Ready-Made Companies in Liechtenstein

The law has no shelf-company category: we found no such rule in the PGR, HRV or GewG texts read. A row in the list is a company that VCS offers, and what changes hands is the ownership rights of that entity. You read the register extract, the articles and the filed accounts first.

You take over an entity whose capital was paid in under the rule of its legal form, and you check that payment in the file together with the filed accounts. Which capital rule applies to a given legal form is for the licensed trustee to confirm, so this page states no capital figure.

No source we read fixes a number of days for either route. We found no statute that sets a shelf procedure; no register processing time is published, and changes are filed without delay under PGR Art. 965(1). We quote no day count and make no claim that one route is faster.

You take over the entity as it stands. For an AG or GmbH, annual accounts are filed within twelve months of the balance-sheet date (PGR Art. 1122(1)), and the filing date is entered in the commercial register (Art. 1130(3)), so you can check it. Minimum income tax is CHF 1,800 a year (SteG Art. 62(2)).

It can be. The formation levy also applies to a change of ownership of participation rights in a legal person that was economically liquidated or put into liquid form (SteG Art. 66(2)). Swiss stamp-duty law has a mirror rule under the customs treaty. The licensed trustee checks the case; nothing is promised tax-free.

That is the bank's decision. The transfer instrument carries no bank relationship: the entity's bank opens a new KYC file for the new owner and decides on it. VCS promises no account. We collect the documents the bank asks for and keep the file in order while it reviews.

No. The assignment of a GmbH share needs a public deed to be valid (PGR Art. 403(4)) and is effective only when notified to the members and entered in the share register (Art. 403(1)). The deed fee is CHF 200 and the register fee for the contribution transfer CHF 100, both official fees.

Yes. Entry needs the consent of three quarters of the members who also hold three quarters of the capital, unless the articles say otherwise (PGR Art. 403(2)). The articles may also waive that consent or restrict the assignment further (Art. 403(3)). Read them before you sign anything.

Registered shares pass by handing the endorsed share certificate to the acquirer (PGR Art. 327(2)); the text we read names no public deed and no register step for it. Bearer shares must be deposited with a custodian (Art. 326a(1)), so ask who the custodian is before the sale.

Through its founder's rights, which can be assigned, transferred and inherited but not pledged (PGR Art. 541). Their holder forms the supreme body of the Anstalt (Art. 543(1)). Entering, changing or deleting Anstalt shares at the commercial register costs CHF 100, an official fee set by the register fees ordinance.

At least one board member with power to manage and represent must be an EEA national, an equal person or a legal person, and must hold a licence under the Trustee Act (PGR Art. 180a(1)). The entity also needs a Repräsentant resident in Liechtenstein (Art. 239(1)). The licensed trustee agrees the mandates.

Changes are notified within 30 days of the entity learning of them (VwbPG Art. 4(5)); a missed report can be fined up to CHF 200,000 (Art. 31(2)). Since the cyberattack of 30 July 2026, deadlines that cannot be met because of the limited access remain suspended, with no end date stated.

Yes, by an articles change. The supreme body passes a resolution, which needs a public deed where membership carries a property right (PGR Art. 177(1)). The licensed trustee then files the change with the commercial register without delay (Art. 965(1)). We prepare the papers; no fee is quoted here.

Documents that identify you (SPG Art. 6(1)) and your beneficial owner (SPG Art. 7(1)), which the licensed trustee checks as the due-diligence person, and your signature on the transfer instrument. Written register filings carry certified signatures (HRV Art. 31(2)). The trustee sets the exact list for your case and your legal form.