The Osaühing (OÜ)
A Private Limited Company under the Estonian Commercial Code. Minimum share capital of €2,500 (contribution can be deferred). Once registered, a full EU-resident legal person.
Get your Estonian nominee company.
No need to travel. A local nominee director sits on the management board and files your OÜ on the e-Business Register for you. Delivered with a digital bank account in the company's name — a traditional Estonian bank and card processing available on request.
- Local nominee director on the board
- No travel required — filed digitally
- Digital bank account included
- Traditional bank & processing on request
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Retained · tax
Local nominee director
On the management board, filed for you
No travel required
Every filing handled digitally from our end
Digital bank included
SEPA-native EUR IBAN in the OÜ's name
Processor on request
Card processing added when you need it
01The case for Estonia
A real EU company, filed for you, delivered ready to trade.
Estonia rebuilt its state digitally after 1991 — the e-Business Register, X-Road and e-Residency turned company administration into a browser tab. Incorporation happens in a day, from anywhere.
That is exactly why the OÜ makes such a clean nominee vehicle. Our Tallinn office acts as your local nominee director on the management board. You do not travel, you do not visit a notary, you do not appear on the public register. The company is filed for you and handed over trading.
It ships with a digital bank account in the OÜ's name so it can send and receive EUR from day one. When you need a traditional Estonian bank or card processing, we add them on request as part of the same engagement.
02Anatomy
What sits inside the setup.
Every piece required by the local code, assembled by our local team and handed over as one clean pack.
The local nominee director
Our Tallinn-based nominee sits on the management board and appears on the e-Business Register — a real Estonian resident, so no separate contact person is required. Yours does not.
The UBO filing
Estonia's UBO register is not fully public — accessible to obliged entities (banks, notaries) and authorities. Filed correctly, disclosed to the bank, out of the public commercial register.
The Estonian legal address
Every OÜ needs a registered address in Estonia. Included and maintained by our Tallinn office. Statutory mail scanned and forwarded.
The digital bank account
Wise Business or Revolut Business, opened in the OÜ's name — SEPA-native EUR IBAN plus USD and GBP wallets. Live in 5–10 business days, no travel.
Optional: traditional bank & processing
LHV Pank or Coop Pank on request for a real Estonian IBAN. Card processing added when the OÜ needs it — we prepare the file and introduce the acquirer.
03Tax on distributed profit
You are only taxed when you take money out.
Estonia's corporation tax is 22% — but it only applies to distributed profit. So long as profit stays inside the OÜ, it compounds at 0%. Corporation tax is paid on the way out, not on the way in.
In practice an Estonian OÜ can hold retained earnings, reinvest them, buy assets or fund other operations without a tax event. For growing digital businesses the deferral is genuinely large.
We are not tax advisors. We introduce a qualified Estonian tax advisor as part of onboarding to assess whether the OÜ is the right structure for you and to distribute cleanly when the time comes.
General information about Estonia's tax model. Not tax advice — a qualified Estonian tax advisor must assess your specific case.
04Banking, specifically
Delivered in the company's name.
A digital EUR bank account ships with every OÜ setup. A traditional Estonian bank and card processing are available on request.
Digital bank (included)
Wise Business or Revolut Business — SEPA-native EUR IBAN in the OÜ's name, plus USD, GBP and other wallets. SEPA Instant, SWIFT and card acceptance for outbound live from day one.
Traditional Estonian bank
LHV Pank or Coop Pank. A real Estonian IBAN with stronger weight for legacy EU counterparties. Requires a video KYC and a heavier file — we prepare you and attend.
Card processing
Card acquiring added when the OÜ needs it — matched to what you sell and your volume. You keep the processing relationship; we take no cut.
06Why an Estonian nominee OÜ
A modern EU company — filed digitally, kept off the public record.
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Why Estonia: the OÜ is a full EU-resident legal person with a SEPA-native EUR IBAN in its own name — trusted across the single market and instantly recognised by European banks and counterparties. Estonia's digital-first Commercial Register makes the whole company administrable from a browser, so filings, changes and annual reports never require travel.
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Privacy by design: our Tallinn nominee sits on the management board and is the only name on the e-Business Register, the annual report and every public filing. Your ownership is protected by a declaration of trust and disclosed only to the bank.
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Ready fast, delivered end-to-end: filed digitally in 3–5 business days, banking live in 5–10. Vaulted's Tallinn office provides the local director and handles every filing for you — one senior advisor owns the file from incorporation through to yearly maintenance.
"The whole point of the OÜ is that nothing about it needs to happen in person. Our nominee sits on the board, we file it, the bank goes live — the founder never has to leave their desk."
07Answers
What we get asked most often.
Next step
Register your OÜ with our Tallinn office.
One senior advisor. Local nominee director, e-Business Register filing, digital EUR banking — 5 to 10 business days. Traditional bank and processing on request.
Local nominee director e-Business Register filing Digital EUR banking
