Organization : Finnish Patent & Registration Office
Type of Facility : Trade Register
Country: Finland
Website : http://www.prh.fi/en/kaupparekisteri.html
Trade Register :
The Finnish Trade Register is a public register that contains information on traders and businesses. The majority of businesses are limited liability companies and private traders. The register contains official details of businesses all over Finland.
Related : PRH Finnish Patent & Registration Office Patent Application Finland : www.statusin.org/8278.html
Start a business:
How can the Trade Register help you?:
Our advisory service provides advice in matters relating to notifications and applications to be submitted to the Trade Register. We also give advice about the legal effects and other effects of registration.
Please note that the Trade Register staff cannot give official advice in other practical arrangements of starting up a business, or advice in questions on company law, taxation or other matters of juridical nature.
Other services to help you start a business:
You can get help to start a business from the following service providers:
EnterpriseFinland website:
** The EnterpriseFinland website offers a comprehensive information service for new businesses.
** Anyone who runs a business that require a separate business licence, either as a private trader or as an organisation, has to report the granted business licence to the Trade Register. More information about business licences is available on the EnterpriseFinland website.
EnterpriseHelsinki:
** EnterpriseHelsinki is a service centre for those looking into starting up a business and for those already operating a business. Read more.
TE Offices:
** Finnish TE Offices offer a wide range of services for entrepreneurs and those interested in entrepreneurship and starting their own business.
Taxation – information and advice:
** For advice on taxation, please contact the advisory service at the Finnish Tax Administration.
FI domain names:
** Registered FI domain names are listed on the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) website , where you can apply for a domain name.
Tips:
** Go to our summary of the most common forms of business . If you need more advice on how to choose the right form of business, please contact the service providers mentioned above, for example EnterpriseFinland , for further help.
** Please see the detailed instructions on how to file a Start-up Notification with the Trade Register, by company type, in the left-hand menu.
** If you are living permanently outside the European Economic Area, you may need a permit to set up a business.
** On this PRH website, you can also find other useful information about our services, such as trademarks , patents , design rights and utility models.
Trade Register’s Advisory Service:
Our advisory service provides advice in matters relating to notifications and applications to be filed with the Trade Register. We also give advice about the legal effects and other effects of registration.
The Trade Register website:
Our goal is to provide information on the notification procedure to businesses on our website.
Please see the detailed instructions on how to file notifications, by company type, in the left-hand menu.
Please feel free to give feedback on these instructions if, for example, any of the instructions is incomplete or if some important instruction that you need is missing. Give feedback.
How to file a notification to the Trade Register?:
Are you starting a business? Are you changing your business details? Are you closing down your company?
Choose the type of notification and the correct company form in the left-hand menu for further instructions.