Startup (empresa emergente) certification from ENISA

Startup (empresa emergente) certification from ENISA is filed with ENISA, Empresa Nacional de Innovación (área de servicios, opción Certificaciones). With Managora you do it 100% online: you answer a few questions, sign a digital mandato (power of representation) and we draft, sign and file your application for you. What we charge you: from €599. Official tasa (government fee): No official fees. Applying to ENISA for the certification is free, and ENISA notifies the empresa emergente status directly to the Registro Mercantil (or the Registro de Cooperativas): neither Ley 28/2022 nor Orden PCM/825/2023 sets any registry fee payable by the company for that registration. If the company decides to grant us a notarial power of attorney so that we can submit as its attorneys, the notary charges their fee separately and the company pays it.

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We handle your company's certification as an empresa emergente (startup) with ENISA, the certification that gives access to the benefits of the Startups Law. We check the requirements against your deed and your accounts, draft the business plan, the innovation and scalability sections and the declaración responsable (sworn statement), submit the application as attorneys with the notarial power of attorney that ENISA asks of whoever represents the company (or, if you prefer, leave it ready for your director to send) and answer ENISA's requests until the decision. Applying to ENISA is free and ENISA decides whether to grant it.

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What we charge you: from €599
Managora's fee: €599.00 (21% VAT incl.)
Tasa (official government fee): No official fees. Applying to ENISA for the certification is free, and ENISA notifies the empresa emergente status directly to the Registro Mercantil (or the Registro de Cooperativas): neither Ley 28/2022 nor Orden PCM/825/2023 sets any registry fee payable by the company for that registration. If the company decides to grant us a notarial power of attorney so that we can submit as its attorneys, the notary charges their fee separately and the company pays it.
Processing time: ENISA has a maximum of 3 months to decide, counted from when the complete application enters its electronic register; the period is suspended while a request to correct the application is being answered. If it passes without a decision being notified, the application is deemed granted (positive silence). If a request is not answered within the time ENISA gives, the application is treated as withdrawn.
Where it is filed: ENISA, Empresa Nacional de Innovación (área de servicios, opción Certificaciones) ↗
What you receive: Application

Cost breakdown: Startup (empresa emergente) certification 599 € (VAT included) for the certification of one company. If the company is part of a group of companies, 99,00 € is added, because the requirements are also checked at group level and the group declaración responsable (sworn statement) has to be prepared. No official fees: applying to ENISA is free..

Startup (empresa emergente) certification from ENISA: how is it filed?

1Answer the questions (around 15 minutes) and upload the company's documents.
2If any answer shows that your company cannot be certified, we tell you before you pay.
3Payment: 599 € (VAT included) for the certification of one company; if it is part of a group of companies, 99 € is added.
4We check the requirements against your deed and your accounts, look for objective proof that allows the innovation to be approved directly, and draft the business plan, the innovation and scalability sections and the declaración responsable (sworn statement), plus the group one if it applies.
5Your director signs the declaración responsable (all of them, if they are joint directors): it must be dated no more than 3 months before the application is submitted.
6We submit the application ourselves as attorneys, with the notarial power of attorney the company grants us for the certification procedure; or, if you prefer, we leave it ready for your director to send on the ENISA portal. We explain how to register with the DEHú, where ENISA notifies its decision.
7Forward us any request from ENISA as soon as you receive it: we prepare the reply in time and follow the file until the decision. If it is favourable, ENISA issues the certificate and notifies the empresa emergente status to the Registro Mercantil.

Which documents do you need?

•Deed of incorporation with proof of its registration with the Registro Mercantil (Companies Register) or the Registro de Cooperativas.
•The company's definitive NIF card.
•Annual accounts for the last closed financial year, filed with the Registro Mercantil or approved and signed by the board or directors (if the company has not closed any year yet, they are not needed).
•Certificates showing the company is up to date with the Agencia Tributaria (Tax Agency) and the Seguridad Social (Social Security), or of not being an employer if it has no staff.
•Deed of appointment or power of attorney of whoever signs, if it is not in the deed of incorporation.
•Proof of any grants, awards, seals, certifications or patents showing innovation, if you have them.
•Declaración responsable (sworn statement), plus the group one if the company belongs to a group, and business plan: we draft them and your director signs.

