Procedure descriptions

Request printout from the commercial register

The commercial register is an official register. It is kept electronically. Upon request, the registry court will provide you with a printout of the entries and the documents submitted.

Example: Names of persons authorised to represent the registered company.

You will receive information

  • on corporations (GmbH, AG), partnerships (OHG, KG) or sole traders and
  • on facts and legal relationships that are important in business life.

Forms/Online Services

Responsible authority

the register court in whose register district the branch office of the merchant concerned or the registered office of the company concerned is located

Note: In Baden-Württemberg, the register courts are the local courts of Freiburg, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Ulm.

Amtsgericht Stuttgart

Hausanschrift

Hauffstraße 5
70190 Stuttgart
To the electronic timetable information

Contact

Telefon 0711 921-0
Fax 0711 921-3300
E-Mail poststelle@agstuttgart.justiz.bwl.de
Elektronisches Gerichts- und Verwaltungspostfach DE.Justiz.f39872be-f7f9-45cf-8fbd-e4b299accdaa.0d25

Details

Prerequisite

none

Procedure

  • You can also retrieve the data online.
  • If you request the printout in person or in writing:
    • If you apply in person at the competent registry court, you will receive the printout immediately.
    • If you request the printout in writing, you will receive a request for payment.
      At the latest when the amount has been credited to the competent registry court, it will send you the requested printout.

The extract can also be sent electronically to participants in electronic legal transactions. However, transmission as a simple e-mail is not possible.
Information can be obtained from the competent registry court.

Deadlines

none

Required documents

none

Costs

If you retrieve the data online: None.

If you request the printout in person or electronically

  • and would like it in paper form:
    • for simple printouts: EUR 10.00
    • for official printouts: EUR 20.00

  • and by way of electronic legal communication:
    • for an uncertified file: EUR 5,00
    • for a certified file: EUR 10.00

Miscellaneous

none

Legal basis

Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB):

  • § 9 Einsichtnahme in das Handelsregister

Handelsregisterverordnung (HRV):

  • § 30a Ausdrucke

Gesetz über Kosten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit für Gerichte und Notare (GNotKG):

  • Nr. 17000 bis 17003 der Anlage 1 (Kostenverzeichnis) zu § 3 Absatz 2

Release note

machine generated, based on the German release by: Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg, 03.03.2025