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Start a US company from Sweden

For Swedish founders who sell into the US as a US vendor or raise from US investors. A Swedish AB already gets you Stripe, and Mercury and Wise Business both serve founders here. Sweden taxes you on a single-owner LLC's profit as it's earned, even profit you leave in the company, so read that section first.

Start from Sweden From $351.40 in the first year

Launch + Wyoming filing; the tax return is separate.Checked by Saais Patel, compliance reviewer.

At a glance

Mercury takes applications from founders living in Sweden. Wise Business is the usual second account.

The banks, in detail
US tax treaty
In force
Local Stripe
Yes
Mercury
Yes
Currency
SEK
Our fee
from $249
Wyoming's fee
$102.40
Until we file
Refunded in full

You can form a US company while living in Sweden, without an SSN or a US visit, and Mercury and Wise Business both open for founders here. Launch starts at $351.40 in Wyoming, including our plan and state filing fee. A Swedish AB already gets you Stripe, so the reason is usually US customers or investors. The Swedish point: a single-owner LLC's profit is taxed to you each year as it's earned, even if you leave it in the company.

Before you form

Start with whether you need a US company, and how its profit reaches your return.

  • You may not need a US company

    Card payments from customers worldwide

    Stripe already supports Swedish businesses, and an AB is what Swedish banks and Skatteverket understand.

    Getting access to Stripe
  • A Wyoming LLC or a C-Corp, after advice

    Selling into the US as a US vendor

    Some US buyers and platforms want a US contracting party. A single-owner LLC's profit is taxed to you in Sweden as it's earned.

    US companies for SaaS
  • A Delaware C-Corp

    Raising from US investors

    US investors usually want a Delaware C-Corp. The US taxes it as a company, not through you.

    Raising from US investors
  • A US subsidiary

    A Swedish company expanding to the US

    A Swedish AB can own a US company as its subsidiary. Price dealings between them at arm's length.

    US holding companies

BaseAcross's Wyoming LLC and Delaware C-Corp options for founders in Sweden

Wyoming LLC

Owner-run business selling to US customers; profit taxed to you as earned.

State filing
$102.40
Yearly state charge
From $60
Wyoming LLC formation

Delaware C-Corp

Raising from US investors.

State filing
$110
Yearly state charge
$450 for the model shown
Delaware C-Corp formation

Both charges are the state's, before our plan, optional services and your advisers' fees. Wyoming sets a minimum yearly charge, and Delaware's franchise tax depends on how it's calculated. Staff, stock or premises in another state can bring obligations there. An S-corporation isn't an option, because nonresident aliens can't hold its shares.

Prepare the information

Different documents are needed at different stages.

You provide

Before state filing

  • Your proposed company name, business activity and chosen structure.
  • Owners' names exactly as on their passports, ownership shares, managers and home addresses.
  • Whether the US will tax the company through its owners, because Sweden then taxes you on its income.
  • The approved company name and formation details.
  • The responsible party. Without an SSN or ITIN, the application goes on Form SS-4.
  • Accurate mailing and principal business addresses, and your signed authorization where required.
You confirm; we prepare

After formation, for the EIN

  • A passport for each owner the provider asks about.
  • Formation documents, the EIN confirmation and the operating agreement.
  • A real business address, your website, a description of the business and the source of funds, as each provider asks.
The provider verifies

For bank and payment applications

  • Your return, with your share of the company's income for the year.
  • The company's books for the year.
  • Any US tax paid, for the credit.
You and your tax adviser

For Skatteverket

You don't need a Swedish company to form a US company. The EIN is the US company's tax ID. Send identity documents through a secure request, and only the ones asked for.

How it works

Seven steps from Sweden to a maintained US company.

The state approves the company, the IRS issues the EIN and each provider approves its own account. In Sweden, your tax adviser handles Skatteverket; we don't file there.

You and your tax adviser

Check the Swedish side first

Decide whether you need a US company at all, how the US will tax it, and what that means for your Swedish return.

