Start-up notification for limited liability companies in the online service at ytj.fi (you will add drafted documents yourself)

Start a limited liability company in the online service at ytj.fi. Please note that the service is only available in Finnish and Swedish.

This page provides instructions for filing a start-up notification in the online service at ytj.fi.

Select the start-up notification for a limited liability company if the company to be incorporated is subject to one or more of the following situations:

• The company has share capital.
• The shareholders include companies or other organisations.
• The persons you have filed do not all have Finnish personal identity codes (shareholders and the members of the board of directors, as well as the managing director, auditor, holders of procuration rights and representatives, if any).
• Standard articles of association (created by the online service in the guided set-up package) are not sufficient.
• The company to be incorporated is a public limited company (Plc).

When to file

File a start-up notification for your limited liability company with the Finnish Trade Register within three months of signing the memorandum of association. If you fail to meet the deadline, the incorporation will lapse, and no company will be formed.

Who can file

A member or deputy member of the board of directors signs the notification. If none of them has a Finnish personal identity code, file the notification using the online form. Go to our instructions: Forms for the start-up notification of a limited liability company.

How to file

To log in to the online service at ytj.fi, you need to have a Finnish personal identity code and either personal internet banking codes, a mobile certificate, or an electronic identity card (HST card).

After you have logged in to the service, select “Yrityksen perustaminen”/“Grunda företag” on the front page and after that “Perustamisilmoitus”/“Etableringsanmälan” under “Perusta osakeyhtiö”/“Grunda aktiebolag”. Please note: We are revamping the online service at ytj.fi. At this stage, you will be directed to the revamped view of the service.

File the following details in the service:

• Date of signature of the memorandum of association
• Details on shares and share capital
• Company name, line of business, financial period, place of registered office, and auxiliary company names and their lines of business, if any.
  
• Read more about company names.
  
• Read more on how to indicate your line of business (only in Finnish and Swedish).
  
• Provisions to be included in the articles of association
• Enter the entire content of the articles of association into the text field. Read more about filing the articles of association (only in Finnish and Swedish).
  
• See our examples of articles of association (only in Finnish and Swedish).
• Names and Finnish personal identity codes of the following persons:
• Actual beneficial owners (persons who have ownership interest or control in the company). Read more about beneficial owners.
  
• Members of the board of directors and the managing director
• Auditors, if any: Please note that you can only file an authorised auditor and deputy auditor (HT auditor, KHT auditor).
• Holders of procuration rights, if any, and persons authorised to represent the company, if any.
• The company can grant the right to represent the company to appointed persons if the articles of association include a provision on such rights. Read more about persons authorised to represent the company (only in Finnish and in Swedish).

You must file the municipality of residence and home address for foreign persons. Read more about permits for persons living permanently outside the European Economic Area.

What documents need to be enclosed

Add the following documents in the service:

• Memorandum of association
• Confirmation by the board of directors and the managing director that the law has been followed

If necessary, add the following documents:

• Auditor’s certificate
• Receipt for the payment of shares
• Copies of passports or another proof of identity for foreign persons

What documents must be enclosed if share subscription price is paid for in assets other than money?

If the subscription price for shares is paid using other property than money (contribution in kind), enclose an auditor’s statement about the property given as a capital contribution and evidence of the transfer of assets. If the contribution in kind is a piece of real estate, the evidence can consist of a copy of the real estate sales contract. Read more about contribution in kind (only in Finnish and Swedish).

Fees

The online filing fee is 370 euros. Pay the fee after signing the notification in the online service at ytj.fi.
The fee for an auxiliary company name is 70 euros per name. Read more about auxiliary company names.

Go to the online filing at ytj.fi.Open link in a new tab

If you file your notification using paper forms, the processing time will be longer than when filing in the online service at ytj.fi. Go to our instructions for paper forms.

Monitor the progress of your notification

You can monitor the progress of your notification using the notification search in the Virre Information Service. Go to the notification search in Virre.Open link in a new tab