Guides
Guides and checklists for understanding German register records and related identifiers.
Reading and matching records
These guides are written as practical reference pages. They focus on what is recorded, how entries are structured, and what to capture for reliable matching across documents.
Core guides
- Handelsregister overview and contents (handelsregister.html)
- HRB vs HRA explained (hrb-vs-hra.html)
- Register court and number structure (registergericht.html, register-number-structure.html)
- How to read a register extract (handelsregisterauszug.html)
- Representation and directors (managing-directors.html)
- Ownership context (shareholder-list.html, transparenzregister-ubo.html)
Process guides
- Registration steps and common documents (registration-process.html)
- Notary role in filings (notary-role.html)
- Changes and filings after incorporation (changes-and-filings.html)
- Dissolution and liquidation markers (dissolution-liquidation.html)
Identifier guides
- German tax numbers overview (tax-numbers.html)
- VAT ID (USt-IdNr) basics (vat-id-guide.html)