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EULaunch — Stripe Atlas for the EU Inc Era

Starting a company in Europe is absurdly harder than it should be. A founder in Lisbon who wants to sell to customers in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris faces: - 27 different company law frameworks - 60+ company forms with different requirements - Local notaries, lawyers, minimum capital requirements -

Score78/100
Mar 22, 2026
TAM
~€7.5B — Global company registration services market (EU portion ~40% of $18.5B projected 2031)
SAM
~€1.2B — EU startup and SMB formation specifically (~1.5M new companies/year × average €800 spend on formation services)
SOM
~€6M in Year 2 — Capturing 0.5% of annual EU formations (~7,500 companies × €800 avg ticket)
Next.jsStripeSaaSPortugalEuropeB2B

The Problem

Starting a company in Europe is absurdly harder than it should be. A founder in Lisbon who wants to sell to customers in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris faces:

  • 27 different company law frameworks
  • 60+ company forms with different requirements
  • Local notaries, lawyers, minimum capital requirements
  • Weeks or months to get operational (vs. 48 hours with Stripe Atlas in the US)

The result? European founders either (a) incorporate in the US via Stripe Atlas/Firstbase and lose EU benefits, or (b) waste critical early-stage time on bureaucracy. The European Commission estimates this fragmentation costs EU businesses €437 billion annually in lost competitiveness.

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