FOUNDING A COMPANY IN GERMANY
Before you start we help you choose the appropriate company form.
Our recommendation it to apply for our overall consultation.
Here are services that we can offer you for immediate and smooth start of your business in Germany:
GmbH - limited liability company
Guarantee:
The responsibility is limited to the property of the company.
Share capital:
In this case the original amount is at least 25.000,- €. Here at least a quarter of it, or at least 12.500,-€ must be paid in.
Costs
2.245,-€ + VAT
Our service
The basic package includes:
Maximum 2. hours of consultation
– Founding Agreement
– Registration of directors
– Nomination of shareholderswith address
– Action regulation
– Summary of the notary registration
– Preparation for the verification of the founding documents by a notary (notarial costs are not included in the price according to the law)
– The verification of the deposited signatures by notaries (the notarial costs are based on the legal regulations, which are not included in the price).
– Letter to the local court
– Business office registration
– General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Your passport or ID, depending on your country of origin.
Proof of residence address.
Proof of payment for our services and notary services.
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Pay in deposits
Additional service
Various office services
The address of the company headquarters
Opening a bank account
Information services for the purchase of a vehicle
Over our partner network:
accountant and tax specialist, corporate insurance, health and accident insurance
Official and certified translations in German, through translation agencies at a fair price
Other business services on request
UG (Mini-GmbH) – Limited Liability Company
Guarantee:
The responsibility is limited to the property of the company.
Share capital:
The nominal amount is at least € 1.00- In addition to this company share, there is a legal obligation to retain at least 25% of the annual profit as a reserve, which forms the nominal capital, until it exceeds the minimum company share (€ 25,000.-)
Costs
1.495,- + VAT
Our service
The basic package includes:
The basic package includes:
Maximum 1.5 hours of consultation
Preparation of the founder’s documentation
Preparation of the protocol
list of co-owners
Nomination of a Director
Writing a letter for a notary public
Preparation of the protocol
Writing a letter to the commercial court
General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Passport or ID for all partners, depending on your country of origin.
Proof of residence address.
Proof of payment for our services and notary services.
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Pay in deposits
Additional service
Other business services on request
Self-employment
Guarantee:
Personal liability with the owner’s own private property
Share capital:
There is no statutory minimum capital requirement
Costs
345,- + VAT
Our service
The basic package includes:
Maximum 30 min consultation
Checking the founder’s documentation
Completing trade certificate forms Filling out the tax registration form
– General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Your passport or ID, depending on your country of origin.
Proof of residence address.
Proof of payment for our services and notary services.
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Additional service
Other business services on request.
GbR – Civil law partnership, self-employment
Guarantee:
The partners are responsible for the debts of the company with all their capital, including their own private property to the partner
Share capital:
There is no statutory minimum capital requirement.
Costs
From 445,00-€ / This price is for 2 persons.
Each additional person costs additional € 225,-€
Our service
The basic package includes:
Maximum 1 hour of consultation
Preparation of the articles of association
Completing the documents
Application to competent authority (depends on address)
Filling out the tax registration form
General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Your passport or ID, depending on your country of origin.
Proof of residence address.
Proof of payment for our services and notary services.
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Additional service
Other business services on request
KG (Kommanditgesellschaft) – Limited partnership
Guarantee:
A limited partnership (in Germany, abbreviated as KG) is a partnership in which two or more natural or legal persons have joined together to carry on a trade under a common name, whereby at least one partner has unlimited liability (general partner) and at least one other partner has only limited liability (limited partner).
The limited partnership appears to the outside world as a legally independent entity and has its own company name. A natural person within the limited partnership is liable with the private assets, another legal entity within the limited partnership enjoys freedom of liability from the personal assets.
Share capital:
There is no statutory minimum capital requirement
Costs
1.495,- + VAT
Our service
The basic package includes:
Maximum ! hours consultation
Partnership agreement (e.g. amount of contributions, termination, management).
Bank account: Now a business account must be opened and the deposits paid in.
Entry into the Commercial Register
Business registration
General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Passport or ID for all partners, depending on your country of origin.
Proof of residence address.
Proof of payment for our services and notary services.
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Additional service
Other business services on request
GmbH & Co.KG – Limited liability company &co.
Guarantee:
The special thing about founding your GmbH & Co. KG is that it is made up of the parallel formation of two companies – the KG and the general partner GmbH. With regard to the share capital, a differentiation must be made in this respect when founding.
In contrast to a typical limited partnership, the personally responsible partner (general partner) is not a natural person, but a company with a limited liability , GmbH.
This structure offers the possibility to exclude or limit the risk arising from the responsibility of the persons behind the company.
Share capital:
The company share amounts to at least 25,000 € and a quarter of it, but at least 12,500- € must be deposited.
Costs
2.245,-€ + VAT
Our service
The basic package includes:
Maximum 2 hours of consultation
General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Passport or ID for all partners, depending on your country of origin.
Proof of residence address.
Proof of payment for our services and notary services.
Pay in deposits
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Additional service
Various office services
The address of the company headquarters
Opening a bank account
Information services for the purchase of a vehicle
Over our partner network:
accountant and tax specialist
corporate insurance, health and accident insurance
Official and certified translations in German, through translation agencies at a fair price
Other business services on request
AG – Public limited company / Stock corporation
Guarantee:
The stock corporation is only liable with its own corporate capital.
Share capital:
Minimum deposit 50.000, – €
Costs
4.550 € +19% VAT
Our service
The basic package includes:
Maximum 2 hours of consultation
A partnership agreement
Founding Agreement
Registration of directors
Nomination of members (shareholders) with address
Action regulation
Certificate on the paid-up capital
General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Prior to establishment, responsibilities must be clearly shared: Supervisory Board
Board of Directors
Annual General Meeting
Auditor.
All necessary identity documents must be prepared.
Passport or ID for all partners, depending on your country of origin.
Proof of residence address.
Proof of payment for our services and notary services.
Pay in deposits
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Additional service
Various office services
The address of the company headquarters
Opening a bank account
Information services for the purchase of a vehicle
Over our partner network:
accountant and tax specialist
corporate insurance, health and accident insurance
Official and certified translations in German, through translation agencies at a fair price
Other business services on request
Branch office of your company in Germany
Guarantee:
- the foundation of a sub-company with its own legal personality
- the foundation of an independent branch office
- the founding of a dependent branch office (permanent establishment)
Costs
- 2.095,00 €+19% VAT
- 695,00 € +19%VAT
- 345.00 €+19%VAT
Our service
Document review and verification
German Founding Act
Writing a letter for a notary public
On request, includes additional costs: “Additional Notary Costs”
Preparation for verification of deposited signatures by a notary public (notarial expenses are special)
Preparation for verification of deposited signatures by a notary public (notarial expenses are special)
Registration with the Commercial Court
General information on the procedure for tax office, health and liability insurance, tax
Required documents
Notarized founding documents with certified translation into German
Certified company resolution with certified translation into German
Certificate of payment of the share capital
Extract from the company
Tax number
Certificate of tax return (tax administration)
Translated and notarized copy of the passport (members of the company, directors and managers of the future branch)
Certificates of exemption from punishment, certified and translated into German
Residence permit for non-EU, EGT, US, Swiss and Canadian nationals.
Address of the brunch office in Germany
Other necessary documentation may be required depending on the specific needs of your profession and industry.
Additional service
Various office services
The address of the company headquarters
Opening a bank account
Information services for the purchase of a vehicle
Over our partner network:
accountant and tax specialist
corporate insurance, health and accident insurance
Official and certified translations in German, through translation agencies at a fair price
Other business services on request