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Local court in Bielefeld – commercial register

The local court in Bielefeld maintains the commercial register for the Bielefeld region. Bielefeld is the economic heart of East Westphalia-Lippe, with internationally known family businesses such as Dr. Oetker (food), Schüco (building components), Goldbeck (construction) and Seidensticker (fashion). The region combines a strong medium-sized business culture with mechanical engineering and food production.

Bielefeld as a business location

Bielefeld has an exceptionally dense network of medium-sized businesses. Dr. Oetker (food, banking and sparkling wine), Schüco International (building aluminium, a global market leader), Goldbeck (industrial construction), Seidensticker and Beckhoff Automation (a lesser-known technology business in North Rhine-Westphalia) shape the economy. Other businesses include Stadtwerke Bielefeld, Bertelsmann in neighbouring Gütersloh and Itelligence. With the University of Bielefeld, the local university of applied sciences and a strong cooperative sector, East Westphalia-Lippe is one of Germany’s most successful family-business clusters.

Address & contact

Local court in Bielefeld, commercial register
Gerichtstraße 6, 33602 Bielefeld
Telephone: 0521 549-0

Opening and consultation hours

Monday to Friday: 08:00–12:00; also Tuesday: 14:00–15:00.

Jurisdiction

The local court in Bielefeld maintains commercial register A (HRA) for sole traders, general partnerships (OHG) and limited partnerships (KG), and commercial register B (HRB) for limited liability companies (GmbH), stock corporations (AG) and European companies (SE). As an East Westphalian economic centre and home to internationally known family businesses, the city is an important registration location. HRB Bielefeld is dominated by family businesses, many in their third or fourth generation, often using GmbH & Co. KG structures that warrant particularly careful examination of extracts.

How does ordering work?

Enter the company name or registration number (HRA/HRB) of the company in Bielefeld in our online form. Our staff retrieve the extract directly from the local court in Bielefeld and email the document to you as a PDF. Officially certified copies and apostilles are sent by post.

Common uses in Bielefeld

• Credit checks on family-owned food businesses in East Westphalia-Lippe
• Evidence for contracts with machinery and plant manufacturers
• Documents for construction and façade projects
• Apostilles for fashion exports and international family businesses

Processing time

PDF extracts: usually within 1–15 minutes after acceptance of the complete order during our service hours (Monday–Friday 09:00–18:00, Saturday 09:00–15:00, German local time). Outside these hours, processing starts in the next service period. Without a valid request for early performance, processing starts no earlier than the end of the withdrawal period. We confirm the processing start when accepting your order. Official certification: usually 2–4 weeks; apostilles: usually 6 weeks, in each case after acceptance of the complete documents. Postal transit time is additional. Legalisation: processing time on request. Availability and processing by public authorities may delay delivery; these are estimates, not guaranteed deadlines.