You leave this stage with: A structure and tax plan that fits Sweden's rules.

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Plan the wait

Formation, the EIN and banking have separate timelines.

Published service estimates and prerequisites for a Wyoming company from Sweden

  1. Wyoming formationSame day
  2. Ordinary EINsix to eight weeks
  3. Expedited EINtwo to three weeks
  4. Bank and payment accountsProvider review
  5. US Stripe accountStripe's review

  1. Wyoming formation

    Same day

    The clock starts
    Complete filing accepted by the state
    What can change it
    Our order checks and filing batch come first. Expedited filing changes our queue; it doesn't speed up the EIN.

  2. Ordinary EIN

    six to eight weeks

    The clock starts
    EIN application after formation
    What can change it
    Included in the plan. This is our published estimate; the IRS queue can change.

  3. Expedited EIN

    two to three weeks

    The clock starts
    EIN application after formation
    What can change it
    Optional $199 service. An estimate, with issuance controlled by the IRS.

  4. Bank and payment accounts

    Provider review

    The clock starts
    Company and owner information ready
    What can change it
    Mercury, Wise and any other provider set their own timing, may ask for more documents and can decline an application.

  5. US Stripe account

    Stripe's review

    The clock starts
    US bank account and website ready
    What can change it
    Stripe reviews the business and the person behind it, and can decline.

These are service estimates, not promised completion dates. The IRS and each provider set their own processing times. Names or addresses that differ between documents slow every stage.

What it costs

The same price from Sweden as from anywhere.

Charged in US dollars, with the Wyoming state fee passed on at cost. Where you live changes which bank we introduce you to, not the price.

LLC cost calculator

Launch

To start

$351.40

$249 our fee + $102.40 Wyoming fee

Renews from $309 a year

OperateBilled yearly

To start

$2,490.40

$2,388 our fee + $102.40 Wyoming fee

Renews from $2,448 a year

Included in both plans

  • State formation filing
  • Registered agent and registered office
  • EIN application without an SSN
  • LLC Operating Agreement or corporate bylaws
  • Bank and payment application guidance
  • Filing calendar and reminders

What changes because you live here

The filing is the same from anywhere. Four things aren't.

Treaty status, payment availability, bank eligibility and time zones. Sources checked 14 October 2026; account approval remains with the provider.

1 of 4: The tax treaty

The tax treaty

The tax treaty: In force

The US–Sweden income tax treaty is in force.

It exempts interest and royalties from US withholding, and caps dividends at 15%, or 5% for a qualifying company shareholder. Pay for work you do in Sweden generally isn't US-source income, so the treaty matters less for a services business.

How Sweden sees it

Sweden taxes a single-owner LLC's profit to you as it's earned.

The owner rule and residence come from the Income Tax Act as the Riksdag publishes it; company residence and the low-tax line from PwC's summary. They run alongside the US steps below.

  1. If the US taxes it through you

    You

    Your share of its income goes on your Swedish return each year, taken out or not.

  2. If it's taxed as a company and low-taxed

    You, if you hold 25% or more

    Taxed each year on your share of its income, below about 11.33%.

  3. If you run it from here

    The company

    Not Swedish-resident, which goes by incorporation, but possibly a permanent establishment.

Worked example

A one-person LLC run from Stockholm, worked through

This is an illustration, not a quote. How the income is classed, and the social fees on it, are for your tax adviser.

  1. Your Wyoming LLC, with you as its only owner, makes SEK 600,000 of profit, and you leave it all in the company's account.

  2. The US taxes a single-owner LLC's income to its owner by default, so Sweden does too.

  3. You declare SEK 600,000 on your Swedish return that year, though you took none of it out.

  4. If the LLC had chosen to be taxed as a US corporation, this rule wouldn't apply, and your adviser would check the low-tax rules instead.

What Sweden expects

Owning a US company doesn't take you out of Sweden's tax system.

Sweden taxes you each year on the income of a foreign entity the US taxes to its owners, taxes a low-taxed foreign company's income to owners of 25% or more, and goes by registration, not management, for a company's residence.

