Company formation
Open a Company in Milan, from Your Documents to the Milan Register
An S.r.l. or S.r.l.s. with its registered office in Milan, prepared and coordinated from wherever you live. The notary signs and files the deed; we assemble everything before the signature and follow everything after it.
- Milan Register: the Camera di Commercio Milano Monza Brianza Lodi
- Deed by videoconference, even when every founder lives abroad
- Register entry: at most 5 days after an electronic filing
Forming a company with its seat in Milan
We prepare and coordinate the formation of an S.r.l. or S.r.l.s. whose registered office (sede legale) is in the Comune di Milano, for founders and foreign companies abroad. The notary receives the deed and files it; the file around it is ours, the same sequence as how a foreign founder forms an Italian company.
Milan adds its own layer: the Register of the Camera di Commercio Milano Monza Brianza Lodi (the Milan chamber), which covers Milan, Monza Brianza and Lodi, its 2026 annual fee, the director's own PEC it enforces and the Milan SUAP it runs. The company form itself: forming an Italian S.r.l. as a non-resident.
What's included
Your file, ready for the notary
Passports, each founder's codice fiscale, apostille or legalisation, a certified Italian translation and the power of attorney where a founder will not attend.
The deed booked your way
In person, through an attorney, or by videoconference on the notaries' platform, which Art. 2 D.Lgs. 183/2021 opens to an S.r.l. or S.r.l.s. seated in Italy.
Both PECs in place
The company's PEC and the director's own, which the Milan chamber requires to differ from the company's and any other company's (Art. 13(3) D.L. 159/2025). Background on PEC in Italy.
A Milan address that holds
A street and house number in the Comune di Milano for the Register application, as Art. 111-ter disp. att. c.c. requires: your own premises or a professional's office.
Follow-through to the Milan Register
We follow the Comunicazione Unica, filed through DIRE, to the Register entry, the partita IVA and the INPS and INAIL positions, each confirmed to the company's PEC.
The first Milan annual fee
The amount, the channel and the deadline of the first diritto annuale (annual chamber fee), set out before the filing so nothing is paid twice or late.
After the entry
The REA start-date notice, a SCIA at the Milan SUAP where the activity needs one, and the hand-over to the next file: an Italian bank account for non-residents.
How a Milan formation runs, step by step
Prerequisites in hand
Codice fiscale, legalised and translated documents, any power of attorney, both PECs and the Milan address. Who: the founder, with our coordination. When: before the clock starts.
Deed and statuto
One sitting: in person, by attorney or by videoconference for a cash-capital S.r.l. or S.r.l.s.; when every party lives abroad the notary must proceed (Art. 2(1), 2(4) D.Lgs. 183/2021).
Single filing to the Milan Register
The notary files the Comunicazione Unica through DIRE within 10 days of the deed (Art. 2330 c.c.): Register entry, partita IVA, INPS, INAIL and any SCIA.
First Milan annual fee
The company pays EUR 120 for 2026, debited on the electronic filing or paid by F24 within the following 30 days.
Entry at the Milan Register
At most 5 days from protocol for an electronic application (Art. 11(8) D.P.R. 581/1995); legal personality follows on entry. The Milan stop: without the director's own PEC, the application is suspended.
Confirmations
The chamber confirms the registration to the company's PEC within 5 days; the Agenzia delle Entrate, INPS and INAIL each give their outcome within 7 days.
After the entry
The start date goes to the REA within thirty days of the start; the Milan SUAP is used only where the activity needs a municipal authorisation (Milan chamber start-up guide).
Our 48 hours run from the signed deed to the notary's filing, once step 1 is complete. They are the firm's practice, not a term set by law, and not a guarantee.
Before the deed: no statutory term
- Prerequisites in handFounder, with our coordinationNo published time
From the signed deed
48 hours: firm practice, not a legal term
- Deed and statutoNotary; videoconference possibleOne sitting
- Filing through DIRENotary10 days (Art. 2330 c.c.)
- Milan Register entryMilan Register5 days from protocol (Art. 11(8) D.P.R. 581/1995)Stop: director's own PEC missing, application suspended
- Confirmations, then REA noticeChamber and agencies; the companyChamber 5 days, agencies 7REA start date within thirty days of the start
Want the Milan sequence mapped to your own file?
Tell us where the founders live and what the company will do; we map the Milan steps to your documents.
What must be in hand before the deed
The clock starts only when these are ready; the consulate and legalisation steps are the parts that stay offline.
