Best way to start and manage your solo business in France

Xolo combines a user-friendly platform with English-speaking accountants to help you confidently navigate the French business landscape.

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Freelancing in France made easy

Navigating the business admin landscape can be difficult as a Solopreneur, especially if you don’t speak the local language. Discover Xolo, the admin and accounting solution that makes it easy.

Xolo is perfect for

  • Expats starting or running freelance business in France as Micro-Entrepreneur ((Auto-entrepreneur), Entreprise Individuelle (EI), Société par Actions Simplifiée Unipersonnelle (SASU)
  • Freelancers who want to simplify tax declarations, accounting, and ongoing compliance — all in English

Everything you need as a freelancer

  • Top-notch bookkeeping from chartered French accountants who speak English
  • A professional invoicing tool with automatic VAT calculations (if you’re subject to VAT)
  • Easy expense management and digitization (if you’re subject to VAT)
  • A modern dashboard to track your business performance
  • Turnover declarations (URSSAF), Income tax, Annual financial statements (Comptes annuels) and VAT (Déclarations de TVA) declarations an others based on your needs
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Support every step of the way

Our dedicated team helps you succeed in France. From setting up your business entity to managing your day-to-day accounting, we’re here to ensure everything runs smoothly. Best of all, we speak English, so nothing gets lost in translation.

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Manage your business anytime, anywhere

With Xolo’s online platform, you have 24/7 access to tools that simplify business management:

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  • Create professional invoices in minutes, complete with VAT calculations (if needed)
  • Upload and digitize your expenses
  • Monitor your financial performance in real-time
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Compliant tax reporting

We make sure your tax and social security obligations are taken care of.

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  • URSSAF declarations (mandatory revenue reporting and social security contributions)
  • Income tax reporting (assistance with tax return preparation based on your taxation method)
  • Déclarations de TVA (VAT declarations) (if you’re subject to VAT)
  • Comptes annuels (Annual financial statements)
  • Impôt sur les sociétés (IS declaration)
  • Much more...

 

Plans based on the support you need

 

Micro-enterprise

Our full-service plan for micro-entrepreneurs

€19 / month 

+VAT

✓ Send invoices with automated VAT calculations (if subject to VAT)

✓ Customizable invoices

✓ Assistance with your URSSAF declarations, income tax reporting and VAT declarations (if you’re subject to VAT)

✓ Unlimited support from your dedicated chartered accountant 

✓ 24/7 access to your business dashboard

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EI

Our full-service plan for Entreprise Individuelle 

€49 / month

+VAT

✓ Send invoices with automated VAT calculations (if subject to VAT)

✓ Customizable invoices

✓ Assistance with your TVA declarations (VAT declarations)

✓ Income tax reporting (IR)

✓ Déclaration de résultats (2031, 2035, 2065)

✓ Comptes annuels

✓ CFE declaration

✓ Unlimited support from your dedicated chartered accountant

✓ 24/7 access to your business dashboard

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SASU

Our full-service plan for Société par Actions Simplifiée Unipersonnelle

€99 / month

+VAT

✓ Send invoices with automated VAT calculations (if subject to VAT)

✓ Customizable invoices

✓ Assistance with your TVA declarations (VAT declarations)

✓ Impôt sur les sociétés (IS declaration)

✓ Déclaration de résultats (2031, 2035, 2065)

✓ Comptes annuels

✓ CFE declaration

✓ DSN (monthly payroll report)

✓ Unlimited support from your dedicated chartered accountant 

✓ 24/7 access to your business dashboard

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Don’t just take it from us,
hear what other solos are saying

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Xolo made setting up and managing my business in France effortless. Their team is responsive and always available to help

Emma B.

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I’ve been working with Xolo for several months now and I absolutely love them! The staff are top notch, and everything works without problems.

Matilda F.

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I love how easy it is to invoice and track expenses with Xolo. I’ve been using their platform for over a year, and it’s fantastic.

Julien R.  

What’s the difference between Xolo and other providers?


Xolo is the most comprehensible solution for your solopreneur business: we cover your needs from registration to reporting (and everything in between).

Xolo

  • All-in-one solution: an online platform combined with the best-in-class human support
  • Affordable fixed subscription
  • English-speaking local accountants
  • Unlimited access to our online invoicing platform whenever, wherever

Other providers

  • Platforms and accounting aren’t usually offered together which makes managing them harder
  • Services might be priced hourly or per report so it’s hard to forecast your admin cost
  • Finding an English-speaking service provider often proves hard
  • Some providers charge extra for each service like business registration.

Greater than just an accounting solution

Xolo gives you more. We’re here to change the way you freelance, taking care of all your paperwork and providing you the tools to focus on what's most important: your business. Join us for free →

Still have questions?

Got questions? We've got answers!
Here are a few of our most popular ones to get you started:

Xolo is your trusted partner in your freelancer life. We combine our team of expert accountants who specialize in freelancing in France, with an easy-to-use online accounting and invoicing platform designed exclusively for sole proprietors.

With Xolo, freelancing is just like working for a company. Don't worry about filing tax returns, filling out forms or downloading invoices for your expenses, we take care of everything.

Xolo is specially designed for those freelancers who offer professional services (not material goods) to national and international companies.

So it all depends on the activity that you develop in your business and a series of criteria that we explain here 👇

Freelance activities compatible with Xolo

Freelance activities not compatible with Xolo
  • Software developers and other IT fields
  • Consultants, analysts or lawyers
  • Marketing, advertising and communication experts
  • Translators, teachers or similar
  • Purchase and sale of physical products (including direct shipping and through Amazon FBA).
  • Commercial activities requiring a business license
  • Freelance trading of cryptocurrencies

 

 

The micro-entrepreneur (auto-entrepreneur) status is a simplified business format in France designed for freelancers and small businesses. It’s ideal if your turnover stays under specific thresholds (e.g., €77,700 for services and €188,700 for sales in 2025).

An Entreprise Individuelle (EI) is a simple legal structure in France designed for self-employed individuals who want to operate under their own name without forming a separate company. It's ideal for freelancers, artisans, and small business owners who have outgrown the micro-entrepreneur regime or need to deduct real business expenses. While the EI offers flexibility and relatively light administrative requirements compared to a company, it does involve full accounting and tax reporting (e.g., annual accounts, VAT, income tax). Since 2022, EI’s benefit from automatic protection of personal assets, making it a safer and more attractive option for solo entrepreneurs seeking a professional, cost-effective setup without incorporating a full company like a SASU.

A SASU (Société par Actions Simplifiée Unipersonnelle) is a one-person company structure offering full limited liability, a flexible tax and governance framework, and a strong professional image. It is ideal for solo entrepreneurs and freelancers looking to separate their personal and professional assets while benefiting from the prestige of a company. Unlike a micro-entreprise or EI, the SASU requires formal setup (statuts, Greffe registration, etc.) and full accounting, but provides flexibility in how you pay yourself — via salary, dividends, or both. It's particularly well-suited to those planning for future growth, seeking optimal tax/social charge management, or working with corporate clients who prefer company-to-company relationships.

Of course. At Xolo we have a commitment to every freelancer who chooses us.

For all plans, we offer comprehensive support. Unlike other online accounting services, Xolo will assign you an expert support specialist from the moment you sign up to take care of your case. No need to explain the same thing to 5 different people every time you need something.

Absolutely! We’ll guide you through transferring your current accounting service or platform to Xolo seamlessly.

 

Yes! Our team of English-speaking chartered accountants specializes in supporting expats navigating the French system.

Xolo supports every step of your sole proprietorship journey and we’ll be happy to help you with deregistration, should you opt for that.

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