Working “for themselves” is very definitely the ambition of many workers inasmuch as it means creating a personalised space in the working world, perhaps even achieving a “secret dream”, but in any case being free to work on one’s own account without being subordinate to anyone. Being a businessperson means being in charge of one’s own firm, professionally organising an economic activity for the production or exchange of goods, but not only; also considered as small businesspersons are artisans, shopkeepers and all those who exercise an organised professional activity prevalently through their own efforts and those of their family members.

What are the first steps to take to open a business or a company in San Marino?

The first thing you have to do is apply for a license or operating permit. Three main types of licenses exist: industrial, crafts and trade. Within each one of these, specifications exist depending on the type of business to be opened. Hence, in the industrial sector, manufacturing or service licenses are available, while in the crafts sector, we find artistic-traditional, services or manufacturing licenses and, finally, in the trade sector, retail or wholesale licenses can be obtained.After identifying the sector in which you want to open a business, the legal form of the company must be chosen – individual concern or associative company. Below, for each type of activity indicated above and for each form, the requirements needed and the procedures to be followed are indicated to obtain the relevant license as well as the preliminary steps to be taken in order to start business.  

Discover how to open a business in San Marino: 

- OPENING AN INDIVIDUAL ARTISAN BUSINESS 

- OPENING AN INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIAL CONCERN  

- OPENING A BUSINESS IN THE TRADE SECTOR 

- SETTING UP A COMPANY 

- LEGISLATION