How it works
How it works: your business address in 3 steps
From your first enquiry to a labelled mailbox – what happens in which order and which documents we need from you.
- Non-binding enquiry, individual offer
- Setting up a GmbH or UG: two free months from your notary appointment
The process at a glance
Step 1Enquire and receive an offer
Tell us briefly what you need; your name and email address are enough. We will get back to you within 24 hours on working days; you receive an individual, non-binding offer.
Would you like to see the premises first? Simply mention it in your message.
Step 2Verify your identity and sign
You receive our privacy notice for tenants before the identity check. Before the contract is concluded, we identify every contractual partner: you complete a short identification form and present your ID document once in the original; we make a copy of it (for sole proprietors, with your consent), and you receive a copy of the form. You then sign the contract – digitally or on site – and grant us a separate postal power of attorney (Postvollmacht). As a company in formation (“i. G.”), you can do this before registration.
Step 3Use your address
You can use the address from the start of the contract. With your contract, you receive your rental agreement and a confirmation of address for the notary, the commercial register (Handelsregister), the trade office (Gewerbeamt), the tax office (Finanzamt) and your bank – together with your postal power of attorney, a copy of your identification form and the house rules, plus the data protection agreement if you use the scan service. Your mailbox is labelled with your company name, and you receive your means of access. How your mail is handled.
The documents we need
Which documents we need before the contract is concluded depends on your legal form.
GmbH, UG or holding company – already registered
- ID card or passport of the persons acting for the company (to be presented once in the original)
- Details of the beneficial owners (in the identification form)
- Current extract from the commercial register (Handelsregister)
- List of shareholders (Gesellschafterliste)
- Confirmation of entry in the transparency register (Transparenzregister) or an extract from it
- A short description of your business activities
Basis: Statutory requirement under the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz, GwG)
GmbH, UG or holding company – in formation
- ID card or passport of the persons acting for the company (to be presented once in the original)
- Details of the beneficial owners (in the identification form)
- Notarial deed, or the draft articles of association or standard protocol (Musterprotokoll)
- Confirmation of entry in the transparency register – to be submitted without undue delay after entry in the commercial register; if the company is already trading and is not filed for registration with the commercial register within three months of the notarial appointment, before that
- A short description of your planned business activities
Basis: Statutory requirement under the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz, GwG)
Registered civil-law partnership (eGbR)
- ID card or passport of the partners acting for the partnership (to be presented once in the original)
- Details of the beneficial owners (in the identification form)
- Extract from the register of civil-law partnerships (Gesellschaftsregister)
- Confirmation of entry in the transparency register or an extract from it
- A short description of your business activities
Basis: Statutory requirement under the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz, GwG)
General or limited partnership or partnership company (OHG, KG or PartG)
- ID card or passport of the partners acting for the partnership (to be presented once in the original)
- Details of the beneficial owners (in the identification form)
- Current extract from the commercial register or the partnership register (Partnerschaftsregister) – for a GmbH & Co. KG, also that of the general partner (Komplementär-GmbH)
- Confirmation of entry in the transparency register or an extract from it
- A short description of your business activities
Basis: Statutory requirement under the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz, GwG)
Civil-law partnership, not registered (GbR)
- ID card or passport of all partners (to be presented once in the original)
- Partnership agreement, if concluded in writing
- Details of the partners and their shares (in the identification form)
- A short description of your business activities
Basis: Statutory requirement under the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz, GwG)
Sole proprietorship or freelance work as an individual
- ID card or passport (to be presented once in the original)
- If available: trade registration (Gewerbeanmeldung) or other proof of your activity
Basis: Due diligence and contract – not required under the GwG
We will tell you exactly which documents apply in your case after your enquiry; each company – for example a holding company and an operating GmbH – needs the documents for its own legal form.
Important: Please present your ID in the original
You present your ID document to us once in the original before the contract is concluded. Please never send identity documents by email, via WhatsApp or through the enquiry form.
Why we verify your identity
As a provider of business addresses for companies, we are an obliged entity under the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz, § 2(1) no. 13 GwG) and, before the contract is concluded, identify our contractual partners, the persons acting on their behalf and the beneficial owners. We identify sole proprietors using the same form – as a matter of due care, not under the Money Laundering Act. More under anti-money laundering.
Ready for the first step?
Your name and email address are all we need – we will discuss everything else with you personally.