The Discreet Investor
Company formation in St Vincent & Grenadines
SVG is the offshore world's quiet workhorse: 0% tax on foreign income, no filings, owners genuinely off the record — set up in as little as two days, and home of the most popular offshore forex jurisdiction there is.
Transparent pricing
Cost of an SVG company
Three ways in — from the cheapest possible start to the full machine. Every package puts a live SVG company in your hands; a tailored quote follows a short brief.
A confidential call on cost, process and requirements — and an honest answer on whether SVG fits your case at all.
- +Orientation session
- –Turnkey company formation
- –Company contact person
- –Registered legal address, 1 year
- –Remote incorporation
- –Notary services
- –Company secretary
- –Nominee shareholder
- –Nominee director
- –Accounting, 1 year
- –Long-term POA
- –Apostilled document set
- –Ongoing legal support
- –Corporate bank account
Turnkey formation with everything needed to get off the ground: your SVG company registered, addressed and documented.
- +Orientation session
- +Turnkey company formation
- +Company contact person
- +Registered legal address, 1 year
- +Remote incorporation
- +Apostilled document set
- –Notary services
- –Company secretary
- –Nominee shareholder
- –Nominee director
- –Accounting, 1 year
- –Long-term POA
- –Ongoing legal support
- –Corporate bank account
The whole machine — nominees, secretary, accounting, standing legal support and a corporate account — priced to your exact structure.
- +Orientation session
- +Turnkey company formation
- +Company contact person
- +Registered legal address, 1 year
- +Remote incorporation
- +Notary services
- +Company secretary
- +Nominee shareholder
- +Nominee director
- +Accounting, 1 year
- +Long-term POA
- +Apostilled document set
- +Ongoing legal support
- +Corporate bank account
Main advantages
Why SVG works
A rare combination in today's offshore market: solid reputation, low cost, real privacy — and a regulator that stayed sensible while others panicked.
Taxes +
Since the Income Tax (Amendment) Act of 2020, SVG runs a territorial system: Business Companies pay corporate tax only on profits earned inside the islands. Everything earned abroad — profits, capital gains, passive income — is untaxed, and there's no VAT on an offshore company either. LLCs sit outside the tax net entirely.
Fast setup +
A clean file turns into a registered company in as little as two days. The registry is quick, the process is polished, and none of it requires you to board a plane.
A financial services centre +
SVG is home to brokers, crypto platforms and gaming operators, and its forex licence is arguably the most popular offshore forex framework in the world. The regulator's rules are firm but reasonable — which is precisely why serious financial businesses keep choosing it over jurisdictions that legislate in panic.
No financial reporting +
No mandatory accounting, no audits, no financial statements. The administrative burden rounds to zero, which is exactly why cost-conscious international businesses keep landing here. Keep your internal affairs clean and ethical — that part never stops being your job.
Apostille +
SVG is a Hague Convention signatory, so corporate documents are legalised with a single apostille stamp recognised worldwide — no embassy queues, no consular marathons when you present the company abroad.
What an SVG company is used for
Popular St Vincent & Grenadines structures
Forex & crypto platforms
The headline act. SVG's forex framework is the offshore default for brokers worldwide, and its crypto rules manage the rare trick of being both credible and workable. If your business is trading, brokerage or exchange, this jurisdiction was practically built for you — licensing handled by us end to end.
Discuss licensingOne roof over the group
An SVG holding consolidates subsidiaries and assets under a flexible, tax-neutral umbrella, simplifying governance and multi-level decisions. Strong legislation and international-standard compliance keep the structure defensible.
Discuss a holdingAsset protection & privacy
Moving stocks, property or precious metals into a trust structure adds privacy, protection and reduced personal exposure. SVG doesn't run a dedicated offshore-trust regime per se, yet remains a sought-after venue for exactly this work — we'll explain the nuance on the call.
Discuss a trustSecurities, bonds, commodities, real estate — and notably intellectual property: SVG is a respected home for patents, trademarks and copyrights held through a corporate wrapper, for yourself or on behalf of others.
Discuss asset holdingRun a global online business without ever setting foot in the islands: progressive regulation, solid infrastructure, and a geographic position conveniently between the American and European markets.
Discuss e-commerce setupStep by step
The full St Vincent & Grenadines process
Built for first-time founders and seasoned operators alike — an uncomplicated procedure with us doing the heavy lifting.
We settle the purpose, the name and the shareholding together, then collect the paperwork. SVG asks for a bit more than most: certified passport copies plus a secondary ID for every director, shareholder and beneficial owner, and certified proof of address with bank or professional reference letters. We prepare and legalise all of it.
