A complete table of contents for the Company Register will be displayed when you click on the footer "Sitemap". All areas of the Company Register to which you have access can be found under "How it works - Content" or by using the search function.

With the (global) search on the start page, you can search the entire existing database or by the index data of the courts for publications or entries for specific companies.

The detailed search offers you the option of narrowing your search according to other specific criteria. The search results are displayed according to relevance and can be narrowed further by company or publication data. From the search results you also have access to the register information of the register courts, for example, the current version of a company with an overview of all currently valid entries. The retrieval of register information is subject to a charge according to the Justizverwaltungskostengesetz (Justice Administration Costs Act).

For announcements in insolvency, general enforcement and comparison procedures as well as failures, the method of electronic publication follows legal provisions. Within 2 weeks after the first day of publication, you can perform an unrestricted search by announcements. After expiration of this period, a search of the entire database is permitted, but only via a search function of certain prescribed search criteria. In addition, an official publication on the internet is subject to strict deletion periods.

You can find information to search for deposited balance sheets under "How it works - Deposited balance sheets".

An HTML print function as well as a PDF document is available. For certain publications (e. g. annual financial statements and financial reports) it is expedient for the HTML print function, to select as the page layout landscape in the print menu. You can then print the disclosure via your browser.

The following register content can be retrieved:

• AD: Current version (overview of all currently valid entries)
• CD: Chronological version (with all data as of conversion to electronic register management)
• HD: Historic version (with all data valid up to the conversion to electronic register management)
• DK: Tree-structure of the documents submitted to the register (e.g. partner lists etc.)
• UT: Business Owners Data
• SI: Structured register content (XML file with the Current Printout and Chronological Printout data for further automated processing)

Payment occurs via credit card before document retrieval. This process is anonymous and you will not receive a receipt. If you are registered, then additional SEPA Direct Debit Scheme are available to you and you will receive a receipt as a PDF document. The receipt can be viewed in "My Data - Orders and Retrievals - Retrievals Company Register". Please also see "How does the document cart work?"