Below you will find further links to the commercial register, land register, bankruptcy announcements, management certificate and other public registers in Germany. On these pages, you will receive comprehensive information about access and the registration.
Commercial register
An entry in the commercial register is for larger companies in dependency of
- Sales amount,
- Number and qualifications of the personnel,
- Diversity of services offered or
- Business connections
mandatory.
You can however also voluntarily enlist in the commercial register. Extensive information about this topic as well as the corresponding online services can be found on the Joint Register portal of the federal government and the Länder.
On the common register portal of the countries you will find the commercial, cooperative and partnership register, and to the extent the register of associations of all the provinces and also register notices (publications).
With this registry portal, the German judiciary offers the possibility at any time to inspect the commercial register of all the provinces. Also data from the cooperative and partnership registers, and in part from the Club registers are offered in addition to the commercial register.
Even without knowledge of the registration number, you can search for registered companies and sole proprietorships. The content of the register is provided in various forms of representation as a pdf document and can be saved and printed out.
In particular the current phrase with an overview of all currently valid entries, the chronological expression with all data from the transition to electronic records, as well as the historical expression with all data that was valid until the transition to the electronic management of the registers are available.
Insolvency notices
On this page, the bankruptcy courts publish notices, which are going to be, when a bankruptcy court has been requested the Federal Republic of Germany.
Business register
In the company register of the Federal Ministry of Justice, extracts from the registers can and partly also balance sheets be viewed by legal persons.
Federal central tax office
By 2015 the sales tax to some services in the country is due within the framework of the EU VAT package, in which the consumer resides. Them on the 1. January 2015 coming into effect special of the mini-one-stop-shop allows the Germany-based entrepreneurs to explain centrally about the federal Central Office for taxes electronically send this tax return and pay the resulting tax total sales carried out in the other Member States of the European Union, which fall under the special scheme, a special tax.
Commercial register
The central commercial register is kept at the Federal Office of Justice. Please contact the Federal Office of Justice to individuals and legal entities, which have their domicile outside of the Federal Republic of Germany. Private individuals and legal entities with domicile in Germany information generally to the competent registration authority or Trade authority. You will need an extract from the commercial register if you are for example want to make independently in the security industry. The competent registration authority or You can use the responsibility Finder to determine trade authority. Online, with a new ID card, you can request an extract from the commercial register.
Federal Central Register / certificate
Are from the central register of the Federal Clearance certificates issued. You will need this if you are for example want to make independently in the security industry. Private individuals and legal entities with domicile in Germany information generally to the competent registration authority or Trade authority.
Land register
The land registry offices run by the district courts in North Rhine-Westphalia. You can determine the competent court of the municipality using responsibility Finder or about the location and the Justice Portal of federal and State Court directory.
Asset register EEG
In the system register at the Federal Network Agency, the registration of plants generating electricity from renewable energies and gas is conducted according to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). Ads or messages can be addressed to the Federal Network Agency.
German patent and trade mark Office
The German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) provides various information and applications: official publications and registers for patents, utility models, brands and designs, electronic patent document archive, intellectual property rights electronically, Register print Works-works taken for non-commercial digitisation projects (etc.).
Aviation register/aircraft role
Applications for registration in the register of aviation or the role of the aircraft and on the issuance of certificates of airworthiness must be in the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA).
Location register GMOs
The location register location of the surfaces of the release or the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is kept at the Federal Office for consumer protection and food safety (BVL). Cultivation for linked page, on the forms and information sheets on the release of GMOs sites.
Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik
To secure the proper manufacture of construction products can the involvement of test, monitoring and/or CA (PÜZ digits) or be prescribed by laboratories or (product) certification authorities. These require according to the law of recognition. You will find a directory of the recognized bodies on the side of the German Institute for building technology.
Companies House
This English-language page offers to search the possibility, that are registered in the English register (e.g. for companies Limiteds). The offer is free of charge.
TARIC
The multilingual database containing all measures relating to tariff, commercial and agricultural legislation. The TARIC ensures uniform application in all EU Member States and gives a clear overview of the measures that must be taken if the import or export of goods all economic operators.
