Information from the trade register

If you would like to receive information about a business in Munich, please apply here.

Course description

You will receive the following information with the simple trade register enquiry:

  • Name
  • Business name
  • Company address
  • Activity

For additional information, you must be able to credibly demonstrate a legal interest (extended trade register information).

Note for authorities:

Please continue to contact us via the known e-mail address to receive the information.

This is how the online enquiry works:

  1. Start the application
  2. Enter your personal data or register directly with BundID/BayernID
  3. Enter details of the business you are looking for
  4. Select the type of information
  5. Receive information and invoice online
Please note

Please note

You would like information about

  • Administrative decisions
  • Decisions on fines
  • criminal convictions

in connection with the trade,

please use the online form for information from the central trade register of the Federal Office of Justice.

Duration and costs

Processing time

You can speed up the processing time by using our online application.

Fees and charges

  • Individual information from the trade register: 15 euros
  • Collective information: 15 euros for the first enquiry plus 7.50 euros for each additional enquiry

Please note: The fee must be paid even if the business you are looking for cannot be identified, the address you have provided is already known or it is not possible to provide information for legal reasons.

Available payment methods

Questions & Answers

You must prove that you have a legal interest.

Examples of a legal interest:

  • Assertion of legal claims
  • Reference to services provided by the trader
  • Lending to the traders.

Corresponding evidence such as copies of contract documents, invoices and debt or enforcement titles must be submitted.



No, it is also possible to obtain information without registering.

It is quicker with the BundID/BayernID: a simple registration with user name and password is sufficient. You do not need to identify yourself with your ID card, an ID card app or a card reader.

The trade authority can only provide information about the data it has been notified of.

No guarantee can be given for the accuracy and completeness of the data in the trade register.

Yes, as long as the business was deregistered no more than 10 years ago.

Contact Us

Gewerbeamt

Internet address

Phone number

Postal address

Gewerbeamt

Ruppertstraße 19
80466 München

Address

Implerstraße 11
81371 München

Related services

Information from the Central Trade Register - Legal entities, associations of persons

The central trade register is kept at the Federal Office of Justice and contains administrative decisions or decisions imposing fines in connection with the trade.

Provision of statistics

The Statistical Office provides statistical information for all important areas of life in Munich in a chronological and regional comparison.