Business
Same-day company formation through the Empresa en un Día regime
Ley 20.659 created the Registro de Empresas y Sociedades, allowing most companies to be incorporated electronically in a single day at no cost using standard forms. The sociedad por acciones (SpA) is the preferred flexible vehicle and permits a single shareholder. Companies must obtain a RUT from the Servicio de Impuestos Internos and file a start-of-activities declaration.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — National, with the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero supervising listed companies
- Deadline — Electronic incorporation: effective on the same day the form is signed
- Deadline — Start-of-activities declaration to SII: within two months of beginning operations
Governing law
- Ley 20.659 - Régimen SimplificadoEmpresa en un Día
- Ley 18.046 - Sociedades Anónimas
- Código de Comercio
In practice
The Empresa en un Día system is genuinely quick because it dispenses with the notarial deed and commercial-registry publication that the traditional route still requires, using advanced electronic signatures on model bylaws instead. Companies that need bespoke bylaws, or that fall outside the eligible types, must still incorporate through the conventional notarial process.