Company formation in Romania

What a formation provider handles in Romania

The provider takes your instructions and carries them through to a registered company. The work usually covers:

• Advice on the form. Among the formation firms listed on Accountanty, the forms named most often are the SRL (89 firms) and the PFA, an individual trading in their own name (81 firms). Fewer list the SA (22) or branches of foreign companies (15). A provider should tell you plainly which one fits your plans.
• Name check and reservation with the trade register.
• Drafting the constitutive act in Romanian, along with the beneficial owner declaration and the other declarations the register asks for.
• Translations of passports, powers of attorney and a parent company’s documents, by an authorised translator.
• The registered office, either your own premises with the right paperwork or the provider’s address.
• Filing the application with the trade register, online with a qualified electronic signature or on paper, and following it until the company is entered.
• Tax set-up: advice on the micro-enterprise or profit tax regime and, where needed, the VAT registration.

The legal requirements behind each step, with links to ONRC and ANAF, are in our Romania company setup guide.

Choosing between accountant, lawyer and corporate services firm

The Accountanty directory shows 136 Romanian firms that handle company formation. The breakdown is 111 accounting firms, 16 corporate services providers and 9 law firms. Small practices number 122, with 10 medium-sized firms and 4 in larger networks.

Each type has a natural strength:

• An accounting firm suits founders who want one firm for formation and the monthly bookkeeping, tax returns and payroll. Ask who drafts the constitutive act, and whether a lawyer reviews it.
• A law firm suits structures with several shareholders, a shareholders’ agreement, a foreign holding company or a regulated activity. Ask whether it keeps the books after registration or passes you to an accountant.
• A corporate services provider often bundles the address, the formation and other support. Find out which tasks it performs in-house and which go to subcontractors.

Size matters less than fit. A small firm that works in your language and replies the same day can serve a one-person SRL well, while a group with several Romanian entities may need a firm with audit and consolidated reporting experience.

What the provider needs from you

A provider can move only as fast as your documents. Expect to be asked for:

1. Passports of every founder and administrator.
2. For a corporate founder: the parent company’s registration documents and a mandate for the person who signs on its behalf, translated into Romanian.
3. Three possible names for the company, in order of preference.
4. The activities the company will carry on, and where it will carry them on.
5. The share capital you plan to contribute. For a new SRL the legal minimum is 500 lei.
6. Ownership details for the beneficial owner declaration, down to the individuals at the top of the chain.
7. A power of attorney, if the provider will sign and file for you.

Providers run identity and source-of-funds checks on new clients. A firm that asks detailed questions about you and your money is doing its job, so answer fully and early.

What belongs in a Romanian formation quote

Providers price differently, so weigh each line of a quote and not only the bottom figure. Of the 136 formation firms on Accountanty, just 48 publish any prices. A clear quote separates:

Item	What to check
Official fees	The trade register fee and the fee for publishing the registration in the Official Gazette. Ask for the current amounts as a separate line.
Translations	Authorised translations of documents signed abroad, and any certification your country requires.
The provider’s fee	Name reservation, drafting, filing and follow-up. Find out if a rejected application is refiled free of charge.
Registered office	The address for the first year, the renewal price and what happens to your post.
Signature	Whether the provider files with its own qualified electronic signature under your power of attorney, or you need one.
Post-registration	Tax regime set-up, VAT registration if needed, payroll set-up and the first months of bookkeeping.

Watch for a low headline price that leaves out the office, the translations or the tax set-up. Ask the firm to put in writing which steps are included and which are billed later.

Vetting a formation firm before you commit

Some quick checks now can spare you problems down the line.

