Business and residence in Poland
Whether you can set up a business depends on your residence status. We explain who can be a sole trader and who only a company.
EU citizens and some foreigners with a residence card run a business on the same terms as Poles. Other foreigners can run a business only in the form of certain companies (Art. 4 of the Act on the participation of foreign entrepreneurs).
- Sole proprietorship - who can and how - foreigner as a sole trader.
- A company and a management board position as a ground of residence - company and management board.
Running a business can be the purpose of stay: the temporary residence permit for business requires, among other things, sufficient company income or employment of workers (Art. 142 of the Act on Foreigners).
Sole trader
Which foreigners can register a sole proprietorship in CEIDG like Poles: permanent residence, EU resident, studies, family, Pole's Card. PESEL from 1 November 2026.
Company and board
Temporary residence permit for business: company income or 2 employees, member of the management board of a company, commercial proxy, general partner.
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