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 Lugano? Lugano is the main business center of Italian-speaking Switzerland, with finance, tourism, real estate, and growing digital initiatives. With Hoop, you can keep the incorporation process digital while your company is established in the canton of Ticino.
Incorporate your Swiss company in Lugano
Lugano is especially relevant for founders targeting Ticino, Italian-speaking Switzerland, or cross-border business with Italy. Incorporating in Lugano gives companies a clear regional identity and access to a multilingual Swiss business environment.
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 Ticino
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 Lugano with a digital Swiss incorporation process
If you want to create a company in Lugano, 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 Lugano Commercial Register (updated in 06.2026):
Office name
Commercial Register Office of the Canton of Ticino
Address
Via Tognola 7, 6710 Biasca
Email
di-rc@ti.ch
Commercial register office responsible for Lugano
Companies domiciled in Lugano are registered with the Ufficio del registro di commercio del Cantone Ticino. Hoop files your application electronically – no printed forms, no appearance in person.
- Office: Ufficio del registro di commercio del Cantone Ticino
- Address: Via Tognola 7, 6710 Biasca
- Phone: +41 91 816 29 81
- E-mail: di-rc@ti.ch
Contact details for all Swiss commercial register offices are in our overview of commercial register offices.
What is specific about incorporating in Lugano
Notarisation
In the canton of Ticino, the notarial deeds required to found a Sagl 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 Italian.
Location
Lugano is the economic centre of Italian-speaking Switzerland: a financial centre, gateway for trade with Italy, fiduciaries, law firms and a growing technology sector. The cantonal commercial register office in Biasca is responsible for all companies domiciled in Ticino.
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 Lugano
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 Lugano 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 Lugano without living there?
Yes. The company's registered office must be in the canton of Ticino 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.