Company

This article describes the company in the actual sense as name; for the colloquial meaning " firmare - authenticate, fasten) (shortened: Company.) that is in the sense of right its, its operates business carries out and under which he complains and can be sued. For the guidance of a company are after German only entitled. Other one Manufacturing one can a business designation lead. Such Trade must into that Trade register are registered. The company must as additive in each case those . The right of the company is regulated in Germany into that §§ 17 FF. of the Commercial code (HGB).

The company is a substantial component that Corporate Identity of and larger medium-size . With an assumption of an enterprise the company can be maintained, if the previous owner agrees.

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Firm kinds

Person company
as a company a single buyer indicates the name one to its pre and surnames or a society or several partners, z. B. Handle KGaA after the enterprise founder Fritz handle.
Special company
as a company the activity becomes of the essentially, z describe. B. Banking share company
Mixing companies
a combination of person and special company, z. B. Tchibo - Carl Tchilling Hiryan tchilling-Hiryan-Kaffeebohnen
Fantasiefirmen
as a company an expression is possibly selected freely, z. B. Infineon

Like also Label name becomes in the course that internationally functioning art terms used, which are out speechable on the one hand in as much as possible languages, on the other hand however in each language positive increases Associations wake z. B. Novartis that latin the expressions for new and art unites.

Firm additives

Beside freiwilligen additives, z. B. geographical data, must because of laws, for example of the HGB, one Company one Legal form additive contained. Purpose of this additive is it, those the enterprise.

In Germany there are the following Legal form additives:

e. K.
e. Kfm.
e. Kfr.
OHG/oHGOpen commercial company
KgLimited partnership
GmbH
AG
VVaG
EECregistered cooperative
EEC ltd.registered cooperative with limited liability (becomes outdated)
eGmuHregistered cooperative with unlimited liability (becomes outdated)
KGaALimited partnership on shares
GmbH & CO. Kg
AG & CO. KgLimited partnership with a corporation as complementary
GmbH & CO. KGaALimited partnership on shares with a limited company as complementary
AG & CO. KGaALimited partnership on shares with a corporation as complementary
gGmbHnon-profit


Legal form additives becomes usually the remaining part that Company attached in addition, can placed in front or with the remaining Company connected its:

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