Register a Romanian SRL as Armenian citizen

Register a company in Romania as an Armenian citizen

If you hold an Armenian passport and want to register a company in Romania, the path is well-established and entirely workable from abroad. Romania places few nationality-based restrictions on who may hold shares in a limited liability company (SRL), so an Armenian founder generally has the same standing as a local one when it comes to ownership. The practical questions are usually about documents, signatures and translation — and those are exactly the points we settle early, before anything is filed with the Trade Register.

Most clients arrive with a specific goal in mind: an operating business, a holding vehicle, or a Romanian base for trading into the European market. Whatever the aim, the structure we use is the SRL, the same entity covered in our overview of the Romanian SRL for foreigners. Because Armenia sits outside the EU, your file follows the standard route we use for non-EU founders, with a little extra attention to apostille and certified translation of your personal documents.

What an Armenian founder needs to prepare

The starting point for any Armenian citizen is straightforward: your passport details, your current residence address, and a clear decision about whether you will act as shareholder, as administrator (the company's legal representative), or both. These three pieces let us assess the case and tell you, with reasonable confidence, what the rest of the file will require.

From there, a typical document set includes:

• A valid Armenian passport, with a certified Romanian translation where required.
• Proof of your residence address in Armenia or wherever you currently live.
• Confirmation of your intended role — shareholder, administrator, or both — and the share split if there is more than one founder.
• The proposed company name, business activity (the Romanian CAEN code), and the registered office details.

We confirm which of these need apostille and certified translation after reviewing what you hold, since requirements can differ depending on the document and where it was issued. This is also the stage where we set realistic expectations about timing, rather than committing to a fixed turnaround before we have seen the file.

Signing options and remote setup

A common concern for an Armenian founder of a Romanian SRL is whether the registration can be completed without flying to Romania. In many standard cases it can. We confirm the available signing options — in person, before a notary, or by power of attorney prepared for use in Romania — together with the translation that each route requires, before we set any filing expectations. Choosing the signing method early avoids reworking the file later.

If you would rather not travel, the remote package is usually the cleaner option. It combines the formation work with a compliant registered office address, which Romanian companies are required to hold. We explain how documents are signed at a distance, what must be apostilled, and how the file reaches the Trade Register, so there are no surprises once the process is under way.

Planning a Romanian company for Armenia-based owners

When the ownership is simple — one or two individual Armenian shareholders — the file moves predictably. Where it pays to slow down is on more elaborate structures: a Romanian company held by an Armenian legal entity, multiple founders across different countries, or layered holdings. Complex shareholder structures should be reviewed before the company name is reserved, because the name reservation and the constitutive documents need to reflect the final ownership accurately. Reworking this after reservation is avoidable friction.

Reviewing the structure up front also lets us confirm what each foreign shareholder must provide. A corporate shareholder, for example, typically needs apostilled and translated company documents and evidence of its representatives, which is a different document set from an individual founder. Settling this before filing keeps a Romanian company for Armenia-based owners on a clean, single-pass track.

Indicative pricing

SRL formation for foreign citizens starts from €300. A registered office is available from €150 per year, and the combined remote SRL plus registered office package starts from €450. Later adjustments through the Trade Register — a change of administrator, address, share capital or activity — start from €200. These are starting points: the final quote depends on your citizenship, the documents you can provide, the number of shareholders, whether translations are required, and whether the shareholder is an individual or a foreign legal entity.

Check your country case

If you are ready to register a company in Romania as an Armenian citizen, send us a short message with your citizenship, your current country of residence, whether you need a registered office, and the business activity you have in mind. With those details we can review your case, flag anything that needs attention before name reservation, and give you a realistic plan and quote. Reach us on WhatsApp or through the contact form, and we will confirm the next steps after reviewing your documents.