Deregister trade at the location Ordnungsamt Lichtenberg

Deregistration is always necessary if you are giving up an independent business with a fixed place of business (in the so-called "permanent trade").

This is the case if:

• 1. you want to completely terminate or discontinue the operation of your business.
• 2. you relocate the head office of your business or a branch office or a dependent branch of your business to a new location outside the municipality (outside Berlin). In this case, deregister your trades with your previous competent public order office in Berlin. Then re-register the trade with the trade authority at the new location in the new municipality.
• 3. Change the legal form of your business. Deregister your trade under the previous legal form. Then re-register your business with a trade registration under the new legal form.

Information:

1. If your business continues to exist and you only wish to report the partial cessation of individual commercial activities, you can voluntarily report this with a trade re-registration. (see "More information")
2. If you relocate the headquarters of your company or a branch office or a dependent branch of your company within the municipality (if relocating within Berlin) to a new location, it is sufficient to re-register your business with the public order office of the new business location. (see "More information")

The competent authority also forwards the trade deregistration to other bodies such as the tax office, the Chamber of Crafts or the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the registry court and the employers' liability insurance association. The purpose of deregistering a trade is to enable the competent authority to monitor the exercise of the trade and to carry out statistical surveys.

Prerequisites

• You want to completely give up your already registered business, move it outside of Berlin or change its legal form.
  
  Traders are natural persons or legal entities (joint-stock company, limited liability company, registered cooperative or registered association, partnership limited by shares).
  The following persons or their authorised representatives must deregister:
  

  • sole traders: the sole trader,
  • partnerships (e.g. OHG, GbR): the managing partners,
  • KG: each personally liable partner, the limited partners of a KG only if they have power of management.
  • corporations (e.g. GmbH, AG): the legal representatives (managing directors, board of directors).
• The trade deregistration must be done at the same time.
  
  You must deregister your trade at the same time as you end your business activities, move to another community (outside Berlin), or change the legal form of your trade.
• For the online application for all other company legal forms: Registration/application via BundID or Mein Unternehmenskonto (MUK)
  
  You will need your electronic ID card, the EU citizen card (eID card), the electronic residence permit (eAT) or the Elster certificate.

Documents required

• Trade deregistration
  
  Online possible; or you can use the form to deregister your trade.
• Identity document
  
  Identity card or other official identification document with photo (not required for electronic application). Residence permit if the applicant is not a national of an EU country.
• Up-to-date excerpt from the Trade Register
  
  Registered companies please submit a current excerpt from the Trade Register as proof of the power of representation.

Forms

• Trade deregistration

Fees

none

Legal basis

• Trade Regulation (Gewerbeordnung or GewO) § 14 Abs. 1
• Trade Registration Ordinance (Gewerbeanzeigeverordnung or GewAnzV)

More information

• Information sheet on trade registration (IHK Berlin)
• Information on data protection (Ordnungsämter des Landes Berlin)
• Trade re-registration (service)

Notes on responsibility

The public order office of the district in which your business is located.

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