EU representative for US companies

Why companies in the United States need an EU representative

Article 27 GDPR applies based on what you do, not where you are incorporated. If your company offers goods or services to people in the EU, or monitors their behaviour, you need a representative established in the EU — regardless of your home jurisdiction. The full rules are covered in our EU GDPR representative guide.

For US businesses this is rarely optional: serving the EU market almost always crosses the Article 27 threshold. Usantis gives you a real EU representative — a physical EU address, a named representative, and DSAR handling — without you opening an EU entity.

Specific challenges for US businesses

• Schrems II and ongoing uncertainty around US–EU data-transfer mechanisms
• Running CCPA / CPRA compliance in parallel with the GDPR
• A state-by-state US privacy patchwork (VA, CO, CT, UT and more)
• A different conception of privacy — harm-based in the US, rights-based in the EU

Regulatory context

Relevant frameworks and decisions US companies tend to encounter:

Industries we represent from the United States

We act for US companies across sectors — most commonly:

Billing & tax

EU B2B customers with a VAT-ID are handled via reverse charge; US sales tax is calculated automatically via Stripe Tax. Our US-LLC structure keeps invoicing simple for your US customers.

Support & time zones

EU–US business-hours overlap roughly 13:00–18:00 CET (07:00–12:00 EST).

Frequently asked questions