Canary Islands Strategic Hub
(ZEC)
Europe’s most efficient launchpad for global growth
Hub
META Channel, your operations hub in Europe
META Channel has designed a high-performance set-up solution for companies seeking an operating base in Europe with the highest level of legal certainty and exceptional tax efficiency. We don’t simply advise on the Canary Islands Special Zone (Zona Especial Canaria, ZEC); we orchestrate your complete establishment within it. Through our ecosystem, we turn the Canary Islands into your global launchpad: a tricontinental hub seamlessly connected with Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Advantage
The competitive advantage: what is the ZEC?
The Canary Islands Special Zone is a reduced-taxation regime authorised by the European Commission, designed to attract investment and economic activity to the Canary Islands. Its benefits are clear and direct:
4% corporate income tax
A sharply reduced tax rate compared with Spain’s standard rate and the European average.
IGIC exemption
Supplies of goods and services between ZEC entities, as well as their imports of goods, are exempt from IGIC (the Canary Islands’ indirect tax, which takes the place of VAT).
European legal certainty
Operate with all the stability and protection of the Spanish and EU legal framework.
Powerful additional deductions
Access to Europe’s most generous tax incentives for R&D and innovation, audiovisual productions and video games.
Solution
Our turnkey solution: from strategy to operation
Phase 1: designing the architecture
We analyse your business model and design the optimal corporate and tax structure for operating from the ZEC.
Phase 2: executing the set-up
Through our Reference Partner (Layer 02), which is highly specialised in the ZEC, we manage the entire set-up process.
Phase 3: launch
We provide the support you need to start operating, including employment and accounting advice and access to our institutional network.
Applications
Strategic uses of the ZEC Hub
The ZEC is not a solution for just one type of company. It is a versatile platform for a wide range of global business models:
For tech companies and start-ups
Set up your development centre and benefit from powerful R&D and innovation deductions.
For the audiovisual and video game sector
Take advantage of Europe’s most generous tax incentives for your productions.
For e-commerce and international trading
Centralise your trading operations with the EU, Africa and the Americas from a base with an exceptionally competitive, EU-authorised tax regime.
For asset tokenisation (TokenLab)
Structure your tokenisation operations in an environment that combines the highest level of European legal certainty with a very low tax burden under an EU-authorised regime.
For holding companies and intellectual property management
Centralise the management of your intellectual property portfolio and shareholdings.
Take the first step
Start your set-up in Europe’s smartest hub
If you are looking for a launchpad for your global operations that combines certainty, connectivity and unrivalled tax efficiency, you have found the right partner to make it happen.