- A passport for each founder and director
- A codice fiscale for each, requested at the Italian consulate abroad
- For a corporate founder: its register extract, resolution to invest, signatory's powers
- A power of attorney, if a founder will not attend the deed
- Apostille or legalisation, then a certified Italian translation
- Non-EU founder living abroad: reciprocity, which the notary checks (Milan chamber)
- Non-EU founder in Italy: residence permit, or postal receipt plus passport with type D visa
- The company PEC
- The director's own PEC, not the company's or another company's
- A Milan street and house number for the Register application
- A firma digitale, or a filer who holds one, for later filings
- Whether the activity needs a municipal authorisation before it starts
Your registered office in Milan
What the deed and the Register ask of a Milan seat. A business address on its own is a separate service, such as a business address in Italy for a Milan company.
| Question | What the law or the Register says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| What does the statuto name? | The municipality of the seat only: Milano | Civil Code, Art. 2463 |
| What does the Register application name? | The street and house number | Art. 111-ter disp. att. c.c. |
| Can the seat be a professional's office? | In professional practice many capital companies name a professional's office as their registered office (domiciliazione presso terzi) and hold meetings there | Registro delle Imprese, registered office and local units |
| A later move within the Comune di Milano | A directors' declaration and a Register filing; EUR 65 stamp duty and EUR 30 secretarial fee in the Romagna chamber's 2026 table | Art. 111-ter disp. att. c.c.; Camera di Commercio della Romagna, 2026 fee table |
| A move to another municipality | The deed changes: the members resolve and a notary minutes the resolution | Civil Code, Art. 2480 |
| Which chamber is owed the annual fee? | The chamber of the registered office at 1 January, or at the later date of incorporation | L. 580/1993 Art. 18, as the chambers apply it |
What a Milan registered office requires, by condition only.
The two move fees come from another chamber's 2026 table and are labelled as such. Which address suits a file is settled in a conversation.
What the state charges for a Milan company in 2026
State charges are facts of law, each with its source and year; our own fee is on request.
| Item | S.r.l. (2026) | S.r.l.s. on the standard model | Source and year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration tax on the deed, cash contributions | EUR 200, fixed | - | Art. 26(2) D.L. 104/2013 |
| Stamp duty on the notarial deed, no real estate contributed | EUR 156, through the MUI | Exempt | Chamber guidance on the MUI, 2026; Art. 3(3) D.L. 1/2012 |
| Register stamp duty, capital company | EUR 65 | Exempt | Chamber guidance on the MUI, 2026; Art. 3(3) D.L. 1/2012 |
| Secretarial fee, deed and sole-member notice | EUR 90 (Romagna chamber's 2026 table) | Exempt | Camera di Commercio della Romagna, 2026; Art. 3(3) D.L. 1/2012 |
| The notary's own fee | No official scale; not shown | Notarial fees not due | Art. 3(3) D.L. 1/2012 |
| Director's own PEC, filed in the incorporation application | No separate charge | No separate charge | Milan chamber, directors' PEC |
| Milan diritto annuale, new capital company | EUR 120, uplift included; at the filing or by F24 within 30 days | EUR 120 | Milan chamber, 2026 fees for new registrations |
| Instead of a new company: seat or local unit of a foreign enterprise in Milan | EUR 66; a new local unit of a capital company, EUR 24 | Not applicable | Milan chamber, 2026 |
State charges of a Milan S.r.l. or S.r.l.s. formation in 2026, line by line; no total is given.
Rows 1 to 4 are national; the last two rows are Milan's. The EUR 120 is the 2014 measure cut by 50% and raised by the 20% uplift that the MIMIT decree of 17 March 2026 authorised, in force in Milan from 28 April 2026: the uplift is inside the figure, not on top.
The S.r.l.s. exemption of Art. 3(3) D.L. 1/2012 names stamp duty, secretarial fees and notarial fees; this table states nothing on registration tax for an S.r.l.s. More on the simplified limited company. A group weighing a Milan seat against a subsidiary can start from our foreign-owned company set-up service.
Problems we solve
- A filing suspended for a missing PEC
Without the director's own PEC, the Milan Register suspends the incorporation application, asks for regularisation and may then refuse it. We set that PEC up before the deed.
- A clock that never started
The codice fiscale, the apostille and the translation are sequenced first, so our 48 hours run from the signed deed instead of stalling on paperwork. Practice, not law.
- An annual fee read twice
The Milan chamber's EUR 120 for 2026 already includes the uplift. A late payment can be cured by ravvedimento operoso (Art. 6 D.M. 27/01/2005 n. 54). Background: our guide to the Chamber of Commerce.
- A licence discovered late
The SUAP is needed only where the activity requires a municipal authorisation before it starts, and a SCIA can travel in the single filing. Background: the SUAP permits guide.
- Old filing instructions
The ComUnica software stopped on 12 February 2026, the Registro delle Imprese states; the single filing now runs through DIRE, with the procedure unchanged. We prepare files for the current channel.
Does one of these points apply to your file?
A founder abroad, a director without a PEC, a regulated activity: tell us which applies and we set out the steps for your file.
Why work with us
From our practice
We check the director's own PEC before the deed is booked, and start the 48 hours only once the codice fiscale, the documents, both PECs and the Milan address are in hand.
Lorenzo Gatti, formation and corporate changes lead in our Rome office. Assembles the file the notary works from, books the deed and follows the filing to the Milan Register entry, the PEC and the partita IVA. Italian, English, Spanish.
Related services and guides
- Ready-Made Companies in ItalyAn existing S.r.l. taken over by a cessione di quote, instead of a new formation.
- The Atto Costitutivo ExplainedWhat the deed of incorporation signed at step 2 contains.
