Changing French business address?
Changing your business address in France can be costly and time-consuming. As such, it’s important to make sure you have to change business address as little as possible.
1- Choose your business address wisely
Before you choose, you should precisely examine your company’s needs and growth perspectives. You should also explore every option available to you before making a decision.
If you want an example as to why it’s so important:
Many French entrepreneurs have their head office address be their main residence. While that looks like the simplest option, there are a lot of inconveniences that come with it:
- If you ever move, you’ll have to change your business address as well
- Your business address can’t be your main residence for more than 5 years
- Not to mention, it broadcasts your personal address to the public
You could also loan an office, but it can be very costly, especially since small companies generally don’t generate too much revenue at the beginning. That’s actually one of the main advantages of domiciliation companies; they’re arguably the cheapest and most flexible option.
2- Choose your address according to your needs
Since each company is unique, there’s no best solution that works for all of them. Still, pay attention to factors such the time it takes to deal with letters, paperwork, phone calls, etc. You can modify these variables quite a bit by choosing your business address.
You should also pay attention to how prestigious you need your business address to be. If you expect your company to develop enough to deal with international clients, then having your company’s address be the famous “place de la madeleine” can be quite the asset, after all.
