Proof of registration for German companies

When required documents are available, Swan retrieves them independently.

If it's not possible for Swan to retrieve a document, the following list of documents can be requested to open an account for your company registered in 🇩🇪 Germany.

Documents must have been issued within the last three months and be written in the Latin alphabet.

Legal entity	Proof of registration	Articles of association	Other documents
Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts - GbR	None	✓ Required	Proof that the members are either self-employed or do liberal professions
Offene Handelsgesselschaft - oHG Kommanditgesellschaft - KG Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - GmbH GmbH & Co. KG GmbH & Co. oHG Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt) - UG Aktiengesellschaft - AG Societas Europaea - kurz SE	Handelsregister- / Unternehmensregisterauszug	✓ Required	Declaration of UBOs (Ultimate Beneficial Owners; collected by Swan)
Europäische wirtschaftliche Interessenvereinigung - EWIV	Handelsregister / Unternehmensregister	✓ Required	None
Partnerschaft	Partnerschaftsregister- / Unternehmensregisterauszug	✓ Required	None
Genossenschaft Societas Cooperativa Europaea - SCE	Genossenschaftsregister- / Unternehmensregisterauszug	✓ Required	Declaration of UBOs (collected by Swan)
Associations	Local court registration - Vereinsregisterauszug	✓ Required	Declaration of UBOs (collected by Swan)
Freiberufler - Liberal professionals	None	☒ Not required	Proof of exercise of the activity (chamber membership, proof of qualification, tax registration, a bill, an invoice…)
Selbständig / Gewerblich tätig - Self employed	Proof of registration at the local administrative office - Gewerbeschein	☒ Not required	Proof of exercise of the activity (a bill, an invoice…)