Eesti Firma OÜ — Licensed Trust and Company Service Provider in Estonia (FIU000144)

Eesti Firma OÜ is a licensed Trust and Company Service Provider (TCSP), operating under activity licence No. FIU000144 issued and supervised by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (Rahapesu Andmebüroo). Company registration, ready-made companies, a registered address and the related corporate services are therefore provided to you by a regulated, state-supervised provider — not by an unlicensed intermediary.

We publish these details openly, because a licence is only worth as much as your ability to check it. Every client — and every bank, partner or authority that may look us up — should be able to see what our authorisation covers, on what legal basis we operate, and where to verify it independently. That makes your own due diligence a five-minute task.

Below we set out what the licence is, the law behind it, the services it authorises, the obligations it imposes on us, and what all of this means for you in practice.

Our Activity Licence at a Glance

A Trust and Company Service Provider is a regulated business that, in its economic or professional activity, establishes companies for clients, provides them with a registered address, or arranges representation in a company. In Estonia this activity may only be carried out under an official authorisation. Eesti Firma OÜ holds one, and it can be checked in public registers at any time.

• Licence holder: Eesti Firma OÜ
• Registration code: 14164797
• Activity licence (TCSP): FIU000144
• Supervisory authority: Financial Intelligence Unit (Rahapesu Andmebüroo)
• Legal basis: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (Rahapesu ja terrorismi rahastamise tõkestamise seadus)
• Registered office: Vesivärava 50-301, 10152 Tallinn, Estonia

The Law That Governs Our Licence

Our activity is regulated by Estonia’s principal anti-money-laundering statute — the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (Rahapesu ja terrorismi rahastamise tõkestamise seadus, commonly abbreviated RahaPTS or MLTFPA), in force since 2017. Its purpose is to strengthen the transparency and trustworthiness of the business environment and to keep Estonia’s financial system from being used for money laundering or terrorist financing. The Act implements the European Union’s anti-money-laundering directives and follows the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Definition of a Trust and Company Service Provider

Under § 8 of the Act, a provider of trust and company services is a natural or legal person who, in its economic or professional activity, provides a third party with services such as: founding a company or another legal person, including steps related to the transfer of a shareholding; acting as — or arranging for another person to act as — an officer or management board member; enabling the use of an address as the seat or place of business, including the right to use it for contact details and for receiving mail; or acting as a trustee or representative. These are precisely the corporate services Eesti Firma OÜ is authorised to provide.

Authorisation Obligation and Supervision

Under § 70 of the Act, providers of trust and company services may operate only if they hold an authorisation; our licence FIU000144 satisfies that requirement. Compliance is supervised by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit, an independent government authority in the area of government of the Ministry of Finance. The FIU may carry out audits, issue precepts and, in the event of serious breaches, suspend or revoke an authorisation. That ongoing accountability is what separates a regulated provider from an unregulated one.

What the Licence Allows Us to Do

The authorisation defines the corporate services we may lawfully provide. In practice it covers the full lifecycle of setting up a business in Estonia:

• Company registration: incorporation of Estonian companies (private limited company / OÜ, public limited company / AS and other legal forms), including the preparation of founding documents and entry in the Commercial Register.
• Ready-made (shelf) companies: sale of pre-registered companies and arrangement of the share transfer, so that you can start operating without delay.
• Virtual office and registered address: providing a legal address as the seat or place of business of a company, including the right to use it in contact details and for receiving official correspondence — a service expressly reserved for licensed providers.
• Contact person and representation: acting as the contact person for companies whose management board is located abroad, and other forms of authorised representation.

Alongside these licensed activities we also provide accounting and legal support for the companies we serve. Those services fall outside the scope of the TCSP authorisation itself — they are not licensed activities in Estonia — but they are delivered by the same regulated entity and under the same anti-money-laundering framework, since accounting service providers are obliged entities under the Act in their own right.

What the Licence Obliges Us to Do

A licence is not only a right; it is a set of duties. As an obliged entity, Eesti Firma OÜ maintains a full anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing (AML/CFT) framework. These obligations protect you, the integrity of the Estonian business environment and the wider financial system.

• Know Your Customer (KYC) and due diligence: we identify and verify every client and, where relevant, the beneficial owners and representatives, before entering into a business relationship.
• Risk assessment and a risk-based approach: we assess and document the money laundering and terrorist financing risk of each relationship, applying enhanced measures where the risk is higher.
• Internal rules and internal control: we maintain written AML/CFT procedures and a designated person responsible for their implementation.
• Sanctions and PEP screening: we check clients against international sanctions lists and identify politically exposed persons, applying additional scrutiny where required.
• Ongoing monitoring: we monitor business relationships and keep client information up to date for as long as the relationship lasts.
• Reporting to the Financial Intelligence Unit: where a suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing arises, we are required to notify the FIU within the statutory deadline.
• Record-keeping and cooperation: we retain the required documents and data for the legally prescribed period and cooperate with supervisory and law-enforcement authorities.

Why It Matters That We Are Licensed

Working with a supervised provider is a practical advantage rather than a formality. It affects how smoothly your company is set up, how it is received by banks, and how well it stands up to scrutiny later on.

• A provider entitled to do the work: company formation and the provision of a registered address are regulated activities, and using an authorised provider means your company is established by a party that is legally entitled to establish it.
• State oversight and accountability: our work is subject to supervision by the Financial Intelligence Unit, which adds an independent layer of accountability that an unregulated intermediary simply does not have.
• Better standing with banks and payment providers: a company incorporated through a regulated agent, with a proper KYC file behind it, is markedly easier to onboard at banks and payment institutions.
• Confidentiality and data protection: the same framework that requires us to collect your data obliges us to protect it and to handle it in line with the GDPR.
• Credentials you can verify: our company and our licence are both published in public registers, so you never have to take our word for it.

How to Verify Our Licence

You can confirm our status independently in a couple of minutes. Our company details are published in the Estonian e-Business Register under registration code 14164797, and our authorisation as a provider of trust and company services (FIU000144) is recorded in the Estonian register of economic activities under the supervision of the Financial Intelligence Unit. The legal framework itself is available in the official text of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act.

Conclusion: Working With a Licensed Partner

Our activity licence is more than a credential on a page — it shapes how we work. It defines the corporate services we may provide, places us under the supervision of a state authority, and commits us to clear anti-money-laundering and client-protection standards. For you that translates into something simple: when you register a company, buy a ready-made one or use our registered address, it is done lawfully, transparently and in a way that banks, partners and authorities can rely on.

In a market where unlicensed intermediaries still operate, choosing a regulated and verifiable provider removes a layer of risk from your business before it even starts. You know who you are dealing with, on what legal basis, and how to confirm it yourself — and you gain a partner whose own obligations are aligned with keeping your company compliant over the long term.

Have a question about our licence, the services it covers, or the documents we may ask for during onboarding? Write to [email protected] — we are glad to explain how the process works and how our regulated status protects you.