Frequently asked questions
Can I open a company in Milan without travelling to Italy?
Yes, for an S.r.l. or S.r.l.s. with its seat in Italy and capital paid in cash. The deed may be signed by videoconference on the notaries' platform, and the notary must proceed when every party lives abroad (Art. 2(1) and 2(4) D.Lgs. 183/2021). The codice fiscale and the legalisation of documents are arranged from abroad first.
Can I open a company in Milan online?
Largely. The deed by videoconference and the single filing through DIRE are both electronic, and the chamber confirms the registration to the company's PEC. What stays offline is the codice fiscale request at an Italian consulate and, where foreign documents are used, their apostille or legalisation and certified translation. No official duration exists for those steps.
Can I open a company in Milan for free?
No. An S.r.l.s. on the standard model pays no notarial fees, stamp duty or secretarial fees on the deed and the Register entry (Art. 3(3) D.L. 1/2012). The Milan chamber's annual fee of EUR 120 for 2026 still applies to it, as to every new capital company (Milan chamber).
What does the state charge to form an S.r.l. in Milan in 2026?
EUR 200 registration tax (Art. 26(2) D.L. 104/2013), EUR 156 stamp duty on the deed, EUR 65 Register stamp duty, a EUR 90 secretarial fee in the Romagna chamber's 2026 table and the Milan annual fee of EUR 120 (Milan chamber). The notary's own fee has no official scale. Our fee is given on request.
Is the 2026 uplift added on top of the EUR 120?
No. The Milan chamber states that the EUR 120 for a new capital company already includes the 20% uplift: the 2014 measure is cut by 50% and then raised by 20%. The MIMIT decree of 17 March 2026 authorised the uplift, and it entered into force in Milan on 28 April 2026 (Milan chamber).
When is the first annual fee paid?
At the filing, where it is debited automatically on an electronic filing, or by F24 within the following 30 days (Milan chamber, 2026). A company that has not paid by then may cure the delay by ravvedimento operoso under Art. 6 D.M. 27/01/2005 n. 54. We set out the amount and the channel before the filing.
How long does it take to open a company in Milan?
The notary files the deed within 10 days (Art. 2330 c.c.), the Register enters an electronic application within 5 days of protocol (Art. 11(8) D.P.R. 581/1995), the chamber confirms to the company's PEC within 5 days and the agencies within 7. Our 48 hours from the signed deed are the firm's practice, not a legal term.
What most often stops a Milan incorporation?
A missing personal PEC of the sole or managing director, which may not coincide with the company's or another company's (Art. 13(3) D.L. 159/2025, as the Milan chamber applies it). The application is suspended and regularisation requested; failing that, the office may refuse the registration. Art. 13(4) provides sanctions.
Do I need a business address in Milan?
The company needs a registered office. The statuto names the municipality (Art. 2463 c.c.) and the Register application the street and house number (Art. 111-ter disp. att. c.c.). The Registro delle Imprese notes that in practice many capital companies name a professional's office as their registered office. Which option fits a file is settled in a conversation.
Can I move the registered office later?
Within the Comune di Milano it is a directors' declaration and a Register filing, at EUR 65 stamp duty and a EUR 30 secretarial fee in the Romagna chamber's 2026 table. A move to another municipality changes the deed, so the members resolve and a notary minutes the resolution (Art. 2480 c.c.).
Do I need the SUAP to open a company in Milan?
Only where the activity needs a municipal authorisation before it starts (Milan chamber start-up guide). Since 30 September 2024 the Milan SUAP has been run by the Chamber of Commerce Milano Monza Brianza Lodi under an agreement, the Comune di Milano states, and a SCIA can travel in the single filing.
Can a foreigner open a company in Milan?
Yes. A non-EU founder or director living abroad is subject to reciprocity, which the notary checks (Art. 16 disp. prel. c.c.); the Italian embassy in the home country can confirm it. One living in Italy shows a valid residence permit of the kinds the Milan chamber lists (D.Lgs. 40/2014; D.Lgs. 3/2007).
Which chamber registers a company seated in Milan?
The Chamber of Commerce Milano Monza Brianza Lodi, which keeps the Register for the provinces of Milan, Monza Brianza and Lodi (Milan chamber). The notary files the deed with the Register of the district of the registered office (Art. 2330 c.c.), and the same chamber collects the company's annual fee (L. 580/1993 Art. 18).
Does opening a company in Milan let me live in Italy?
No. Owning or directing an Italian company gives no right of residence; residence needs a visa or a permit, and a non-EU founder living in Italy shows that permit to the Milan chamber. The investor route is a separate file, set out under the Italian golden visa.
Can my foreign company open in Milan without forming a new company?
A secondary seat or local unit of a foreign enterprise is registered in Milan too, with a 2026 annual fee of EUR 66 (Milan chamber). Whether a seat, a branch or a subsidiary fits the group is not concluded on this page; we set out the conditions of each in a conversation.
Request a Milan formation plan
Send us the founders' details and the activity; we reply with the Milan sequence for your file and what must be ready first.