Remote LLC Setup in Georgia: The Practical Checklist Before You Start

Remote company formation in Georgia works best when the founder prepares the file before any legal drafting starts. The registry step itself can be quick, but missing identity details, address consent, ownership information, or document authentication is what actually slows a case down. This checklist is the same sequence a lawyer would work through with you, written so you can gather everything once and avoid the back-and-forth.

The legal framework, so you know what each step is for

A Georgian LLC is formed and governed under the Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021). Registration runs through the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR); tax registration and VAT sit with the Revenue Service under the Tax Code of Georgia. Because the identity and ownership checks at registration and, more heavily, at the bank derive from the Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, the quality of your ownership file matters at every stage.

Before anything: get the file right

Ninety percent of remote-formation delays come from an incomplete file, not from the registry. Have these ready before you sign anything:

• Two or three company-name options, in case the preferred name is already taken or too similar to an existing one.
• A plain-language activity description: what the company sells, to whom, and from which countries payments are expected. This drives the tax-status and banking conversation later.
• Full details for every shareholder, ultimate beneficial owner (UBO), and director: date of birth, passport or national-ID number, citizenship, and residential address.
• A registered legal address in Georgia, with the written consent of the address owner.
• Passport copies and the Power of Attorney, notarized and apostilled or legalized where required.

Company name rules and the preliminary check

A Georgian company name must be distinguishable from existing entities and is registered in Georgian script; a Latin-letter version is usually kept in parallel for banking and contracts. The legal form (for an LLC, the Georgian abbreviation შპს) is added automatically, so you do not include it in the name itself. A preliminary availability check before filing avoids a rejected submission and a lost day.

Shareholders, UBOs and directors

Georgia lets a company be fully foreign-owned, and a single person can be both the sole shareholder and the director. What matters for a clean file is accurate, consistent data across every document:

• Each shareholder's share percentage and, where relevant, voting percentage.
• Each UBO - the natural person who ultimately owns or controls the company - with the basis of control (direct shareholding, indirect, or other).
• The director's authority: sole signature, or joint authority requiring a second director.
• Consistent spelling of every name exactly as it appears in the passport.

The Power of Attorney and document authentication

Because you are not travelling to Tbilisi, a representative files on your behalf under a Power of Attorney (POA). The POA and passport usually need to be authenticated in your country before they are accepted in Georgia. Which route applies depends on where the document is issued:

1. Draft and review the POA so it grants exactly the powers the representative needs - and no more.
2. Sign it before a notary in your country.
3. Authenticate it: an apostille if your country is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, consular legalization if it is not, or neither where a legal-assistance treaty with Georgia removes the requirement.
4. Provide a certified Georgian translation where required.

Getting this route wrong is the single most common cause of a document being bounced back weeks later. Confirm the correct path for your specific country and document type before you notarize. A well-scoped POA should be limited in purpose and, as a matter of good practice, time-limited so it cannot be reused beyond the formation.

Registration and tax steps

1. 1

   Confirm the company name and registered legal address.

2. 2

   Finalize shareholder, UBO, and director information.

3. 3

   Prepare the charter, founder decision, and the registry package.

4. 4

   File with the National Agency of Public Registry.

5. 5

   Complete tax registration and, if applicable, apply for a preferential tax status.

6. 6

   Assess VAT: registration is generally required once taxable turnover passes the statutory threshold, and can also be taken voluntarily.

VAT is worth deciding early rather than discovering later. Once taxable turnover passes the statutory threshold in a rolling period, registration is mandatory; below it, voluntary registration is sometimes useful for recovering input VAT or for credibility with counterparties. Genuine service exports are typically outside the scope of Georgian VAT, which is why the activity description matters.

New in 2026: the individual-entrepreneur labour permit

This affects the individual-entrepreneur route rather than an LLC, but it matters when you choose a structure. Since 2026, foreign nationals registering as individual entrepreneurs in Georgia are expected to hold a labour permit, and banks are already asking for proof when opening the related business account. If you are weighing an LLC against an individual-entrepreneur setup, factor this in early.

Banking readiness starts on day one

A Georgian company can register quickly, but opening a business bank account is a separate hurdle that has become stricter. Prepare for it while you form the company, not after:

• A clear description of the business and its expected counterparties and payment flows.
• Evidence of a genuine connection to Georgia where the bank asks for it.
• Clean, consistent corporate documents with no gaps between the charter, registry extract, and ownership file.
• Realistic expectations: for a non-resident company with no local presence, a corporate account is possible but not automatic.

Common mistakes that slow approval

• Notarizing the POA before confirming whether apostille or legalization applies.
• Name spelling that differs between the passport, POA, and charter.
• A vague activity description that raises questions at the tax authority and the bank.
• Leaving banking to the end, then discovering the file does not support an account.
• No written address-owner consent for the registered address.

A realistic timeline

With a complete file, the registry step is often a matter of days. The parts that take real calendar time are document authentication in your home country and bank onboarding afterwards. Plan around those two, and the formation itself rarely becomes the bottleneck.