The steps to start a company
From the idea to registration: market study, articles of association, capital deposit, legal notice, one-stop shop, SIREN and SIRET numbers, Kbis extract, and the body that handles each formality.
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Market study: what is it?
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Research carried out before launch to learn about possible customers, their needs, their budget and the competitors already there.
It comes before the numbers: without it, forecast sales rest on nothing. Interviewing possible customers is more convincing than quoting general statistics.
A limited company has just been registered. Which document will a supplier ask for to make sure it legally exists?
- The Kbis extract
- The certificate of publication of the legal notice
- The certificate of deposit of funds
- The articles signed by the partners
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The Kbis extract
The other three are documents in the file, issued before registration: none proves that the company is entered in the register. Only the Kbis, issued by the registry after registration, does.
The … number has 9 digits and identifies the business; the … number has 14 digits and identifies each of its establishments.
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The SIREN number has 9 digits and identifies the business; the SIRET number has 14 digits and identifies each of its establishments.
The SIRET is the SIREN followed by 5 digits specific to the establishment: a business has a single SIREN and as many SIRET numbers as establishments.
Registration: what is it?
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The official entry of a business in a public register, which gives it its legal existence and its identification numbers.
For a commercial company, it is registration in the trade and companies register that creates the legal personality, not the signing of the articles.
The registration file of a simplified joint-stock company is rejected although the articles are signed by all the partners. What is the most likely cause?
- The Kbis extract was not attached, although it is required before any registration
- The articles were not signed before a notary, which every company requires
- The SIRET number was not requested from INSEE before the file was filed
- A certificate is missing: deposit of funds or publication of the legal notice
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A certificate is missing: deposit of funds or publication of the legal notice
The Kbis and the SIRET are the outcome of registration, not conditions for it: they cannot be attached. A notary is only required in particular cases, such as a contribution of real estate. The fix: get the missing certificate, then file again.