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Public limited company

Societat anònima unipersonal SAUAndorra

What it takes to form, own and run a public limited company in Andorra, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Limited to what the owners put in
Officialbopa.adRead 14 Oct 2026
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La societat constituïda d’acord amb aquesta Llei té personalitat jurídica distinta de la del seu soci o socis i, en conseqüència, els deutes i les obligacions de la societat no són deutes o obligacions del seu soci o socis.
Owners
At least 1 · at most 1 · a company may be one
Officialbopa.adRead 14 Oct 2026
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una o més persones físiques o jurídiques realitzen aportacions a títol de capital
Directors
At least 1 · none need live there · a company may be one
Officialgovern.adRead 10 Oct 2026
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Administrador únic.
Minimum capital
EUR 60,000
Officialbopa.adRead 14 Oct 2026
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no pot ser inferior a 60.000 euros en el cas de les societats anònimes i a 3.000 euros en el cas de les societats de responsabilitat limitada
Formation fee
EUR 1,480.54
Officialgovern.adRead 10 Oct 2026
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La taxa d’inscripció d’una societat SA (societat anònima) SAU (societat anònima unipersonal) és per import de 1.480,54 euros
Tax on profit
Officiale-tramits.adRead 10 Oct 2026
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El tipus general de gravamen per als obligats tributaris de l’impost sobre societats és del 10 per cent.
Notary needed: YesResident director needed: No

Form it

Who registers it

Registry
Formed without visiting
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Formed online
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

What it takes to form

A notary
Required
A resident director
Not required
Paying up the capital
Before the notarised deed, the founder opens a bank account in Andorra and pays in the initial share capital, then obtains a bank certificate for the notary.
Official govern.ad read 10 Oct 2026
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haurà d’obrir un compte bancari prop d’una entitat bancaria del Principat d’Andorra i desemborsar l’import del capital social inicial per a constituir-ne-la

Own it

Who may own and run it

Directors
At least 1 · none need live there · a company may be one
Official govern.ad read 10 Oct 2026
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Administrador únic.
Shareholders
At least 1 · at most 1 · a company may be one
Official bopa.ad read 14 Oct 2026
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una o més persones físiques o jurídiques realitzen aportacions a títol de capital
Members
At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
Official bopa.ad read 14 Oct 2026
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una o més persones físiques o jurídiques realitzen aportacions a títol de capital
A local company secretary
Not required
Official bopa.ad read 16 Oct 2026
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També ha de tenir un secretari, el qual no és necessari que sigui administrador.
A local registered agent
Not required
Official bopa.ad read 16 Oct 2026
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La societat ha de tenir el domicili social dins del territori del Principat d’Andorra.

Each year, at the registry

Annual registry fee
EUR 935.5
Official govern.ad read 10 Oct 2026
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una taxa anyal de manteniment per import de 935,50 euros en cas que es tracti d’una societat patrimonial o no tingui obert un comerç.
Accounts on the public record
No
Official govern.ad read 14 Oct 2026
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Les còpies de comptes només les pot sol·licitar el mateix empresari
Audit for a small company
Not required
Official bopa.ad read 14 Oct 2026
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han de sotmetre els comptes anuals a l’auditoria d’una persona que tingui la condició legal d’auditor de comptes, si durant dos exercicis consecutius concorren, almenys, dues de les circumstàncies següents
Audit
Audit by a statutory auditor only if, for two consecutive years, at least two of: total assets above EUR 3,600,000; annual turnover above EUR 6,000,000; more than 25 employees (art. 72.1).
Official bopa.ad read 14 Oct 2026
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han de sotmetre els comptes anuals a l’auditoria d’una persona que tingui la condició legal d’auditor de comptes, si durant dos exercicis consecutius concorren, almenys, dues de les circumstàncies següents

Important dates

When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.

Present the annual accounts
Not in our records

With Registre de Societats Mercantils (via the Oficina Virtual of the tax administration)

Not stated on govern.ad/ca/tematiques/empresa-i-emprenedoria/creacio-i-modificacio-d-empreses/punt-empresa/diposit-de-comptes when checked

General meeting approves the annual accounts
6 months after the end of the accounting period

Govern d'Andorra deposit-of-accounts page: approval of the accounts within the first six months after the financial year closes.

