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Under certain conditions, you must register your company in the Commercial Register.

If your commercial enterprise requires business operations that are set up in a commercial manner in terms of type and scope - indications are, for example, a more extensive, especially international, activity, greater warehousing, the volume of sales or the number of employees - entry in the Commercial Register is mandatory.

Certain changes in your company must be entered in the Commercial Register in the same way.

• publicly certified application to the commercial register
• Depending on the legal form of your company and the nature of the facts to be entered, further documents must be submitted (in some cases also to be certified by the notary).

You can find out which documents you need to submit in individual cases from the notary and the IHK.

Fixed fees are charged for entries in the Commercial Register in accordance with the Commercial Register Fees Ordinance.

To file an application, contact a notary public.

• The notary will advise you on the formulation of the application.
• The application is made exclusively by electronic means, and a publicly certified document is created for this purpose.
• The declaration is provided with a qualified electronic signature and sent to the electronic court mailbox of the registry court.
• The registration court disposes of the registration in the internal court database and also makes the registration known on the Internet via the Common Register Portal of the Federal States.

The registration court must decide on the registration immediately after receipt of the application. If all documents are available and no objections by the court are necessary, registrations are usually made within a few working days.

• Commercial Register Entry
• If a commercial enterprise requires business operations that are set up in a commercial manner in terms of their nature and scope (indications are, for example, a more extensive, especially international, activity, greater warehousing, the volume of sales or the number of employees), registration in the Commercial Register is mandatory.You must register certain changes to the company in the Commercial Register in the same way.
• Procedure:
  • To apply for registration, you must contact a notary public.
  • The notary will advise on the formulation of the application.
  • The application is made exclusively by electronic means, and a publicly certified document is prepared for this purpose.
  • The declaration is provided with a qualified electronic signature and sent to the electronic court mailbox of the registry court.
  • The registration court disposes of the registration in the internal court database and also publishes the registration on the Internet.
• Required documents:
• publicly certified application to the Commercial Register
• Depending on the legal form of the company and the type of facts to be registered, further documents must be submitted (in some cases also certified by the notary)
• The notary public and the IHK can provide information on which documents must be submitted in each individual case.
• Fees will be charged.
• Responsible: Local court

for registration: a notary's office of your choice

for registration: Registry court (at the district court) at the place of the main establishment of your sole proprietorship or at the registered office of your company

for registration: a notary's office of your choice

for registration: Registry court (at the district court) at the place of the main establishment of your sole proprietorship or at the registered office of your company