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Company formation guide for Austria

Form an association in Austria

In Austria an association comes into being through its statutes and a notification to the association authority, after which it is listed in the Central Register of Associations. The statutes name the place of central administration as the seat, for example Seitenstettengasse 5/37 in 1010 Vienna, from €49 per month with annual billing.

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None
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Statutes + notification
to the association authority
Authority's deadline
4 weeks
at most 6 weeks if extended
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ZVR
Central Register of Associations
Association seat in 1010 Vienna: from €49 per month
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Seitenstettengasse 5/37
1010 Wien

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Association seat in 1010 Vienna

Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna. A real office, not a P.O. box.

  • Fits the Associations Act
  • Meeting room for the board
  • Ready right after booking

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In short

How an association comes into being in Austria

An association is not a company: it needs no share capital and no commercial register entry, but statutes, a written notification of formation to the association authority and a seat at the place of its actual central administration. The authority has four weeks, six if extended; after that the association exists as a legal person and is listed with its ZVR number in the Central Register of Associations. The Postservice.at address in 1010 Vienna serves as the seat for €49 per month with annual billing, €59 with monthly billing, ready to use right after the online booking.

Address requirements under the Austrian Associations Act

The Associations Act requires a seat in Austria, located where the association has its actual central administration (§ 4(2) VerG). The founders write this place into the statutes.

Under the Austrian Associations Act (VerG 2002) every association must have a registered seat, defined as the place of its central administration. This seat must be stated in the association statutes and reported to the association authority.

Requirements under the Associations Act:

  • The seat of the association must be set out in the statutes
  • Seat of the association = place of central administration
  • A delivery address for official correspondence is required
  • Entry in the Central Register of Associations (ZVR)
  • A registered business address for the association authority

Besides the seat, the statutes must in any case cover the name, purpose, membership, bodies and dissolution of the association (§ 3(2) Associations Act 2002). What makes an address suitable for official mail is explained on the page about the registered business address.

Seat of central administration

The seat of the association determines which authority is responsible and where the association must be reachable.

Responsible authority

The seat of the association determines the responsible association authority (district administration/municipal office, or the regional police directorate in cities where it has that role). For a seat in Vienna this is the Vienna Regional Police Directorate.

Postal delivery

Official correspondence, decisions and summonses are delivered to the seat of the association.

ZVR registration

The address is entered in the Central Register of Associations as the official seat, together with the association's address for service.

When is a virtual office possible for associations?

A virtual office is especially suitable for associations that do not need their own premises and organise their administration digitally.

  • Associations without their own business premises
  • Volunteer-run associations with a decentralised structure
  • Associations in the founding process
  • Associations operating across regions
  • Associations that need a representative address

What matters for the association's seat

What counts is the place of actual central administration. A rented address works when the association's administration comes together there: the association's mail arrives, and workspaces, coworking and a meeting room are available on site for board meetings and administrative work.

Also for associations with commercial activities

If your association runs a trade, register it with the same address: the Postservice.at address is recognised as a place of business. Workspaces, coworking and a meeting room are available on site for board meetings and administrative work.

Ideal for:

  • Sports associations without their own clubhouse
  • Cultural associations and support associations
  • Professional associations and interest groups
  • Non-profit associations
  • Student associations

Mail to the association

Sample Association, Seitenstettengasse 5/37. As the authority addresses it.

Decisions, members' mail and letters from sponsors arrive at the association's seat in 1010 Vienna instead of at the chair's or treasurer's home.

Example addressSample AssociationSeitenstettengasse 5/371010 Vienna

Founding an association with a virtual office

How to found your association with a professional address: from booking the address to the ZVR number in five steps.

How the formation works

  1. Book a virtual office

    Secure your association address in 1010 Vienna.

  2. Draw up the statutes

    Set out the seat of the association in your statutes, together with name, purpose, membership, bodies and dissolution.

  3. Hold the founding assembly

    Elect the board and adopt the statutes.

  4. Notify the association authority

    Report the founding of the association to the responsible authority: in writing, with a copy of the statutes and the founders' names, dates and places of birth and addresses for service (§ 11 VerG).

  5. Wait for ZVR registration

    The association obtains its legal personality after 4 weeks, or after at most 6 weeks if the period is extended; if the authority invites it to start its activities by decision earlier, correspondingly sooner (§ 13 VerG).

After formation, you report newly appointed board members and any change of the address for service to the association authority within four weeks (§ 14 VerG). Moving the seat to Vienna later means amending the statutes and notifying the change.

A reliable address for your association

For an association, what matters is that the authority, members and funding bodies reach it at a fixed address, whoever currently sits on the board.

Registered business address

Recognised by the association authority and the ZVR. It stays the same when the general meeting elects a new board.

Your own contract

Proof of the seat of the association for official enquiries, for instance when the authority asks about the place of central administration.

Private address protected

Board members do not have to use their private address. Statutes, letterhead and the association's website carry the address in 1010 Vienna.

Professional presence

A representative address for sponsors and cooperation partners, also on funding applications and membership forms.

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PLANS & PRICING

The seat for your association.
Ready for statutes and the ZVR.

Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna

Included in every plan
  • Address for commercial register & imprint
  • Letter & parcel acceptance
  • Company nameplate on the mailbox
  • Physical location

Save up to €240 a year with annual billing

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Basic

Self pickup

Use your address. Collect your mail. Legally compliant.

€59net / month

€59 billed monthly in advance

Monthly, flexible

  • Self pickup (notification for official mail and parcels)
  • Digital access system
  • Company nameplate on the mailbox
Choose Basic

Net plus 20% VAT · 14-day money-back guarantee

All Basic features
  • Registered address in 1010 Vienna
  • For commercial register & imprint
  • Incoming mail
  • Parcel acceptance
  • Self pickup (notification for official mail and parcels)
  • Digital access system
  • Company nameplate on the mailbox
  • Collection notices for RSa/RSb mail
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Plus

Unlimited scans

Receive your business mail digitally.

€89net / month

€89 billed monthly in advance

Monthly, flexible

  • Unlimited scans
  • Mail as PDF by email
  • Physical forwarding on request, EU-wide, postage included
Choose Plus

Net plus 20% VAT · 14-day money-back guarantee

All Plus features
  • Everything in Basic
  • Physical forwarding on request, EU-wide, postage included
  • Unlimited scans
  • Mail as PDF by email
  • Prominent company nameplate
  • Collection notices for RSa/RSb mail

Premium

Extended service

Digital mail, postal collection and meeting room.

€149net / month

€149 billed monthly in advance

Monthly, flexible

  • RSa/RSb collection from the post office with postal authorisation
  • 4h meeting room use per month
  • 6 months of mail service after address change
Choose Premium

Net plus 20% VAT · 14-day money-back guarantee

All Premium features
  • Everything in Plus
  • Forwarding to the rest of Europe too, postage included
  • RSa/RSb collection from the post office with postal authorisation
  • 4h meeting room use per month
  • 6 months of mail service after address change

Any questions? We are happy to help

All prices exclude 20% VAT. No setup fee.

Cancellable monthly with monthly billing, no minimum term.

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Basic → Plus for €30 more per month: Unlimited scans and your mail as a PDF by email.

Prices and services at a glance

As of November 2026

A business address at Postservice.at costs from 49 euros per month net with annual billing, or from 59 euros with monthly billing. The address is Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna, in the 1st district, and is registered-address ready for the commercial register, trade registration and imprint.

The Basic package (49 euros per month net with annual billing, 59 euros monthly) includes the registered business address, incoming mail, parcel acceptance, the company nameplate on the mailbox and self pickup from Monday to Sunday via a digital access system.

The Plus package (79 euros per month net with annual billing, 89 euros monthly) adds unlimited scans: every item is scanned and delivered as a PDF by email. Physical forwarding of the originals within the EU is available on request at no extra charge, including postage.

The Premium package (129 euros per month net with annual billing, 149 euros monthly) additionally includes physical forwarding to the rest of Europe as well, postage included, collection of RSa and RSb mail held at the post office with a postal authorisation, 4 hours of meeting room use per month and 6 months of mail service after an address change.

Three steps to your association's seat

Ideally the address is settled before the founding assembly adopts the statutes. You book online, and the address is ready to use right after the online booking.

  1. Choose a plan

    Basic is enough as the association's seat. If the board lives far apart, Plus scans the association's mail and forwards it within the EU.

  2. Name the association and its chair

    You give the planned name of the association; the person authorised to represent it confirms their identity digitally or in person.

  3. Enter the seat in statutes and notification

    Vienna becomes the seat in the statutes, Seitenstettengasse 5/37 the delivery address in the notification to the association authority.

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Frequently asked questions about the association address

From the seat in the statutes to mail for the board: what people founding an association ask us.

Yes, the Postservice.at address serves as the seat of the association. We reliably receive the mail for your association, and there are workspaces, coworking and a meeting room on site for the association's administration.

The association authority accepts addresses at which the association is actually reachable. Since we receive and forward mail, this requirement is met. Under § 4(2) VerG the seat is the place of actual central administration; if you run the association's administration via the address in 1010 Vienna, it works as the seat.

Yes. A meeting room for board meetings and small gatherings of up to six people is available on site. Larger general meetings can take place at any other venue; they do not have to be held at the seat of the association.

We receive all items for your association. Depending on your plan, we scan the mail and send it digitally or forward it physically. Scanning and forwarding within the EU start with the Plus plan; with Premium we collect RSa and RSb letters held at the post office using a postal authorisation.

Non-commercial associations do not need a trade licence. However, if the association runs a commercial business, it must register a trade. Our address is also suitable for that.

After the notification of formation, the association authority has four weeks, which it can extend to at most six weeks in justified cases. When the period ends, the association exists as a legal person; if the authority invites it to start its activities by decision earlier, correspondingly sooner. The ZVR then lists the association with its ZVR number, seat and address for service.

An association is not a company in the sense of the commercial register (Firmenbuch). It is notified to the association authority and kept in the Central Register of Associations, run by the Ministry of the Interior. Instead of share capital and a notary, it needs statutes and a founding assembly.

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Reviewed by Stephan Holzbach, as of November 2026.

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