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Company formation guide for Austria

Start a sole proprietorship in Austria

In Austria you start a sole proprietorship without a notary and without share capital: register your trade, state a location for the GISA, then register with the tax office and the SVS. Your business address at Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna serves as the trade location, so your home address stays private. It costs €49 per month with annual billing, €59 with monthly billing.

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Trade address for your sole proprietorship

Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna. A real office, not a P.O. box. You can register and carry out your trade there.

  • GISA location proof
  • Home stays private
  • Ready right away

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In short

Starting a sole proprietorship at a glance

A sole proprietorship belongs to one person, who is liable with their own assets and makes every decision alone. You set it up through the trade registration, with no notary and no share capital, often within a few days. Up to 55,000 euros in annual turnover the small-business scheme applies. A business address in 1010 Vienna costs €49 per month with annual billing, €59 with monthly billing and is ready to use right after the online booking.

How the formation works

Trade registration step by step

A sole proprietorship comes into being with the trade registration. You need no notary and no commercial register entry, but you do need a location that the trade authority records in the GISA. The tax office and social insurance follow.

Setting up a sole proprietorship is straightforward. Here is how you proceed:

Timeline from location to SVS

  1. Secure a business address

    Book your professional business address with Postservice.at. Your contract is prepared and signed on site or digitally.

  2. Trade registration at the district authority

    Register your trade with the responsible trade authority; in Vienna this is the municipal district office (Magistratisches Bezirksamt). You submit the contract as proof of location. Online you can use the trade registration on the Business Service Portal.

  3. Wait for the GISA entry

    After a successful registration you are automatically entered in the Austrian trade information system (GISA).

  4. Tax office registration

    Register with the responsible tax office and receive your tax number.

  5. Social insurance (SVS)

    Your compulsory insurance with the social insurance for the self-employed (SVS) starts on the day of the trade registration. You report the start of insurance within one month, as part of the eGründung on the business service portal or directly to the SVS.

GISA entry and proof of location

The GISA lists your name together with the trade location you state at registration. With a registered business address and your own contract, that location is your business address from the start, not your flat.

The Austrian trade information system (GISA) is the central register for all traders in Austria. For the entry you need proof of your business location.

Contract as proof of location

Issued in your name, exactly as it appears in the trade registration.

Professional address instead of a private flat

The GISA, your invoices and your imprint show 1010 Vienna.

Accepted by all authorities

The trade authority and the tax office reach you at this location.

This is what you get from us:

  • Your own contract (no c/o address)
  • Business address Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna
  • Proof for the trade authority and tax office
  • Company nameplate on the letterbox
  • Available immediately after booking

Tax in your first year

Using the small-business scheme

Most sole proprietorships start as small businesses: up to 55,000 euros in annual turnover you issue invoices without VAT. The threshold is set in § 6 para. 1 no. 27 of the VAT Act.

Small-business scheme

Turnover threshold 2026

EUR 55,000/year

  • No VAT on invoices
  • Simplified bookkeeping
  • No input VAT deduction possible

Leeway when you exceed it

Tolerance until year end

+10 %

If your turnover exceeds the threshold by no more than 10 percent, your sales stay exempt until the end of the calendar year. Beyond that, VAT applies from that sale onwards.

Up to an annual turnover of 55,000 euros you can make use of the small-business scheme. This considerably simplifies your bookkeeping and tax return.

Even as a small business you need a business address for the trade registration and your imprint. Our virtual office solution is the cost-effective alternative to your own office.

Mail to your sole proprietorship

Your name in the window. Your flat stays private.

This is how business mail arrives: your name as a sole proprietor at Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna, visible through the envelope window. Customers, suppliers and authorities write to this address, and your home address never appears.

Example addressMaria Muster e.U.Seitenstettengasse 5/371010 Vienna

Protect your home address

Protect your privacy as a self-employed person

A sole proprietorship has no company to stand behind: your name and your location are public. If you prefer not to appear at your home, you state a business address and can rent a company address in Vienna.

As a sole proprietor you have to disclose your address publicly: in the imprint, on invoices and during the trade registration. Protect your privacy.

Imprint and website

Use our address for your legally compliant imprint under ECG section 5, which requires a geographic address.

Invoices and correspondence

A professional business address on all your business documents.

Your home stays private

Your private address stays private and is not made publicly accessible.

