I want to set up a company
6 tasks in suggested order
1. Choose the legal form, shareholders/members, management, capital and CAEN activities that fit the risk and how the business will operate.
Before reserving the name and drafting the incorporation documents.
ONRC; for legal/tax choices, a lawyer, accountant or authorised adviser.
Business plan, ownership structure and an estimate of obligations.
The legal form changes liability, taxation and administration; do not choose it only on the basis of initial cost.
Official source: onrc.ro
2. Reserve the company name and prove the right to use the registered office and, where applicable, any secondary premises.
Before submitting the registration application.
ONRC and the owner of the premises.
Alternative names, registered-office agreement and any consents/approvals required.
A registered office is not automatically authorised for every public-facing or production activity.
Official source: onrc.ro
3. Draft the constitutive act/articles with the correct business object, capital, ownership interests, administrators and decision-making rules.
Before signing and submitting the file.
Between the founders/shareholders; with legal assistance if the structure is complex.
Details of the founders/shareholders, activities, registered office, capital and management arrangements.
A standard template may be insufficient where there are several shareholders/members or special rights.
Official source: onrc.ro
4. Submit the registration file and the required declarations on operation and beneficial ownership, to the extent applicable.
Before the company starts operating.
The competent trade-register office/ONRC portal.
Application, constitutive act, registered-office documents, capital, declarations and documents for the shareholders/members and administrators.
Registration does not replace sector-specific authorisations.
Official source: onrc.ro
5. After registration, confirm the tax registration profile, VAT status where relevant, bank account, accounting, invoicing and electronic access to ANAF.
From the start of activity and before the first invoices/employees.
ANAF, bank and an authorised accountant.
CUI, ONRC certificate, activities, estimates and electronic signature/access.
Tax regimes and thresholds change; check them as of the start date.
Official source: onrc.ro
6. Obtain the operating approvals and any local, health, environmental, fire-safety or professional authorisations required for the activity and location.
Before carrying out the regulated activity.
Town hall and the competent sectoral authorities.
Registered office/work site, CAEN activities and technical/professional documentation.
A declaration filed with ONRC does not mean that every substantive operating authorisation has already been granted.
Official source: onrc.ro
