Turn your idea into a startup
Stripe Atlas is a powerful, safe, and easy-to-use platform for forming a company. By removing lengthy paperwork, legal complexity, and numerous fees, Stripe Atlas helps you launch your startup from anywhere in the world.
We like investing in companies that have been established cleanly and professionally. Atlas is one of the very best ways to do that.
We’re delighted to be working with Stripe to make it easier for our international founders to spend more time working on their startup and less time on paperwork.
Atlas is what top-tier founders are using today.
Stripe Atlas is the easy button for forming a company.
I will use Atlas for my next company.
Company formation through Stripe Atlas is streamlining the shift toward remote work, helping founders all over the world participate in the opportunities abundant in Silicon Valley.
Atlas is the perfect way to graduate your project into a real company.
Get going in about 10 minutes
We guide you through the essentials and handle the rest. Spend 10 minutes filling out a bit of information, and then we’ll create the legal framework for your company.
Trusted by entrepreneurs in more than 140 countries
From New York to New Delhi, thousands of people have started their businesses with Stripe Atlas.
Hourspent headquarters is in Nigeria, but expanding our customer base internationally was our next step. Stripe Atlas was the all-in-one package we needed to form a US presence and grow the business internationally.
Stripe Atlas enabled CoinTracker to get incorporated super fast. More importantly, Stripe Atlas continues to provide invaluable startup resources: awesome Q&A opportunities with business leaders and a wonderful startup community. I would incorporate my next company with Atlas without a second thought.
Led by Madhuban Kumar, Metafused’s mission is to make data meaningful. Their product applies artificial intelligence to let users know what customers and prospects are going to do next.
From setting up the company to preparing for Y Combinator, Stripe Atlas has been helpful to Buy Me A Coffee every step of the way. Thanks to Stripe Atlas, we enabled frictionless payments to 25,000 creators in less than six months. I’m not sure we could have done this without them.
Started in Ghana, Tress is a social community for black women to discover and share hairstyle inspiration, information, and tips. Founders Priscilla Hazel, Esther Olatunde, and Cassandra Sarfo participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2017 batch.
After setting up our corporation, Stripe Atlas has provided continual value to our team through the Stripe Atlas Community. They helped WorkClout get into YC by coaching us through the application and interview process—Stripe Atlas is truly an invaluable service to us.
Stripe Atlas made incorporating Cognition IP easy and fast. Using a tool built specifically to help small, but serious, tech companies gave me confidence. It felt great knowing I was building company foundations suitable for the tech industry and its investors, just by clicking a few buttons.
What’s the process?
With Stripe Atlas, your company can be set up within days. We help with all the paperwork.
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Submit your information
Step 1 -
Sign your company formation documents
Step 2 -
Your company is formed in Delaware
Step 3 -
Receive a tax ID number from the IRS
Step 4
Set up your startup for $500
Form a company with Stripe Atlas
We’ll guide you through what’s needed to set up your startup.
Includes
- Formation of a C Corporation in Delaware
- Delaware state filing fees
- Signed documents to establish company bylaws and protect IP
- Tool to issue stock to founders
- First year of registered agent fees
- Tax ID (EIN) filing
- Stripe Atlas Community membership
- Free templates for post-formation legal needs
$500
setup fee
Run your business
After you set up your company using Stripe Atlas, there are separate ongoing costs of running a company that we help you manage.
Key ongoing costs (not included in the setup fee)
- Delaware registered agent—$100 per year (renewed automatically)
- Corporate tax preparation—packages start at $250 per year
- Delaware tax filing—preparation is free, Delaware fee starts at $225
- Bank account—apply via our partners or bring your own (fees, eligibility may vary)
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