Establish a Recruitment Agency in Slovakia

Recruitment agencies in Slovakia are incorporated to provide recruitment services to both natural persons searching for jobs in this country, but also to businesses established here which are interested to find suitable candidates for their jobs openings. A recruitment agency is incorporated following the procedures established under the Slovakian legislation. Our team of Slovakian company formation representatives can help local and foreign entrepreneurs to register a recruitment company, but also to obtain business permits necessary for this activity. 

Register a Slovakian recruitment company 

Any company incorporated in Slovakia must be represented by a trading name, which should be a unique name on the Slovakian territory. In order to verify the uniqueness of the business name the investor is interested in, he or she should register at the Commercial Register. The institution is able to provide a certificate in this sense, after the name was approved. 

Further on, the investor should notarize the statutory documents of the company – the memorandum and the articles of association, which are drafted in accordance with the legal entity under which the company will carry out its activity in Slovakia. 

A particularity of the Slovak system refers to the registration of the company for trading license, income tax and health insurance. All these procedures can be performed at the Trade Licensing Office, an entity working under the One-stop-shop agency. Moreover, the investor can apply for the above mentioned by submitting only one form. 

Further on, the investor should register for tax purposes at the Tax Authority Office. At the same time, it is important to open a corporate bank account; our team of Slovakian company incorporation consultants can offer assistance on the bank’s requirements. 

Legal entities available in Slovakia 

Businessmen who want to open a company in Slovakia can register it under one of the following legal entities: 

• general partnership;

• limited partnership;

• limited liability company (LLC);

• joint stock company. 

Such entities are established with the purpose of conducting business activities, but, under the stipulations of the local law, they can be also incorporated for non-commercial activities (the rule is applicable only for the LLC and joint stock companies). 

Licensing requirements for recruitment agencies in Slovakia

Recruitment is one of the activities sectors that require a special license in Slovakia. Specifically, if you want to open a recruitment company here ,you need to apply for the employment agency business permit.

Employment mediation for a fee is a regulated trade licensed by the Trade Licensing Office (district office), while temporary-work agencies need a permit from the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; applications are filed based on several documents. Among them are:

• details of the company;
• the name of the company’s representative offering employment mediation services;
• proof of qualifications of the representative to offer recruitment services;
• the registered address of the recruitment company;
• details on whether the company will provide its services to Slovak nationals, foreign citizens seeking employment here, or both categories of jobseekers;
• proof of payment of the registration fee.

Our company registration agents in Slovakia can guide clients in drafting the necessary documents for obtaining a recruitment license. The business permit is issued for an indefinite period, so no renewal is needed. However, failing to maintain the initial conditions of issuance can lead to its revocation.

Laws applicable to staffing agencies in Slovakia

If you want to open a recruitment company in Slovakia, you need to consider:

• the Company Act, which provides for the incorporation requirements and procedure for the business;
• the Employment Code which covers some of the activities of this type of companies;
• Act 5/2004 which governs the licensing conditions for employment agencies.

Before you start the Slovak company formation procedure, you can discuss all the requirements with one of our consultants, so you have everything in order.

Types of recruitment agencies in Slovakia

There are two types of recruitment companies investors can open in Slovakia:

• the job mediation staffing agency which also requires an employment company license;
• the temporary employment agency, which needs a permit from the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, as it provides outsourcing services through its own employees.

If you want to open a company in Slovakia, our local specialists can help you set up any of them.

Recruitment services in Slovakia 

Recruitment agencies can provide assistance not only for finding a suitable candidate for a certain position, but they can also intermediate related activities, such as the assistance in obtaining a work permit in Slovakia for persons who want to relocate for work purposes here. 

As a general rule, the work permit is issued for a period of two years, but the local authorities can issue permits for a maximum of 90 days within 12 months, in the case of seasonal contracts. 

Employment statistics in Slovakia

According to the latest data, at the level of 2024:

• the Slovak workforce had a total number of 2.64 million employees;
• on a year-to-year basis, the number of workers rose by 0.2% between 2023 and 2024;
• the employment rate also registered a mild increase of 0.5%, reaching a total of 78.8% at the end of 2024;
• the largest number of employees, 1.676 million, worked in the services sector.

Those who are interested in receiving more information on the incorporation of a recruitment company in Slovakia can address our team of Slovakian company formation agents.