Register a Romanian SRL as Turkish citizen

Romania LLC registration for Turkish citizens

Turkish entrepreneurs are among the most active foreign founders setting up limited liability companies in Romania, and in many standard cases the process is straightforward once your documents are reviewed. There is no requirement to hold an EU passport or Romanian residence to become a shareholder or administrator of a Romanian SRL, which is why so many founders from Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and beyond use Romania as a base inside the European single market. What matters in practice is the quality and consistency of your paperwork, the number of shareholders, and whether the owner is a private individual or a Turkish legal entity.

This page focuses on what is specific to a Turkish founder. The structure itself is the standard Romanian SRL, so if you want the general framework first, our overview of the Romanian SRL for foreigners explains share capital, the administrator role and the registered office requirement that applies to every company regardless of nationality.

What we check first for a Turkish founder

The most efficient way to begin is with a short document review. For Turkish citizens we usually start with your passport or national ID details, your current residential address, and a clear description of the proposed company activity. Those three elements let us confirm how your name and address should appear on the Romanian filings, which CAEN activity codes fit your plans, and whether anything in your documents will need certified translation before submission to the Trade Register.

A typical starting checklist for an individual Turkish shareholder looks like this:

• Passport or Turkish national ID details, with the spelling exactly as it appears on the document
• Your current address and country of residence
• The intended main business activity, plus any secondary activities you expect to add
• A proposed company name and a confirmation of who will act as administrator

Gathering these early avoids the most common cause of delay, which is a mismatch between how a name or address is written across different documents.

Signing, translation and remote setup

Many Turkish founders prefer to handle the formation remotely rather than travelling to Romania for every step, and that is possible in a large share of cases. Before we quote a final timeline, we confirm the translation and signing requirements that apply to your specific situation, because these depend on your documents and on whether a power of attorney will be used. Some documents prepared in Turkey may need certified Romanian translation and, where applicable, an apostille under the Hague Convention, to which Turkey is a party.

Romanian SRL formation for a foreign individual typically starts from €300, and a registered office is available from €150 per year. Many non-resident founders choose the combined remote SRL plus registered office package, which starts from €450. These figures are a starting point only: the final quote depends on your citizenship, the exact documents you provide, the number of shareholders, whether translations are required, and whether the shareholder is an individual or a foreign legal entity. We confirm the all-in figure after reviewing your file rather than before.

When the shareholder is a Turkish company

If the owner of the new Romanian SRL will be a Turkish company rather than a private person, the planning needs a little more attention and it pays to raise this early. A corporate shareholder generally has to evidence its legal existence and its authority to act, which means the Romanian Trade Register will expect supporting documents from the Turkish side.

In these structures we usually review the following before committing to timing:

• A recent extract from the Turkish trade registry confirming the company is active and identifying its legal representatives
• The articles of association or equivalent constitutive document
• A representative approval or board resolution authorising the Romanian investment and naming who may sign
• Certified Romanian translations and, where applicable, apostilles for each of the above

Because these documents must be current and consistent with one another, requesting fresh extracts and confirming representative approvals at the outset is the single most useful thing a Turkish corporate shareholder can do. The same logic applies to any structure where ownership sits outside the EU, so our guidance for non-EU founders is worth reading alongside this page.

Ongoing changes after formation

Forming the company is rarely the end of the story. Many Turkish owners later need to update the administrator, adjust the registered office, add activity codes or bring in a new shareholder, and each of these is a formal Trade Register change. Company changes generally start from €200, again subject to the same factors of documents, translations and shareholder type. Keeping a stable Romanian company for Turkey running smoothly is usually a matter of filing these updates correctly and on time.

Check your country case

If you are a Turkish citizen or a Turkish company considering Romania LLC registration, send us a short summary of your situation and we will review it before quoting anything. Tell us your citizenship, your current country of residence, whether you need a registered office, and the business activity you have in mind. You can reach us on WhatsApp or through the contact form, and after reviewing your documents we will confirm the translation and signing requirements, a realistic timeline and a precise quote for your case.