Business re-registration
Service description
If you wish to relocate the registered office of your company within the area of responsibility of the municipality previously responsible, you must re-register your business. The same applies if you change the location of your registered office or the location of a branch or dependent branch office.
If you change your business activity, you must re-register your business. This is the case, for example, if in future you offer goods or services in your business exclusively or additionally that are not customary in relation to your registered trade.
In addition, you must re-register your business if your name as a trader changes.
The re-registration must be carried out by the following persons or their authorized representatives:
- for sole traders: by the trader himself or herself
- for legal entities: by the legal representatives; this applies, for example, to limited liability companies (GmbH) and public limited companies (AG)
- in the case of partnerships: from all partners authorized to manage the company: this applies, for example, to general partnerships (OHG), partnerships limited by shares (KG), partnerships under civil law (GbR), limited liability companies (GmbH & Co. KG)
If you move your place of business to another municipality, you must register your business at the new location. Your old location will be automatically deregistered. This is not a re-registration.
Legal basis
Required documents
- Completed business re-registration form (GewA 2)
- Proof of identity, for example
- Copy of identity card
- Copy of passport
- Registration certificate
- Copy of the extract from the commercial register, if your company is registered in the commercial register
- for cooperatives: Extract from the register of cooperatives
- for associations: Extract from the register of associations
Prerequisite
One of the following points applies to you:
- You relocate the registered office, a branch or a dependent branch office within the jurisdiction of a municipality
- You change or expand the goods and services offered The name of the trader changes.
Costs
Special information for the city of KevelaerCosts and fees for business registrations and re-registrations
26.00 € for a business registration or business re-registration of a natural person
33.00 € for legal entities (e.g. GbR, GmbH)
13.00 € for each additional legal representative in the case of legal entities
15.00 € for the issue of a duplicate (replacement)
Procedure
You must report any changes to your business to the appropriate authority. The same applies to changes affecting a branch office or a dependent branch.
You can update your business registration in person, in writing, or electronically.
If you are re-registering in person or in writing, you must complete and personally sign the form "Gewerbe-Ummeldung" - (GewA 2).
The "GewA 2" form is available at the office responsible for the re-registration or, depending on the offer, is also available for download.
The responsible office will certify receipt of the business re-registration if the re-registration form has been completed in full.
The responsible office forwards the business registration to other offices, such as the tax office, the employers' liability insurance association, the Chamber of Crafts, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce and, if applicable, the registration court.
The process can be handled through a single point of contact. You have a legal right to have the process handled electronically.
If you complete the process electronically via WSP.NRW, you will receive an automatically generated receipt—which is valid without a signature—after paying the fee.
What deadlines do I have to observe?
You must re-register your business as soon as the reason for the re-registration arises. A fine may be imposed if you fail to report the change in a timely manner.
Applications / Forms