Published fee · Financial Services Luxembourg · 2026

How much does a Luxembourg business licence cost for a café or restaurant, HORECA?

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 a café-restaurant costs EUR 1,250 excl. VAT in fees at Financial Services Luxembourg, disbursements extra. HORECA runs under sector-specific conditions, verified at scoping: operating the establishment, serving drinks, food-hygiene rules.

What are the conditions of the file?

Professional integrity of the effective manager.
Sector-specific conditions, qualification or specific approvals, verified at scoping.
Fixed establishment in Luxembourg and effective management.
Operating obligations specific to the activity, applicable from opening.

What does it cost, exactly?

Fees, excluding 17% VAT
Item	Amount
Financial Services Luxembourg fees, flat fee	EUR 1,250 excl. VAT
Chancellery duty, official disbursement re-invoiced at cost	EUR 50
Full grid of procedures and flat fees	see the 2026 grid

A restaurant bill mixes different VAT rates depending on what is served and how. A mis-parameterised till distorts every ticket, and the gap is discovered at inspection, never before. Till parameterisation and takings reconciliation are part of our accounting installation, not an option.

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.

Taking over an establishment or opening fresh?

Taking over a HORECA business buys the location and the clientele, not the right to operate: the licence remains personal, and the lease, the equipment and the seller's social debts are verified before signing. Company at the single EUR 2,049 flat fee, payroll with tips and extras from EUR 20 excl. VAT per payslip, bookkeeping with till from EUR 250 excl. VAT per month: every line 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.