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Virtual Office in Romania with a Bucharest Business Address
A Bucharest address with mail handling for your Romanian company, as its sediu social (the registered seat at ONRC) or as a mailing address only.
- Seat or mail-only address, both regulated services
- Customer due diligence before the contract
- Post logged, scanned and forwarded, deadlines flagged
- No VAT code or registrar outcome promised
Your Bucharest business address with RomaniaRegist
RomaniaRegist provides a Bucharest business address with mail handling for Romanian companies, mostly for founders who do not live in Romania. It serves as the registered seat or as a business or postal address only, with the seat elsewhere. For the seat's proof, expiry and change, see a registered office address in Romania.
Both options are regulated. Providing a registered office, a work point or a commercial, postal or administrative address is a trust and company service under art. 2(l)(3) Law 129/2019, and the provider notifies ONPCSB within 15 days of starting (art. 302(1)). RomaniaRegist is notified. Bookkeeping, tax advice and drafting stay with the licensed professions.
What's included
Seven parts, from the first check to the point where our service stops.
A Bucharest business address
Our Bucharest address for your company, as its registered seat or as a business or postal address only. Both are regulated trust and company services.
Mail handling
We receive, log, scan and forward the company's post and flag any deadline we see on an item.
Due diligence first
Before the contract we identify the company, its representative, beneficial owners, structure and purpose, the real seat if different, and who may sign.
A written contract with a term
Our standard contract, with a stated term and end date. Its type and term matter to ANAF's seat criteria.
Filing liaison
Under your power of attorney: the seat data and the standard self-declaration (declarație-tip pe propria răspundere) at ONRC, form 050 at ANAF, the secondary-premises declaration. A partner Romanian lawyer prepares any bespoke act.
Renewal before expiry
We renew before the contract ends: an expired seat deed has statutory consequences. Staff receive ANAF at the address in business hours, a contract term, not a legal guarantee.
Where the service stops
No books, payroll or returns; no tax advice, answering ANAF, tax inspections or appeals; no drafting of acts; no promised time or VAT code; no administrator or shareholder for hire; no home-state tax outcome.
How the process works
Decide what the address is for · CLIENT, US
Seat (also the domiciliu fiscal, the fiscal domicile, unless management sits elsewhere) or postal address only; you say where the business is run. Buying instead? See what to check before buying a shelf SRL in Romania.
Due diligence before the contract · US, CLIENT
You send the documents below; we identify the company, owners, purpose and signatory. A foreign parent adds a legalised Romanian translation. No official time is published for this step.
Contract with a term · US, LAW
We sign our standard contract with a stated term and end date. Any bespoke contract is prepared by a partner Romanian lawyer.
ONRC filing · US, ONRC
At formation or as a seat change: the seat in the act and the standard self-declaration (art. 121(1) Law 265/2022, 2022 text). The registrar's one working day is the statute's term, not our promise.
Fiscal domicile · US, ANAF
Nothing to file if management sits at the seat. If it sits elsewhere in Romania, we file form 050 with supporting documents; ANAF may also act of its own motion.
Mail handling · US, CLIENT
We receive, log, scan and forward registered post and door notices, and flag deadlines. You read your SPV account and act; the tax response is not ours.
A work point if activity starts elsewhere · CLIENT, US, ONRC, ANAF
An office, shop or warehouse is a punct de lucru (work point): an ONRC mention with a new self-declaration, then an ANAF declaration within 30 days. The lease is yours.
Keeping the address alive · US
An expired seat deed, or not being found at the fiscal domicile, leads towards inactivity and dissolution. We track the end date and renew before it.
