Business for sale in Spain
Each investor willing to set up a company is aware that time is money and any entrepreneur who has a good idea for a business must begin to implement it as soon as possible. As the procedure of setting up a company from the beginning requires more time and effort, a ready-made company in Spain is a useful choice. By opposite, most firms that offer ready-made companies can conclude all the procedures in the shortest time. This is an obvious advantage of buying a ready-made company in Spain.
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As a general rule, most of the ready-made companies in Spain are incorporated as limited liability companies, as this business form represents the most common type of company registered here. Furthermore, this type of legal entity can be set up as:
- public limited company – the general public is allowed to purchase shares in the company;
- private limited company – it is established by a number of investors, who have the right over the company’s shares.
If you decided to purchase a company in Spain, our consultants can offer two ways:
1. Purchase a new company (ready made or shelf company);
2. Purchase a running business in Spain.
We can offer small businesses and already running businesses for sale. Buy a Spanish already registered company, then you will be able to start a business hassle free in only one working day. All companies we have for sale are inspected, good financial standing, without any possible debts or obligations. We issue guarantee document with each our sold company to you. It is a risk free transaction!
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What is an Established Spanish Company?
Spanish established limited liability companies (ready-made / ready to use companies) are usually ready-made companies, including retail business for sale without previous activities and registered one, two or even more months ago in Spain. Each established company is dedicated with universal name; therefore, it can carry out any kind of business activity. These Spanish ready-made companies over regular company registration are often chosen by the customers, who want to buy an established company in Spain, save time and do not want to wait until the new business will be established. When buying a small business established in Spain (shelf company), you can operate business on the same day, because all the documents and Spanish company stamp is ready for the job. The only thing to think about is the bank account; it usually takes few days to change the ownership of the bank account. Sometimes the procedure might take up to 7 days (usually it takes one, max – two days). The bank account can be accessed from anywhere in the world.
Small business with Good Business History
We also sell and offer to acquire the shelf companies in Spain, which already have previous business transaction history, i.e. an already running business for sale. It even has been doing some real business in the past and has been established for a period of 1-10 years. Such a company does not have any debts and other obligations. Companies for sale in Spain have longer or shorter work experience already, with the past years annual turnovers and all bookkeeping in neat manner. This can be a good way to show for potential partners, customers or banks your credibility. These shelf companies, in other words, running business for sale in Spain, have no physical assets or any real working employees, generally speaking, a customer is buying prestige.
Spanish Company with a License
We are offering ready-made companies in Spain with specific business licenses like: licence for transport (TIR), licence for construction work, a company for some specific retail business and other. All licences have to be approved by official Spanish authorities. Running businesses, i.e. companies with previous business transaction history and licences are more expensive to purchase comparing to a newly registered Spanish companies. But such companies give more value to the owner.
How to Buy a Ready-Made Company in Spain?
If you want to buy an already registered small business in Spain, you do not need to come to our office. You just need to send us a copy of your passport, to specify your address, phone number and email address to [email protected], and then our representative will contact you, give every single detail about your wanted small business for sale in Spain and specify what you should do next.
When opening a new company in Spain, the founders need to provide certain incorporation documents and notarized copies.
It is important to know that a ready-made company in Spain already contains the following:
- statutory documents;
- an incorporation certificate;
- value added tax number.
The company’s Articles of Association will be amended to include information about the new shareholders and the management board. A Share Transfer Agreement is drawn up and notarized in order to perform the registration of the share transfer in the shelf company. A formal registration with the Trade Register will take place after all the documents are prepared.
We offer online services, for our clients’ convenience, we can send documents directly to your home address anywhere in the world. The action sequence is the following:
| No./Action | Process of Buying Spanish company (without visiting our office) | |
| 1 | Send us documents and the required information (copy of passport, your email, address, telephone number) by email [email protected] | |
| 2 | Pay an advance payment of 50 per cent of total amount to initiate the process | |
| 3 | We prepare necessary documents for the Client to sign within a week and send them by email (up to 7 days) | |
| 4 | The Client prints out the documents pursuant to the instruction, signs them, gets an approval from a notary and sends them back to us by a post courier (it will take 7 days until we get the documents) | |
| 5 | receive the documents, it will take about 2-3 weeks to arrange a full package of documents for the Client (up to 21 days) | |
| 6 | When the documents are ready, we scan and sends to the Client the business registration certificate by email and requests the Client for the remaining 50% of payment (it could take up to 15 minutes) | |
| 7 | The Client pays the remaining amount (it could take up to 3 days) | |
| 8 | We then send the documents to the Client by express courier (it could take up to 3 days) | |
After the transfer of shares in complete, the Spanish ready-made company can begin its commercial activities. The new company owners should also make all the necessary arrangements to take control over the company’s bank accounts. A shelf company in Spain is typically provided with a REGON number and a VAT registration.
You will have the Spanish company documents, records and stamp in your own hands within a month at the latest. The practice shows that this process normally takes 2-3 weeks. If you want to shorten the process time, please come to our office and pick up the company’s documents on the same day.
If you are seeking for retail business for sale or want to buy an established company in Spain, do not hesitate to contact our professional team and we will help you to start the business in Spain.