Europe Companies GCC Setup in Hyderabad

The standard structure is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary a Private Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act 2013, 100% owned by the European parent entity. This is permitted under India’s FDI automatic route in technology and services sectors, with no prior RBI approval required. SansoviGCC manages the complete private limited company registration in Hyderabad including ROC filings, PAN/TAN, GST, FEMA compliance, and transfer pricing structure. Your first hires start via EOR while the entity completes company registration in India in 45–60 days.

SansoviGCC builds GDPR compliance into every European GCC from Day 1: EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) executed between the EU parent and India subsidiary, DPDP Act 2023 alignment implemented, EU-resident personal data kept in AWS eu-central-1 or Azure West Europe cloud environments, data transfer impact assessments documented, and a clear lawful basis for any cross-border data processing established. Your Data Protection Officer’s requirements are addressed before your first Hyderabad hire processes EU personal data.

A 50-seat GCC in Hyderabad requires a Year 1 investment of approximately EUR 240,000–480,000 covering business registration in Hyderabad, workspace activation, EOR, HRMS, and founding team onboarding. Annual operating costs for a 100-seat GCC run EUR 1.27–2.10M — 60–80% lower than equivalent Frankfurt or London operations. Telangana government incentives can reduce Year 1 costs by a further 10–20%. SansoviGCC’s GCC Budget Calculator delivers a custom EUR-denominated model for your requirements.

Not immediately. SansoviGCC’s EOR service enables European companies to hire Indian employees in Hyderabad legally from Day 1, while pvt ltd company registration processes in the background (45–60 days). This removes the traditional 8–12 week hiring delay. Once company registration in Hyderabad completes, all EOR staff transfer cleanly to the owned entity with zero disruption to employees or European HQ operations.

Hyderabad delivers three advantages that Eastern Europe cannot match at enterprise scale: engineering depth (355+ GCCs, 4.5M+ workforce, IIT Hyderabad, IIIT Hyderabad far exceeding Eastern European talent pools for cloud, AI, and data roles); cost efficiency (60–80% savings vs. EU, vs. 30–50% savings from Eastern Europe); and Telangana government incentives unavailable in any EU nearshore location. For GCCs requiring 100+ seats or deep AI/ML, SAP, or data engineering capability, Hyderabad is the clear choice.

SansoviGCC sets up the complete transfer pricing framework before your first billable transaction: an intercompany services agreement between the European parent and Hyderabad subsidiary, a TP policy aligned to both OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and Indian Income Tax Act Section 92, and annual TP documentation. The framework is designed to satisfy both Indian tax authority requirements and your European parent’s tax compliance obligations minimising double taxation risk and ensuring full OECD compliance.

Telangana offers a structured GCC incentive framework: TS-iPASS single-window approvals with fast-track 45-day processing; rental subsidies for qualifying GCCs for up to 5 years; training cost reimbursements for workforce upskilling; power subsidies of up to ₹1/unit for 5 years; T-AIM support for AI-focused GCC operations. SansoviGCC files and manages every applicable benefit on behalf of European GCC clients from Day 1 most companies entering without a specialist GCC advisor leave these incentives unclaimed.