Company move step by step

Step by step

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   Step 1: Terminate the old premises in writing, usually nine months in advance. See rent and terminate premises.

   § 12 kap. 4 § first paragraph 2 jordabalken (1970:994), checked 5 October 2026

   § 12 kap. 8 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026

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   Step 2: Draw up an agreement for the new premises with access before moving out. our advice

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   Step 3: Ask several removal companies for a quote based on the same information. Office moves are not eligible for RUT tax deduction.

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   Step 4: Plan your IT, telephone, storage and archive so that your business is out of operation for as short a time as possible. See the checklist for office moves. our advice

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   Step 5: Notify Bolagsverket of your new postal address and Skatteverket of your new visiting address at verksamt.se. See change the company's address.

   § 8 kap. 43 and 44 §§ Companies Act (2005:551), checked 6 October 2026

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   Step 6: If the limited company is moving to a different location: change the registered office in the articles of association.

   § 3 kap. 1 § första stycket 2 aktiebolagslag (2005:551), checked 6 October 2026

   § 7 kap. 42 § aktiebolagslag (2005:551), checked 6 October 2026

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   Step 7: Order postal forwarding and inform customers and suppliers of your new address.

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   Step 8: Return the old premises in the condition required by the agreement, and record the moving costs. See deductions for moving costs.

Steps 2 and 4 are our advice. The other steps are according to jordabalken (the Swedish Land Code), the Companies Act, Bolagsverket, Svensk Adressändring and Skatteverket.

Business moves in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö

Each city has its own rules for parking the moving truck on the street, for heavy lorries and for what a company can leave at the recycling centre. There are also the removal companies we have checked that have their own page about office moves.

• Company move in Stockholm
• Company move in Gothenburg
• Company move in Malmö

Guides for businesses

• How long is the termination period for a local? Nine months until the next change of month unless otherwise agreed, and in writing.
• How does the company change the address of Bolagsverket? The address, seat and corporate order, and who gets the task forward.
• What should we do before the office move? Local, moving company, IT, warehouse, address and customers, with when each point is made.
• Can the company deduct moving costs? Costs in the business are deducted as other operating expenses. RUT tax deduction does not apply to companies.
• What applies to office moves in Stockholm? Loading on the street, office waste and moving companies with their own page on office moves.
• What is the case for office moves in Gothenburg? Dispens for the moving car, the waste from the office and three controlled moving companies.
• What applies to office moves in Malmö? Loading on the street, office waste and moving companies with their own page on office moves.

Does an office move qualify for RUT tax deduction?

No. The RUT work must be carried out in or in close proximity to a home where the buyer lives or uses as a holiday home, and an office is not a home. The cost of moving the business can be deducted by the company instead, according to Skatteverket.

Source: Skatteverket: How the RUT tax deduction works, Skatteverket: Deduction lexicon for companies (Moving costs).

How does the post get the new address?

With forwarding at Svensk Adressändring, which forwards the company's post to the new address for 12 months, even if the old address is on the letter. The forwarding does not replace the change of address at Bolagsverket, which is needed to change the register. What it costs is stated in the guide to change the company's address.

Source: Svensk Adressändring: Change of address and forwarding for companies, Bolagsverket: Change address for limited companies.