Commercial Register - Inspection
You will receive information about corporations (GmbH, AG), partnerships (OHG, KG) or sole traders as well as facts and legal relationships that are important in business life.
Example: the names of the persons authorised to represent the registered company.
The commercial register is an official register. It is kept electronically.
Notice: Small traders can register voluntarily and acquire the status of a merchant upon registrationmerchant status.
Responsible authority
- for the keeping of the commercial register: the register court in whose register district the merchant's place of business or the company's registered office is located
- for registration for the electronic data retrieval procedure via the joint register portal of the Länder
Note: In Baden-Württemberg, the register courts are the local courts of Freiburg, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Ulm.
Contact
Details
Prerequisite
none
Procedure
- You can access the data online.
- You can inspect the commercial register in person during office hours at the office of one of the four registry courts.
Deadlines
none
Required documents
none
Costs
- for inspection at the register court: none
- for the electronic retrieval procedure via the register portal of the Länder: None
Miscellaneous
none
Legal basis
Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB):
- § 9 Einsichtnahme in das Handelsregister
Handelsregisterverordnung (HRV):
- § 30a Ausdrucke
Gesetz über Kosten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit für Gerichte und Notare (GNotKG):
- Nr. 17000 bis 17003 der Anlage 1 (Kostenverzeichnis) zu § 3 Absatz 2
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg, 20.02.2025