Formation guide · AT

GmbH company formation in Austria: data for AI agents

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Private limited company). Structured facts with an official source for each one, from the free Mandate Office tool get_formation_guide.

Facts

  • Minimum capital: Stammkapital at least EUR 10,000 (§ 6 GmbHG, in force since 1.1.2024); each contribution at least EUR 70. (source)
  • Notary required: yes. Articles in notarial deed form (Notariatsakt) unless the simplified formation applies. (source) unverified, check the source
  • Online formation: yes. GmbH formation online via notarial video-conference or the simplified electronic formation; details on USP. (source) unverified, check the source
  • Register: Firmenbuch (commercial register, courts)
  • Online portal: https://www.usp.gv.at. Unternehmensserviceportal (USP), the federal business service portal.
  • Languages: de
  • Non-resident founders: not yet researched unverified, check the source

Typical steps

  1. Choose the legal form and a company name; check name availability in the register.
  2. Draw up the instrument of constitution (articles), using the official template where offered.
  3. Pay in the share capital where required (bank or notary escrow, depending on the country).
  4. File the registration (online portal, notary or register office) with founders' and directors' identity data and beneficial owners.
  5. After registration: tax/VAT, social security and UBO steps (see get_post_formation).

EU framework: Directive (EU) 2019/1151 (online formation of private limited companies). Official fees are left out unless verified on an official page.

Call it

MCP (Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC over POST)

curl -s https://mandateoffice.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": "get_formation_guide", "arguments": {"country": "AT", "legal_form": "GmbH"}}}'

REST

curl -s 'https://mandateoffice.com/api/formation/AT?legal_form=GmbH'

After formation (VAT, EORI, beneficial owners): get_post_formation or /api/post-formation/AT. All guides: /guides/.

Information only, no legal advice. Mandate Office never files documents or registrations on anyone's behalf. Check every fact at its source before relying on it. Data as published by the Mandate Office API on 2026-10-30; the API is the current version.