Published fee · Financial Services Luxembourg · 2026

How much does a Luxembourg business licence cost for IT consulting?

Name: Financial Services Luxembourg
Address: 142 Boulevard de la Pétrusse, Luxembourg, L-2330, LU
Telephone: +352 661 198 544
Price range: €€€

The business licence for IT consulting, development and digital services costs EUR 750 excl. VAT in fees at Financial Services Luxembourg, chancellery disbursement extra. The activity has free access in the general case: no degree required, but a precisely drafted corporate object covering services, subcontracting and code ownership.

What are the conditions of the file?

Professional integrity of the effective manager, criminal-record extract and sworn statement.
Free access: no qualification required in the general case.
Fixed establishment in Luxembourg and effective management of the business.
Effective manager who genuinely runs the company, no figurehead.

What does it cost, exactly?

Fees, excluding 17% VAT
Item	Amount
Financial Services Luxembourg fees, flat fee	EUR 750 excl. VAT
Chancellery duty, official disbursement re-invoiced at cost	EUR 50
Full grid of procedures and flat fees	see the 2026 grid

The classic IT freelancer mistake is a corporate object drawn too narrowly: a licence worded “IT consulting” does not automatically cover licence resale, hosting or training. We draft the object to cover today's and tomorrow's revenue lines, which avoids a paid amendment six months later.

How does the filing proceed?

We prepare the file, submit it on MyGuichet to the Directorate-General for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and follow it through to the decision. You sign, we do the rest; the flat fee is confirmed in writing before any hour is billed.

IT freelancer: sole trader or SARL-S?

The SARL-S becomes the obvious choice once your clients are established companies: it strengthens invoicing credibility, separates assets, and opens the single formation flat fee of EUR 2,049 excl. VAT, licence included, with the startup hourly rate of EUR 65 excl. VAT on bookkeeping. Monthly accounting retainers start at EUR 125 excl. VAT for a sole trader and EUR 250 for a company: both are published, line by line, on the 2026 fee grid.

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Official sources: guichet.public.lu, business licence · Luxembourg Business Registers. Fee amounts: Financial Services Luxembourg pricing policy, verified on 22 August 2026, excluding 17% VAT. This page informs; it does not constitute legal advice, and complex deeds are referred to a lawyer.