How to open a business in St. Petersburg

If you decide to start your business in St. Petersburg, first of all you need to choose the right direction and prepare a business plan. It is important to consider some more features and nuances of opening a business in the Northern capital.

You will need

• - business plan;

• - passport;

• - TIN;

• - application according to No. UTII-2 (UTII) or form 2-5-Accounting (USN);

• - sheets of applications;

• - Memorandum of association;

• - Charter.

Instruction manual

1

Learn the features of doing business in St. Petersburg. Of course, a lot depends on your personal preferences, what you understand best. But lately, experts recommend to beginning entrepreneurs in St. Petersburg to pay attention to, for example, the souvenir and tourism business, the delivery of Japanese food, mobile retail outlets, etc. These activities are the least costly and pay off in a short time. But in any business you need to find your place and try to present something unique on the city market that will be in high demand.

2

Create a business plan that describes your business. Include information on products, services, upfront costs, and marketing. A business plan provides for the selection of fundamental principles for future business. Describe here all the tasks that are necessary for the successful functioning of the enterprise. In addition, this document can be used to obtain financial assistance from banking institutions. Loans to start-up entrepreneurs on favorable terms are provided by Bank Saint Petersburg, Citibank and SPBRR.

3

Register as an IP, if your activity provides for this. Visit the Unified Registration Center in St. Petersburg, located at: st. Red textile worker, d. 10-12, letter "O" or send a registered letter. Fill out the application in the form approved by the Government Decision P21001 and pay the state fee in the amount of 400 rubles. Attach copies of your passport and TIN.

4

Register the company if necessary as an LLC or a closed joint-stock company. Pay the state duty in the amount of 2000 rubles and fill out the application in the form P11001, including all the application sheets (for the head, for the founders and those that indicate the types of activities). Prepare a decision or protocol, if there are several founders, then proceed with the preparation of related documents, which include the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

5

Rent or purchase a suitable room. It is better if the minimum office area is 20 m2. A sales network (salons, shops) with warehouses requires retail premises of 30 m2 or more. The rental rate in St. Petersburg will be annually from 600 dollars per m2. Do not forget that the premises should be located in the most favorable area for your activity, so investigate the average level of earnings and the needs of the population in advance. For example, a business with the expectation of a middle class can be located in the Krasnoselsky, Moscow or Krasnogvardeisky districts. And already a large-scale business should be opened in the Vasileostrovsky, Admiralteysky or Nevsky district.

6

Hire trained professionals and organize the right staff for the business. Plan an advertising campaign for your business. Effective channels include free classified newspapers, television ads, specialist brochures, and other print media. In addition, each self-respecting company in a large metropolis should have its own website on the Internet. Recently in St. Petersburg, more and more entrepreneurs are inclined to outdoor advertising, placing it on street billboards, light signs and boxes that can be seen on all major avenues of the city.