The virtual-office process, who acts at each step
Client
RomaniaRegist
Partner lawyer
Registrar (ONRC)
ANAF
1Decide what the address is for
Client to RomaniaRegistSeat (also the fiscal domicile, unless management sits elsewhere) or postal address only; the client says where the business is run
2Due diligence before the contract
ClientSends the documents
RomaniaRegistIdentifies the company, owners, purpose and signatoryTerm 2
3Contract with a term
RomaniaRegistSigns the standard contract with a stated term and end date
Partner lawyerPrepares any bespoke contract
4ONRC filing
RomaniaRegistFiles the seat in the act and the standard self-declaration, at formation or as a seat change (art. 121(1) Law 265/2022, 2022 text)
Registrar (ONRC)The registrar decidesTerm 4
5Fiscal domicile
RomaniaRegistNothing to file if management sits at the seat; if it sits elsewhere in Romania, files form 050 with supporting documents
ANAFDecides the application; may also act of its own motionTerm 5
6Mail handling
RomaniaRegistReceives, logs, scans and forwards registered post and door notices, and flags deadlines
ClientReads the SPV account and acts; the tax response is not RomaniaRegist's
7A work point if activity starts elsewhere
Client to RomaniaRegistAn office, shop or warehouse is a work point (punct de lucru); the lease is the client's
Registrar (ONRC)Enters the work point as a mention, with a new self-declaration
ANAFReceives the work-point declarationTerm 7
8Keeping the address alive
RomaniaRegistTracks the end date and renews before it
ANAFNotifies the company after an expired seat deed; inactivity may follow, then dissolutionTerm 8
- Term 2Customer due diligence before the contract (art. 13(1)(a) Law 129/2019)
- Term 4One working day, the statute's term (art. 105(1) Law 265/2022, 2022 text), not a promise
- Term 5ANAF decides within 15 working days of filing (art. 32(1)-(2) Fiscal Procedure Code)
- Term 7Declaration to ANAF within 30 days of its ONRC registration (art. 85(1)(a) Fiscal Procedure Code)
- Term 8ANAF's 30 days after its notification, then inactivity, then dissolution after one year (art. 92(3), (41) Fiscal Procedure Code)
Every term shown is the statute's, never ours. No official time is published for the due diligence.
Want the address, the seat and the mail steps mapped for your company?
A short conversation maps the address, the filings and the mail route for your company. The choice of address stays yours.
Documents you will need
What the AML law asks the address provider to collect before the contract.
- The constitutive act or registration certificate, and the data of the representative who signs
- The beneficial owners and the ownership and control structure
- The purpose and nature of the business relationship
- The real seat if it differs from the address
- Proof of authority of whoever signs for the company
- A legalised Romanian translation of a foreign parent's constitutive documents, if it signs
- Extra information if a politically exposed person or high-risk third country is involved
Romanian rules for a virtual address
Read in Law 31/1990 (January 2024 text), Law 265/2022 (2022 text), the Fiscal Procedure Code consolidated to OUG 38/2026 and Law 129/2019 consolidated to Law 86/2025.
| Topic | What the statute says | Term or deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of address | Providing a registered office, a work point, or a commercial, postal or administrative address is a trust and company service; a mail-only address is caught as much as a seat | the provider notifies ONPCSB within 15 days of starting, suspending or ending the activity | art. 2(l)(3), 302(1) Law 129/2019 |
| Due diligence | Applies when the relationship is established; covers identity, the beneficial owner and the structure, the purpose, ongoing monitoring, the signatory's authority and the real seat if different | before the contract; records kept 5 years after it ends | art. 11(1), (4), 13(1)(a), 15(11), 21(1) Law 129/2019 |
| Fiscal domicile | The registered office, or the place of administrative management and effective control if that is not the declared seat; a different domicile is registered on application (form 050); ANAF may act of its own motion | ANAF decides an application within 15 working days of filing, its statutory term | art. 31(1)(c), 32(1)-(3) Fiscal Procedure Code |
| Not operating at the domicile | An inactivity ground, as is evading ANAF's checks by declaring fiscal-domicile data that do not let ANAF identify it; reactivation needs ANAF to find the company operating at its declared domicile | none stated | art. 92(1)(b), (c), (51) Fiscal Procedure Code |
| Work point at ONRC | A secondary seat without legal personality, mentioned in the main-seat registration; the self-declaration names where each activity is carried on; the company's own office work needs none; a new secondary seat needs a new declaration | with the filing | art. 43(3) Law 31/1990; art. 121(1), 122(2), (4) Law 265/2022 (2022 text) |
| Secondary premises for ANAF | A sediu secundar (secondary premises) is any place where the activity is carried on in whole or in part, such as an office, shop, workshop or warehouse; employees working from home are excluded | declared within 30 days of trade-register registration | art. 85(1)(a), (3) Fiscal Procedure Code |
