You are only obliged to deregister your business if you wish to permanently cease operating your business.

If you relocate the headquarters of your business or a branch office or a dependent branch of your company to a new location and this results in the jurisdiction of a different municipality, you must register your business at the new location.

Deregistration at the previous location is usually carried out ex officio. In this case, the new competent authority informs the previous competent authority, which then carries out the deregistration.

If you change the legal form of your business, a business deregistration is required. You must first deregister your business under its previous legal form. You then re-register your business under the new legal form.

If you move the head office of your business or a branch office or dependent branch of your company to a new location without changing the jurisdiction within the municipality, a business re-registration is sufficient.