Time and cost to incorporate a company
- Paperwork, visas and the investor's life
- Incorporating the company
- Audited
According to the U.S. State Department's Investment Climate Statement 2024 (data as of April 2024), online registration at eportal.registromercantil.gob.gt takes about 2 business days for an empresa mercantil (single-owner trading business) and 4–6 business days for a limited liability company (sociedad de responsabilidad limitada, SRL). The estimated cost is US$26 for a new empresa mercantil and US$29 for a new SRL, in both cases with authorized capital of up to US$63,857. The reforms to the Commercial Code in force since January 2018 cut the time and cost of online registration. The Commercial Registry's official fee schedule in quetzales (a table by procedure) is not published on the main page consulted and remains to be verified.
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- Estimated time, empresa mercantil (online)
- 2 business days
- Estimated time, SRL (online)
- 4–6 business days
- Estimated cost, new empresa mercantil
- US$26
- Estimated cost, new SRL
- US$29
- Authorized-capital threshold for those costs
- up to US$63,857
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