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We’ll email a free shortlist of three company setup partners for your target countries within 24 hours, so you can compare their registration and ongoing administration fees. Each quote shows any discount, which fees it covers and for how long. Government charges and deposits are separate.

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Three free incorporation partners within 24 hours.

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Tell us your target countries, headcount and setup timeline. If you are leaving an EOR, include your intended transition date.

Who pays us

A partner may pay us a referral fee when an introduction leads to a signed contract. We do not charge you for the shortlist or optional introductions. Your partner’s formation and operating charges are separate. Read how we make money for the funding model.

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Receive three partners ranked for your target countries.

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Add your target countries, headcount, setup timeline and registration needs in the optional form notes. Company formation and employer registrations are separate steps.

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Frequently asked

Subsidiaries, branches and the EOR break-even.

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What is a foreign subsidiary?

A locally incorporated company owned by your parent company: a GmbH in Germany, a Ltd in the UK, a Pte Ltd in Singapore. It is a separate legal person, so it hires your local staff, runs its own payroll, files its own accounts and carries its own employer registrations. Building one is incorporation work; renting employment through someone else’s entity is what an EOR does.

How do you set up a foreign subsidiary?

Choose a legal form, then work through local formation, banking, tax and employer registration with your setup partner and advisers. The order and timetable vary by country and by business. Some of these steps must be complete before the first payroll run, so agree who handles each registration. Our EOR vs own entity guide compares what each route costs and takes to run.

When should you use an EOR instead of a foreign subsidiary?

An EOR suits a small or uncertain market presence; an entity suits a sustained operation that can support its own employer duties. There is no universal headcount threshold. Compare country availability, the expected hiring period, the complete EOR quote, setup costs, recurring overhead and your internal capacity. Any later move between the two involves employment-transfer requirements and notice and exit terms.

How do EOR and entity setup costs compare?

Compare equivalent employment costs over the same period. For an EOR, separate service fees from salary, employer contributions, benefits, deposits and extras. For your own entity, include formation, banking, employer registrations, payroll, accounting, tax compliance, local representation where required and your team’s time. The break-even moves with headcount and time horizon, so test several scenarios using quotes for your country and workforce. The EOR cost calculator compares up to three scenarios side by side.

What is the difference between a subsidiary and a branch?

The difference is legal personality. A subsidiary is a separate company, incorporated locally and owned by the parent, that contracts, hires and files in its own name. A branch is the parent itself, registered to operate in the country. It has no separate legal personality, so the parent carries the obligations directly. A branch is also the textbook example of a permanent establishment, taxed on the profits attributable to it. Most companies hiring abroad incorporate a subsidiary. Our permanent-establishment guide covers the tax side.