Every startup in Latvia, on one map.

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Read from each company’s own careers page, refreshed nightly. Pay is shown where the board published it: 14 of 87 roles state one.

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The six most recently registered

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Recurring statistics computed from the register and from the annual reports companies file. Every one names its population and states the date of the dump it was built from.

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  Foreign Ownership in the Latvian Register

  How many Latvian companies have a non-Latvian beneficial owner, where those owners are from, whether they live here, and how the mix has shifted since 2015.

  Annual · 12.3% of active companies, and 19.5% of those on this map · updated 18 October 2026

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  Company Survival in Latvia

  What share of the companies registered in each year since 2015 were still on the register at 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months. Measured at matching ages, which is what makes the cohorts comparable.

  Annual · 9 cohorts · 93.6% to 96.7% still registered after two years · updated 18 October 2026

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  Who Wins Latvian Public Contracts

  Every procurement notice Latvia has published since e-forms began: how big a typical contract is, how few people bid for one, what size of firm wins, and the companies on this map that have won something.

  One-off · 29.8% of lots draw a single bid · updated 18 October 2026

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One URL per topic, revised in place rather than republished, each carrying the date its facts were last checked against their sources.

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  The Latvian Digital Nomad Visa, and Working Remotely From Riga

  Latvia's long-stay visa for remote workers employed or self-employed in an OECD state. The income multiple and the figure the migration office actually applies, the one-year term and its single renewal, the six-month bar that follows, why it carries no right to work in Latvia, and where it fits against the startup visa.

  Last verified 18 October 2026 · 9 min read

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  Licensing a Fintech in Latvia: Payment Institutions and E-Money

  What it takes to be regulated as a payment or e-money firm in Latvia. The four initial capital figures and which services trigger each, who supervises you, how long a licence decision takes and how long the licence lasts, and the question of whether you need one at all.

  Last verified 18 October 2026 · 8 min read

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  When a Latvian Company Cannot Pay: Insolvency, and the Duty to File

  What actually happens when a SIA runs out of money. The statutory signs that start the board's duty to file, the deposit an application needs, what the administrator takes over, how long creditors have to claim, the restructuring route that is not insolvency, and where the founder's own exposure begins.

  Last verified 18 October 2026 · 9 min read