Step by Step Guide to Incorporating in Germany

Company Type	Time to Incorporate	Cost
Ready Made GmbH	1-2 weeks	£3290

 

Select the company name for your GmbH

First, select a name for your company

• Your company name may be in any language
• Your company name will need to end with GmbH
• A company name check can be carried out free of charge to see if a required name has already been registered
• We can reserve your company name for up to ten days
• Having submitted the name of your company to us, we obtain approval from the Handelsregister
• Ready made companies are available, once all required documents have been provided; incorporation takes around 24 hours
• You are not be allowed to use a name which is either identical or deceptively similar to one that is already used by another company

Share Capital 

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Gmbh)

• The minimum share capital required is €25,000
• Share capital can be paid in most currencies

Select Directors

Decide who will be the directors of your company

• Directors may be of any nationality and may reside anywhere
• Only one director is required
• There is no requirement to appoint a local resident director
• Nominee Directors are allowed, and Formacompany can provide this service
• The director can be a person or a corporation

Select Shareholders

Select who will be the shareholders of your company

• Shareholders may be of any nationality and may reside anywhere
• Only one shareholder is required. This can be the same person as the director
• No upper limit to the number of shareholders
• Nominee shareholders are allowed, and Formacompany can provide this service.
• The shareholder can be a person or a corporation

Select a Registered Office

A German registered office is required for your company, and Formacompany can provide this service.