Setting up a foreign business

Is your company interested in expanding or setting up in Barcelona? Are you an owner or representative of a foreign company planning to set up in Barcelona? Want to create a subsidiary or company branch in our city? Got an internationalisation or investment project?

If you’ve thought about questions like these, we can provide support, all we ask of you is to help our city and its economy prosper and to generate quality jobs.

Set up a foreign company

Whether you’re considering different locations for your company expansion or you’ve already chosen Barcelona, we can help you.

We know that for a business the decision to open in new locations is a strategic one, with many variables to be taken into account. We understand this complexity and we have the information and resources to provide specialist support for managerial teams from companies preparing their decision-making.

We know all the ins and outs of Barcelona and we are connected with key figures in universities, the administration, the business network and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A business installation project which is well-aligned with the city and its priorities is much more likely to be successful.

If your company has already decided to set up in Barcelona, the City Council’s economic development agency, Barcelona Activa, offers comprehensive support (as a one-stop shop), with support for your investment project which is free and entirely confidential. Go to the business landing service at Barcelona Activa and discover everything we offer: support with constituting a subsidiary, finding offices or business premises, support with recruitment, with administrative procedures etc.

If you would like more information on Barcelona as a centre for doing business, or investing in the Barcelona area and discovering its opportunities and potential, check out the section “Invest and do business” on the website Meet Barcelona.