Hamburg District Court

View the cooperative register

Do you need information about a cooperative based in Hamburg? You can find out how to access the cooperative register here.

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Joint register portal of the federal states

Detailed description

The cooperative register is a public directory in which all registered cooperatives are listed.
It contains important information about each cooperative, for example:

  • Name and registered office of the cooperative
  • Purpose of the cooperative (i.e., what it was founded for)
  • Members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board
  • Representation rules, the statutes
  • Date of registration and any changes

The cooperative register is intended to create transparency and legal certainty, similar to the commercial register for companies.

If you need information about cooperatives registered in Hamburg, you can consult the Hamburg Cooperative Register.
You can view the documents submitted to the cooperative register, such as the articles of association or minutes of members' meetings.

 

Information

Prerequisites

The cooperative in question is registered in the Hamburg cooperative register.



In Germany, anyone can generally inspect the cooperative register. There are no special requirements or authorizations. It is a public register.

Documents required

no

Please note

A cooperative is an association of people who want to support each other economically, socially, or culturally through joint business operations.


The focus is not on profit, but on the benefit to the members.


Typical of a cooperative is:

  • Acting collectively: People join together to achieve something together (for example, buying cheaper goods, building apartments, generating energy).
  • Co-determination: Every member has one vote, regardless of the size of their investment.
  • Membership: One becomes a shareholder by acquiring cooperative shares.
  • Liability: Members are generally only liable with their shares, not with their personal assets.

Examples of cooperatives include:

  • Housing cooperatives
  • Energy or agricultural cooperatives
  • Credit unions (for example, Volksbanken, Raiffeisenbanken)

Deadlines

no

Procedure

  • You can view the Hamburg cooperative register via the joint register portal of the federal states.
  • You can search for registered cooperatives using keywords.
  • You can retrieve detailed information and receive the register contents as a PDF document.
  • Alternatively, you can view the cooperative register in person at the responsible office.
  • You can obtain a certified copy if required.

Processing time



You will receive the information directly from the joint register portal of the federal states.

Fees

Access to the cooperative register is free of charge.


A certified copy is subject to a fee.

Legal remedies



No legal remedy is provided for.

Legal basis

Section 156 paragraph 1 sentence 1 Cooperative Societies Act (GenG)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/geng/__156.html




Section 9 paragraph 1 of the German Commercial Code (HGB)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hgb/__9.html




Section 1 of the Cooperative Register Ordinance (GenRegV)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/genregv/__1.html




Section 10 paragraph 1 of the Commercial Register Ordinance (HRV)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hdlregvfg/__10.html

Links on the Internet

Address and contact information

Hamburg District Court

A mailbox is available outside of the Joint Acceptance Point's opening hours (Monday to Friday, 6:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.). This is located at one of the doors at the main entrance to the Civil Justice Building and is intended solely for mail to the Hamburg District Court and Regional Court. The mailbox is opened at 1:00 p.m. when the Acceptance Point closes. A timer in the mailbox automatically closes a dividing flap at midnight. The mailbox is emptied the next working day, and the contents are stamped with the appropriate incoming mail stamp.

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Last updated: 06.02.2026