For expats in Spain · Import and registration
You are moving to Spain, own a home there or have inherited a car. We handle customs, the COC, the technical inspection, registration tax and number plates — you never have to deal with a Spanish authority yourself.
Step 1, the short version · €0
You don't have to decide anything today. Three questions and your email, and we send you what your case costs and how long it takes. No documents, no phone call, no payment.
The work
How it works
You tell us which car it is and what you plan to do. We reply with the cost and timeline of your case, with no obligation.
You upload your documents and we review them page by page: feasibility, what is missing and the estimated tax.
You sign the powers of attorney and we do the rest: COC, technical data sheet, inspection and taxes.
The Spanish traffic authority (DGT) registers the car, and the plates reach your home 4 to 6 weeks later.
The clock starts once your documents and powers of attorney are complete, not when you pay. Between deregistration in the country of origin and the Spanish plates there are a few days when the car may not be driven. We plan the file to keep that window as short as possible and tell you the date in advance; during that time you need a private parking space or a garage. Without a COC, an individual approval with a test report is needed: €650 and about four more weeks. From outside the EU, allow 8 to 12 weeks.
One file, euro by euro
We don't publish customer reviews yet, so we show you the work instead. This is a sample file from Germany, with the complete bill.
Registered in Munich · 142 g/km WLTP · 68,000 km · COC in the car's paperwork
Separate, and not collected by us
Without a COC, about two weeks more. If it isn't in the car's paperwork, we have to request it from the manufacturer and wait for it to be issued, plus the brand's fee. Everything else stays the same.
The amounts in brackets are not ours, and you may never pay them: they depend on your case, your town hall and the exemption. We don't add them to the price because we don't collect them.
Sample file with the rates and tables of September 2026: not a real customer, and we don't present it as one. As soon as we have reviews we can publish, they will go in exactly this spot, with names. Only the €1,500 is fixed; everything else depends on the exact model, the town hall, the date of assessment and the change-of-residence exemption. Transport from Munich costs around €1,180 extra, and we don't collect that either.
How you hire us
Questions about your case, the tax or the timeline? Write us four lines and we reply by email within 48 business hours. No documents, no obligation, no cost. If you only want the number, the three-click estimate is even faster.
or go straight to the step that gets it done
The €99 pays for the document check: we review your documents page by page and tell you in writing whether your case is feasible, what is missing, how much the tax will be and which date is realistic. If you go ahead, you pay the remaining €1,401 and we open your file. The €99 is part of the €1,500, not on top of it.
Upload documents and pay for the check · €99Payment via Stripe: card, Bizum or bank transfer. The €99 is non-refundable, because the work is done and the report is yours. If your case isn't feasible, we tell you there and you pay nothing more.
What exactly you get for €99.
The €99 is non-refundable: it is the price of this work, not a deposit or a booking fee. It is, however, credited — if you go ahead, €1,401 remains — and it doesn't expire while you think it over.
No misunderstandings
The fixed price covers all the work and every administrative fee of the procedure. What it can't cover is the tax that the tax agency and your town hall charge you for the car: we calculate it, declare it and pay it on your behalf, but the amount is yours.
| Item | Who collects it | Included in the €1,500? |
|---|---|---|
| Service and paperwork | ||
| Requesting the COC from the manufacturerWe request it, in the brand's language | Matrikula | Yes |
| Manufacturer's COC fee€100 to €250 depending on the brand. Zero if it is in the car's paperwork | The manufacturer | No, at cost |
| Short technical data sheetIssued by a chartered engineer | Engineering firm | Yes |
| Import technical inspection (ITV)Appointment arranged, inspection station fee | ITV station | Yes, fee included |
| Driving the car to the inspectionOnly on request: €300 within 50 km, second visit included | Matrikula | No, optional |
| Powers of attorney, forms and officesThe Spanish side through a licensed gestor, the foreign side we do ourselves | Matrikula | Yes |
| Fees and taxes — where most misunderstandings happen | ||
| Official registration feeThe €99.77 DGT fee, paid by us | DGT | Yes, included |
| Number platesMade and sent to your home | Matrikula | Yes, included |
| Registration tax: the paperworkCalculated with the official value tables, declared and settled | Matrikula | Yes |
| Registration tax: the amount0 to 14.75% of the taxable base, depending on CO₂. We calculate it in the check, before you decide | Tax agency and your region | No, you pay it |
| Municipal road tax: the paperworkEntry in the town hall register and payment handled | Matrikula | Yes |
| Municipal road tax: the amount€30 to €200 a year, depending on the town hall and fiscal horsepower | Your town hall | No, you pay it |
| Change-of-residence exemptionCase review and application, at no extra cost | Matrikula | Yes |
| Outside the EU and special cases | ||
| Customs declarationOnly vehicles from outside the EU | Matrikula | Yes, in the €2,950 |
| Customs duty and import VATUp to 10% duty and 21% VAT, unless exempt as a change of residence | Customs | No, you pay it |
| Individual approval€650, only if no COC can be obtained for the vehicle | Test laboratory | No, at cost |
| Transport from the country of originFrom €950, if you don't want to drive it yourself | Transport company | No, at cost |
| Spanish insuranceMust be in place before registration | Your insurer | No |
| Deregistration in the country of originOptional. What your country requires and what it costs, we tell you in the enquiry | That country's authority | No, on request |
If you are moving to Spain and the car was registered in your name for more than six months before the move, the change-of-residence exemption is likely: no registration tax and no customs duty. We review your case and apply for it at no extra cost.
Deregistration in the country of origin is not included in the fixed price, wherever the car comes from. It is optional: you can do it yourself or ask us to. Every country has its own procedure; what yours requires and what it costs, we tell you in the free enquiry, before you pay anything.
Before you start
You need none of this for the free enquiry: just tell us which car it is. You upload the documents only once, in the form for the €99 document check, and the clock starts when the folder is complete. That way we don't chase you every three days for a month for the next piece of paper.
If you ask us to, yes, but it is not included in the fixed price: it is an optional service, the same for every country. You can also do it yourself.
There is no common procedure in the EU. Some countries allow deregistration remotely with a power of attorney, others require the plates to be returned and, depending on the case, someone to appear in person; France has no export deregistration but an export transfer declared online. That is why we look at each case: in the free enquiry we tell you what your country requires, whether we can handle it and what it costs.
What doesn't change: the complete Spanish registration is always in the €1,500.
Whenever you're ready
If you still have questions, write to us: we reply within 48 business hours, and it costs nothing. If everything is clear, upload your documents and start with the €99 document check, which is credited against the €1,500.