This practical guide explains the main steps required to set up a business in Castilla - La Mancha.

This document does not specify the steps required with regard to industrial property: registration of trademarks, patents, utility patterns, trade names and business signs. For further information about these subjects you can contact the Trademark and Patent Office.

Enterprises with foreign capital incorporated in Spain usually have one of the following forms: Subsidiary, Representation Office or Company(S.A. / S.L. etc). For further information on this subject, please contact IPEX Foreign Investment Information Service.

In accordance with the specific features of every company, other formalities not included in this guide may also be required.

Concerning the steps for which the local Administration is responsible, it should be taken into account that the documentation to be presented, deadlines, etc. may vary from one Town Council to another. The documentation included here refers to the 5 provincial capitals, which does not necessarily mean that the steps to be taken in other provincial towns should be the same.