Any business activity, whether online or physical, requires that you operate under a professional status. If you sell goods or services to customers, you must legally register as a business.
You will find below the links to the competent organizations in each country to start the process:
- Australia - https://asic.gov.au/
- Austria - https://investinaustria.at/fr/
- Belgium - https://belgianchambers.be/fr/
- Canada - https://www.canada.ca/fr/services/entreprises/lancer.html
- Denmark - https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/
- Finland - https://www.businessfinland.fi/en/do-business-with-finland/startup-in-finland/setting-up-a-business
- Germany - https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/data/exploreeconomies/germany/starting-a-business - https://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.do?language=fr&sec_ip=124.183.190.118 - https://www.unternehmensregister.de/ureg/?submitaction=language&language=fr
- Iceland - https://island.is/en/starting-a-business
- Ireland - https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/types_of_employment/self_employment/sources_information_on_starting_business.html
- Italy - https://www.registroimprese.it/ - https://www.esteri.it/mae/en
- Luxembourg - https://www.cc.lu/accueil/ - https://www.houseofentrepreneurship.lu/
- Netherlands - https://www.kvk.nl/english/
- New Zealand - https://www.newzealandchambers.co.nz/
- Norway - https://www.altinn.no/en/
- Portugal - https://www.irn.mj.pt/sections/irn/a_registral/rnpc
- Spain - http://www.rmc.es/Home.aspx - https://www.agenciatributaria.es/ - https://paeelectronico.es/es-es/Paginas/PagInicio.aspx
- Sweden - https://www.bolagsverket.se/en - https://www.scb.se/en/
- Switzerland - https://www.sihk.ch/?lang=fr
- UK - https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader - https://www.gov.uk/browse/business
- USA - https://www.usa-corporate.com/start-a-new-business/ - https://dor.wa.gov/open-business/choose-ownership-structure - https://dor.wa.gov/open-business/choose-ownership-structure/compare-business-structures -