You want to found a new company inside Germany or you already have a company in an EU or Non-EU-State?
When you want to start with a new company inside Germany we will help and advice you which legal form suits best for your business. In Germany you basically can choose between legal entitiys and person societies.
(Skyline of Frankfurt am Main, the leading city for Finance and Banking inside the EU. Close to our office in the Rhein Main region.)
The legal entities are:
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung [short term GmbH]. It is similar to the British Ltd. but you need at least a stock capital of 25.000 € of which 12.500 € have been brought into the stock capital at the founding of the company. Beside money (cash) you can contribute assets.
- Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt) [short term UG (haftungsbeschränkt)] is basically the same as the GmbH but there is not stated any required minium stock from law side. So you can found the company in theory with a stock capital of 1€.
- Aktiengesellschaft – which is a classical stock company.
- Kommanditgesellschaft of Aktien – which is a stock company but in difference to a Aktiengesellschaft the management board is replaced by individual liable shareholders.
The most common private companies are:
- Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts [short term GbR]
- Offenene Handelsgesellschaft [short term oHG]
- Kommanditgesellschaft [short term KG]
Beside that legal forms above there is huge number of smaller business that are running just as “Einzelunternehmer” in Germany, which means that an individual person has registered a business. It is the most simple way to register a business but it there is no limitation for individual liability.
If you are planning to found a business in Germany we will have to look for all pros and cons and review all legal forms so we will find the best way to run your business inside Germany
You already running a business in any other state?
For most foreign business owners it will be possible to register their business in Germany. But there are many things to consider and every case has to be reviewed on individual facts.
It can be the most easiest way for foreign business owners just to register there existing business in Germany.
You need a German corresponding address or an address for your registered business?
We offer a full service for any foreign business owner. Our processes and structures are optimized so you will have little to do with organisational things regarding the legal side of your business. You can just concentrate on selling.
