Business registration; business deregistration

If you give up the operation of your business, the business must be deregistered. If you relocate your business to another municipality, you must re-register your business at the new location. The competent authority will transfer the data from the business registration to the authority at the previous location. In addition, it is no longer necessary for the trader to deregister at the previous location. If you relocate your business within the municipality, a business re-registration is sufficient.

Age of majority or approval of the guardianship court

The notification must be made when the commercial activity is discontinued.

• Business deregistration according to § 14 GewO or § 55c GewO
• Business notification with fill-in assistant

  You can use this form to register, deregister or re-register a business. An online completion assistant will help you fill in the form. Once you have entered all the details, the completed form will be made available in PDF format.

• Annex to the Ordinance on the Enactment of the Schedule of Costs under the Costs Act (Kostenverzeichnis - KVz)
• § Section 14 of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO), in particular para. 5 sentence 2 and para. 7

  Obligation to notify

• § Section 15 (1) of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)

  Certificate of receipt, operation without authorization

• § Section 55c of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)

• Information in accordance with Section 17 of the Federal Statistics Act and notes

The business deregistration can be submitted in text form using the form provided to the municipality in which the activity is carried out or to the competent Chamber of Industry and Commerce or Chamber of Crafts. If a competent authority provides an online procedure, the business deregistration can be submitted electronically via this procedure.

Other authorities (e.g. the tax office, the Chamber of Trade or the Chamber of Industry and Commerce) will also be informed of the business deregistration. Please note that, irrespective of this, the cessation of the business must be declared to the tax office as part of the income tax return.