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Companies are a new way to enhance your nation’s economy inVictoria 3.Added in Colossus of the South, they grant bonuses to the efficiency of specific industries, provided you meet the requirements to establish them. If your companies are the global leaders in their industry, they provide additional benefits as well!
If you’re itching to get yourself a slice of the profits from robber barons and Gilded Age titans, this guide has everything you need to know about founding and growing Companies as you develop your country.
How To Establish A Company In Victoria 3
Companies can only be founded if youmeet specific requirementsthat vary by the individual company. Typically, you’ll need to have enough of a specific building type in a particular region of the world, or even in an exact State. The building in question usually needs to beat least Level 10.
When you meet the requirements and have a Company slot available,click the Briefcase buttonon the left side of the screen. Your existing Companies will be at the top, and Companies that you may establish - either now or later - are in drop-down menus below.
Company slots are unlocked by a chain of Technologies in the Society tree:
Macroeconomics
Corporate Governance, International Exchange Standards
As long as you maintain a decent rate of Innovation by building Universities and keeping your Literacy high, you may get a new Companyroughly every 15–20 years.
What Do Companies Do In Victoria 3?
Each Company hasone or more building typesthat fall within its portfolio. As long as the Company exists, you’ll get aten percent bonusto those buildings' Throughput and atwenty-five percent bonusto their construction speed.
This bonus increases if your country has a high Prestige Rank!
Since you need to dedicate a lot of resources to an industry just to get a Company in the first place, you’ll already be in a good position to rake in profits if you’re able to continue expanding those buildings and maintain a high Productivity. As always, remember toreduce the costs of input goodswhile ensuring that everything you produce has a buyer, either at home or abroad!
If you’re playing as a smaller or poorer country to start, try toresearch Corporate Charters quicklyand push to start an agriculture or raw resource company. This will helpspeed up expansionof related industries and maximize your production.
What Is Prosperity?
Each Company has aProsperityrating from 0 to 200. If your country isamong the most profitable in the worldfor the products that your Company’s buildings produce, then Prosperity will increase.
Prosperityincreases each weekthat their average Productivity is equal to or higher than either£25or125 percent of the global average.
Prosperitydecreases each weekthat their average Productivity is less than£5or75 percent of the global average.
Productivity is measured as the industry’stotal profit per employee, regardless of each individual employee’s job.
As long as a Compnay’s Prosperity is100 or higher, you’ll get the Company’s unique national bonus. This can help improve your other industries, boost the quality of life for your population, or enhance your military.