We manage the registration end to end with regular updates — in practice the registry can complete in two days, with a business week as the safe assumption. You receive the full corporate document set of your new company.
With the right introductions, SVG banking is friendlier than most offshore jurisdictions — we work with a network of institutions that genuinely onboard SVG companies, and we submit your file already prepared to their standard.
The details
SVG formation in depth
Treaties & information exchange
SVG cooperates internationally through its Exchange of Information Act and its TIEA legislation, and it has signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Translation: 0% tax is real, invisibility is not — your home country's rules still apply to you personally, and we say that plainly where others won't.
Offshore companies face no mandatory bookkeeping and no audit requirement. Nothing is filed with the authorities — the lightest compliance load in this hemisphere.
The Registrar of Business Companies runs the register and the FSA offers an entity search — but the meaningful fact sits deeper: the Registrar holds no records of beneficial owners, shareholders or directors of an IBC. Companies keep their own internal registers under the Companies Act, and the registered agent keeps a client file that officials can access in criminal matters. Nominee directors and shareholders are fully legal (renewed annually) for a further layer of lawful distance.
No footprint required
No economic substance requirements at all: no local office, no local staff, no local spending. Directors and shareholders can live anywhere, and corporate shareholders are welcome — a genuinely flexible operating environment with minimal regulatory drag.
Accounts for SVG companies
With guided introductions, account opening is a straightforward, tailored process — daily operations, investment activity or trading, matched to institutions from our network that suit the company's actual needs.
The IBC covers nearly every international purpose — favourable tax, minimal reporting, ideal for offshore operations and asset protection. Alongside it: trusts, where a trustee manages assets for your beneficiaries in confidence, and foundations, trust-like entities with a corporate spine that can hold assets and pursue defined purposes.
Our clients also considered
Jurisdictions to compare with St Vincent & Grenadines
British Virgin Islands- The top offshore jurisdiction
- Tax-free, no reporting
- High confidentiality
Costa Rica- Tax-free on foreign income
- Board privacy
- Not blacklisted as a haven
Marshall Islands- 0% tax
- Bearer shares permitted
- Minimal information sharing
St Kitts & Nevis- 0% tax
- Strong asset protection
- Whitelisted jurisdiction
Seychelles- 0% tax
- No reporting
- Cheap and easy
Vanuatu- 0% tax
- No reporting
- One person is enough
FAQ
About SVG registration
Is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a tax haven? +
Tax-efficient, yes — a haven in the blacklist sense, no. Thanks to its information-exchange framework, SVG is on neither the OECD's nor the EU's blacklist. The practical residue of the 0% regime is banking friction, which raises the true cost of incorporation — and which our introductions exist to solve.
What about the famous SVG forex licence? +
Deserved fame: SVG hosts one of the most popular offshore forex frameworks anywhere. If your project is a brokerage or trading platform, tell us in your orientation session — we run the licensing path alongside the incorporation.
What's a good alternative to SVG? +
Depends on the objective: BVI for maximum recognition, Seychelles for minimum cost, St Kitts for asset protection. One call and we'll shortlist it for your business model — including if the answer isn't SVG.
Is the privacy of shareholders and directors real? +
Yes, unusually so: the Registrar holds no records of beneficial owners, shareholders, directors or officers of an IBC. The registered agent keeps a private client register that officials can consult in criminal cases — lawful privacy, not lawless invisibility. We keep you firmly on the right side of that line.
Is SVG an independent country? +
Fully independent since 1979, and a Commonwealth member — a combination that lends the jurisdiction stability, a familiar legal tradition, and standing in international business.
Is SVG completely tax-free? +
For income earned outside the territory, effectively yes — the system is territorial. Your personal position depends on where you live and what other jurisdictions touch the money, which is exactly what a consultation untangles.
How do I open a business in SVG? +
Three moves: plan the company (purpose, name, shareholding) with us, let us run the incorporation, then let us walk the bank account through. Your involvement is a call, a handful of documents and a signature.
Why do companies actually register in SVG? +
Three reasons that survive scrutiny: zero corporate tax on foreign income, a genuinely fast and simple incorporation, and the credibility of a stable Commonwealth jurisdiction that opens international doors instead of closing them.
How long does setup take? +
Typically 2 days for the registration itself — one of the fastest turnarounds in the offshore world — with minimal paperwork along the way.
SVG in two days.
Zero tax on foreign income, no filings, owners off the record — and the forex jurisdiction the whole offshore world knows by name. Exact quote within 24 business hours.