# Part C: Become an autónomo

> Grants, whether to pay a gestoría, your Social Security number, your Hacienda, and the two registrations that make you self-employed.

- Page: https://autonomo.eus/parts/c

## Pages in this part

1. [Check the Lanbide start-up grants first](https://autonomo.eus/steps/lanbide-grants.md): Check whether you can get the Lanbide start-up grants for new autónomos, and why you must register as a job seeker first.
2. [Gestoría or do it yourself?](https://autonomo.eus/steps/gestoria.md): What a gestoría does for an autónomo in Euskadi, what it costs, the free help that exists, how to check one is real, and when doing it yourself works.
3. [Get your Social Security number](https://autonomo.eus/steps/social-security-number.md): How to find or request your Social Security number (NUSS), which you need before you can register as an autónomo.
4. [Find your Hacienda Foral](https://autonomo.eus/steps/hacienda-foral.md): Find the Hacienda Foral that handles your taxes, which depends on the territory where you live, not where your clients are.
5. [Choose your activity codes](https://autonomo.eus/steps/activity-codes.md): How to choose the IAE code for Hacienda and the CNAE code for Social Security that describe your work as an autónomo.
6. [Register with your Hacienda Foral](https://autonomo.eus/steps/register-hacienda.md): How to file your census registration with your Hacienda Foral to start as an autónomo, with the form, deadline and office for each territory.
7. [Register with Social Security](https://autonomo.eus/steps/register-social-security.md): How to register as an autónomo with Social Security (alta en el RETA) in Import@ss, using the same start date as at Hacienda.
8. [Understand your monthly fee](https://autonomo.eus/steps/monthly-fee.md): How your monthly Social Security fee as an autónomo is worked out, including the flat fee for new autónomos and the 2026 brackets.
9. [Set up TicketBAI invoicing](https://autonomo.eus/steps/ticketbai.md): How to set up TicketBAI, the system that sends each invoice you issue in Euskadi to your Hacienda, using the free app for your territory.

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