Cyprus by industry
Cyprus company formation and tax relocation, tailored by industry
One size never fits a SaaS founder, a digital agency owner and a family-office principal. Pick your industry — we’ll show you how the 2026 Cyprus framework (15% CIT, IP Box, non-dom, 60-day rule, 50% expat exemption) applies to your specific buyer-persona, with worked examples and pitfall lists.
15%
Corporate income tax
~3%
IP Box effective rate
0%
Non-dom dividends, 17–27 yrs
60d
Min. for tax residency
Highest-demand industries
Cyprus for SaaS Founders
B2B SaaS founders, vertical-SaaS operators, ARR-funded software businesses
B2B and vertical-SaaS founders use Cyprus to combine an EU-resident operating company, the IP Box (effective ~3% on qualifying software income) and 17–27 years of 0% personal tax on dividends.
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Cyprus for AI Startups
AI product founders building vertical AI SaaS, fine-tuned models, API-wrappers and AI-native workflow tools
AI-first product founders — vertical AI SaaS, API wrappers, fine-tuned model providers and AI-native workflow tools — use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, ~3% IP Box on qualifying software, EU AI-Act readiness and 0% non-dom dividends.
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Cyprus for Software Engineers
Senior independent developers, fractional CTOs, OSS maintainers, indie hackers and contractor-model engineers
Senior solo developers, fractional CTOs, OSS maintainers, indie hackers and contractor-model engineers use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, IP Box on owned tools / libraries / OSS dual-licensed offerings, and 0% non-dom dividends — without the agency / SaaS overhead.
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Cyprus for Digital Marketing Agencies
Agency owners running paid media, SEO, content, influencer or full-service for international clients
Performance, SEO, paid-media and influencer agencies use Cyprus for the 15% corporate rate, the 50% expat exemption to hire EU senior talent, EU-resident invoicing, and 0% non-dom dividends to the founders.
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Cyprus for E-commerce & Amazon FBA
Amazon FBA brand owners, Shopify / WooCommerce DTC operators, multi-channel e-commerce founders
Amazon FBA brand owners and Shopify DTC operators use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, IP Box on owned brand IP, EU OSS for VAT, and 0% non-dom dividends to the founders — while keeping fulfilment in EU FBA centres.
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Cyprus for Consultants & Freelancers
Independent consultants, fractional CTOs/CMOs, senior developers, designers, engineers and specialist freelancers
Independent consultants, fractional executives, senior developers and designers use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, the €22k nil-rate band, the 50% expat exemption, and 0% non-dom dividends — usually through a lean single-founder Cyprus Ltd.
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Cyprus for Holding Companies
International groups, growth-stage founders restructuring pre-Series A, family groups consolidating cross-border investments
International groups use Cyprus as their EU holding jurisdiction — combining the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive, 0% withholding tax on outbound dividends, the participation exemption, and an extensive 65+ double-tax-treaty network.
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Cyprus for Funds & Family Offices
Fund managers, single-family offices, multi-family offices and HNWIs relocating personal wealth
Fund managers (RAIF / AIF), single-family offices and HNWIs use Cyprus to combine 0% non-dom on global dividends and interest, 0% capital gains on non-real-estate securities, the RAIF regime and 60-day tax residency.
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Cyprus for iGaming Affiliates
Casino, sportsbook, poker and broader gambling-vertical affiliate-site owners and media buyers
Casino, sportsbook and poker affiliate-site owners and media buyers use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate tax, IP Box on owned affiliate-site IP and 0% non-dom dividends — without operating gambling itself, which we don't service.
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Cyprus for Forex & Prop Traders
Individual forex traders, prop-firm participants and quant traders
Individual forex traders, prop-firm participants and independent quants use Cyprus to combine 0% CGT on securities, non-dom 0% SDC on dividends, the 60-day tax-residency route and a deep Limassol fintech ecosystem.
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Cyprus for Crypto Investors & Traders
Individual crypto investors, active crypto traders, DeFi participants, NFT collectors and crypto-derived HNWIs (not exchange operators or MiCA-licensed CASPs)
Individual crypto investors and active crypto traders — not exchanges or licensees — use Cyprus to combine the Article 20E classification framework, non-dom 0% on dividends, the 60-day rule for travel, and clean banking for legitimate crypto-derived wealth.
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Strong-demand industries
Cyprus for Real Estate Investors
Buy-and-rent property investors, multi-unit landlords, real-estate-investing families consolidating EU rental portfolios
Buy-and-rent investors with EU portfolios use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, the abolition of SDC on rental income from 1 January 2026, no inheritance / wealth tax, and the 0% capital gains exemption on shares of non-Cyprus-real-estate property OpCos.
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Cyprus for Content Creators
YouTubers, TikTokers, Twitch streamers, Patreon-funded creators and small studios
YouTubers, TikTokers, Twitch streamers, Patreon-funded creators and small studios use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, ~3% IP Box on owned channel/format IP and 17–27 years of 0% on personal dividends — while keeping the freedom to travel.
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Cyprus for Influencers
Instagram, TikTok and brand-led influencers running sponsorship-heavy businesses
Instagram, TikTok and brand-deal-led influencers — distinct from AdSense-driven YouTubers — use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, the 60-day rule for travelling creators, and 0% non-dom on the dividends drawn from sponsorship-heavy income.
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Cyprus for Online Coaches & Course Creators
Online coaches, course creators, mastermind operators, info-product entrepreneurs
6–7-figure online coaches, mastermind operators and course creators on Kajabi / Teachable / Stan / Skool use Cyprus to combine 15% corporate, ~3% IP Box on owned course IP and 17–27 years of 0% personal dividends.
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Don’t see your industry?
We work with most knowledge-economy and capital-light businesses relocating to Cyprus. We deliberately don’t do regulated verticals (gambling operators, retail forex broker licensees, crypto exchanges, EMIs) — if that’s you, we’ll refer you to specialist counsel rather than pretend.