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An e.K. (eingetragener Kaufmann) is a sole proprietorship recorded in the commercial register: one individual, unlimited liability, but a genuine registered trade name. The extract links name to owner — live from €9.99.
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Unlike an unregistered sole trader, an e.K. may operate under a proper business name that reveals nothing about the individual. The register resolves that opacity: it binds the trade name to a named owner and records transfers of the business — sale, inheritance, conversion.
Registered Prokura (commercial power of attorney) is also common, telling you which employees may validly sign.
Identifying the contracting party behind a German trade name, preparing enforcement against the personally liable owner, or confirming an ownership transfer. Structured record plus branded PDF in minutes, from €9.99.
Eingetragener Kaufmann/eingetragene Kauffrau — a registered merchant. A natural person runs the business under a registered firm name and is personally liable without limit.
The firm name, HRA number and register court, seat and address, the owner's name, registered Prokura holders, and status entries including owner changes and deletion of the firm.
Because the owner is the debtor: any claim against the business is a claim against that individual's entire assets. The extract is the official identification.
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