Published fee · Financial Services Luxembourg · 2026

How much does a Luxembourg business licence cost for light goods transport?

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 light goods transport, vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes, costs EUR 750 excl. VAT in fees at Financial Services Luxembourg, disbursements extra. Below that threshold, the activity falls under the general business-licence regime, without a Community transport licence.

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 3.5-tonne threshold is the line that changes everything: above it, road haulage requires a Community licence, a qualified transport manager and financial standing. Many projects are built at the wrong level of requirement, in one direction or the other. Scoping settles this point first, because it determines the budget, the calendar and the vehicle.

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.

Courier, express, subcontracting for the big networks: which model?

Subcontracting for the large delivery networks offers immediate volume against tight margins: profitability is steered on cost per round, fuel, maintenance and drivers' payroll from EUR 20 excl. VAT per payslip. Company at the single EUR 2,049 flat fee, bookkeeping from EUR 250 excl. VAT per month: the detail is 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.