German Company Credit Reports

German company credit reports are delivered by email within 24 hours in most cases. If a company is not live on our database, we will carry out a fresh investigation for you.

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The reports are updated on a daily basis and include, where available:

Registration information including address, registration date, number etc
Contact details including website etc, where available
Credit recommendations, where financial data has been analysed
Type of company, size and trading status
Financial data and key ratios (if filed)
Shareholders and share capital
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Copies of original legal documents filed at the company registry. Documents are in the official local language and certified translations can be arranged if required. Please contact us to order documents.

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Accounts filing requirements and legal obligations

The following companies are obliged to prepare and publish their annual accounts:

all companies limited by shares, i.e. all public limited liability companies and partnerships limited by shares and above all also all private limited liability companies
cooperative societies
partnerships without a natural person as a personally liable partner (these are mainly private limited liability companies and limited partnerships but also general partnerships with a company limited by shares as a personally liable partner)
branches of certain foreign companies limited by shares, above all limited companies
companies which are legally obliged to publish their annual accounts (these are companies - e.g. large retailers - which have met 2 of the 3 criteria specified below for 3 consecutive financial years: balance sheet total of more than 65 million euro, turnover of more than 130 million euro, average of more than 5,000 employees)
irrespective of their legal form, credit institutions, institutions which provide financial services, insurance companies and pension funds.

Small companies limited by shares are those which exceed no more than one of the three criteria specified below:

balance sheet total: 4,015,000 euro
turnover: 8,030,000 euro
annual average of 50 employees.

Small companies only have to file and publish a balance sheet and notes (without a profit and loss account).

Medium-sized companies limited by shares are those which exceed at least two of the three criteria specified under 1 but exceed no more than one of the three criteria specified below:

balance sheet total: 16,060,000 euro
turnover: 32,120,000 euro
annual average of 250 employees.

Medium-sized companies must file the following documents:

annual accounts with auditor’s report
management report
report by the supervisory board (if the company has one)
proposal and decision regarding the appropriation of the result
declaration of compliance with the Corporate Governance Codex in accordance with § 161 of the Companies Act (listed public limited liability companies or partnerships limited by shares).

Large companies limited by shares are those which exceed at least two of the three criteria specified under 2. In addition, there are also various special rulings, always obliged to publish their annual accounts in accordance with the stipulations for large companies:

A company limited by shares is always regarded as large if it is active in an organised market
Capital market-oriented companies are always regarded as large
Credit institutions or institutions which provide financial services

Large companies must file the following documents:

annual accounts with auditor’s report
management report
report by the supervisory board (if the company has one)
proposal and decision regarding the appropriation of the result
declaration of compliance with the Corporate Governance Codex in accordance with § 161 of the Companies Act (listed public limited liability companies or partnerships limited by shares).