Hoop helps founders, fiduciaries, law firms, and corporate teams incorporate Swiss companies through a fully digital process. From choosing the legal form and preparing the documents to digital identification, electronic signature, capital deposit, and submission to the commercial register, every step can be managed online.
Looking to start a business in Geneva? Geneva combines a global business environment with finance, commodity trading, international organizations, and cross-border activity. With Hoop, you can keep the incorporation process digital while your company is established in the canton of Geneva.
Incorporate your Swiss company in Geneva
Geneva is especially relevant for founders working with international clients, multilingual teams, or cross-border business models. Incorporating in the canton of Geneva gives a company a strong international profile and access to one of Switzerland’s most globally connected regions.
Whether you are founding a new company yourself or managing the incorporation for a client, Hoop gives you a clear online process for the most common Swiss legal forms: sole proprietorship, LLC, and Ltd.
How Hoop supports company incorporation in Geneva
With Hoop, the incorporation process is handled digitally from start to finish. You enter the company details online, verify the founders’ identities digitally, sign the incorporation documents with a legally valid electronic signature and open the capital deposit account digitally when available.
Hoop coordinates the notarial step and submits the signed documents to the commercial register of the relevant canton. Once the incorporation has been processed, you are informed immediately and can access the documents in your digital archive.
Why create your company with Hoop?
Hoop is built for efficient Swiss company incorporations. The platform reduces paperwork, avoids unnecessary in-person appointments, and gives founders and professionals a faster way to move from preparation to registration.
Key advantages:
- Digital process from document creation to signature
- Support for sole proprietorships, LLCs, and Ltds
- Digital identification and legally valid electronic signatures
- Capital deposit account options through integrated partners
- Coordination with the notary and the commercial register
- Secure Swiss document storage
Start your company in Geneva with a digital Swiss incorporation process
If you want to create a company in Geneva, Hoop helps you move faster with a structured, digital workflow. Start your incorporation online and manage the key steps in one place.
Contact details of the Geneva Commercial Register (updated in 06.2026):
Office name
OCIRT – Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva
Address
Rue du Puits-Saint-Pierre 4, 1204 Geneva
Email
rc@etat.ge.ch
Commercial register office responsible for Geneva
Companies domiciled in Geneva are registered with the OCIRT – Registre du commerce du canton de Genève. Hoop files your application electronically – no printed forms, no appearance in person.
- Office: OCIRT – Registre du commerce du canton de Genève
- Address: Rue du Puits-Saint-Pierre 4, 1204 Genève
- Phone: +41 22 546 88 60
- E-mail: rc@etat.ge.ch
Contact details for all Swiss commercial register offices are in our overview of commercial register offices.
What is specific about incorporating in Geneva
Notarisation
In the canton of Geneva, the notarial deeds required to found a Sàrl or SA are drawn up by independent notaries. For you this makes no difference: Hoop works with partner notaries who carry out the notarisation and prepares the documents in French.
Location
Geneva is an international business hub: international organisations, commodity trading, private banking, watchmaking and a dense network of fiduciaries and law firms. The commercial register (OCIRT) handles a high volume of incorporations – a complete, electronically filed application speeds up registration.
Fees
Commercial register fees are uniform across Switzerland and set by the federal fee ordinance (GebV-HReg). On top come the costs of notarisation, which vary by canton and notary – Hoop shows them transparently before you incorporate.
Frequently asked questions about incorporating in Geneva
Do I have to appear in person at the commercial register office?
No. The application is filed electronically and signed with a qualified electronic signature. The notarisation required for a GmbH or AG is carried out by Hoop's partner notaries – you do not need to find a notary yourself.
How long does registration in Geneva take?
Once the file is complete, registration usually follows within a few working days, and publication in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SOGC) is automatic. Delays almost always stem from incomplete documents – exactly what Hoop's guided process prevents.
Can I incorporate a company domiciled in Geneva without living there?
Yes. The company's registered office must be in the canton of Geneva with a domicile address in the municipality; where the founders live does not matter. At least one person with signatory power must be resident in Switzerland.