{"id":165,"date":"2022-12-22T10:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyformationaustria.com\/open-an-it-company-in-austria\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T01:33:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T01:33:05","slug":"open-an-it-company-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyformationaustria.com\/open-an-it-company-in-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Open an IT Company in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to recent report, the&nbsp;<strong>information and communications technology (ICT) industry in Austria<\/strong>&nbsp;is one of the most developed economic sectors. It generates close to 8% of the total value of the research and development (R&amp;D) industry which has a great impact on all&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/register-company-austria\">Austrian companies<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in terms of productivity. Also, according to the Association of the Austrian Electrical and Electronics Industry, the&nbsp;<strong>IT sector<\/strong>&nbsp;employs more than 220,000 individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign investors interested in&nbsp;<strong>setting up a business<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>in<\/strong>&nbsp;an industry which is evolving constantly, can rely on&nbsp;<strong>the IT sector<\/strong>. Our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/about-us\">company formation consultants in Austria<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;can offer information on the legislation supporting the development of the&nbsp;<strong>information technology sector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationaustria.com\/open-an-it-company-in-austria\/#company-registration-in-the-austrian-it-sector\" title=\"Company registration in the Austrian IT sector\">Company registration in the Austrian IT sector<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationaustria.com\/open-an-it-company-in-austria\/#activities-carried-out-by-it-companies-in-austria\" title=\"Activities carried out by IT companies in Austria\">Activities carried out by IT companies in Austria<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"company-registration-in-the-austrian-it-sector\"><\/span><strong>Company registration in the Austrian IT sector<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/gmbh-registration-austria\">limited liability company<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is the most popular type of structure used to&nbsp;<strong>open a company in Austria<\/strong>. This is also available for those who want to&nbsp;<strong>start an IT company in Austria<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>Foreign IT companies<\/strong>&nbsp;seeking to unfold their activities in Europe can set up subsidiaries or branch offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Austrian company formation process of an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/open-a-website-in-austria\">IT business<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;implies preparing the constitutive documents of the company and filing them with the Trade Register. Following that, the&nbsp;<strong>IT company<\/strong>&nbsp;must obtain a set of licenses which will be issued by the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology through the Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/\">company registration agents in Austria<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;can offer information on the&nbsp;<strong>licenses related to opening an IT company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"activities-carried-out-by-it-companies-in-austria\"><\/span><strong>Activities carried out by IT companies in Austria<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the moment, most of the activities carried out by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/company-types-austria\">Austrian IT companies<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;revolve around the research and development sector. One of the main reasons for this is that the government has enabled various assistance programs for R&amp;D activities. However,&nbsp;<strong>IT companies<\/strong>&nbsp;may also provide other services, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; web design;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; programming;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; software development;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mobile apps and game development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IT companies<\/strong>&nbsp;can also create and sell programs used by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/open-a-merchant-account-in-austria\">financial companies in Austria<\/a><\/strong>, as the financial sector is another developed industry which relies on the newest and most modern communications tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IT companies need to prepare annual financial statements that reflect the true financial situation of the company, as well as include comparative information and supporting documentation, as needed. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/accounting-services-in-austria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>accountants in Austria<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;assist companies of all sizes that need to prepare the annual statements. In addition to this, we also offer bookkeeping services, tax reporting and payroll solutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For assistance in&nbsp;<strong>opening an IT company<\/strong>, please feel free to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companyformationaustria.com\/contact\">contact us<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to recent report, the&nbsp;information and communications technology (ICT) industry in Austria&nbsp;is one of the most developed economic sectors. It generates close to 8% of the total value of the research and development (R&amp;D) industry which has a great impact on all&nbsp;Austrian companies&nbsp;in terms of productivity. Also, according to the Association of the Austrian Electrical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[67,131,28,133,132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Open an IT Company in Austria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find here how to establish a company in the IT sector in Austria. 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