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Spanish legal Business structures

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Spain offers the following business entity options for companies. They are called formes

jurídiques in Catalan:

1. Sole Trader or Sole Proprietor (Empresari Individual or Autònom)

2. Goods community (Comunitat de Bens)

3. Partnership (Societat Civil)

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4. Public Limited Company, or Corporation (Societat Anònima or S.A.)

5. Limited Liability Company (Societat de Responsabilitat Limitada, S.R.L., or S.L.)

6. New Enterprise Limited Company (Societat Limitada Nova Empresa)

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7. Worker-Owned Company (Societat Laboral)

8. General Partnership (Societat Col·lectiva)

9. Limited Partnership (Societat Comanditària)

10. Cooperative (Societat Cooperativa)

11. Franchises (Franquícia)

NOW CHOOSE YOUR BUSINESS LEGAL NOW CHOOSE YOUR BUSINESS LEGAL STRUCTURE. STEP 1STRUCTURE. STEP 1

A.A. To decide which kind of business entity suits best your idea you can find informationfind information about each business structure from for example:

businesslink.gov.uk

spainexpat.com

B.B. Analyse your businessAnalyse your business ideaidea using the following link:

Què tener en cuenta a la hora de definir la forma legal de una empresa

NOW CHOOSE YOUR BUSINESS LEGAL NOW CHOOSE YOUR BUSINESS LEGAL STRUCTURE. STEP 2STRUCTURE. STEP 2

C.C. Decide on and describe your business structurebusiness structure according to the information you've found so far.

NOW CHOOSE YOUR BUSINESS LEGAL NOW CHOOSE YOUR BUSINESS LEGAL STRUCTURE. STEP 3STRUCTURE. STEP 3