Taxed to you as it's earned

If the US taxes a foreign entity's income to its owners, as it does a single-owner LLC by default, Sweden taxes its Swedish owners too. You pay Swedish tax on your share of its income each year, whether you take the money out or not.

Sources

Low-taxed foreign companies

If you hold 25% or more of a foreign company whose income is taxed below about 11.33%, counted the Swedish way, you're taxed each year on your share of that income.

Sources

Where it is registered

Sweden treats a company as resident only if it's incorporated here, and Swedish companies pay 20.6%. Running a US company from Sweden doesn't make it Swedish, but a place of management here can be a permanent establishment.

Sources

Residence

You're resident if you live in Sweden or stay here continuously for more than six months. Someone who used to live here can stay resident through an essential connection.

Sources

On the record

We form US companies. We aren't Swedish tax advisers. These are the rules as they're generally published, they change, and how they apply to you depends on details this page can't know. Take this list to a tax adviser in Sweden before you order, and we'll tell you what the US forms need.

After formation

Someone has to own each filing, in each country.

US information reporting

A US LLC with one foreign owner is usually a disregarded entity that files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 when it has reportable transactions with you. Money you put in, take out or are paid for your work can count even in a year without sales. The IRS penalty for not filing starts at $25,000.

For a calendar-year company, the return is usually due 15 April, and Form 7004 requests an extension before then. A C-Corp, or an LLC with more than one owner, files different returns.

Form 5472 and the pro forma 1120
Who handles each formation, banking and filing responsibility
TaskWho handles itWhere the responsibility ends
Formation and EIN applicationBaseAcross prepares and submitsThe state approves formation; the IRS issues the EIN.
Bank and payment applicationsYou, with our guidanceThe provider verifies the information and decides.
Swedish returnYou and your tax adviserWe provide the US company records they need.
Annual state filingYou, or our optional filing serviceReminders are included; managed filing and the state charge are separate.
US federal returnsYou and your US tax preparerLaunch and Operate remind you; they don't file the return.

Prepare the conversation

Take these questions to your tax adviser before you order.

Bring the owners, where each lives, the operating agreement, how the company will be taxed in the US and the business activity. Each question is also in Swedish.

Download the checklist for your tax adviser (.txt)
  1. 01
    EN

    Is my US LLC a foreign legal person taxed through its owners, so that I'm taxed on its income as it's earned?

    SV

    Är min amerikanska LLC en i utlandet delägarbeskattad juridisk person, så att jag beskattas för dess inkomster när de uppkommer?

  2. 02
    EN

    Is my share business income, and what social fees do I owe on it?

    SV

    Är min andel inkomst av näringsverksamhet, och vilka egenavgifter ska jag betala på den?

  3. 03
    EN

    If the LLC chose to be taxed as a US corporation, would the low-tax rules apply?

    SV

    Om LLC:n valde att beskattas som ett amerikanskt bolag, skulle reglerna om lågbeskattade inkomster gälla?

  4. 04
    EN

    Does running it from Sweden create a permanent establishment here?

    SV

    Uppstår ett fast driftställe i Sverige om jag driver bolaget härifrån?

  5. 05
    EN

    How do I get credit for any US tax the company or I pay?

    SV

    Hur får jag avräkning för amerikansk skatt som bolaget eller jag betalar?

  6. 06
    EN

    Would a Swedish AB serve me better than a US company?

    SV

    Skulle ett svenskt aktiebolag passa mig bättre än ett amerikanskt bolag?

  7. 07
    EN

    How should I keep records for the US return and my Swedish return?

    SV

    Hur ska jag föra räkenskaper för den amerikanska deklarationen och min svenska deklaration?

Questions

Questions from Sweden.

If yours is not here, email us at hello@baseacross.com before you order.

Can a Swedish resident own a US LLC?

Yes. US law doesn't require an LLC's owners to be US citizens or residents, and formation, the EIN and the bank applications all happen remotely. The Swedish question is how its income is taxed to you.

