Business re-registration

You can re-register your business in person, online, by post or fax.

• If the re-registration is done in person or in writing, you must complete the form "Gewerbe-Ummeldung" - (GewA 2) and sign it personally.
• The "GewA 2" form is available at the office responsible for the re-registration or, depending on the service, can also be downloaded.
• The responsible office certifies receipt of the business re-registration if the re-registration form has been completed in full
• The responsible office forwards the business re-registration to other offices, such as the tax office, the employers' liability insurance association, the Chamber of Crafts, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce and, if applicable, the registry court.
• The procedure can be handled by a single point of contact. You have a legal right to electronic processing.

In Rhineland-Palatinate, the local trade offices are responsible, optionallyfor member companies of the IHK/HWK, the relevant chamber.

Alternatively, you can contact the Single Point of Contact in Rhineland-Palatinate.The Single Point of Contact is a public body through which you can handle all administrative procedures and formalities required for the commencement and exercise of your service activity and for the recognition of a foreign professional qualification. Further information can be found on the website of the Point of Single Contact.

• Website - Single point of contact Rhineland-Palatinate

• You relocate the registered office, a branch or a dependent branch within the jurisdiction of a municipality, or
• You change or expand the goods and services offered so that the character of your business changes
• The name of the trader changes

• Completed business re-registration form
• Proof of identity (e.g. identity card, passport or registration certificate)
• Copy of the extract from the commercial register if your company is entered in the commercial register (also: register of cooperatives, register of associations, register of foundations)

The costs are based on the respective administrative fee schedule of the state and the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under state law.

You are obliged to re-register your business at the time of relocation or change. If you change or expand your business, you must also re-register at this time.

• If you come in person: immediately
• If you re-register in writing or electronically, you will receive a confirmation of receipt of your re-registration: within 3 days, provided the re-registration form has been filled out completely and correctly and the required documents have been submitted.

• § 14 Gewerbeordnung (GewO)
• § 55c Gewerbeordnung (GewO)
• Gewerbeanzeigeverordnung (GewAnzV)
• § 15 Gewerbeordnung (GewO)
• § 11 Gewerbeordnung (GewO)

05.02.2024