| Post on paper | Registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the fiscal domicile; if delivery fails, publication; hand delivery with nobody found: a door notice (înștiințare) | communicated 15 days after the notice is posted; after a door notice, at most 15 days to collect, then the act counts as communicated when the 15 days end | art. 47(3)-(7), (9), (11) Fiscal Procedure Code |
| Electronic post and effect | An electronic act is communicated when made available, for example in SPV; a company enrolled ex officio that does not log in within 15 days gets its mass-printed acts by publication only; an act takes effect from communication, and one not communicated has no effect | 15 days without login | art. 47(15), (162), 48(1)-(2) Fiscal Procedure Code |
| Expiry of the seat deed | The registrar may find the company liable to dissolution; ANAF may declare it inactive after notifying it; dissolution if not reactivated | 30 days after ANAF's notification; one year | art. 2372(1)(a) Law 31/1990; art. 92(1)(g), (3), (41) Fiscal Procedure Code |
| On every document | Name, legal form, registered office, trade-register number and CUI on invoices, orders and business documents | none | art. 74(1) Law 31/1990 |
How ANAF reaches the company at the fiscal domicile
Paper, registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt (art. 47(3)), where delivery fails: days after the notice is posted
- 15 daysPublication: the act is communicated 15 days after the notice is postedArt. 47(4)-(7)
Paper, hand delivery with nobody found: days after the door notice
- At most 15 daysTime to collect; the uncollected act counts as communicated when the 15 days endArt. 47(9), (11)
Electronic, an act is communicated when made available, for example in SPV (art. 47(15)): days without a login by a company enrolled ex officio
- 15 daysMass-printed acts then reach the company by publication onlyArt. 47(162)
Both routes end at the same rule: the act takes effect from its communicationArt. 48(1), Fiscal Procedure Code
Each track runs on its own scale, in days. Every term runs from communication.
A tax act takes effect from its communication, so a deadline runs whether or not a forwarded scan was read (art. 48(1)); an act not communicated under art. 47 has no effect against the company (art. 48(2)). SPV, Spațiul Privat Virtual, is ANAF's free online account.
What ANAF's VAT criteria say about a hosted address
A Romanian company registered for VAT under art. 316(1) is subject to ANAF's risk analysis after registration (art. 316(9) Fiscal Code). The criteria below describe the texts; they are not a way to choose a setup.
| Criterion | What the text describes | What the company's file shows | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order of events | A Romanian company registered for VAT under art. 316(1) is subject to a risk analysis after registration | nothing to prepare; the procedure is on the VAT registration page | art. 316(9) Fiscal Code |
| Lawyer's seat | The seat is at a lawyer's professional seat, used under a legal-assistance contract, and the company holds no work points | who provides the seat and whether a work point exists | Annex 6 pt. 1.1 |
| Short free loan | The seat is used under a comodat (free loan of premises) of one year or less, and the company holds no work points | the kind of contract and its term; whether a hosting contract counts as a comodat is not defined in the texts we rely on | Annex 6 pt. 1.2 |
| Scoring | Each criterion carries negative points; a score under 51 points means high fiscal risk | nothing to prepare; the points per criterion are not stated | Order 2856/2017 Annex 2 pt. 6(3)-(4), 2017 text |
| Hosted-address pattern | A seat at another person's premises under a comodat, lease or sublease of one year or less, with no secondary premises | the type and term of the address contract and whether a work point exists | Order 2856/2017 Annex 5 pt. 1.2 (evaluation of registration requests), 2017 text |
| Where activity happens | No economic activity at the seat, at secondary premises or anywhere else; or activity carried on only outside the seat and the work points | where the business is actually carried on | Annex 5 pt. 12.1, 13.1 (registration requests), 2017 text |
| Work-point terms | Where the seat is a hosted seat of one year or less, the company's work points are scored by their own contract term: one year or less (pt. 1.3) or over one year (pt. 1.4) | the term of any work-point contract | Annex 5 pt. 1.3, 1.4 (registration requests), 2017 text |
| Account and staff | No bank account, or an account whose authorised signatories are not administrators, associates or employees (pt. 11.1); no individual employment contracts (pt. 15.1) | whether the company holds a bank account and employment contracts | Annex 5 pt. 11.1, 15.1 (registration requests), 2017 text |
In the 2017 text of ANAF Order 2856/2017, the criteria are scored, not applied one by one (Annex 2 pt. 6(3)-(4)). A work point keeps a company out of the two Annex 6 seat criteria: a description of the text, not a suggestion. Whether the 2017 annex still applies in full is unsettled, and no address is said to satisfy ANAF.
