Commercial register entry as sole trader

Registration

To submit an application, please contact a notary.

• The notary will advise you on how to formulate the application.
• The application is made exclusively by electronic means and a publicly notarized document is created for this purpose.
• The declaration is provided with an electronic signature (in accordance with § 39a Beurkundungsgesetz/BeurkG) and sent to the electronic court and administrative mailbox of the registry court.

Changes

Have important details about your company, such as the registered office, legal form or authorized representatives, changed? Then please have the commercial register entry corrected immediately.

The entry is made in the same way exclusively via a notary.

For registration: a notary's office of your choice.

For registration: Register court (at the local court) in whose district the branch office is located.

Electronic registration (certified copy).

The amount of the fee for the entry is determined in accordance with the German Court and Notary Fees Act in conjunction with the Ordinance on Fees in Commercial, Partnership and Cooperative Register Matters.

In addition, expenses are incurred for the public announcement of the entry.

• § Section 12 of the German Commercial Code (HGB)
• § Section 29 of the German Commercial Code (HGB)
• § Section 8a of the German Commercial Code (HGB)
• § Section 24 of the Commercial Register Ordinance (HRV)
• Act on Costs of Voluntary Jurisdiction for Courts and Notaries (Court and Notary Costs Act - GNotKG)
• Ordinance on Fees in Commercial, Partnership and Cooperative Register Matters (HRegGebV), Annex (to Section 1) Schedule of Fees