# Can you keep your micro-entreprise when you set up a company?

Updated : 2026-10-24 · Source : https://legalrapide.fr/en/reponses/garder-micro-entreprise-et-societe/

Often yes, depending on your role in the company. The **president of a SAS or SASU** is treated as an employee for social security: they can keep their micro-entreprise. So can a **minority or equal manager of a SARL**. On the other hand, the **sole shareholder who manages an EURL** and the **majority manager of a SARL** cannot: like the micro-entrepreneur, they come under the self-employed social security scheme, where the same person cannot be registered twice.

## Depending on your role in the company
| Role | Keeping the micro-entreprise |
|---|---|
| President or managing director of a SAS / SASU | Yes |
| Shareholder of a SAS, SARL or EURL with no management role | Yes |
| Minority or equal manager of a SARL | Yes |
| Majority manager of a SARL | No |
| Sole shareholder and manager of an EURL | No |

## The same activity in both: the real risk
Combining is meant for **distinct** activities. Invoicing the same service to the same clients sometimes through the micro-entreprise and sometimes through the company has no economic justification other than benefiting from the micro regime: Bpifrance Création strongly advises against it because of the tax risk. If the company takes over your activity, see instead [moving from a micro-entreprise to a company](/en/reponses/micro-entreprise-vers-societe/).

## What does not change
- You cannot have two micro-entreprises, or a micro-entreprise and another sole proprietorship.

## Sources
- [Bpifrance Création: combining activities with a micro-entreprise](https://bpifrance-creation.fr/encyclopedie/micro-entreprise-regime-auto-entrepreneur/lessentiel-ce-regime/cumul-dactivites-micro)