Formation guide · DE
GmbH company formation in Germany: 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 25,000 (§ 5 GmbHG). (source)
- Notary required: yes. Articles must be notarised (§ 2 GmbHG). (source)
- Online formation: yes. § 2(3) GmbHG allows notarisation by video-communication. (source)
- Register: Handelsregister (local courts)
- Online portal: https://online.notar.de. Online formation via the Federal Chamber of Notaries' video-conference system (since 1.8.2022).
- Languages: de
- Non-resident founders: not yet researched unverified, check the source
Typical steps
- Choose the legal form and a company name; check name availability in the register.
- Draw up the instrument of constitution (articles), using the official template where offered.
- Pay in the share capital where required (bank or notary escrow, depending on the country).
- File the registration (online portal, notary or register office) with founders' and directors' identity data and beneficial owners.
- 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": "DE", "legal_form": "GmbH"}}}'
REST
curl -s 'https://mandateoffice.com/api/formation/DE?legal_form=GmbH'
After formation (VAT, EORI, beneficial owners): get_post_formation or /api/post-formation/DE. All guides: /guides/.