Leistungen A-Z

- Forms: yes

- Online procedure possible: yes (if offered)

- Written form required: no

- Personal appearance required: no

If you wish to relocate the registered office of your company within the area of responsibility of the municipality that was already responsible for it, you must re-register your trade. The same applies if you change the location of your registered office or the registered office of a branch or dependent branch. The local trade or regulatory office is responsible for this.

If you change the subject of your trade, you must also re-register your trade. This is the case, for example, if you offer goods or services in your business exclusively or additionally in the future that are not customary in relation to your registered trade. An example would be the expansion of a stationery business to include travel agency services. The same applies if you continue to sell the same goods but change the scope of your business from retail to wholesale.

In the event of a change in the subject matter of the business, a change of registration is required not only in the standing business, but also in the travel business.

Certain changes related to your person or business are not subject to notification. However, you can notify the authorities of such changes voluntarily - for example, if it concerns your name or that of your business.

The following persons or their authorized representatives must carry out the re-registration:

• In the case of sole traders, by the trader himself,
• in the case of legal entities (e.g. GmbH, AG) by the legal representatives.

In the case of partnerships (e.g. OHG, KG, GbR/BGB-Gesellschaft, GmbH & Co. KG), business re-registrations must be made by all partners authorized to manage the business.

If you move your place of business to the jurisdiction of another municipality, you must first deregister the trade at the previous location and then re-register it at the new location. This is not a case of re-registration.

Activities that pose a potential risk to third parties and are therefore subject to special monitoring trigger a review of personal reliability by the responsible regulatory authority. Accordingly, if you expand your business to include such activities that are subject to monitoring, you must apply for the documents required to verify your reliability.

• You move the registered office, a branch office or a dependent branch office within the jurisdiction of a municipality, or
• You change or expand the goods and services offered, so that the character of your business changes.
• Voluntary notification contents: for example, change of your name or the name of your business.
  

• Copy of ID card or passport with certificate of registration, or presentation on site. In the case of electronic business re-registration, depending on the municipality, further suitable and appropriate procedures for establishing identity (for example PIN/TAN procedure, the electronic ID function, De-Mail or a self-declaration of identity).
• Copy of the extract from the commercial register, if your company is entered in the commercial register (also: register of cooperatives, register of associations).
  

The costs are based on the respective administrative fee regulations of the state and the fee statutes of the bodies responsible under state law.

State of Brandenburg:

An administrative fee of EUR 10.00 or EUR 25.00 will be charged (Ordinance on Administrative Fees in the Portfolio of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy [MWAE RFees] No. 2.1.1.2 et seq.).

• Https://bravors.brandenburg.de/verordnungen/mwegebo

You can re-register your trade in person, in writing (for example, by fax or letter) or by electronic means.

• If the deregistration is done in person or in writing, you must fill out the form "Gewerbe-Ummeldung" - GewA 2 and sign it personally.
• The form "GewA 2" is available at the office responsible for the re-registration or, depending on the offer, can also be downloaded. The same data is collected in the electronic procedure as in the personal re-registration. However, the form may not be the same and you do not have to sign it personally.
• In the case of electronic re-registration in the online procedure, the competent office may use suitable and appropriate procedures to establish your identity (for example, PIN/TAN procedures, the electronic ID function, De-Mail or a self-declaration of identity).
• You will receive a certificate from the authority for the receipt of your trade reregistration.
• The competent authority will forward the trade re-registration to other authorities, such as the tax office, the employers' liability insurance association, the chamber of crafts or the chamber of industry and commerce and, if applicable, the registration court.
• After receipt of your complete documents, your application will be processed
  

You are required to reregister your trade at the time of business relocation or change. If you change or expand the subject of the trade, you must also re-register at that time.

Local regulatory authorities (Section 1 (1) of the Ordinance on Responsibilities in Trade Law [Gewerberechtszuständigkeitsverordnung - GewRZV]).

The duties of the local regulatory authorities are carried out by the offices, the independent municipalities, the association municipalities, the co-administrating municipalities, the co-administered municipalities and the independent cities (Section 3 of the Regulatory Authorities Act - OBG).

• § 14 Trade Regulations (GewO)
• § Section 55c of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)
• Trade Notification Ordinance (GewAnzV)
• § Section 15 of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)
• § 11 Trade Regulations (GewO)

If you expand your business to include an activity that requires a permit and the relevant permit is not on file with the authority, the competent body may prevent you from continuing your business.

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy