Accountants and corporate service providers in Las Palmas

Island vocabulary in the firm profiles

Two firms name a ZEC entity and one a ZEC company, referring to the Canary Islands special zone. Other entity types are the S.L. (5 firms), the limited company (3), the S.A. (2), the holding company, the branch and the permanent establishment (1 each). Unlike the Madrid or Barcelona markets, the special-zone profile is a distinguishing feature of the island. Whether it suits your company depends on conditions that this site does not state; ask a firm to explain them in writing and check them with the competent authority.

Members of the Asociación de Asesores Fiscales de Canarias and of the Colegio de Economistas de Las Palmas are among the firms, and one has an Italian professional registration. These are the kinds of credentials to ask for when you want an adviser who knows local rules.

What the firms show

Self-employed professionals are the client group named by 11 firms, ahead of companies (9), individuals (8), small and medium businesses (7) and the self-employed (7). Freelancers are named by 4. Eleven of the 31 firms declare a focus on foreign clients, and two name Italian clients.

The sector list is short and varied: audiovisual production, real estate and family businesses at 2 firms each, then crypto, e-commerce, digital nomads, shipping and manufacturing at 1 each. The audiovisual group is unusual in Spanish city pages and suggests firms used to production companies.

Languages

Spanish is offered by 30 firms. English is offered by 9. Italian and German are each offered by 4 firms, French by 3 and Polish by 1. A founder from Italy will find more Italian than in most other cities relative to size, which fits the 4 firms with Italian-speaking staff.

Services

Company formation is offered by 30 firms and accounting by all 31. Payroll is offered by 22, VAT by 16, corporate secretarial by 11 and residency and visa work by 9. Audit is offered by 3 and bank account assistance by 2.

The legal steps for a Spanish company are explained in the Spain country guide. Because island companies can face different local rules, ask the firm to confirm in writing which filings apply to you.

Ask each firm how often it files for clients who live outside Gran Canaria, and whether it can act with a power of attorney when you cannot travel. Both questions separate practices used to remote owners from those that mainly meet clients across the counter.

Next steps

On Tenerife, the neighbouring island, there are pages for Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna. For the mainland, compare Madrid. To have Las Palmas firms respond to the same brief, send one free quote request.