsible for organising them (art. 10(1)). We keep no books. Annex 6 pt. 3.1 lists the lack of a designated person to run the accounts, or of an active CECCAR contract where the books are outsourced.
Does ANAF charge for the CUI or the tax number of a foreign founder?
No. ANAF assigns the CUI on the data the Trade Register sends. A non-resident individual founder's tax number comes through the same filing (art. 83(1) Fiscal Procedure Code), so neither is a separate purchase. SPV, ANAF's online account, is free. The texts we rely on do not say whether ANAF charges for the VAT registration, which is a separate request.
What capital does an SA need, and how much is paid in at formation?
An SA needs 90,000 lei under the January 2024 text of Law 31/1990 (art. 10(1)). The Government may revise that to the lei equivalent of EUR 25,000. The texts we rely on contain no revision after January 2024. An SA formed by simultaneous subscription pays in at least 30% of the subscribed capital at formation (art. 9(2)).
Are the founder's name and town published, and can that be removed later?
Yes, and they stay published. Monitorul Oficial publishes an extract of the registrar's decision registering a legal person (art. 16(1)(a) Law 265/2022, 2022 text). The content of a published act cannot be changed, so the founders' and administrators' names and towns in the extract stay published. This is a point to weigh before you sign the act.
How much does it cost to establish a company in Romania?
The law sets part of it. A new SRL needs a minimum capital of 500 lei, which the company keeps (Law 239/2025). Acts the law sends to Monitorul Oficial Part IV cost 152 lei per manuscript page (Decision no. 1/2026). You pay a notary, apostille, legalised translation or lawyer only when your file needs one. Our pricing is on request.
What are the steps to create a company in Romania?
First, check and reserve the name. Sign the constitutive act, prove the registered office and give the beneficial-owner data. Prepare the signature route and any foreign documents. Then file within 15 days of signing (art. 87 Law 265/2022, 2022 text). After that come the registrar's decision, the publication and the first-year duties.
Request your cost walkthrough
Tell us about the founders and their documents. We reply with the cost lines your file triggers and the filing route. Pricing is on request.