Do I pay Swedish tax on profit I leave in the LLC?

Usually, yes. If the US taxes a foreign entity's income to its owners, as it does a single-owner LLC by default, Sweden taxes its Swedish owners on their share each year, whether the money is taken out or not.

Does running the company from Sweden make it Swedish?

No. Sweden treats a company as resident only if it's incorporated here. A place of management in Sweden can still be a permanent establishment, so ask your adviser.

What if the LLC chose to be taxed as a US corporation?

Then the owner-level rule stops applying. Sweden's low-tax rules can still reach an owner of 25% or more if the company's income is taxed below about 11.33%, counted the Swedish way.

How much does a US company from Sweden cost?

Launch starts at $351.40: $249 for the plan plus $102.40 for the Wyoming filing. The plan and Wyoming's minimum yearly charge then total $309 a year. Your tax adviser's fees, US return preparation and Swedish filings are separate. Wyoming's license tax can be more than its $60 minimum.

Should I form a Wyoming LLC or a Delaware C-Corp from Sweden?

A Wyoming LLC suits an owner-run business selling to US customers, if you're ready to be taxed on its profit as it's earned. A Delaware C-Corp suits raising from US investors. Nonresident aliens can't hold shares in an S-corporation.

Can I get an EIN without an SSN or ITIN?

Yes. Without an SSN or ITIN, the application goes on Form SS-4 instead of the IRS's online tool. We prepare it after the company is formed, and the IRS issues the number.

How long does it take from Sweden?

Each stage has its own clock. Wyoming's published turnaround is same day once a complete filing is accepted. Our ordinary EIN estimate is six to eight weeks after the application, or two to three weeks with the $199 expedited option. Banks, payment providers and Stripe each set their own review times. These are estimates, not promises.

Can I open a Mercury account from Sweden?

Usually you can apply. Sweden isn't on Mercury's list of countries it doesn't serve, and the list goes by where you live. Mercury still reviews each company and can decline.

Can I use Wise Business for the US company?

Usually, yes. Sweden is on Wise's list of places where people can hold money, so a US company run from Sweden can get USD account details. Wise reviews each business.

Do I need a US company for Stripe in Sweden?

No. Stripe supports businesses in Sweden, and an AB gets you Stripe too. A US company is for selling as a US vendor, US contracts, US investors or platforms that need one.

Do I pay US tax on work I do from Sweden?

Generally not. Pay for work you do in Sweden is generally not US-source income, so a US company with no US office or staff often owes no US income tax on it. A single-owner LLC still files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 when it has reportable transactions with you.

Is there a US–Sweden tax treaty?

Yes, it's in force. It exempts interest and royalties from US withholding, and caps dividends at 15%, or 5% for a qualifying company shareholder.

Does BaseAcross file the US and Swedish returns for me?

On Launch and Operate, we add deadlines and reminders; you or your accountant file the federal returns. Managed annual state compliance is an optional $149 service fee a year, with the state's charge separate. Your Swedish return is for you and your tax adviser.

Does my new US LLC need a BOI report?

US-created companies are exempt under FinCEN's current BOI rule, effective 14 August 2026. A company formed outside the US and registered to do business there is a different case. Banks still collect ownership details for their own checks.

Sources and editorial scope

Check the published rules behind the explanation.

Prepared by the BaseAcross team and reviewed by Saais Patel, compliance reviewer. Sources checked . This is general formation information, with source links for the tax and banking context. An individual tax or legal review remains with your qualified advisers.

Sweden

United States (IRS, Treasury and FinCEN)

Banks and payments

States

The owner rule, the low-tax line and residence are read from the Income Tax Act as the Riksdag publishes it. Company residence and the rate come from PwC's Worldwide Tax Summaries. Confirm the current position with your tax adviser before acting.

Europe

Other countries in the region.

Every country

Ready when you are

Answer the questions. We do the filing.

It takes about four minutes. You see the whole order, state fee included, before anything is charged.

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