If you want to found a patent attorney company in the legal form of a GmbH, you must apply for admission as a patent attorney company.Note: In addition to the GmbH, partner...
If you need proof in another country that you are an entrepreneur in the Federal Republic of Germany, you can have a business legitimation card issued to you.
For information purposes, a printout from the electronically managed commercial register can be requested from the registry court. Insofar as documents are only available in...
If you have completed training as a veterinarian, but do not have a license to practice medicine, and only want to practice the veterinary profession temporarily, you need a...
If you want to run a zoo, you'll need permission from the conservation authority. In addition to the construction and operation of a zoo, the expansion and significant changes...
You need a trade permit for your work as a fee-based financial investment advisor if you
advise on transactions with certain financial instruments and your recommendation is...
If you want to offer financial services, you need permission to do so.
You need a permit to work as a real estate loan broker if you are a professional
Real estate consumer loans within the meaning of § 491 paragraph 3 of the Civil Code or
want...
Have you been prohibited from practising your business because of unreliability? Then you can usually apply for the re-approval of your commercial activity after 1 year under...
A new real business licence cannot be applied for. An existing one can be extended on request.
Would you like to offer gastronomy with alcohol as part of a time-limited event (e.g. fair, city festival, shooting festival) or for another temporary occasion (e.g....
If you want to sell goods outside of your store, you'll need a travel trade card.
For a travel business you need a travel trade card. You can have a temporary travel trade card renewed by the competent authority.
You want to run your law firm in the form of a limited liability company (GmbH) or a stock corporation (AG)? In this case, recognition as a law firm requires admission.
If you want to gain access to the telematics infrastructure (TI) in healthcare, you need an electronic health professional card (eHBA) as a person in a healthcare profession.
As an employer, you must register your employees subject to compulsory insurance for social security. For this you need a company number.
If you want to open or take over a new pharmacy, you must submit a written application for an operating permit.
On request, an operating permit for a secondary pharmacy can be granted.
An operating permit is required for the operation of a hospital pharmacy.
On 01.01.2013 the Chimney SweepIng Crafts Act (SchfHwG) came into force. The now authorized district chimney sweeps (bBSF) are only responsible for the so-called "sovereign...
They shall operate an egg packing centre only if it is authorised by the competent authority under market law and if a packing centre identification number has been issued.
You must apply for approval from the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) whenever you want to offer armed services with the aim of anti-piracy on seagoing...
You are registered with a craft subject to approval in the register of craftsmen and would like to practice another craft? Then, under certain conditions, you can apply for...
If you want to collect forest products such as mushrooms, berries and herbs on a commercial basis, you will need a permit from the respective forest owner. If these forest...
If you want to keep dogs commercially, you need a permit from the competent authority.
Are you an urban planner working in Saxony-Anhalt? Then find out here about membership in the Chamber of Architects Saxony-Anhalt.
If your commercial enterprise requires a business operation that is set up in a commercial manner in terms of type and scope (indications are e.B. a larger, especially...
Would you like to work as a consulting engineer? Find out more about the profession and the requirements here.
If you want to work as an engineer entitled to a building template, you must be entered in the corresponding list.
Would you like to work as a person entitled to proof of structural engineering? Find out more about the profession and the requirements here.
You have successfully completed your engineering studies and now want to become a member of the Chamber of Engineers? Learn more about it here.
If you would like to pursue a contractual medical or contractual psychotherapy activity in outpatient care, you must be entered in the medical register.
If you would like to work as an independent product-accepting insurance intermediary, you can be exempted from the licensing requirement for insurance intermediaries.
If you want to carry out an activity that is not permitted in travel advertising, you can apply for an exemption under certain conditions
If you want to work as an insolvency administrator, you must first apply for inclusion in the pre-selection list. As a rule, only persons who are on the pre-selection list for...
If you want to place or broker bets on public horse races as a bookmaker, you need a permit.Permission shall be granted for: the place where the bets are received or brokered,...
If you want to run a daycare center as a free carrier, you need a permit.PreconditionsThe care of the children by suitable forces is ensured.The well-being of the children in...
If you want to auction off third-party movable property, land or rights on a commercial basis, you need a permit.
If you want to operate an arcade or a company that is exclusively or predominantly engaged in the installation of gaming equipment or the organization of other games, you need a...
For many activities in the commercial handling of animals, you need a permit from the competent authority.
Would you like to broker real estate or loan agreements on a commercial basis? For this you need an official permit. This also applies if you want to manage residential real...
If you want to care for one or more children outside the household of the parent or guardian regularly and against payment, you usually need permission to do so. You can apply...
If you would like to organize shows of people on a commercial basis or have them organized on your premises, you need a permit (in addition to the business registration and, if...
A permit is required to operate a stationary shooting range.
Anyone wishing to operate a testing centre for pipeline installations must meet the requirements of § 6 paragraph 2 of the Pipeline Ordinance and apply for the recognition of...
If you want to take tests or issue certificates in accordance with the Chemicals Climate Protection Ordinance, you must be recognised by the competent authority.
