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10 Steps
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STEP 1 - Choose the type of legal
structure for your business
needs
How to Form a Company in Ecuador
There are number of different legal structures you
can choose from when forming your company:
- Limited Liability Company (public or private)
- Unlimited Liability Company
- Partnership (general or limited)
- Joint Venture
- Sole Proprietorship
This presentation will outline the process of setting up a:
The majority of companies that are set up in Ecuador are
Limited Liability Companies (SRL).
Limited
Liability
Company
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*The appropriate one for you depends on your business needs

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How to Form a Company in Ecuador
• Yes
Is Foreign Ownership Allowed?
• Yes
Can Company Sponsor Foreign
Employees?
• Zero
Capital Controls
• 4 weeks
How Long Does It Take (Including
Bank Account)
• >USD $400
Minimum Capital
• Yes, in order to obtain the RUC number
Requires a fiscal address and
legal representation?
• US Dollars
Currency
• 2
Min number of Shareholders
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a Company in Ecuador
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STEP 2 - Power of Attorney
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Get the ball rolling…
The power of attorney will need to be drafted and
signed in order to set up a Company in Ecuador.
The aim is to provide the agent with all faculties
needed to represent you or your foreign company in
the country so that they can form the company in a
lawful manner.
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STEP 3 - Registration of company name
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You have to reserve the company name at the
Superintendent of Companies online on:
http://www.supercias.gob.ec/portalConstitucionE
lectronica/
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STEP 4 - Minutes of
incorporation and BYLAWS
-You have to register documents and prepare the
minutes of incorporation which include the
contract, articles of incorporations, company’s
bylaws, and the formation of capital.
-You need to find a lawyer that is able to constitute
and sign the documents.
-Remember! A public notary is necessary for
notarizing the documents.
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STEP 5 - SUPERINTENDENCE of
companies
An important step…
You must register at the Superintendence of
Companies in order to obtain the company’s unique
number and pay the annual registration fee.
Documents required for this registration include:
- Address of the company
- Name of the legal representative
- A certified copy of the public deed of the constitution of
the company
The information will be published online within 24
hours and then the company is registered.
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STEP 6 – company’s Legal
existence
Getting formal…
• You have also to register the company’s objective,
resolutions and the name of the legal representative
in the Mercantile Registry Office.
• This is necessary for conforming the legal
existence of the company. The Registry Office will
provide you a registration number “numero de
codigo”.
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STEP 7 – OBTAIN FISCAL CODE
Once you have completed these steps, you have to
apply for the Fiscal Code (Registro Unico de
Contribuyentes - RUC) at the Servicio de Rentas
Internas.
This takes 24 hours.
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Step 8 - social security
Then, you have to sign up online for Social Security
at the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security and obtain
a passbook to use the online platform.
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Step 9 - Municipal License
You have to pay the commercial patent at the
Mucipality of Quito and obtain the “tasa de
habilitacion”. The commercial patent is a tax for a
person or company that has a commercial or
industrial activity and must be paid every year.
As for the “tasa de habilitacion”, the fee depends on
the type of company and the location as well as its
size of facilities of its sector.
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