Registre du commerce St. Gall

Commercial register St. Gall

Phone number / Email address:

+41 58 229 37 24
info.afhn@sg.ch

Opening hours:

08:00 - 11:30 / 14:00 - 17:00

About the Commercial register of St. Gall

The Commercial Register of St. Gallen is a public register that serves to identify companies that carry out commercial activities in the canton of St. Gallen.

The information contained in the Commercial Register of St. Gallen varies according to the legal form of the company, but generally includes the name or company name, the registered office, the corporate purpose, the management and control bodies, the share capital, the persons authorised to sign on behalf of the company, and certain other remarks.

All companies must be registered in the Commercial Register; however, for some legal forms, registration is only required under certain conditions (e.g., self-employed persons are only required to register if they have a turnover of more than CHF 100,000):

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Mandatory registration :
Limited Partnerships
Public limited company (SA)
Partnership limited by shares (SCA)
Limited liability company (Sàrl)
Cooperative
Foundation
Institution under public law
 
Mandatory registration under certain conditions :
Sole proprietorship with an annual turnover of CHF 100,000 or more
Association with a commercial purpose
 
Optional registration :
Sole proprietorship with an annual turnover of less than CHF 100,000
Non-profit association
 
Changes must also be entered in the Commercial Register. The entries are published in the Official Gazette of Commerce, also known as the FOSC, which is published by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). The data of the Commercial Register is publicly available and can be consulted online at Zefix or at the offices of the Commercial Register of St. Gallen (Davidstrasse 27, 9001 St. Gallen).
The Commercial Register of St. Gallen is a public service and is governed by the Code of Obligations and the Commercial Register Regulation, as well as by the Regulation on the Fees of the Commercial Register of St. Gallen.
 
 


Commercial Register St. Gallen


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