Problems we solve
Five situations founders raise, and how the file handles each.
"No physical operations needed" is not the whole story
The fiscal domicile follows where the business is really run, ANAF can move it, and not operating there is an inactivity ground. We ask where management sits and file form 050 if needed.
Post from ANAF is a legal event
Registered post, publication, a door notice and SPV all start deadlines. We log, scan, forward and flag; the reply belongs to your accountant or a CCF tax consultant.
Activity starts somewhere else
A shop, office or warehouse is a secondary seat: an ONRC mention, a new self-declaration, a 30-day ANAF declaration. For tax purposes, staff working from home do not make their home one (art. 85(3)).
A hosted address and VAT criteria
Annex 6 lists a short free-loan seat and a lawyer's seat under a legal-assistance contract, each only without work points, among ANAF's criteria. No VAT code is promised, and no lease rule is repeated.
The contract ends or lapses
Heavier than a reminder: a dissolution ground the registrar can find, ANAF inactivity 30 days after its notification, dissolution after one year inactive. We renew before the end date.
Want your plans for staff, stock and post checked against these rules?
Tell us where staff, stock and customers will be; we set your plans against the rules above. No outcome is promised.
Why work with RomaniaRegist
Andrei Stoica prepares and files Romanian company registrations for founders abroad.
RomaniaRegist is a trust and company service provider notified to ONPCSB, not a law firm; books, returns and tax advice stay with CECCAR and CCF professionals, bespoke acts with a partner lawyer.
From our practice
Before an address contract is signed, we check the beneficial owners, the signatory's authority, where management and staff will be, the address's role and the end date.
Frequently asked questions
Is a virtual office legal for a Romanian SRL, or does ANAF treat it as a red flag?
Providing a business address, including a mail-only one, is a regulated trust and company service, and the provider notifies ONPCSB (art. 2(l)(3), 302(1) Law 129/2019). For VAT, ANAF analyses risk after registration (art. 316(9) Fiscal Code); its criteria include a short free-loan seat and a lawyer's seat under a legal-assistance contract. No address is promised to satisfy ANAF.
Will a virtual office address get my company a VAT number?
No. A Romanian SRL registered for VAT under art. 316(1) is subject to a risk analysis after registration (art. 316(9) Fiscal Code). The seat criteria in Annex 6 are only some of ANAF's criteria, so no address can promise a VAT code, and RomaniaRegist does not. The registration procedure itself is on our VAT registration page.
Do I need a 12-month lease instead of a virtual office for VAT with a non-resident director?
No text we rely on sets that rule. Annex 6 to the VAT norms names a seat used under a free loan of one year or less and a lawyer's seat under a legal-assistance contract, each only without work points; the 2017 text of Order 2856/2017 scored such terms in registration requests. These are scored criteria, not a lease rule.
Why do you need my passport, the beneficial owners and the reason for the company before giving me an address?
The address provider is bound by the AML law. Customer due diligence applies when the business relationship is established, so before the contract (art. 13(1)(a) Law 129/2019). It covers identity, the beneficial owner and the ownership structure, and the purpose of the relationship (art. 11(1)), and the records are kept 5 years after it ends (art. 21(1)).
