Handelsregisterportal
Operator: State of North Rhine-Westphalia on behalf of the state justice administrations, Germany
Access official register entries and documents for German companies, partnerships and associations free of charge.
Companies & Business
Product
Official register portal for companies, partnerships and associations in Germany.
Availability and source date
Restricted
As of: 15 October 2026.
No functionality test has been performed.
Use in OSINT research
A company name can be used to find register entries and filed documents. Register extracts show details such as the registered office, legal form and authorised representatives. Lists of shareholders and earlier entries help trace changes.
Queries
| Input | Result | Result type |
|---|---|---|
| Company / organisation name | Register entries, current and earlier register extracts, and available documents. | Retrieved |
| Keyword / free text | Results by keyword or register number, narrowed by register type, court or place of establishment. | Retrieved |
Features
- Searches by company name, keyword, register number and register court.
- Provides current, chronological and historical register extracts.
- Provides filed documents such as shareholder lists and articles of association.
- Displays register notices.
- Provides structured register content as an XML file.
Categories
- Companies & Business
- Registers
Coverage
Geographical coverage
DE
Dataset
Commercial, cooperative, partnership, civil-law partnership and association registers of the federal states. Documents are available where held electronically by the register court.
Access
Requirements
Public browser-based portal. Routine access is limited to 60 searches or legal-entity retrievals per hour.
Export
Register extracts as PDF, structured register content as XML and filed documents in their respective file formats.
Provider
State of North Rhine-Westphalia on behalf of the state justice administrations
Country of establishment
Germany
Interfaces
No API, MCP or AI integration is documented.
Legal note
Limitations
- Annual accounts and balance sheets belong to the Company Register and cannot be accessed here.
- Structured data may differ from the current register extract. Individual federal states report occasional access problems.
- The usage rules limit routine retrievals and prohibit building parallel full or partial registers.
Guides and practical reports
Official · Help with searching and document formats
Registerportal der Länder · DE
Explains search fields, wildcards and document formats.