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Local court in Dortmund – commercial register

The local court in Dortmund maintains the commercial register for the Dortmund region. Dortmund has developed from a steel and brewing centre into a leading logistics and insurance city. Signal Iduna, Continentale and numerous medium-sized logistics businesses are based here; the TechnologiePark Dortmund is also an important IT cluster.

Dortmund as a business location

With Signal Iduna, Continentale and Volksbank Rhein-Ruhr, Dortmund has one of Germany’s densest insurance landscapes. Other businesses include WILO (a global pump market leader), KHS (filling systems), DEW21 and Boecker. The TechnologiePark, with more than 280 companies, is one of Westphalia’s largest IT and software clusters and home to numerous Technical University of Dortmund spin-offs. The former Hoesch and Phoenix sites, PHOENIX See and the Westfalenstadion connect the city’s structural transformation with growth in logistics and IT.

Address & contact

Local court in Dortmund, commercial register
Gerichtsstraße 22, 44135 Dortmund
Telephone: 0231 926-0

Opening and consultation hours

Monday to Friday: 08:00–12:00; also Tuesday: 13:00–15:00 (urgent cases also on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons).

Jurisdiction

The local court in Dortmund 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). The city’s logistics and insurance sectors and pioneering structural transformation make it an important registration location. Alongside major insurers, HRB Dortmund records numerous TechnologiePark spin-offs and local breweries (DAB, Brinkhoffs).

How does ordering work?

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

Common uses in Dortmund

• Credit checks on insurance brokers and financial service providers
• Documentation for logistics and freight-forwarding contracts in the eastern Ruhr region
• Documents for IT and software start-ups from the TechnologiePark
• Certification for brewery shareholdings (DAB, Brinkhoffs)

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.