Virtual office and business address worldwide

Virtual office, business address or registered office address?

A business address is the cheapest way to put a real street address on your company: mail arrives at a staffed building under your company name and is scanned, held or forwarded. A virtual office adds a local phone number or call answering and access to meeting rooms by the hour. A registered office address is the one filed with the company register; in most countries it must be a physical address where official post can be delivered, not a PO box. All three are sold by the same business centres, so you can start with a business address and upgrade to a virtual office later without moving.

Virtual office prices by country

The monthly price of a virtual office depends on the country and the building more than on the operator. In this catalogue a business address starts at a few dozen pounds, euros or dollars a month in most of Europe and North America, and a virtual office with phone answering costs roughly double. The table shows, for the countries with the most centres, how many cities we list and the lowest monthly price. Click a country to open its cities.

How to choose a building for a virtual business address

Start with the register: check that the address is accepted for your company type in that country, and ask the centre to confirm it in writing. Then compare what the monthly price includes — mail handling is standard, scanning and forwarding are often extra — and how fast post is forwarded. Look at the location last: a virtual business address in the financial district costs more, and it is worth it only if you meet clients there or the name matters to your customers. Every building page on this site shows the operator, the exact address and both prices.

Registered office address for company registration

In the United Kingdom the registered office is filed with Companies House, in Ireland with the CRO, in the Netherlands with the KVK, in Germany with the Handelsregister, in Italy with the Registro delle Imprese and in Belgium with the BCE/KBO. In the United States the address goes into the state filing, and a separate registered agent is required. A business centre address with mail handling meets the rule in all of these countries; a PO box does not. Each city page explains the local register and marks the centres that accept company registration.

Virtual address with mail forwarding

A virtual address is the same product under its US name: a real street address for your company with mail received at the centre. Post is scanned to your inbox, held for collection or forwarded to any country; forwarding is usually billed per shipment. Operators verify your ID and company documents before the first letter is accepted, so plan a day or two between the request and the first use.