Would you like to provide high-quality services as an expert or investigating body in the EU for tasks under the Federal Soil Protection Act? Then you can apply for official...
If you want to train or have trained people who want to become driving instructors (driving instructor candidates) in a driving instructor training centre, you need the official...
Non-official experimental facilities operated or set up by a private or public body may be officially recognised on request.
Insolvency advice is a supplement to general debt counselling. Both bodies advise indebted and over-indebted persons who are dependent on expert help. The task of the insolvency...
If you would like to carry out a non-essential activity of a craft subject to licensing independently and have a relevant journeyman training, you must be registered in the...
The formation of a European Company becomes effective upon entry in the Commercial Register. In addition, the registration shall be published in the Official Journal of the...
You may wish to take up the independent operation of a craft or craft similar trade that is not licensed as a standing trade. In this case, you must immediately notify the...
Legal persons whose entry in the commercial register must be made with regard to the subject matter or the nature and scope of their business must be registered for registration...
If you set up a limited partnership (KG), you are obliged to register it in the commercial register. Only through the registration does the KG arise and is fully legally...
If you want to provide unlimited tax advice, you must meet certain requirements. This also includes the registration of your tax consulting company in the professional register...
Only through entry in the commercial register does the partnership limited by shares (KGaA) become a legal person. Since the KGaA is one of the corporations, it is entered in...
You may change or extend the activities listed in the itinerant business card with the competent authority.
For language transmission for judicial, official and notarial purposes, translators (written transmission) and interpreters (oral transmission) may be sworn and publicly...
If you are transporting goods on a commercial basis with motor vehicles whose maximum permissible weight (including trailers) is more than 3.5 tonnes, you must apply for a...
If you would like to work as a pawnbroker or pawnbroker, you need a permit.
If you want to operate a restaurant business with alcohol, you generally need a restaurant permit.
Regardless of the restaurant permit covered here and depending on your offer,...
If you want to kill or stun vertebrates as pests on a commercial basis, you need an animal welfare permit from the competent authority.
If you want to become self-employed as a financial investment intermediary, you must apply for a permit.
Anyone who wants to guard the life or property of strangers on a commercial basis requires the permission of the competent authority.
If you want to manufacture, process or repair firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you will need a gun manufacturing permit.
If you want to buy and sell firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you will need an arms trading permit.
Would you like to take over a restaurant serving alcohol from another person? In order to continue the restaurant business without interruption, you can first apply for a...
Would you like to run a private clinic? Here you will find all the necessary information.
A European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) may be set up by companies and other public or private bodies in accordance with the national law of a Member State. It may also be...
If you would like to work as an independent insurance intermediary, you need a permit from your local Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).
To operate a mobile shooting range, you need a permit.
Agricultural organisations can be recognised on request.
Association of recognised forestry cooperatives or similar groups to adapt forestry production to market requirements
Association of landowners for the joint management of their forest areas in a forestry cooperative (FBG)
Natural or legal persons such as associations or companies may decide to establish a foundation. The founders undertake to establish a foundation in the long term for the...
The professional title "architect" or "architect", "interior designer", "garden and landscape architect", "garden and landscape architect", "urban planner" or "urban planner"...
If you want to provide unlimited tax advice, you must meet certain requirements. This also includes registration in the professional register for tax consultants.
If you wish to run a holding whose activity consists of placing hatching eggs in incubators, incubating these eggs and delivering chicks, you must register with the competent...
A permit is required for the establishment of a savings bank. Savings banks may only be set up and operated by local authorities and special-purpose associations.
Savings...
The Securities and Exchange Commission may allow you to set up a stock exchange upon request.
If you want to set up playground equipment commercially with the possibility of winning, you need a permit according to § 33c Gewerbeordnung
You may obtain authorisation to operate a semen collection or embryo collection or production team if you fulfil certain conditions for recognition.
Anyone intending to commence operation of an energy supply network requires authorisation from the competent authority under Land law.
Certain trades were classified by the legislator as requiring monitoring.
Businesses in need of monitoring are:
purchase and sale of high-quality consumer goods, in...
As a financial investment broker and advisor, you need a permit in Germany. If you wish to be self-employed as a financial investment broker only temporarily, prior written...
Energy supply undertakings supplying electricity and gas to household customers must immediately notify the commencement and termination of the activity and changes in their...
Caring is your passion? Start your own outpatient care service.
For the operation of an arcade or a similar company, you need a permit for the respective location.
If you found a limited liability company (GmbH), you are obliged to register it in the commercial register. Only through the registration does the GmbH arise and is fully...
If you would like to practice a trade and need proof of your personal reliability, you can apply for information from the Central Trade Register.
If you would like to provide business information about the prospects of emigration and about the living conditions in the country of immigration, in particular about the...
Anyone who wants to offer low-threshold care services to people in need of care must first have them recognised. The application for the recognition of offers according to § 45a...
If you want to collect or transport waste or trade in waste, you must report the activity to the competent authority.
If you open a new permanent establishment as a member of a Chamber of Crafts, you must notify the Chamber of Crafts.
The trade register is kept by the municipalities and contains all companies and businesses notified in accordance with the Industrial Code (GewO) that have their registered...
