Register a limited liability company (GmbH)
This service is provided by the judiciary.
Description
If you set up a limited liability company (GmbH), you are obliged to register it for entry in the commercial register. Only through registration does the GmbH arise and is fully legally competent.
Contact point
for registration:
- Notary
A notary
for registration:
- the registry court responsible for the registered office of the company
The management of the commercial registers in Hesse is based on the local courts
Bad Hersfeld, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Darmstadt, Eschwege, Frankfurt am Main, Friedberg, Fritzlar, Fulda, Gießen, Hanau, Kassel, Korbach, Königstein im Taunus, Limburg an der Lahn, Marburg, Offenbach, Wetzlar, Wiesbaden
concentrated. Jurisdiction does not always lie with the district court in whose district the registered office of the company concerned is located.
Contact person
Hessisches Ministerium der Justiz - Anschriften und Kontaktdaten der Handels- und Genossenschaftsregister in Hessen finden Sie hier
Address
address
Luisenstraße 13
65185 Wiesbaden
Contact
telephone: +49 611 32-0
Internet
Prerequisites
Before registering the GmbH,
- the articles of association are available,
- the contributions in kind in full, and
- the cash deposits must be paid at least 25 percent of the respective nominal amount of each individual share.
- In total, at least so much must be paid into the share capital that the total amount of the paid-in cash contributions plus the total amount of the shares for which contributions in kind are to be made reaches at least half of the minimum share capital of 25,000.00, i.e. EUR 12,500.00.
Basis for legal action
- • § 5a Law on Limited Liability Companies (GmbHG) – Unternehmergesellschaft
- • § 7 Law concerning Limited Liability Companies (GmbHG) – Registration of the Company
- • § 8 Law on Limited Liability Companies (GmbHG) – Content of the application
- • § 12 German Commercial Code (HGB) – Applications for registration and submissions
Procedure
Registration
The application for entry in the commercial register is made electronically by all managing directors in publicly certified form. Please contact a notary.
Changes
Significant changes to your GmbH, such as the change of legal form or registered office, should be reported immediately to the local court. The registration takes place in the same way exclusively through a notary.
Costs
The fees for entry in the commercial register depend on the registration effort
Area of validity
Hesse
Official approval
Officially approved by Hessian Ministry of Justice on 28.11.2019
Keywords
Commercial register entry, Copy of commercial register, Commercial register entry, Commercial register entry, Commercial register number, HGB, Corporation, Ltd., Limited liability company GmbH