Buy a shelf company in Luxembourg

Last updated: 3 November 2026

What is a shelf company in Luxembourg?

A shelf company in Luxembourg is a company that is already incorporated and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (RCS), and that is sold as it stands. When you buy a shelf company in Luxembourg you do not create anything: you acquire the shares of an existing company and become its owner. The company keeps its legal personality, its registration number and its history, and you decide its future.

The expressions shelf company, shelf companies, ready-made company and company on the shelf describe the same thing. In Luxembourg the shelf company is almost always a private limited company, the S.à r.l., but S.A., S.A.S., SCS and SCSp shelf companies also exist.

Why most Luxembourg shelf companies are S.à r.l.

The S.à r.l. is the most practical form for a Luxembourg shelf company. Its shares are registered in the name of the partners, its capital is modest, and the transfer of its shares to a new owner follows a clear procedure. Holding companies, consultancy companies, trading companies and property companies are very often set up as S.à r.l., which is why this form dominates the market for Luxembourg shelf companies.

An S.A. or an S.A.S. is chosen when the project needs a different governance, a larger shareholder base or a group structure. A limited partnership (SCS or SCSp) is chosen for investment structures, and its general partner is itself a company, which can be a shelf company.

How to buy a shelf company in Luxembourg, step by step

• Your request. You tell us the legal form, the corporate object and the use you have in mind, through the contact form.
• Identification. We deal only with identified buyers. Your identity and the beneficial owner of the buyer are established before any company name is shared.
• Selection. We present the shelf companies that match your request. The companies listed on this site belong to us and are sold directly by us, for our own account.
• Agreement and share transfer. The terms are agreed in writing and the shares are transferred to you. The buyer pays the seller directly, with no intermediary in the payment flow.
• Filings. The change of owner and of managers is filed with the RCS and the register of beneficial owners (RBE) within the legal deadlines.
• First use. You update the corporate object and the articles if needed, set up the registered office and open or re-open the bank account.

Who sells these shelf companies in Luxembourg

The shelf companies in Luxembourg listed on this site are real companies, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (RCS), and they belong to the operator of the site or to its beneficial owner. They are sold directly by the owner, for its own account, and never on behalf of third parties.

Because the seller is the owner, there is no intermediary between you and the company, and no intermediary in the payment flow: the buyer pays the seller directly. The site is run by people who work with Luxembourg companies and their accounting and filing obligations, which is why the explanations here are precise about the RCS, the RBE and the steps that follow a transfer.

What you can check yourself for every shelf company

• The legal form and the registration number, in the public RCS.
• The date of incorporation and the corporate object.
• The history of the filings made by the company.
• The managers and the beneficial owner shown in the public registers.

We give the company name after identification of the interested party.

What stays with the company and what the buyer changes

The company stays the same legal entity: same registration number, same date of incorporation, same history of filings. The buyer changes what the owner is entitled to change: the managers, the registered office, the name when permitted, the corporate object and the articles of association, through the formalities provided for by the law and the articles.

Registered office, bank account and business permit

A Luxembourg company needs a registered office in Luxembourg. We introduce independent Luxembourg professionals who provide domiciliation, accounting and resident management, so that your new company can operate.

A bank may carry out its own onboarding of the new owner and its own review of the company, so the bank account is a separate step. Where the activity requires a business permit, the permit is tied to the manager and the premises and is handled separately from the purchase of the shares.

Shelf company or new Luxembourg company?

A shelf company gives you an existing registered company that you can use as soon as the transfer is completed. A new incorporation gives you a clean slate under your own name from day one. Our page on acquisition or incorporation sets out the differences, and our list of Luxembourg shelf companies available shows what we currently offer.

Price of a shelf company in Luxembourg

The price of a Luxembourg shelf company depends on its legal form, its age and its situation. We give the price after identification of the buyer, which keeps the process serious and avoids anonymous requests.

See also: buying a shelf company in Luxembourg from its owner, existing SOPARFI or new holding company and aged shelf company in Luxembourg.

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