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Register a company in Germany
Company incorporation, bank accounts, accounting services in Germany
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Company registration (GmbH)
Annual registered address
Notary services and company seal
Corporate bank account
Accounting services
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How you can register a company in Germany with us
Submit shareholder and director information to our firm with a signed power of attorney
Settle a payment for registration and banking assistance
Receive corporate documentation of the registered company and access to the corporate bank account of your company
Key details about Germany
Germany is located in central part of Northern Europe and has a territory of 357,000 square kilometers. Germany borders Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. Germany has access to the Baltic Sea and to the North Sea. Germany has a population of 83 million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - 15%. 5.5% solidarity surcharge applies to this tax rate. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Advance income tax payments are made on a quarterly basis
- Trade tax - Base tax rate 3.5% multiplied by a municipal tax rate from 250% up to 580%. Advance trade tax payments are made on a quarterly basis
- Dividend withholding tax - Standard rate 25%
- Interest withholding tax - Standard tax rate 0%
- Royalties withholding tax - Standard rate 15%
- Capital gains tax - 25%. 5.5% solidarity surcharge applies to this tax rate
- VAT - Standard tax rate 19% or reduced rates from 0% up to 7% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on a monthly, quarterly or an annual basis
- Personal income tax - from 14% up to 45%. 5.5% solidarity surcharge applies to this tax rate.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Germany as:
- Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - GmbH)
- Entrepreneural company (Unternehmensgesellschaft - UG)
- Public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft - AG)
- General partnership (Offene Handelsgesellschaft - oHG)
- Limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft - KG)
- Partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien)
- Civil law company (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts - GbR)
- European company (Societas Europaea)
- Branch office (Zweigniederlassung).
- Individuals or legal entities that are intending to register a company in Germany can be resident or non-resident in Germany.
- A resident or a non-resident individual can be a company director in Germany. It is not required to set up a company in Germany with a resident individual as one of its shareholders or directors.
- At least 1 shareholder is required in order to register a company in Germany if such company is incorporated as a GmbH (a limited liability company). An individual shareholder can simultaneously become a director of this company.
- It is not required to create substance (resident employees, office space) in Germany in order to establish a company in Germany or to conduct business in the country.
- Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Germany as a GmbH (a limited liability company) is EUR 25,000, for UG (entrepreneural company or mini-GmbH) is EUR 1.
- GmbH registration takes between 15 and 20 business days with the bank account taking up to 5 business days.
- Details of company founders, shareholders and directors after company registration in Germany is complete is publicly available in the state corporate register.
- With our service you can register a company in Germany remotely upon a power of attorney.
Official currency of Germany is euro (EUR).
GDP growth in 2018 amounted to around 3%.
Traditionally German economy is focused on production. The activity of various local enterprises is aimed at the creation of innovative technologies for industrial manufacturing. Germany remains a producing country, the main exporting state of the European Union.
Germany is one of the main destinations for foreign investments in Europe due to a highly-developed infrastructure, highly-qualified work force, a stable, predictable and transparent legal and justice systems, as well as due to the world-class R&D.
GDP growth in 2018 amounted to around 3%.
Traditionally German economy is focused on production. The activity of various local enterprises is aimed at the creation of innovative technologies for industrial manufacturing. Germany remains a producing country, the main exporting state of the European Union.
Germany is one of the main destinations for foreign investments in Europe due to a highly-developed infrastructure, highly-qualified work force, a stable, predictable and transparent legal and justice systems, as well as due to the world-class R&D.
Foreign entrepreneurs expand to Germany and seek to incorporate a company in Germany in order to conduct business in the following sectors:
- chemical production
- energy
- automotive industry
- steel industry
- engineering
- food industry
- consumer electronic devices
- IT
- real estate
- construction
- infrastructure.
Benefits of registering a company in Germany
Business climate
- Germany has a leading and the largest economy in the European Union
- Access to all major EU markets
- Highly-developed infrastructure
- Wide range of investment benefits for foreign investors
- High quality of production
- High quality of life
- Political and financial stability
- Secure legal and justice systems
- Comprehensive protection of property right
- Comprehensive personal security
- Investment protection
- Low inflation
Tax incentives
- Interest withholding tax rate is 0%
- Double tax treaties with several jurisdictions
Ease of doing business
- Minimum share capital requirement for a Unternehmergesellschaft company is EUR 1
- No foreign exchange controls
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