If you want to manage investment funds as a capital management company with its registered office and head office in Germany, you need written permission or you must register.
You must report the keeping of farm animals to the competent authority. This concerns the following animal...
If you want to trade in livestock on a commercial basis or transport livestock or operate a livestock collection point as part of the division of labour animal production, you...
If you catch eels for profit, you must send written records for each fishing operation as an annual declaration to the upper fisheries authority.
If there are changes in the number of shareholders or the right of representation in the register of craftsmen or in the register of owners of a business, craft or craft similar...
If the address of a permanent establishment changes for you as a member of a Chamber of Crafts, you must notify the Chamber of Crafts.
If you close a permanent establishment as a member of a Chamber of Crafts, you must notify the Chamber of Crafts.
If address and contact details change for you as a member of a Chamber of Crafts, you must inform us of this.
If you want to offer TV programs nationwide, you need approval from the competent authority of the country in which you have your registered office.
An authorisation for TV...
If you want to run a private control body for organic farming, you need a permit.
The approval is valid for the entire federal territory. Upon request, admission may be...
You need a permit to carry out a brokerage activity.
This applies if you
mediate the conclusion of contracts for land, equivalent rights, commercial premises, residential...
If you wish to carry out pest control on a commercial basis, you must inform the competent authority.
Are you moving the headquarters of your company to a new location in the responsible municipality? Or will you be offering additional other goods or services in the future that...
The business purpose of an investment company is to make capital available to other companies by acquiring and holding shareholdings. In this way, the equity capital of the...
If you want to operate the branch of a corporation in Germany that has its registered office abroad, this must be registered as a business by the managing director or the...
A business registration is always necessary if you start a standing business. This is the case with
the establishment of a new establishment,
establishment of a new branch,
...
You want to have your prostitution business run by another person? Then you need permission for the deputy.
You are professionally established in a Member State of the European Union or Switzerland and are authorised there to provide commercial assistance in tax matters in accordance...
If you start a business, participate in a company or become self-employed, you must inform the tax office.
You can set up a cooperative as a European Cooperative Society. The registration must be made electronically in publicly certified form by a notary.
If you are a food business/company carrying out activities related to the production, processing or distribution of food (including e-commerce), you must register with your...
Cooperative law stipulates that a cooperative must be entered in the cooperative register. It must be founded by at least three founding members. Registration must be made by...
Would you like to become self-employed in a health or health profession? Find out more here.
You must report a new management of your craft business requiring approval to the competent Chamber of Crafts.
As a merchant, you must register for entry in the commercial register. You are obliged to provide the following data:
Your company
the place
the domestic business address of...
Only through entry in the commercial register does the stock corporation (AG) become a legal entity. Since the AG is a corporation, it is entered in section B of the commercial...
You can independently practice a craft subject to admission with a university degree obtained in the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, if the focus of study corresponds to that of the...
Commercial law stipulates that a general partnership (OHG) must be entered in the commercial register. The registration must be made by all shareholders at the competent...
If you are registered in the professional register for tax consultants, you are obliged to report changes to the responsible Chamber of Tax Consultants
If you are looking for information about specific corporations (such as GmbH, AG, KGaA), partnerships (such as OHG, KG) or sole traders (e. K.), you can consult the commercial...
If you have been entered by the Chamber of Engineers in the register of specialist engineers, you will receive a confirmation of registration.
The confirmation also contains...
If you have been entered by the Chamber of Engineers in the lists of engineering experts, you will receive a confirmation of registration.
The confirmation also contains the...
Any person who establishes, operates or otherwise holds a fixed installation for the production or processing or processing of nuclear fuels or for the fission of irradiated...
If you open or close the operation of a branch or dependent branch for the commercial production and/or arms trade, you must report this.
Anyone wishing to operate a restaurant must notify the competent authority in writing four weeks before the start of operation.In addition, he must make a business advertisement.
You want to operate a restaurant permanently? Then you must report this in writing before the start of operation.
You want to operate a restaurant temporarily for a special reason? Then you must report this in writing.
If you introduce eels into waters (stocking), you must record this and send it to the competent authority as an annual report.
If you are commercial operate public telecommunications networks, orprovide telecommunications services to the public,you must immediately notify the Federal Network Agency of...
Playground equipment with the possibility of winning may only be set up if the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt has approved its design. The manufacturer of the playground...
If you have concluded a land lease agreement or would like to notify a change to it, this must be reported to the competent authority within one month by the lessor.
The handling of airbag and belt tensioner units during operation is notifiable
If a hiking camp is to be publicly announced, you must notify this in advance.
If you manufacture weapons commercially and/or engage in arms trafficking, you must indicate the commencement or cessation of operations.
If you want to operate a retirement / nursing home, you must report this (in addition to the business registration) to the home supervisory authority.
Preconditions
They...
Only a few travel trade card-free activities need to be displayed. Before starting a travel trade card-free activity, please check whether you may have to report it to the...
If you wish to collect or transport waste intended for disposal on a commercial basis, you require a permit from the competent authority. In addition, you need a corresponding...
