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Company formation through Unicount costs €296 including VAT. This includes the Estonian government state fee of €265 paid to the Business Register on your behalf. A virtual office subscription at €199 per year plus VAT is required alongside formation. The total first-year cost for formation and virtual office is approximately €536 plus VAT.

The Unicount formation application takes approximately five minutes to complete online. Once submitted, the Estonian Business Register typically processes the application within one to two working days.

No. The entire process from company formation to accounting and annual report filing is done entirely online. You never need to visit Estonia to use any of Unicount’s services.

To register a company through Unicount you need a valid Estonian digital identity, which is either an e-resident card, Smart-ID, or Mobile-ID. You also need a payment card to pay the formation and virtual office fees. No additional documentation is required for a single-founder OÜ.

Unicount’s online formation service requires an Estonian digital identity. If you do not have an e-resident card or Smart-ID, you can apply for e-Residency through the official e-Residency programme at e-resident.gov.ee before returning to register your company through Unicount.

An OÜ (osaühing) is an Estonian private limited liability company. It offers limited liability protection, a simple single-founder structure, no requirement for a physical office in Estonia, and Estonia’s unique deferred corporate tax system where profits are taxed only when distributed. This makes it the most commonly used structure by e-residents and digital entrepreneurs worldwide.

Estonia is widely regarded as one of the most digital-friendly countries in the world for company registration. Estonian companies can be registered and managed entirely online, use European business banking, invoice clients across the EU with standard compliance, and benefit from Estonia’s deferred corporate tax system. Unicount is designed specifically for freelancers and digital nomads who want to run a legitimate EU company without needing to be physically present.

Unicount is an Estonian online service that helps e-residents and international entrepreneurs start and run companies in Estonia. Unicount offers company formation, virtual office, and accounting services that can be used together or separately, all managed entirely online through the Unicount dashboard.