Startup hell, especially when employing
Having a startup in spain is living hell and very hard to keep profitable. Everything is taxed to the max, no startup benefits, rediculour building regulations and certifications/licenses, getting your VAT back takes A YEAR (if you are lucky) and if you employ parttime personell you pay fulltime social security for them which basically relates in more than double the salary cost.
No wonder this country is not growing, has huge unemployment numbers and you see entrepeneurs typically last no longer than 12 months.
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An Anonymous User
May 28, 2025
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An Anonymous User
May 28, 2025
I literally had to set up a Delaware C-Corp in the US to build my startup FROM Spain, which turned out to be cheaper than setting up a SL here and becoming autónomo for it… It’s literally impossible. There’s some hope in the horizon with the EU entity in the horizon but that only covers part of the nightmare of trying to be entrepreneurial in Spain.