Company Incorporation Guide

Company incorporation Peru for owners abroad

Applicable country/region: PE - Peru

Published: October 3, 2026Updated: October 3, 2026

Written by our advisory team
Peru rules and requirements
Checked against official sources

Guide overview

From the notary's deed to the first filings

For company incorporation, Peru's limited liability company (S.R.L.) and closely held corporation (S.A.C.) both begin with a public deed (escritura pública). The founders, individuals or companies, Peruvian or foreign, sign it before a Peruvian notary, in person or through a representative. It carries the pacto social and bylaws (estatuto). The notary files it with the Registro de Personas Jurídicas of the Superintendencia Nacional de los Registros Públicos (SUNARP). The company is a legal person from registration. The choices, in order: the type of company, or a branch; how papers from abroad are apostilled and translated, and whom they identify; which local conditions are law or practice. Next come the tax registration and regime, then the license, bank and annual return.

COMPANY TYPES

Company incorporation Peru: S.R.L., S.A.C. or a branch

How ownership moves decides which form fits a business. A Sociedad Comercial de Responsabilidad Limitada (S.R.L.) holds capital in participaciones, never shares. Transfers need a public deed registered with SUNARP, subject to the partners' preference right on outside sales. Managers (gerentes) run the S.R.L. without a board of directors. A Sociedad Anónima Cerrada (S.A.C.), a closely held corporation, enters shareholders' transfers in a share register. It may run without a board. Its shares can never enter the public securities register. The General Companies Law caps both at twenty members and puts the form in the name. Decreto Legislativo 662 lets foreign investors own either outright, sector rules aside. A foreign company may open a branch (sucursal), without separate legal personality.

Reading the company types

Rows cover ownership, shareholder and director rules, capital and notes for each company type.

Peru SRL Basic Information

Ownership:

Private Ownership

Limited Liability:

Positive

Publicly Participates In Capital Market:

Negative

Peru SRL Shareholder / Director / Secretary Requirements

Requirements For Shareholders:

Minimum two shareholder

Requirements For Directors:

Minimum one director

Legal Representative Not Mandatory:

Negative

Local Directors Not Mandatory:

Negative

Local Secretaries Not Mandatory:

Positive

Peru SRL Registered Capital Requirement

Minimum Registered Capital Requirement:

No minimum

Capital Injection Not Required:

Negative

Capital Injection Requirement:

At formation, each participation is at least 25% paid in; cash contributions are deposited in the company's name with a bank or financial entity of the Peruvian financial system, and the bank's proof of deposit is inserted in the public deed.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Signing from abroad, and whose identity the file must prove

A founder abroad need not travel. A power of attorney granted at a Peruvian consulate or before a foreign notary lets a representative sign the deed. Peru has applied the Hague Apostille Convention since 30 September 2010. A public document from another member state needs only its apostille. Documents from non-member states still need consular legalization. Papers in other languages need a Spanish translation. Both steps come before signing. A shareholder that is itself a legal entity widens the file. SUNARP wants proof of its existence and its signatory's authority. As anti-money-laundering reporting subjects, notaries identify the parties. The new Peruvian company later declares its beneficial owners (beneficiario final), traced through that entity's shareholders to individuals.

Reading the documents

Rows are document types grouped by who provides them; each entry ends with its process and format.