Moving Your Business to Spain: Visa Routes for Founders and Investors

This guide covers the 1 verified route for founders and investors moving a business to Spain. Every figure comes from our program review dated September 15, 2026. Rules change often, so treat this as a starting point and confirm the details with an expert before you commit money or time.

Entrepreneur Visa

Spain's Entrepreneur Visa has no statutory minimum investment — the qualifying factor is an innovative business plan assessed by ENISA (Spain's national innovation financing agency). Under a 2024 reform (RD 1155/2024), the permit structure was simplified to an initial period followed by a 4-year renewal. This is a fundamentally different program from Spain's former real-estate/investment Golden Visa (Arts. 63–67), which was abolished entirely on April 3, 2025 — the Entrepreneur Visa is not a replacement for it and has always had an innovation requirement rather than a capital-purchase requirement.

Who it suits: Non-EU founders of an innovative business assessed as being of "special economic interest" to Spain. Minimum investment: No statutory minimum; qualifying factor is an ENISA-assessed innovative business plan. Active involvement: Yes. What you receive: Initial residence authorization, simplified under 2024 reform to an initial period plus 4-year renewal. Family: Yes. Path to permanent residence: Conditional — long-term residence after 5 years.

Worth knowing: Spain's Golden Visa (the real-estate investment route) was abolished on 3 April 2025 by Organic Law 1/2025. The Entrepreneur Visa is not a substitute for it: it requires a genuinely innovative project, not just capital.

No longer available

Golden Visa (real estate and investment) (Abolished, since April 3, 2025). The Entrepreneur Visa is a separate program that is still active. It is not a replacement.

This guide is directional guidance only and is not legal or immigration advice. A consulting session will tell you which route fits your business and what to prepare first.