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Empresa en un Día — Fast-Track Incorporation

Chile's simplified electronic regime can create a company in a day. It is excellent for some structures and a trap for others.

What this involves

The Registro de Empresas y Sociedades lets certain company types be constituted electronically, using standard forms, in a fraction of the usual time and cost. For a single-founder consulting company or a simple operating entity, it is genuinely the right tool.

The risk is not the speed — it is the standard form. Companies constituted this way frequently end up with default bylaws that say nothing useful about share transfers, deadlock, drag-along or investor protections, and the amendment to fix that later costs more than doing it properly the first time. We tell you which of the two situations you are in before anything is filed.

What we handle

Suitability review

A short assessment of whether the simplified regime fits your ownership and funding plans, or whether a notarized incorporation serves you better.

Electronic constitution

Filing the incorporation through the electronic registry, with the form completed correctly the first time.

Bylaw tailoring

Where the regime permits, adjusting the clauses that matter — purpose, capital, representation and transfer rules — instead of accepting defaults.

Migration when you outgrow it

Converting or amending the company when an investor, a partner or a new business line makes the original form inadequate.

Post-incorporation steps

Tax ID, commencement of activities and the banking documentation, which the electronic regime does not solve for you.

How we run this for a client abroad

01

Assessment first

You send the documents you have. We tell you what applies, what it costs and how long it takes — before you commit to anything.

02

Power of attorney

Granted at a Chilean consulate or apostilled where you live. It lets us act for you in Chile without you travelling.

03

We file, you get updates

Our attorneys handle the filings and appearances in Chile. You get plain-English updates at every stage.

Empresa en un Día (Fast-Track Incorporation) — common questions

What English-speaking clients ask us most about this specific service.

Is it really done in one day?
The constitution itself can be, when the file is clean and the signatures are in order. What is not done in one day is everything that makes the company usable — the tax registration, the start of activities and the bank account. Treat the one-day figure as describing the deed, not the business.
What are the drawbacks?
Standard-form bylaws, limited flexibility in how you draft governance, and a tendency for founders to skip decisions they should be making deliberately. None of that matters for a simple structure; all of it matters the moment a second shareholder or an investor appears.
Can I convert a company constituted this way?
Yes. Companies can be amended or migrated out of the simplified regime, but it is an additional procedure with its own cost. That is precisely the calculation worth doing upfront: fast now versus an amendment later.
Which company types can use it?
The regime covers several of the most common Chilean forms, including the SpA and the limited liability company. Which one you should use is a separate question from whether the electronic route is available, and we answer both together.

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