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Every company in Lithuania must have a registered address, also called a legal address (buveinė), entered in the Register of Legal Entities at Registrų centras. You do not need your own office: a virtual address from a provider is enough, provided the owner of the premises consents in writing to its use. We provide a registered address in Vilnius with the owner’s consent, ready within 24 hours, and up to 10 letters a month for €450 a year.
The registered address is the first thing a foreign founder starting a business in Lithuania is asked for, usually before the company name is settled. The notary will not certify the founding documents without it, and Registrų centras will not register the company, whether it is a UAB or an MB. For a founder who lives abroad and has no premises in Vilnius, this is a practical problem on day one.
The Lithuanian register does not simply take the address you type in. It checks who owns the premises, asks for the owner’s written consent and records the property’s unique number next to the street address. This is where founders lose days, and it is also the part a legal address provider takes off your hands. Below we explain what a registered address in Lithuania is, why the owner’s consent matters, which type of company address suits a business run from abroad and what our legal address service in Vilnius includes.
What Counts as a Registered Address in Lithuania
The law speaks of the registered office, buveinė. Under the Civil Code, it is the place where the company’s permanent management body sits, and it is defined by the address of the premises. The Register of Legal Entities records that address together with the unique number of the property from the Real Property Register. A registered office address in Lithuania must therefore be a real building or room in the country with its own property entry. A PO box, a mail-forwarding address or an address abroad will not do.
The address does three jobs. It tells the state where to reach the company: correspondence sent to the registered address counts as properly delivered, whether or not anyone reads it. It appears on the company’s public card at Registrų centras, where any client, supplier or bank can see it. And it fixes the company’s legal location, which among other things determines the court for any dispute against the company.
None of this means the work has to happen at that address. A Lithuanian UAB whose director lives in Berlin and whose developers work from home can keep its legal address in Vilnius. If the real office is elsewhere, the risk sits with the company, because third parties may rely on the address in the register.
The Owner’s Consent: What Makes a Lithuanian Legal Address Different
If the company does not own the premises, the owner must consent to the premises being used as its registered office. The document is called sutikimas suteikti patalpas juridinio asmens buveinei, and the register asks for it at registration and again every time the address changes. Who signs it, and how, depends on who owns the property and how the application is filed.
| Who owns the premises | What the register expects |
|---|---|
| A private individual | Written consent. When the company is founded through a notary, the notary usually certifies it; when the application is filed online, the owner signs it in the Registrų centras self-service with a Lithuanian e-signature |
| A company | Consent signed by its director |
| Several co-owners | Consent from every co-owner, each signing separately |
| The company itself | No consent needed: the register sees the ownership in the Real Property Register |
The co-owner row is where a borrowed address can go wrong. A friend offers a family flat that belongs to three siblings, and only one of them signs. The register generates the consent from the property’s unique number and the owners it finds in the Real Property Register, so a missing signature does not slip through. The application waits until everyone has signed.
A virtual address provider removes this step. The provider controls the premises and issues the consent in the form the notary or the online system expects. In our case the consent is ready within 24 hours of the request, so it is never the reason a notary appointment moves.
Home Address, Rented Office or Virtual Address in Lithuania
A foreign-owned Lithuanian LLC usually chooses between three options for its business address in Lithuania.
| Home or a friend’s address | Rented office | Virtual address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Rent, deposit, utilities | A few hundred euros a year |
| Owner’s consent | From the owner and every co-owner | From the landlord, usually in the lease | Issued by the provider |
| Privacy | A home address becomes public in the register | The office address is public | A business address is public; the home address stays private |
| If you move or fall out with the owner | New consent and a registry filing | New consent and a registry filing | Nothing changes |
| Handled by whoever lives there | Handled by your staff | Received, scanned and emailed |
A home address works for a founder who lives in Lithuania and plans to stay. For everyone else it creates a dependency on one person’s goodwill and puts a private address on a public record. A rented office makes sense once there are employees in Vilnius. Until then, a virtual business address in Lithuania is the simplest option for a company run from abroad, and it is the one most of our clients choose.
