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Local court in Düsseldorf – commercial register

The local court in Düsseldorf maintains the commercial register for the Düsseldorf region. Düsseldorf is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia and a major location for advertising, fashion, telecommunications and energy. Groups such as Henkel, Vodafone Germany, METRO and E.ON are headquartered here.

Düsseldorf as a business location

Beyond its DAX companies, Düsseldorf is one of Europe’s leading advertising and fashion centres. Trinkaus, ARAG, Ergo Group and a dense consultancy sector also make it an important financial and insurance centre. The port, trade fair and Japanese business cluster (around 600 Japanese companies) shape its international profile. Within Rhine-Ruhr, Düsseldorf is the main location for corporate headquarters and related services.

Address & contact

Local court in Düsseldorf, commercial register
Mühlenstraße 13, 40200 Düsseldorf
Telephone: 0211 4971-0

Opening and consultation hours

Monday to Friday: 08:30–12:30; also Thursday: 13:30–14:30. Urgent service until 16:00.

Jurisdiction

The local court in Düsseldorf 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). Its advertising, fashion and trade-fair sectors, together with numerous DAX headquarters, make the city an important registration location. A high concentration of advertising agencies, Japanese branches around Immermannstraße and fashion houses makes HRB Düsseldorf one of Germany’s most dynamic registers.

How does ordering work?

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

Common uses in Düsseldorf

• Credit checks before doing business with advertising or fashion companies in Düsseldorf
• Evidence of authority to represent a company in contracts with DAX corporations
• Due diligence for trade-fair businesses (Boot, ProWein, drupa)
• Apostilles for international business relationships based in Düsseldorf

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.