Legalstart is a French online service for setting up a company in France, changing it, or closing it. You answer a questionnaire, the documents are drafted, filing specialists check the file and submit it. It’s a specialized service, with no AI assistant announced to date: what’s automated here is the drafting of documents from your answers. It also offers a business account, invoicing, and accounting.
Legalstart has a free plan. Prices checked on October 3, 2026 on the vendor’s official page.
LegalstartSet up your company and handle its legal filings onlineWho it’s for: people setting up their company, and business owners or office managers who need to change a registered office, a director, or the articles of association.
You answer questions. Legalstart drafts the articles of association, checks the file, publishes the legal notice, submits everything to the registration portal, and sends you the Kbis. A guarantee covers the case where the court registry rejects the file.
The same approach for the life of the company: moving the registered office, changing the name or a director, changing the capital, transferring shares. And also making the company dormant, or dissolving and then liquidating it.
A business account with a French IBAN, physical and virtual Mastercard cards, and free SEPA transfers. The capital deposit is done there online, with the certificate within 24 hours. The account is held by Swan, a licensed French institution.
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Legal fees noted for a SASU, in France: legal notice from €141 to €165 depending on the département, registration with the court registry €35.59 (€50.59 for a craft business), beneficial owner declaration €20.34. We could not determine exactly what sets the Starter and Standard packages apart.
| Plan | Price | Who it’s for |
|---|---|---|
| Company setup Starter | €0 excl. tax, one time, plus legal fees | Setting up a company at the lowest cost |
| Company setup Standard | €99 excl. tax, one time, plus legal fees | SASU, EURL, SAS, SARL |
| Company setup Premium | €199 excl. tax, one time, plus legal fees | Urgent file |
| Change or closure | from €249 excl. tax, per procedure, plus legal fees | Company already set up |
| Business account Starter | €7 per month, excl. tax (€6.50 if billed yearly) | Freelancer, one-person company |
| Business account Essentiel | €24 per month, excl. tax (€20 if billed yearly) | Regular activity |
| Business account Premium | €49 per month, excl. tax | Company with a team |
| LS Compta accounting | from €29 per month, excl. tax | Handing off your accounting |
The practical guides are free, and so are some document templates. The Starter package for a new company shows €0 excl. tax, but the mandatory legal fees still have to be paid, and a support subscription that’s free for 30 days becomes paid afterward if you don’t cancel it.
Get the online quote first: it shows the total with the legal fees. If you don’t want the support subscription, cancel it before the 30 free days are up. For a project with several partners or with tax implications, pay for an hour with a lawyer or a CPA before you start.
Your data. Legalstart is run by a French company, and user data is stored in the European Union.
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Price out a new company, without paying anythingLegalstartIn the starter kit for one job.
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The publisher of the Legalstart mobile app. Worth looking at directly if you already have a CPA.
For real legal research backed by statutes and court decisions, rather than an administrative procedure.
Company setup Starter: €0 excl. tax, one time, plus legal fees; Company setup Standard: €99 excl. tax, one time, plus legal fees; Company setup Premium: €199 excl. tax, one time, plus legal fees; Change or closure: from €249 excl. tax, per procedure, plus legal fees; Business account Starter: €7 per month, excl. tax (€6.50 if billed yearly). Prices checked on October 3, 2026 on the vendor’s official page.
Yes. The practical guides are free, and so are some document templates. The Starter package for a new company shows €0 excl. tax, but the mandatory legal fees still have to be paid, and a support subscription that’s free for 30 days becomes paid afterward if you don’t cancel it.
Legalstart is run by a French company, and user data is stored in the European Union.
Qonto: If what you want first is a business account for your company, with its cards and management tools. Pennylane: The publisher of the Legalstart mobile app. Worth looking at directly if you already have a CPA. Doctrine: For real legal research backed by statutes and court decisions, rather than an administrative procedure.
Page checked on October 3, 2026. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.