Trade registration
Notifying a change of trade after a move
If you move with the business within the same municipality, you notify the change of the trade — one official form, the change notification (GewA 2).
If you move to another municipality, it is not a change notification: then you deregister the trade in the old municipality and register it in the new one.
The reason is simple: every municipality keeps its own trade register.
What else counts as a change notification
Not only the move. Also when the activity changes, when a branch is added or falls away. And when a secondary occupation becomes a main occupation — a secondary occupation means: you do it alongside other work, not as your main job. The official form asks for the date of the change.
What you enter
The previous details and the new ones side by side. The official form has separate lines for that — so the municipality sees at a glance what has changed.
What that costs
The price depends on how many people need an official form of their own. With a partnership — a GbR, for example — every person who runs the business needs their own completely filled-in sheet with their own signature. The sample calculations are on the page about Trade registration.