Guadeloupe
GP: 6 company types, its taxes, banking and business environment, and what it is known for.
Forming a company
Company types in Guadeloupe
The 6 forms a founder can choose here, each with its own figures. Open one for its sources.
What it is known for
Where GP is in the world’s top 10 on a measure anyone can check, the best rank first. Only the top is shown; a low rank is never stated.
- World’s1stTax-treaty network Income-tax treaties in force122 of 100 treaty networks we hold the tax authority's own list (tax-treaties collection) See the top 10
A rank is among everything the source reports for that year, so it moves when the source adds or drops economies. Exports include goods passing through for re-export. Nothing here is a recommendation.
Doing business here
Business accounts
Providers whose own published list of countries names GP. A listing means a company formed here may apply, not that it will be accepted.
Not in our records No provider's country list has been read for GP.
EU listings
Two lists a bank checks when it opens an account for a company or its owner.
- EU high-risk third countries (AML)
- Not listed
- EU non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
- Not listedOfficial EUR-Lex, 52026XG01465, Annex I as of 2026-02-17
Official sites
The authorities’ own sites for Guadeloupe: where to register, file and check.
Blocs and agreements
The trade arrangements GP belongs to, as each arrangement’s own texts state them: since when, and what each covers. What a membership means for a business is for you to judge.
Guadeloupe’s own position
- Customs territory
- EU (Union customs territory, as part of France)
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the territory of the French Republic, except the French overseas countries and territories to which the provisions of Part Four of the TFEU apply,
- VAT territory
- France, outside the EU VAT territory; French TVA applies in the territory with specific rates and exemptions
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the French territories referred to in Article 349 and Article 355(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
- European Union: internal market and customs union
- Inside
Treaties apply under TFEU art. 355(1) in accordance with art. 349 (outermost region); within the Union customs territory as part of the French Republic.
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The provisions of the Treaties shall apply to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Martin, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands in accordance with Article 349.
- European Union: VAT territory
- Outside
Directive 2006/112/EC art. 6(1) excludes the French territories referred to in TFEU arts 349 and 355(1); French TVA nonetheless applies in this territory under the French tax authority's commentary.
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the French territories referred to in Article 349 and Article 355(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
- Agreements in force
- The authority’s own list read 27 Oct 2026
In regional arrangements
- OECS Economic Union
- Associate member
Associate Member of the OECS, not a Protocol Member State of the Economic Union. Associate membership date from the OECS member table (14 March 2019). French overseas department.
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The British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint Martin are associate members of the OECS.
Regional and customs arrangements only, 36 of them; bilateral trade agreements are not yet in our records.
Tax
Company tax
Tax, and what the company owes the registry each year.
- Corporate income tax
- 25%Official entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr as of 2026-10-14 · the rate for the Société à responsabilité limitée (SARL)
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La SARL est soumise en principe à l'impôt sur les sociétés (IS).
- Distributions
- Not in our records
- Audit
- Not in our records
- Small-company relief
- Not in our records
- Annual obligations
- Not in our records
- Annual registry fee
- Not in our records
VAT
The tax on what the company sells in GP, and when it must register, as the tax authority states it.
- Standard rate
- 8.5%
Guadeloupe applies French VAT at a normal rate of 8.5% and a reduced rate of 2.1%, with a scope identical to metropolitan France. The department is outside the EU VAT territory but inside the EU customs territory, and octroi de mer and regional octroi de mer apply to products arriving there.
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Taux réduit : 2,10 % Taux normal : 8,5 % à compter du 1er avril 2000
- Other rates
- 2.1% Supplies in the reduced-rate scope, identical to metropolitan France
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Taux réduit : 2,10 % Taux normal : 8,5 % à compter du 1er avril 2000
- Registration threshold
- Not in our records
- A foreign company
- See the note
The French tax authority's registration guidance could not be read in this pass, so the position of a supplier with no establishment in Guadeloupe is not recorded.
- Tax authority
- Direction générale des finances publiques (DGFiP) and Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects (DGDDI), Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances
Tax calendar
When the main returns and payments fall due in GP, tax year 2026, as the tax authority states it.
- Corporate tax return
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
- Corporate tax, final payment
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
- Corporate tax, instalments
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
- Personal income-tax return
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
- Personal income tax, final payment
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
- Personal income tax, instalments
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
- VAT return
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
- Payroll withholding
- Not in our records
impots.gouv.fr inaccessible when checked
Running the company
Running a company here
Not in our records The authorities’ pages on running a company have not been read for GP yet.
Economy and trade
What it exports
Goods GP exported, by product, as a share of its goods exports each year. Exports include goods passing through for re-export. A share describes GP’s own trade; it does not compare places.
Not in our records The trade data we use (CEPII BACI, January 2026 release) does not report GP separately.