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A jurisdiction is simply the country (or in the US, the state) where your company is legally registered. It determines which tax rules, privacy laws, and corporate regulations apply to your business. Think of it like choosing which set of rules your company plays by. You don't have to live there; many founders incorporate somewhere different from where they reside.

No. Where you live and where your company is registered are completely separate. A London-based founder might incorporate in Wyoming to take advantage of lower taxes and stronger privacy protections. Conversely, a California-based founder can just as easily run a UK Ltd without ever relocating. What matters is where your company is legally registered, not where you or your team happen to be located.

We currently cover 20 jurisdictions: US states (Delaware, Wyoming), UK, Singapore, Ireland, UAE, Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Estonia, Canada (with provincial breakdowns), Hong Kong, BVI, Switzerland, and Cyprus, plus a growing list of international home-country benchmarks. We regularly add new jurisdictions based on founder demand.

Each jurisdiction in our database has a detailed profile covering tax rates, banking friction, legal complexity, investor norms, privacy strength, and more. When you answer the wizard questions, the engine weights these dimensions based on your specific situation. A bootstrapped SaaS founder gets very different weights than a VC-backed fintech. Your answers also trigger penalty and bonus modifiers (e.g., US tax obligations for American citizens abroad). The top 3 jurisdictions by weighted score become your results, complete with explanations of why each one fits. No AI-generated text, no randomness, just a deterministic scoring algorithm refined over years.

Our engine scores every jurisdiction across 10+ dimensions (tax efficiency, banking access, investor expectations, compliance burden, privacy, and more) using data maintained by incorporation specialists with years of cross-border experience. This isn't a chatbot guessing: it's a structured decision model built from real-world patterns across thousands of founder situations. That said, every business is unique. We strongly recommend confirming your top pick with a qualified lawyer or CPA before filing, especially if you have complex tax residency or multi-entity structures.

Technically yes, but it's expensive and painful. Re-domiciling or "flipping" a company usually means forming a new entity in the target jurisdiction, transferring assets, contracts, and IP, closing the old entity, and updating every bank account and agreement. Costs can range from $5,000 to $50,000+ depending on complexity, and the process can take months. That's exactly why it's worth spending two minutes getting it right the first time.

Dissolution difficulty varies a lot. A Delaware LLC with no employees or assets can be dissolved in a few days for under $300. A Singapore company requires filing with ACRA and settling all liabilities, which can take 3–6 months. UK companies can be struck off the register relatively easily if they've been dormant. UAE free zone entities often require full license expiry and clearance from immigration authorities. We factor administrative simplicity into our scoring, so if easy exit matters to you, the engine already accounts for it.

It varies widely by jurisdiction. Estonia's e-Residency program can get you incorporated in 1–2 business days. Delaware and Wyoming LLCs or C-Corps typically take 3–5 business days. Singapore is usually 1–3 days if you have a local registered agent. The UK takes about 24–48 hours. The UAE and Hong Kong can take 2–4 weeks due to additional compliance checks. Most formation providers in our results handle the paperwork for you.

No. Your answers are processed in your browser and sent to our API only to generate results. We don't store them on a server, we don't create user accounts, and we don't sell or share your information with anyone. Once you close the tab, your data only persists in your browser's local storage (so you can resume the wizard), and you can clear that anytime.

Yes, the tool is completely free and always will be. There's no signup, no paywall, and no upsell. We earn referral fees when you click through to a formation provider and complete a purchase, and those links are clearly marked. The results themselves are never influenced by referral partnerships; they're ranked purely by fit for your situation.