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Start an online business in Luxembourg
The steps the government of Luxembourg sets for a new business that sells online, each linked to the official page that runs it, then the steps to open your store. Read from the official sources on October 14, 2026.
Set up your business in Luxembourg
The steps in the order most new sellers take them. Each is read from the official page linked under it.
1. Choose a legal form
Guichet.lu describes the entreprise individuelle, the SARL (minimum capital EUR 12,000) and the SARL-S.
2. Register the business
Sole traders and companies register with the Trade and Companies Register (RCS), and commercial activities need a business permit from the Ministry of the Economy.
3. Get your tax number
The Registration Duties, Estates and VAT Authority (AED) assigns a VAT number of 8 digits preceded by "LU".
4. Check when you must register for VAT
Guichet.lu states taxable persons whose annual turnover excl. tax has not exceeded EUR 50,000 in a calendar year benefit from a VAT exemption (page updated 23.01.2025).
5. Follow the rules for selling online
Guichet.lu explains distance selling to consumers (B2C), including pre-contract information and the 14-day withdrawal right.
Open your store in Luxembourg
What Tanqory sets up for a store based in Luxembourg. You change any of it in Settings.
- Tax
Your store starts with a tax entry for Luxembourg, collecting off, until you confirm the rate or connect a tax service.
VAT in Luxembourg- Card payments
Through your own Stripe account, which Stripe opens for businesses in Luxembourg. Tanqory adds no transaction fee; Stripe charges its own rate.
- Shipping labels
DHL Express and Easyship, bought in your admin, with the customs declaration sent with each label for parcels that cross a border.
What stays with you
- Registering the business and choosing its legal form. Tanqory does not register a business for you.
- Registering for VAT, filing returns and paying the tax authority.
- Licences or permits your products need in Luxembourg.
- Legal or tax advice. This page points to the official sources; an adviser in Luxembourg can apply them to your business.
Questions about starting a business in Luxembourg
Which legal form should I choose in Luxembourg?
The official page in step 1 lists the forms a business in Luxembourg can take. Your choice decides how you register, how you are taxed and whether your own money is kept apart from the business, so an adviser in Luxembourg is worth asking before you decide.
What does Tanqory set up for a store in Luxembourg?
A tax entry for Luxembourg with collecting off, card payments through your own Stripe account, and DHL Express and Easyship labels you buy in your admin. You change any of it in Settings.
Does Tanqory file my VAT return?
No. Your store works out and charges VAT at checkout and keeps a record of every order. You register, file and pay the tax authority yourself, or through your accountant.
What do I have to tell buyers when I sell online in Luxembourg?
The official page in step 5 lists the information and rights a buyer in Luxembourg must get before and after they order. Put that information on your store before your first sale.
How current are these steps?
Each was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. Rules change; the official page is the authority, so open it before you act.
How we checked
Each step on this page was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. The store facts come from Tanqory's tax settings, payments and shipping setup.
- Tanqory's tax settings, payments and shipping setup
- guichet.public.lu
- guichet.public.lu
- guichet.public.lu
- guichet.public.lu
Open your store in Luxembourg today
Build your store while you set up your business, and switch on tax collecting when your registration is in place.