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Guide · Business relocation to Ireland

Relocate your business — and yourself — to Ireland.

Founders don't lose time on the "why Ireland" question. They lose it on the "how" — entity choice, immigration route, personal tax, IDA conversations, landing partner, first hires and the family move — usually running as six unrelated projects. SettleDone runs them as one.

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This page is an educational overview, not legal, tax or investment advice. Regulated advice is provided by qualified US and Irish counsel and advisers, engaged alongside SettleDone.

Six decisions that shape a business move

Where founders lose — or save — months.

  1. Entity structure

    US parent + Irish subsidiary, Irish top-co, or a full corporate reorganisation. Driven by where revenue is booked, where the team sits, funding history and future plans. Decided with corporate counsel and tax advisers on both sides — not from a template.

  2. Founder immigration route

    STEP, Critical Skills into your own entity, or intra-company transfer. Choice depends on business shape, funding, and how quickly you personally need to be resident.

  3. Personal tax positioning

    The move creates one of the highest-leverage tax moments in a founder's life — share ownership, US exit-tax considerations for certain shareholders, remittance basis eligibility, timing of any liquidity event. Handled early, decisions stay open; handled late, they are already fixed.

  4. IDA / Enterprise Ireland engagement

    For businesses creating Irish employment, an introduction to IDA Ireland (FDI) or Enterprise Ireland (indigenous / scaling) can be a genuine accelerator. Coordinated when the story is ready, not before.

  5. Landing partner and first hires

    Office, banking, payroll, first Irish hires, HR compliance and day-to-day operations. The workstream that is easy to underestimate and often decides the first six months of trading in Ireland.

  6. Personal move for you and family

    Housing, schools, healthcare and the physical move happen in parallel with the business setup. Kept as one plan, both sides accelerate. Kept as two plans, both sides slow each other down.

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One accountable person across corporate, tax, immigration and family.

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Sequence

Why the business move and the personal move belong on one plan.

Corporate structure and personal tax residency are the same conversation. Immigration route and family arrival dates are the same conversation. IDA engagement and hiring plan are the same conversation. Founders who try to run these as separate projects — with a corporate lawyer here, an immigration lawyer there, a mobility firm somewhere else — spend most of their energy synchronising other people's timelines.

SettleDone's role is to be the one person on the founder's side who is accountable for the whole shape of the move, and to bring in the vetted specialists in each workstream. What we do not do is give regulated legal, tax or investment advice ourselves.

Related reading

For founders relocating to IrelandIreland visa routes for AmericansIrish tax for US expatsMoving to Ireland from the US — full guide

Ways to work with us

Ways to work with us

From a first shaping call to a fully run founder move.

Common questions

Relocating a business to Ireland — frequently asked.

  • Access to the EU single market, an English-speaking talent pool, a competitive corporate-tax regime, established ecosystems in tech, life-sciences and financial services, and a well-worn path for US-headquartered companies. The 'why' is usually clear; the 'how' is where founders lose months.

Next step

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