The basic legal fees for setting up a company in France in 2026: €223.56 incl. VAT for a SASU and €291.96 for an SAS in mainland France. This dataset models 65 scenarios (legal form × territory × activity category), or 300 rows: each fee on its own row, with its VAT treatment, its official text and its source. These are official scales, not observed filings.
What the data shows
- Setting up a company costs at least €201.96 incl. VAT (EURL) and up to €308.91 incl. VAT (SCI) in mainland France in 2026, in legal fees alone. SASU: €223.56, SAS: €291.96.
- The legal notice is the biggest item: 76% of the total for a SASU in mainland France. Greffe (commercial court registry) and beneficial owner fees are the same for all commercial companies (€53.16); an SCI pays €79.71.
- Greffe and beneficial owner fees are official all-inclusive amounts: no VAT is added to them. Only the legal notice is a flat fee excluding tax, to which the territory's VAT applies.
- In Mayotte, the legal notice flat fee is higher but carries no VAT: a SASU there costs €220.16 incl. VAT, against €223.56 in mainland France.
- Two activities pay a surcharge: €15.00 for a craft activity carried on by a commercial company, €23.21 for registering a commercial agent on the special register.
Legal fees in mainland France (general case)
| Legal form | Greffe | Beneficial owners | Legal notice excl. VAT | Legal notice incl. VAT | Total incl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASU | €33.83 | €19.33 | €142.00 | €170.40 | €223.56 |
| SAS | €33.83 | €19.33 | €199.00 | €238.80 | €291.96 |
| EURL | €33.83 | €19.33 | €124.00 | €148.80 | €201.96 |
| SARL | €33.83 | €19.33 | €148.00 | €177.60 | €230.76 |
| SCI | €60.38 | €19.33 | €191.00 | €229.20 | €308.91 |
Total incl. VAT by territory (general case)
| Territory | SASU | SAS | EURL | SARL | SCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainland France | €223.56 | €291.96 | €201.96 | €230.76 | €308.91 |
| Guadeloupe, Martinique | €207.23 | €269.08 | €187.70 | €213.74 | €286.95 |
| French Guiana | €195.16 | €252.16 | €177.16 | €201.16 | €270.71 |
| La Réunion | €234.36 | €305.97 | €212.66 | €240.87 | €321.67 |
| Mayotte | €220.16 | €286.16 | €200.16 | €226.16 | €302.71 |
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| Column | Content |
|---|---|
| forme, territoire | SASU, SAS, EURL, SARL, SCI; mainland France and five overseas territories, grouped by flat fee and VAT |
| categorie_activite | general; craft (mixed activity, company on the RCS); commercial agent |
| composant | Registration, beneficial owners, any surcharge, legal notice, total |
| montant_ht, taux_tva | Filled in for the legal notice only: it is the only fee set excluding tax |
| montant_ttc | Amount paid |
| traitement_tva | How VAT applies to this fee |
| texte, en_vigueur, source, verifie | Official text, date it came into force, source page, date of our last check |
Scope and exclusions
Basic legal fees for incorporation: registration with the greffe, beneficial owner declaration, legal notice of incorporation, and two special cases published by service-public (mixed craft activity, commercial agent). Excluded ancillary costs: drafting the articles of association, depositing the share capital, registered office address, contributions auditor, authorisations for regulated activities, civil companies other than the SCI. Sources (2)
Service-publicService-public: cost of company formation formalitiesService-publicService-public: 2026 legal notice rates
- Greffe and beneficial owner amounts: official all-inclusive amounts, published including VAT by Infogreffe. LegalRapide passes them on to the exact euro, without adding VAT; we do not describe the VAT treatment of other services.
Infogreffe - Craft activity: only the case of a commercial company registered on the RCS (mixed activity) is modelled. A company with a purely craft activity not registered on the RCS pays €45.00 for registration according to service-public.
- Territories are grouped: Guadeloupe and Martinique have the same flat fee and the same VAT; French Guiana and Mayotte do not apply VAT.
Method
Each amount is copied from the official page cited in the source column, then the total is calculated (rounded up to the next cent from half a cent, as on our payment page). The sums for each scenario are checked automatically at every release.
Versions
- 2026-10-24: Current version; next check scheduled for 2027-01-05
- 2026-10-23: First release (legal fees, payment totals) (CSV)
Cite this dataset
LegalRapide, "Frais légaux de création de société en France 2026", version 2026-10-24, https://legalrapide.fr/donnees/frais-creation-societe/. Licence: Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab), free reuse, including commercial reuse, with credit to the source and the version date. The licence covers our data; the names and trademarks of the services mentioned remain the property of their owners.
Written by Razvan Toma, founder of LegalRapide. How we check our figures · LinkedIn