Launch Your Company in Luxembourg Canvas
Everything you need to decide before opening your company: structure, permits, taxes and money.
- Estimated time: 60 min
- Related service: Company creation
- Free
Type straight into each box. Your answers are saved in this browser only.
- What will you sell, to whom, where?
- Luxembourg, the Greater Region or online?
- Do you already have customers or orders?
- Describe the activities as they will be worded in the corporate purpose.
- Commercial, craft, liberal profession, services?
- Sole trader (entreprise individuelle), SARL-S, SARL or other?
- Limited or personal liability?
- Do you need partners now or later?
- Who are the partners, and with what % each?
- Who is the manager (technical and administrative)?
- Who are the beneficial owners (RBE)?
- Does the activity need a business permit?
- Who holds the required professional qualification?
- Good repute: is your criminal record clean?
- Planned share capital.
- Equipment, stock, fit-out, rent deposit.
- How much of your own money? Do you need a loan or support?
- Where is the registered office (rented, domiciliation)?
- Which bank for the business account?
- Lease or domiciliation agreement signed?
- Expected sales per month.
- Monthly fixed costs.
- Break-even point: how many sales to cover everything?
- Will you charge VAT or use the VAT franchise (small business exemption)?
- Will you sell to businesses in other EU countries?
- Who does the bookkeeping and the tax returns?
- Will you be self-employed, an employee of your own company, or both?
- Will you hire? When?
- Health and accident insurance.
- Target opening date.
- Steps: name, notary, RCS, business permit, VAT, CCSS, bank.
- Who handles each step?
Step by step
- 1
Write the activity precisely: it determines the business permit, legal form and taxes.
- 2
Check on Guichet.lu whether the activity requires a business permit and a qualification.
- 3
Compare legal forms with real numbers (capital, liability, annual costs).
- 4
Work out your year 1 numbers before signing any lease.
- 5
Bring the completed canvas to a meeting with In Digi: we will save you weeks.
Common mistakes
- Signing a lease before your business permit is secured.
- Choosing a legal form "because it's the cheapest" without thinking about liability and growth.
- Forgetting that capital, notary fees and annual accounting must go into the budget.
In Digi tip
The business permit is the step that causes the most delays. Deal with it first, in parallel with everything else.
Original In Digi framework. General information only; not a substitute for legal or tax advice. Always check Guichet.lu.
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