Handelsregister Einsicht gewähren

Section 10 paragraph 1 Commercial Register Ordinance (HRV)
Section 9 paragraph 1 and 4 of the German Commercial Code (HGB)

On this page you will find the commercial, cooperative and partnership registers as well as the association registers of all federal states and also the register announcements (publications).

If you are looking for information about specific corporations (such as GmbH, AG, KGaA), commercial partnerships (such as OHG, KG) or sole traders (e. K.), you can inspect the commercial register. You will also find small traders in the commercial register who have made the entry voluntarily.

The commercial register provides information about facts and legal relationships that are important for legal transactions in connection with companies registered there. The commercial register contains, for example, the names of the persons who are authorized to represent a company in business transactions.

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You must register free of charge on the website of the register portal in order to be able to call it up on the Internet.

No fees are charged for the inspection of commercial register data and documents in the court office.
Online retrieval of data from the register: EUR 4.50 per register page
Online retrieval of documents submitted to the register: EUR 1.50 per file

To view the commercial register, you can use the joint register portal of the states on the Internet. There you can search for registered companies by entering keywords. If you register, the contents of the register are also available online as a PDF document (subject to a fee).
In addition, you can still view the commercial register at the registry court during business hours (free of charge) and have a printout or copy made there (subject to a fee).

You can immediately download a PDF document with the desired content.

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The commercial register can also be inspected via the company register introduced on January 1, 2007. In addition to the data from the commercial register, further information such as annual financial statements of corporations or company announcements is published in the company register.

If necessary, please inquire about this at the district court

• View the association register online
• Access the register portal for information about associations, corporations (such as GmbH, AG, KG), partnerships (such as OHG, KG) or sole traders (e. K.)
• also small business owners who registered voluntarily
• Registration required
• Charges apply

The commercial register provides information about

• Facts and legal relationships that are relevant to legal transactions in connection with companies registered there
• Authorized representative​​​​​​

Hamburg District Court