Federal justice and German states · Data Science & Analytics
HANDELSREGISTER / UNTERNEHMENSREGISTER (GERMANY)
WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
Handelsregister / Unternehmensregister (Germany) is an open dataset published by Federal justice and German states in the "Business Register & Company Data" domain. Available formats: Web portal. License: German register terms of service. Update cadence: ongoing.
Suitable for undergraduate and graduate theses, group projects, papers and personal analysis portfolios. Always review the documentation and collection methodology before citing the data: institutions publish detailed methodological notes alongside every series.
Accountra indexes this resource and verifies its free-access requirements; delivery remains the responsibility of Federal justice and German states on the official site.
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