Our Legal Address in Vilnius: What You Get for €450 a Year
Our legal address service gives a company in Lithuania a business address in Vilnius that is accepted by the notary, Registrų centras, the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI), banks and payment institutions. It works as a virtual office: an address with mail handling, without a physical workplace. You send us the company name and the founder’s details, and we take care of the rest. For €450 a year the company receives:
- a registered address in Vilnius, entered in the Register of Legal Entities;
- the owner’s consent to the use of the premises, certified for the notary or signed electronically for online filing;
- receipt of up to 10 letters a month, each scanned and emailed to you on the day it arrives;
- a new consent whenever one is needed, for example when the company moves to us from another provider.
If we register your company in Lithuania, the first year of the address is part of the package and the annual fee starts from the second year. If your company already exists, you can order the address on its own and we file the change for you. The service does not include a desk or a meeting room, and it cannot be used as a private person’s declared place of residence.
What Actually Arrives by Post
Founders often expect a stream of official letters. In Lithuania most official communication is electronic: VMI writes through the Mano VMI portal, Sodra and Registrų centras use the state e-delivery system, and the annual financial statements are filed online. What still comes on paper is the occasional notice from a state institution, letters from courts and bailiffs, and bank cards with their PIN codes. For a company without staff in Lithuania, that rarely adds up to more than a few letters a month, which is why a limit of 10 letters covers our clients comfortably.
How Banks and the Tax Office See a Virtual Address
A virtual address is lawful and common in Lithuania, and neither VMI nor the banks reject a company because of it. What they examine is whether the company has real activity and real people behind it.
When a Lithuanian UAB applies for a VAT number, VMI may ask where the business is actually run, who the clients are and what the first contracts look like. The address is not the problem; a company that cannot describe its activity is. Banks and electronic money institutions work the same way. They review the director, the owners, the business model and the expected payment flows. Most of our Lithuanian clients open their accounts with payment institutions rather than traditional banks, and in our experience a provider’s address in Vilnius has not been questioned in a single onboarding.
Where the address does matter is consistency. If the register shows one address and the account application another, the compliance team will ask why. Keep the address on the register, the invoices and the account file aligned, and update all three when the address changes.
Changing the Registered Address of a Lithuanian Company
An address change is a short procedure, but it repeats the consent step. The shareholders adopt a decision to change the registered office and the owner of the new premises signs a consent. The director then files the change with Registrų centras through the self-service portal, which requires a Lithuanian e-signature. A director who does not have one authorises a representative in Lithuania by power of attorney to file on the company’s behalf. The company has 30 days from the decision to file. The register charges a small fee and enters the change within three working days if nothing is missing. If the old address is written into the articles of association, the articles are amended at the same time, and the new version can leave the address out.
Two situations are worth planning for. The first is a landlord or provider who withdraws consent. The owner of the premises is entitled to ask the register to remove the company from their address: the register notifies the management, publishes the notice and removes the legal address from the company’s record. A company whose management cannot be found at its registered office for more than six months gives the registrar grounds to start liquidation. The second is switching providers. Keep the old address until the new one appears in the register, so that the company is never without an address, even for a day.
Legal Address in Lithuania With Eesti Firma
We provide the legal address in Vilnius, prepare the owner’s consent in the form the notary or the register needs and handle the mail, so the address question is settled before the founding documents are signed. If the company already exists and needs to move, we prepare the shareholders’ decision and file the change. If you are still choosing the legal form, our guide to the Lithuanian UAB explains how it differs from an MB. Tell us the company name, and the consent is ready within 24 hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The registered address must be in Lithuania, and the register records the unique number of the property. A foreign address, a PO box or a mail-forwarding address without a property entry is not accepted.
Yes. A lease gives you the right to use the premises, but the register wants a separate consent to the premises being used as the registered office. Many landlords include it in the lease; if yours does not, ask for it before filing. If the office has several owners, each of them signs.
Yes. The law requires a legal address in Lithuania and the owner’s consent to its use, not a physical office or staff on site. A virtual office meets both conditions for a Lithuanian LLC, and the company’s management may sit anywhere.
Yes. VMI, banks and payment institutions accept provider addresses. What they examine is the company’s activity, its director and owners and the source of its funds, so be ready to explain where the business is actually run.
Yes. The company address appears on its public card in the Register of Legal Entities, which anyone can view. This is the main reason founders of a Lithuanian LLC prefer a business address to their home address.
The owner of the premises can ask the register to remove the company from the address, and the company must register a new one. Until it does, official mail goes to an address where nobody receives it, and after six months the registrar may start liquidation. Arrange the new address before the old consent ends.
