🇩🇪 Deutschland · Firmengründung
Rechtsformen, Gründungsprozess, erforderliche Unterlagen, Kosten und offizielle Register.
Companies are entered in the commercial register (Handelsregister) kept by the local courts, and a trade notification (Gewerbeanmeldung) is filed with the local trade office. The GmbH and the UG are common forms.
- The GmbH (limited liability) and the UG (a low-capital variant) are the most common company forms.
- Forming a GmbH requires notarized articles and entry in the Handelsregister.
- A separate trade notification (Gewerbeanmeldung) is filed with the local trade office.
Offizielle Behörden
- Handelsregister
Official commercial register.
- Germany Trade & Invest — Setting up
Official guide to establishing a company.
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Regierungsportale
- Federal Government of Germany — Germany's Federal Cabinet official website — policy, legislation, news, and government programs
- Federal Office for Migration (BAMF) — German visas, EU Blue Card, asylum, integration courses, and permanent residency
- Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) — Tax ID (IdNr) registration, tax identification lookup, withholding tax refunds — the key authority for foreign taxpayers in Germany