• Look the firm up in the trade register. The EU’s e-Justice portal confirms that the Romanian trade register is publicly available, so you can see that the company exists and who runs it.
• Ask about professional membership. Several formation firms on Accountanty name a membership on their profiles, most often CECCAR (the accountants’ professional body), the Chamber of Tax Consultants (CCF) or CAFR (the auditors’ body). Ask for the membership details and check them with the body itself.
• Ask who does the work. Find out who drafts the documents, who files them and who will be your contact once the company exists.
• Request a sample engagement letter showing the scope, the fees and how either party can end the contract.
• Check languages. On Accountanty, 31 of the firms offering company formation work in English, 6 in Italian, 5 in German and 4 in French. For Italian, see our Italian-speaking accountants in Romania.
• Ask about foreign clients. 21 of the formation firms report a focus on them. You can find them in our list of accountants for foreign clients in Romania.

Accountanty doesn’t rank firms. What a listing means is explained on our how we select firms page.

Working with a provider from abroad

Most of the formation process can go ahead while you stay abroad. Two tools make that possible:

• A power of attorney lets the provider sign for you and file the application. ONRC accepts filings made in person or through a representative. Ask the provider to draft the power of attorney so the wording matches what the register and any bank accept, then have it signed and certified in your country.
• Electronic filing. ONRC accepts applications sent online and signed with a qualified electronic signature.

The documents themselves have to be in Romanian, so anything you sign abroad will be translated by an authorised translator. Keep a copy of every document the provider files, with its translation, so you can show your own bank, auditors or tax adviser what was signed.

If the company will need a Romanian bank account, ask at the first call which bank the provider works with and whether you will have to travel. Each bank sets its own rules for foreign founders. Some firms offer bank account assistance in Romania as a separate service.

Services after incorporation

Registration is the start of the relationship, and most firms that form companies also run them. Of the 136 firms offering formation on Accountanty, 128 offer accounting, 127 tax compliance, 121 payroll and 86 VAT services. Fewer cover the specialist work: 73 offer corporate secretarial services, 41 a virtual office, 36 audit, 11 bank account assistance and 9 residency and visa support.

After registration, expect to agree:

• The tax regime. The choice between the micro-enterprise tax and profit tax has conditions, including an employee, so plan it with the provider. See tax compliance in Romania.
• Bookkeeping and the annual financial statements. See accounting in Romania.
• VAT, when turnover or your clients require it. For what to ask a firm, see VAT in Romania.
• Payroll, when you hire. See payroll in Romania.
• Company changes such as new shareholders, a new administrator, a capital increase or a new office, handled through corporate secretarial services in Romania.
• A registered address from a virtual office in Romania, when you have no premises of your own.
• Living in Romania yourself, if that is your plan. See residency and visas in Romania.

Ask for the monthly fee for the first year together with the formation quote. A low formation price paired with a high accounting fee isn’t a good deal.

Red flags when choosing a provider

• Promises about tax results. A provider can explain the rates and the micro-enterprise conditions. What you will pay is not something it can guarantee, since that depends on where the company is managed and where you live.
• Old figures. A quote or guide that still uses pre-2025 capital, VAT or micro-enterprise figures suggests the firm isn’t tracking changes.
• No questions about you or your funds. A firm that skips identity checks may skip other obligations too.
• A quote that gives a single figure and no breakdown.
• No written engagement terms.
• A push towards a ready-made company with no account of its history, debts or earlier filings.

Finding a provider in Bucharest, Timisoara or Cluj-Napoca

Formation firms on Accountanty are concentrated in three cities: 83 in Bucharest, 25 in Timisoara and 25 in Cluj-Napoca. Browse accountants in Bucharest, accountants in Timisoara and accountants in Cluj-Napoca, or compare firms by language and service on each profile. Since so much can be done at a distance, a firm’s experience with clients like you counts for more than where it sits.

One free quote request through Accountanty saves you approaching each firm separately. After a check on our side, it goes to firms matching your company type, language and city, and they answer you directly.

Settling on a firm for company formation in Romania

The filing is the quick part: ONRC’s registrar decides within a working day. The decision that shapes the next few years is the firm you choose for company formation in Romania: one that itemises every fee, handles the office and translations, explains the tax regime choice and can keep your books once the company exists. Get two or three itemised quotes, check the firm in the trade register, and agree the post-registration work before you sign.