Prerequisites we also handle for you

This procedure may require documents that we also obtain. If your case needs one and you do not have it, ask us for it here and come back once you have it:

Certificado de estar al corriente (tax and Seguridad Social clearance certificate)from €99

Legal basis and things to bear in mind

Requirements of Ley 28/2022: being a trading company or cooperative; no more than 5 years since registration with the Registro (7 in biotechnology, energy and industry); not having arisen from a merger, demerger or conversion of businesses that were not startups; not distributing and never having distributed dividends; not being listed on a regulated market; having the registered office, head office or a permanent establishment in Spain; having at least 60 % of the workforce on an employment contract in Spain; turnover not above 10 millones de euros; and running an innovative project with a scalable business model. If the company is part of a group, the requirements must be met by the group or by each of its companies.
Nor can the benefits be claimed by businesses founded or run by people who are not up to date with the tax authorities and the Seguridad Social, who have a final conviction for offences such as breach of fiduciary duty, criminal insolvency, money laundering or tax offences, or who have lost the right to contract with public authorities. The declaración responsable (sworn statement) covers this.
ENISA has a maximum of 3 months to decide from when the complete application enters its register, and if it does not notify a decision within that period the application is deemed granted. The period is suspended while a request to correct the application is being answered, and if the request is not answered in time the application is treated as withdrawn.
Certification registered with the Registro Mercantil is what gives access to the benefits of the law, such as paying Impuesto sobre Sociedades (corporate tax) at 15 % in the first period with a positive tax base as a startup and in the three following ones, as long as it keeps that status. ENISA notifies the registration directly to the Registro, and the benefits apply from the date of the certification.
The certification is valid for 5 or 7 years counted from the company's registration with the Registro, not from the certification, and it is lost earlier if the company stops meeting a requirement, is bought by a business that is not a startup, or its turnover goes above 10 millones de euros. The company must tell ENISA immediately of any change affecting the requirements.
It is not the ENISA loan or the report the UGE-CE asks for in the entrepreneur residence: they are separate procedures, and the certification does not give access to those residence permits. Having signed an ENISA loan in the last 3 years, still in force and with no incidents, does approve scalability directly.
ENISA decides whether to grant it: we cannot guarantee it. A refusal can be challenged with a recurso de alzada (administrative appeal) within one month of notification, before the Dirección General de Industria y de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa; the Managora law firm handles it, as a separate engagement quoted in advance.

Startup (empresa emergente) certification from ENISA: frequently asked questions

Startup (empresa emergente) certification from ENISA: how much does it cost?

We charge you from €599: our fee plus, where applicable, the fixed official tasa we advance. Startup (empresa emergente) certification 599 € (VAT included) for the certification of one company. If the company is part of a group of companies, 99,00 € is added, because the requirements are also checked at group level and the group declaración responsable (sworn statement) has to be prepared. No official fees: applying to ENISA is free.. Managora's fee is €599.00, 21% VAT included (€495.04 net + €103.96 VAT). The official tasa charged by the authority (a suplido paid on your behalf, no VAT) is: No official fees. Applying to ENISA for the certification is free, and ENISA notifies the empresa emergente status directly to the Registro Mercantil (or the Registro de Cooperativas): neither Ley 28/2022 nor Orden PCM/825/2023 sets any registry fee payable by the company for that registration. If the company decides to grant us a notarial power of attorney so that we can submit as its attorneys, the notary charges their fee separately and the company pays it..

Startup (empresa emergente) certification from ENISA: how long does it take?

ENISA has a maximum of 3 months to decide, counted from when the complete application enters its electronic register; the period is suspended while a request to correct the application is being answered. If it passes without a decision being notified, the application is deemed granted (positive silence). If a request is not answered within the time ENISA gives, the application is treated as withdrawn.

Startup (empresa emergente) certification from ENISA: which documents do I need?

You need to have to hand: Deed of incorporation with proof of its registration with the Registro Mercantil (Companies Register) or the Registro de Cooperativas., The company's definitive NIF card., Annual accounts for the last closed financial year, filed with the Registro Mercantil or approved and signed by the board or directors (if the company has not closed any year yet, they are not needed)., Certificates showing the company is up to date with the Agencia Tributaria (Tax Agency) and the Seguridad Social (Social Security), or of not being an employer if it has no staff., Deed of appointment or power of attorney of whoever signs, if it is not in the deed of incorporation., Proof of any grants, awards, seals, certifications or patents showing innovation, if you have them., Declaración responsable (sworn statement), plus the group one if the company belongs to a group, and business plan: we draft them and your director signs.. You do not upload them here: we collect the details through the guided chat.

Who files the procedure?

Managora files it in your name with ENISA, Empresa Nacional de Innovación (área de servicios, opción Certificaciones). You only provide the details through the chat and sign a mandato (power of representation); we prepare, sign and register it.

Can it be done online?

Yes. The whole process is online: you answer a few questions in the guided chat, sign a simple mandato on screen and receive the receipt and the official documents by email, with full legal validity.

Related procedures

Based on the legislation in force and on the official site of the competent authority: ENISA, Empresa Nacional de Innovación (área de servicios, opción Certificaciones) ↗.

Managora Gestion SL (company number B88823893) is a private company. We are not ENISA, Empresa Nacional de Innovación (área de servicios, opción Certificaciones), we are not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by any public authority, and this website is not an official government portal. What you pay on this page is our fee for preparing, signing and filing the procedure on your behalf: it is separate from the official tasa, which where applicable belongs to the authority and is shown to you separately. You can carry out this procedure yourself, directly with ENISA, Empresa Nacional de Innovación (área de servicios, opción Certificaciones).

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