Spain
Invest and do business in Spain
Doing business in Spain from outside the EU usually involves more than one step: setting up the company, meeting the banking and permit rules and, if you plan to live there, a residence route linked to the business. Stinwo publishes 2 routes for investors and founders in Spain, compared below.
Published requirements are a starting point. Whether you qualify depends on your own documents.
Routes compared
Routes for investors and founders
Entrepreneur Visa
Residence for founders launching an innovative, scalable business of general interest to Spain, under the Startups Law.
- May suit
- Startup founders with an innovative idea
- Tech entrepreneurs seeking an EU base
- Teams building scalable, high-growth ventures
- Status
- Open
Golden Visa
Spain closed its investor (golden) visa to new applicants on 3 April 2025. Organic Law 1/2025 removed the whole investor residence route, including residence through buying property worth €500,000 or more. Several residence alternatives remain.
- May suit
- Investors who previously considered the Golden Visa
- Holders of an existing Golden Visa planning a renewal
- High-net-worth individuals seeking EU residency
- Status
- ClosedClosed since 3 April 2025
Not yet published for these routes: typical starting costs, processing times, time to permanent residence.
Pathway Match
Which of these routes could work for you?
Answer a few questions about your situation and Pathway Match shows which routes may fit, and why. It is not an eligibility decision: an advisor confirms that with your documents.
Check which routes fit you
Next step
Talk it through with the advisor who handles Spain.
Choose what it’s about and when suits you. Your advisor sees what you’ve explored, so the conversation starts where you are.
- Your goalBusiness
- DestinationSpain
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