Business deregistration
<p>Please use our <a href="https://www17.muenchen.de/gewerbe/webclient/app/m/9162000" target="">online application form</a>.<br>
 In other cases, please make an <a href="https://stadt.muenchen.de/buergerservice/terminvereinbarung.html#/services/1063435" target="">appointment to visit us in person</a>.</p>
<p>If you give up the operation of your business, the business must be deregistered. The same applies if you relocate your business to another municipality. You must then deregister your business at the previous location and re-register it at the new location. If you relocate your business within the municipality, a business re-registration is sufficient.<br><br><strong>Special case: duplicate:</strong><br>
 You can apply to us for a duplicate of the deregistration certificate. The fee is 15 euros. Send us your application by e-mail together with a copy of your ID. You will usually receive the duplicate by post within a week. We will also send you the invoice for 15 euros.</p>
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# Business deregistration

## Summary

If you cease your commercial activity, give up a business premises or move your business to another municipality, you must inform us.
## Description

Please use our [online application form](https://www17.muenchen.de/gewerbe/webclient/app/m/9162000).  

In other cases, please make an [appointment to visit us in person](https://stadt.muenchen.de/buergerservice/terminvereinbarung.html#/services/1063435).

If you give up the operation of your business, the business must be deregistered. The same applies if you relocate your business to another municipality. You must then deregister your business at the previous location and re-register it at the new location. If you relocate your business within the municipality, a business re-registration is sufficient.  
  
**Special case: duplicate:**  

You can apply to us for a duplicate of the deregistration certificate. The fee is 15 euros. Send us your application by e-mail together with a copy of your ID. You will usually receive the duplicate by post within a week. We will also send you the invoice for 15 euros.

## Responsible Department

KVR
## Required Documents

* Fully completed "Business deregistration" form  
  
  (important: please state the date of business closure)
* Copy of identity card or passport
* Trade licence or copy of the trade licence
* if authorised: a written power of attorney and a copy of the identity card of the principal and the authorised representative

## Prerequisites

You canderegisteryour business[online](https://www17.muenchen.de/gewerbe/webclient/app/m/9162000)for the following types of company:

* Sole proprietorship (registered and unregistered)
* Companies under civil law (GbR)
* Limited liability companies (GmbH, also non-profit GmbH)
* Business company (UG also limited liability)
* Please note that the registration process for the following company forms is only possible for natural persons as shareholders. Please register one or more persons as shareholders directly at the trade office.  
  
  - Civil law partnerships (GbR)  
  
  - Registered civil law partnership (eGbR)  
  
  - General partnerships (OHG)

In other cases, please submit the business deregistration by e-mail with the required documents (see "Required documents").

## Fee Range

35 Euro

## Legal Basis

§14 Industrial Code

## Questions and Answers

 
### What needs to be done if a business is relocated to another town or municipality?

 

Two steps are required when relocating to another municipality:

* Deregistration with the trade authority at the previous location
* Registration with the trade authority at the new location
   
## Further Links

* [General Data Protection Regulation](https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/dsgvo-datenschutzgrundverordnung.html)
* [Online business registration](https://www17.muenchen.de/gewerbe/webclient/app/m/9162000)
* [Business re-registration](https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/info/hauptabteilung-iii/10279730/)
* [Register a business](https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/info/hauptabteilung-iii/10164604/)
* [Deregister business](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dms/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-I/Gewerbe-Gaststaetten/Dokumente/Gewerbeabmeldung.pdf)

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