Registration and starting a business in Croatia
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Registration and starting a business in Croatia depend on several options. It is important to check the sectoral requirements.Business establishment options
1. START (one-stop shop)
- For Croatian citizens
- Electronic establishment of LLC, simple LLC, and crafts (sole trader)
- All registration steps are performed in one place
- Without notarization
- For Croatian citizens
- All registration steps are done electronically by going to one of 20 locations
- Without notarization
- For Croatian and EU/EEA citizens
- Electronic establishment of LLC and simple LLC
- All other registration steps are done separately
- For Croatian citizens
- Electronic establishment of a Craft (sole trader)
- All other registration steps are done separately
- For Croatian EU/EEA and foreign citizens
- Separate physical steps for registering companies or a small business as a crafts
Service provision options
1. Freedom to provide services: No establishment requirement for the EU/EEA providing many services temporarily; only a declaration on the cross-border provision of services from the EU/EEA is required
2. Business establishment: Establishment required for providing services permanently, while optional for temporary cross-border providers registered in the EU/EEA; establishment required for all enterprises from Croatia and third countries