MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.......

Firstly, to become self-employed in France you must choose the legal structure under which your business will operate. This choice is important because it will affect your social security coverage.  Take a look below at how each legal structure is defined:

Entreprise individuelle (one-person business) - Most common type of small business structure (also called entreprise en nom propre or entreprise en nom personnel)

• No capital contribution required
  
• No distinction between business assets and private assets

EURL - Entreprise uni-personnelle a responsabilité limitée  (limited company under sole ownership, limited liability company under sole ownership)

• Can be established with any amount of capital from €1
  
• Manager (gérant)/sole partner
  
• Non-managing sole partner working for the EURL
  
• Non-partner salaried manager

SARL - Société à responsabilité limitée    (limited liability company)

• Non-partner salaried manager  Limited company with at least two partners whose liability is limited to the amount of their capital contribution
  
• Can be established with any amount of capital from €1
  
• Manager holding a controlling interest
  
• Manager belonging to a board of managers with a controlling interest
  
• Non-managing partner holding a controlling interest and doing a paid job with in the company
  
• Salaried manager holding an equal or minority interest
  
• Salaried manager belonging to a board of managers with an equal or minority interest
  
• Salaried partner holding a minority interest
  

SELARL - Société d’exercice libéral à responsabilité limitée  (limited liability company of regulated professionals) 

• Limited company composed of members of the regulated professions 
  
• Requires at least two partners, whose liability is limited to their capital contribution
  
• Can be established with any amount of capital from €1
  
• Manager holding a controlling interest
  
• Manager belonging to a board of managers with a controlling interest
  
• Non-managing partner holding a controlling interest and doing a paid job within the company
  
• Salaried manager holding an equal or minority interest
  
• Salaried manager belonging to a board of managers with an equal or minority interest 
  
• Salaried non-managing partner holding a minority interest

SCP - Société civile profenessionlle (professional partnership) 

• Non-trading company composed of partners of the same profession 
  
• Partners have unlimited and joint liability for debts in proportion to their share of the authorised capital
  
• No minimum authorised capital requirement
  
• Non-salaried partners
  
• Partners operating under an employment contract

SNC - Société en nom collectif (company of persons) 

• Company in which the partners (minimum of two) are established individual entrepreneurs and have unlimited and joint liability for the company's debts
  
• No minimum capital requirement 
  
• All partners