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

    Ihr zuständiges Amtsgericht finden Sie über das Orts- und Gerichtsverzeichnis

    Internet

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 07.07.2011
    Technisch geändert on 09.10.2023

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    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.

    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

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 09.12.2011
    Technisch geändert on 08.07.2024

    Keywords

    Commercial register entry, Copy of commercial register, Commercial register entry, Commercial register entry, Commercial register number, HGB, Corporation, Ltd., Limited liability company GmbH

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English
    Technisch erstellt on 22.10.2025
    Technisch geändert on 26.11.2019