Twelve stages,
start to launch.

Feasibility & city selection

Country, city and model are decided together, in that order, before anything is filed. We assess the local licensing regime, the commercial insurance market, driver supply, competitive density and the practicalities of getting a local contact in place.

Note. City selection is the highest-leverage decision in the whole project and the one most often made last. A model that is straightforward in one metro can be effectively closed in another.

Entity formation

LLC or Corporation in the United States, private limited company in the United Kingdom. Registered agent or registered office, EIN or UTR, operating agreement or articles, ownership register and appointment of officers.

Note. For a US venture we normally advise forming in the state you will actually operate in rather than a popular incorporation state, because operating elsewhere means foreign qualification and two sets of fees.

Tax & statutory registration

Federal, state and local tax registrations, sales tax where it applies, VAT and PAYE registration in the UK, and a written annual filing calendar handed to you.

Note. A foreign-owned single-member US LLC has annual federal information filing obligations that carry substantial penalties for non-filing even when there is no tax due. This catches out a very large number of overseas owners.

Licensing & operating authority

Vehicle-for-hire permits, operator licences, driver approvals and vehicle registrations prepared and lodged with the relevant city, county or council authority.

Note. This stage is entirely dependent on the model. Model A frequently needs none of it in the US. Model C needs all of it, and the timeline is set by the authority, not by us.

Insurance placement

Commercial auto, general liability, garage keepers and any cover the licensing authority mandates, placed through licensed brokers in the market concerned.

Note. Commercial for-hire cover is the largest recurring cost in a fleet and the most common reason a plan stops being viable. We obtain indicative quotes before you buy vehicles, not after.

Banking & payment coordination

Business bank account application prepared and lodged, payment processing and payout rails arranged, accounting software configured and connected.

Note. We prepare a complete, well-evidenced application and lodge it with institutions known to consider foreign-owned entities. The bank decides. Nobody honest will guarantee you an account, and anyone who does is not being straight with you.

Premises & local presence

Parking, yard or depot arrangement where the model needs it, a registered business address, and appointment of the local contact who will physically handle vehicles, inspections and incidents.

Note. Model B may need nothing more than an address. Model A needs somewhere to keep vehicles between rentals and someone to hand keys over. This is costed into the plan from the start rather than discovered at launch.

Vehicle sourcing & compliance

Specification against platform and licensing requirements, sourcing, inspection, registration, telematics fitting, livery where required, and handover to the fleet.

Note. Consumer vehicle leases generally exclude commercial and for-hire use, and commercial fleet finance requires local business credit history a new entity does not have. Expect to purchase outright, and budget accordingly.

Technology stack

Fleet and rental management, telematics and tracking, booking or dispatch where the model needs it, driver onboarding portal, invoicing, and the reporting layer you will actually look at each month.

Note. For Model C we recommend licensing a proven white-label rideshare platform rather than commissioning a custom build. A first-time operator gains nothing from bespoke software and loses months.

Recruitment & onboarding

Local contact, fleet manager or account manager as the model requires. Contracts, background screening arranged through licensed providers, payroll registration, induction and training against your written procedures.

Note. Every person on the ground is hired into your company under local employment or contractor law. We coordinate; the employment relationship is yours, and the legal documents are drafted by licensed professionals.

Documentation & procedures

Rental agreements, driver contracts, corporate service agreements, incident and claims procedure, maintenance schedule, compliance calendar and the operating manual for the business, all handed over in editable form.

Note. You own every document at handover. If you end the relationship with us, the business continues to run on its own paperwork rather than being locked to our systems.

Launch & stabilisation

Soft launch with a limited number of vehicles or one account, first thirty days of close monitoring, correction of what the plan got wrong, then transition to the standing operations desk.

Note. No plan survives the first month intact. The stabilisation period exists so that the gap between the model and reality is found and fixed while it is still small.