North Macedonia
North Macedonia: 6 company types, its taxes, banking and business environment, and what it is known for.
Forming a company
Company types in North Macedonia
The 6 forms a founder can choose here, each with its own figures. Open one for its sources.
What it is known for
Where North Macedonia 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’s3rdWorld-leading exports Catalysts and reaction initiatorsReaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or includedUS$2.1 bn · 9.1% of world exports of 127 exporters · 2024 CEPII BACI, January 2026 release 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 North Macedonia. 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 North Macedonia.
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 North Macedonia: where to register, file and check.
Blocs and agreements
The trade arrangements North Macedonia 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.
- Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA 2006)
- Free trade area · since 26 July 2007
Covers goods, investment, public procurement.
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The Parties agree that in the event of any eligible Party becoming a member of the European Union, that Party will withdraw from this Agreement.
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
- 10%
- 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 North Macedonia, and when it must register, as the tax authority states it.
- Standard rate
- Not in our recordsThe tax authority’s pages have not been read for North Macedonia.
Running the company
Running a company here
Not in our records The authorities’ pages on running a company have not been read for North Macedonia yet.
Economy and trade
What it exports
Goods North Macedonia exported, by product, as a share of its goods exports each year. Exports include goods passing through for re-export. A share describes North Macedonia’s own trade; it does not compare places.
| Product (HS heading) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Value, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included HS 3815 | 27.5% | 26.4% | 22.8% | US$2.1 bn |
| Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors HS 8544 | 6.7% | 7.0% | 8.9% | US$826 m |
| Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases HS 8421 | 2.1% | 1.8% | 4.1% | US$378 m |
| Seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof HS 9401 | 2.8% | 3.7% | 3.9% | US$357 m |
| Electrical energy HS 2716 | 4.4% | 4.7% | 3.3% | US$306 m |
| Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517 HS 8537 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 3.2% | US$297 m |
| Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated HS 7208 | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.4% | US$224 m |
| Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale HS 3004 | 1.4% | 1.8% | 2.2% | US$207 m |
| Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 HS 8708 | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.2% | US$204 m |
| Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse HS 2401 | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.7% | US$155 m |
Total goods exports, 2024: US$9.3 bn. The ten largest headings are shown.