What happens if ANAF visits the address and nobody from my company is there?
If ANAF hands over an act at the fiscal domicile and finds nobody, a notice goes on the door. The company has at most 15 days to collect the act; after that it counts as communicated (art. 47(9), (11) Fiscal Procedure Code). Not operating at the declared fiscal domicile is an inactivity ground (art. 92(1)(c)).
Is a virtual office the same as a registered office, and can I use it for mail only?
No. The AML law names a registered office and a commercial, postal or administrative address side by side (art. 2(l)(3) Law 129/2019), so both are regulated. A mail-only address can sit beside a registered seat elsewhere. The seat as a legal element, with its proof, expiry and change, is covered on our registered office page.
What happens to letters from ANAF, and what if I miss one?
ANAF sends a paper act to the fiscal domicile by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt (art. 47(3) Fiscal Procedure Code). Failing that, it publishes a notice and the act counts as communicated 15 days later (art. 47(4)-(7)). An act takes effect from communication, so a deadline runs whether or not a forwarded scan was read (art. 48(1)).
Is the fiscal domicile always the virtual office address?
No. For a company the fiscal domicile is the registered office, or the place of administrative management and effective control if that is not the declared seat (art. 31(1)(c) Fiscal Procedure Code). A different fiscal domicile is registered on application, form 050 (art. 32(1)), and ANAF can register it of its own motion (art. 32(3)).
When do I need a work point on top of the virtual office, and can my staff work from home?
A work point is a secondary seat without legal personality, mentioned in the company's ONRC registration (art. 43(3) Law 31/1990). For tax purposes any office, shop, workshop or warehouse where the activity is carried on counts, but not employees working from home (art. 85(3)). It is declared to ANAF within 30 days of its ONRC registration (art. 85(1)(a)).
Can a law firm's address be my virtual office, and does ANAF see it differently?
Annex 6 to the VAT norms lists a seat at a lawyer's professional seat, used under a legal-assistance contract, as a risk criterion when the company holds no work points (pt. 1.1). RomaniaRegist is not a law firm, does not offer a lawyer's seat and never presents one as a benefit; its address is its own, under its standard contract.
What happens if the virtual office contract ends?
Where the address is the seat, an expired seat deed is a ground for the registrar to find the company liable to dissolution (art. 2372(1)(a) Law 31/1990). ANAF notifies, waits 30 days and can declare the company inactive (art. 92(1)(g), (3) Fiscal Procedure Code); without reactivation within one year it is dissolved (art. 92(41)). RomaniaRegist renews before expiry.
How much does it cost to have a virtual office?
Pricing is on request, and no price of ours appears on this page. The price of an address is set by contract between the client and the provider. No source we rely on establishes a state fee for the address, and none is stated for form 050. Tell us about the company and we reply with our terms.
Are there free virtual offices?
RomaniaRegist offers none. Any provider supplying an address as a professional, free or paid, carries the same AML duties, including due diligence before the relationship starts (art. 2(l)(3), 13(1)(a) Law 129/2019). A seat used under a free loan of one year or less is also a named ANAF criterion when the company has no work points (Annex 6 pt. 1.2).
What is the best virtual office provider?
This page ranks no provider. What the law requires of a provider is a notification to ONPCSB (art. 302(1) Law 129/2019) and customer due diligence before the contract (art. 13(1)(a)). A stated contract term is a point to compare, not a statutory duty. Mail handling, scanning and forwarding are contract terms to compare; the choice stays with you.
How to open a company in Romania as a foreigner?
The registration steps are on the company registration page of this site; the address is one input. The standard self-declaration at ONRC names where each activity is carried on: at the seat, at secondary seats or outside them (art. 121(1) Law 265/2022, 2022 text). The registrar's one working day is a statutory term, not our promise (art. 105(1)).
Ready to arrange your company's Bucharest address?
Tell us where the company will really be run; we reply with the contract terms, documents and filing route. Pricing on request.