Legal certainty for your sole proprietorship

As a sole proprietor you are personally the addressee of every official delivery. That is why the address has to be real, issued in your name and reachable.

Address valid for service

Recognised by authorities and courts: the trade authority, the tax office and the courts serve documents to you as the owner at this place of delivery.

Your own contract

No c/o address. The contract is in your first and last name and can be submitted to the tax office, even while you are still applying for your tax number.

Separation of private and business

A clear boundary from your home for more privacy: your residential registration stays with the registration office, your trade has its own location.

Physical presence

A real reception and staff on site in a real office, not a P.O. box. You collect your mail yourself or receive it digitally as a scan from Plus.

Commercial register and e.U.

What is a sole proprietorship (e.U.)?

Sole proprietorship and e.U. are the same legal form. The suffix e.U. only comes with the commercial register entry, which is voluntary for many founders and becomes mandatory with the obligation to keep accounts under § 189 UGB.

The sole proprietorship is the simplest and most common legal form in Austria. As a sole proprietor you are the only owner and make all decisions yourself. You can register in the commercial register as a registered trader (e.U.) voluntarily; it becomes mandatory once you are obliged to keep accounts: with more than 700,000 euros in revenue in two consecutive years or from 1 million euros in one year.

With the entry, your business address is also recorded in the commercial register (§ 3 Commercial Register Act). If you use the same address there as in the GISA, your presence stays consistent.

Advantages of the sole proprietorship:

  • Simple and quick formation without a notary
  • No minimum share capital required
  • Full decision-making freedom as the sole owner
  • Lower running costs (no publication obligations)
  • Small-business scheme available (up to 55,000 € turnover/year)

According to the commercial register

Do sole traders also register this address?

Yes. According to the commercial register, 19 % of the companies at Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna are registered sole traders (e.U.). Sole proprietorships without a register entry do not appear in these figures.

Legal forms of the companies registered here
  • GmbH (limited company)70 %
  • registered sole traders (e.U.)19 %
  • KG (limited partnership)4 %
  • OG (general partnership)3 %
  • FlexCo3 %

Own evaluation of the public commercial register as of 14 October 2026. Counted are companies registered at this address today. Unregistered sole traders, associations and foreign companies do not appear in the register.

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Reviews

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PLANS & PRICING

One address for your trade,
imprint and invoices

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

14-day money-back guaranteeFor all customers, including businesses

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.

Compare all features

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 the trade location of your sole proprietorship

Address first, trade registration second: that way the GISA shows your business location from day one, not your flat.

  1. Choose a plan

    Basic covers trade registration, imprint and invoices. Scanning and forwarding within the EU start with Plus.

  2. Provide your name and ID

    You book in your own name as a sole proprietor. We verify your identity digitally or on site, as § 365p of the Trade Act requires.

  3. State the address to the trade authority

    You submit the contract as proof of location with your trade registration. The same address goes into your imprint and onto your invoices.

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Example workflow
Address active:Seitenstettengasse 5/37, 1010 Vienna
Mail processing
Example: Vienna Tax OfficePDF ready

Your document is available digitally, wherever you are.

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Frequently asked questions about the sole proprietorship

What sole founders most often ask about trade registration, the GISA, tax and their address.

Yes, our address is suitable for trade registrations. You receive a contract that you can submit as proof of location to the trade authority.

Yes, even as a small business you have to provide a business address during the trade registration. You also need an address for your imprint if you run a website.

A sole proprietorship is the legal form. You receive the additional designation 'e.U.' (registered trader) once you are entered in the commercial register. This is possible voluntarily at any time and becomes mandatory once you are obliged to keep accounts: with more than 700,000 euros in revenue in two consecutive years or from 1 million euros in one year.

In principle yes, but your private address then becomes publicly visible (imprint, GISA, invoices). With our virtual office solution you protect your privacy.

The business address is available right after the online booking. The trade registration itself can often be completed within a few days.

If you exceed 55,000 euros by no more than 10 percent, your sales stay exempt until the end of the calendar year. If it is more, VAT applies from the sale with which you cross the threshold. The rule is § 6 para. 1 no. 27 VAT Act.

No. The commercial register records a business address, and you can state the same address in 1010 Vienna that already appears in the GISA and your imprint. Your contract continues, only the company name with the suffix e.U. is added.

More questions?

Reviewed by Stephan Holzbach, as of November 2026.

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