If you wish to relocate the registered office of your company within the jurisdiction of the municipality that was previously responsible, you must re-register your business. The same applies if you change the registered office of a branch or dependent branch office.
If you change your business activity, you must also re-register your business. This is the case, for example, if you offer goods or services in your business exclusively or additionally in future that are not customary in relation to your registered trade (e.g. new range of goods that is not customary for the registered trade; change of sector, expansion from retail to wholesale).
In addition, you must re-register your business if your name as a trader or the name of the legal entity as a trader changes.
In the event of a change in the object of the trade, a change of registration is required not only for the standing trade, but also for the travelling trade.
The following persons or their authorised representatives must carry out the re-registration:
- in the case of sole traders, by the trader himself,
- by the legal representatives in the case of legal entities (e.g. GmbH, AG)
In the case of partnerships (e.g. OHG, KG, GbR/BGB-Gesellschaft, GmbH & Co. KG), trade re-registrations must be made by all partners authorised to manage the business.
If you move your place of business to the jurisdiction of another municipality, you must first deregister the business at the previous location and then re-register it at the new location. This is not a re-registration.