Apply to register an appointment of administrators in the Registre de Societats
30 days after change of officers

With Registre de Societats

Llei 20/2007 art. 47.1: within 30 days of the appointee's acceptance.

Notary sends a copy of the deed transferring shares to the Registre de Societats
15 days after change of shareholders

With Registre de Societats

Llei 20/2007 art. 20.1: the notary's duty, within 15 days of the deed; transfers must be by deed before an Andorran notary.

What is public

Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the SAU.

Tax

Tax on profit

How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.

Flat · 10%+3 regimes

El tipus general de gravamen per als obligats tributaris de l’impost sobre societats és del 10 per cent.

Official e-tramits.ad read 10 Oct 2026
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El tipus general de gravamen per als obligats tributaris de l’impost sobre societats és del 10 per cent.

Work it out on a profit figure: the company’s tax, the owner’s, and what is left.

Special regimes that may apply

Whether a company qualifies depends on its activity and conditions set in each statute.

CFC rules in Andorra
Not in our records

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Route
Voluntary dissolution by resolution of the general meeting (Llei 20/2007 art. 85.5), published in the BOPA, followed by liquidation (arts. 90 to 97) and a notarial deed of extinction; registering the deed in the Registre de Societats cancels the company (arts. 98 and 99).
Official documents.bopa.ad read 25 Oct 2026
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La junta general pot acordar, en qualsevol moment i per qualsevol causa, la dissolució de la societat de manera voluntària, amb els requisits que s’estableixen per a la modificació dels estatuts.
Statutory fee
Not in our records

Every business in Andorra

Sales and consumption tax

The tax
IGI
Official e-tramits.ad read 22 Oct 2026
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Els empresaris o professionals que realitzen lliuraments de béns i prestacions de serveis en el territori andorrà a títol onerós
Standard rate
4.5%

Read in a browser (built-in browser, not Claude in Chrome): the Departament de Tributs i de Fronteres IGI page on e-tramits states the general rate as 4,5%, with 0% super-reduced, 1% reduced, 2,5% special and 9,5% increased rates. The page does not give an effective date.

Official e-tramits.ad read 22 Oct 2026
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Tipus de gravamen general: 4,5% Tipus de gravamen superreduït: 0% Tipus de gravamen reduït: 1% Tipus de gravamen especial: 2,5% Tipus de gravamen incrementat: 9,5%
Other rates
  • 1% Operations under the reduced rate (tipus de gravamen reduït); the list of operations is on the authority's page
  • 2.5% Operations under the special rate (tipus de gravamen especial); the list of operations is on the authority's page
  • 9.5% Operations under the increased rate (tipus de gravamen incrementat); the list of operations is on the authority's page
  • 0% Operations under the super-reduced rate (tipus de gravamen superreduït); the list of operations is on the authority's page
Official e-tramits.ad read 22 Oct 2026
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Tipus de gravamen general: 4,5% Tipus de gravamen superreduït: 0% Tipus de gravamen reduït: 1% Tipus de gravamen especial: 2,5% Tipus de gravamen incrementat: 9,5%
Registration threshold
EUR 40,000

amount of deliveries of goods and provision of services; investment-goods transfers excluded; annual (xifra anual)

Official e-tramits.ad read 22 Oct 2026
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No tenen la consideració d’empresaris o professionals als efectes d’aquest impost quan l’import dels lliuraments de béns i les prestacions de serveis efectuats no superi la xifra anual de 40.000 euros
A foreign company
See the note

The IGI pages read cover obligations for businesses carrying out supplies in Andorran territory; they say nothing on non-resident suppliers, so these fields are left as gaps.

Returns filed
Depends on the business
Official e-tramits.ad read 25 Oct 2026
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Xifra anual de negocis inferior a 250.000 euros, els mesos de juliol i gener les corresponents al semestre anterior.
Tax authority
Registration page read 2026-10-22

Payment and banking services

None of the services whose lists we hold names Andorra. Each provider, and what a listing means.

Reference

Its name and code

Kind
Public limited company
Derived our grouping, the same words in every country
Name in law
Societat anònima unipersonal (SAU)
Identifier
AD-SAU
A form ISO 20275 does not list.