Winding-up Registry

CompaniesVoluntary liquidation and Winding-upWinding-up Registry

A company’s winding-up must be registered within a period of no more than 2 years, counting from the date of the voluntary liquidation. This period may be extendable up to one year.

The online service is only available to Sole Quotaholder Private Limited Companies, Private Limited Companies and Public Limited Companies.

To complete the voluntary liquidation and/or winding-up request, you must have your RCBE declaration updated

Who can request

Company’s Managers, administrators or secretaries

Legal professionals

Lawyers, notaries or solicitators

Company procuration holders

How to request

Access the online service
Escolha um meio de autenticação: Cartão de Cidadão, Chave Móvel Digital, Certificado digital de profissional jurídico, Autenticação Europeia (eIDAS)
Select “Voluntary liquidation / Winding-up" request
Complete the form and attach the necessary documents
Make payment (MBWay, ATM reference or credit card)

Payment must be completed within 5 (consecutive) days from the date of its submission.

When to request

You must request the registry within 2 months from the date of deliberation.

Where to request

Online

In person, at a register office, or by post.

How must does it cost

Online service	In person service
Registy with appointment of liquidator: 148,75 EUR (Regular request) If the request is not submitted within 2 months from the date of deliberation, there might be an additional fee of 175€.	175,00 EUR
Registy with appointment of liquidator: 175,00 EUR (Urgent request) If the request is not submitted within 2 months from the date of deliberation, there might be an additional fee of 175€.	323,75 EUR
Registry of winding-up (final accounts): 170,00 EUR (Regular request) If the request is not submitted within 2 months from the date of deliberation, there might be an additional fee of 200€.	200,0‬0 EUR
Registry of winding-up (final accounts): 370,00 EUR (Urgent request) If the request is not submitted within 2 months from the date of deliberation, there might be an additional fee of 200€.	400,00 EUR
Registry of Voluntary liquidation and winding-up (final accounts): 255,00 EUR (Regular request) If the request is not submitted within 2 months from the date of deliberation, there might be an additional fee of 300€.	300,00 EUR
Registry of Voluntary liquidation and winding-up (final accounts): 555,00 EUR (Urgent request) If the request is not submitted within 2 months from the date of deliberation, there might be an additional fee of 300€	600,00 EUR

What happens next

After online request:

We provide the billing document

The billing document is sent to your email and available in your reserved area.

We begin to process your request

The request will be reviewed and if there are no non-conformities, the request is approved.

If the request is successfully completed, you receive an email with this information, together with the access code to the permanent certificate. If the request is carried out in-person at a service desk, you get the access code immediately. Requests by post, will also receive the documents by post.

If there are non-conformities in the request, you will be notified and have 5 consecutive days to correct them. Correction of non-conformities has an additional cost of 30,00 EUR.

If you do not correct the request in due time, the registry might be provisionally approved or refused.

You must inform Tax authorities about the termination of activity

You must update the Beneficial owner

Upon registry confirmation you need to: