Client Onboarding
Answer the questions below about the GmbH you want to form, buy or run in Austria. We read every answer and reply by email with the next steps and the documents we will need.
How it works
You send the questionnaire
Four short blocks: who you are, the company, the services you need and your timeline. Nothing is uploaded at this stage.
We review and reply
A person reads your answers in full and replies from info@gmbh-austria.com with any open questions and a written proposal for the scope.
Documents and start
Once you confirm the proposal, we request the identity and company documents over a secure link, and the work begins.
How onboarding runs
- Send the questionnaireFour blocks, A to D: you, the company, the services, your timeline
- We review and replyBy email, with any open questions and a written proposal for the scope
- Documents and startIdentity and company documents over a secure link, then the work beginsAfter you confirm
Start your Austrian GmbH
Fill in what you know. Fields marked with an asterisk are required; everything else can be settled later by email.
What we will need from you
What the register court and the bank ask for depends on the route. We request these documents after first contact, never through this form.
| Scenario | Core documents | Form and certification | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| New GmbH by notarial deed | Articles of association, or a single founder's declaration of establishment; shareholder list; list of managing directors; appointment resolution; specimen signatures; bank confirmation of the paid-in capital | The articles are a notarial deed, which can be executed electronically (§ 4 Abs. 3 GmbHG, § 69b NO); a proxy needs a special, notarially certified power of attorney for that one transaction | The application is signed by all managing directors (§ 9 GmbHG); a defective file comes back with an order to remedy (Verbesserungsauftrag) |
| Electronic founding, § 9a GmbHG | Official photo ID shown in person at the bank; a newly opened account with EUR 5,000 paid in cash; release from banking secrecy (§ 38 Abs. 2 Z 5 BWG); the electronic declaration of establishment | No notarial deed and no certified form (§ 9a Abs. 4 and 5 GmbHG); the bank sends its confirmation, the ID copy and the specimen signature straight to the Firmenbuch, and they count as originals (§ 9a Abs. 7 and 8) | Only for one natural person who is sole shareholder and sole managing director, with share capital of exactly EUR 10,000 (§ 9a Abs. 1 and 2 GmbHG) |
| Ready-made GmbH | Current Firmenbuch extract with historical data; the filed documents (articles, specimen signatures, every filed set of annual accounts) to review before signing; the share-transfer deed; the shareholders' resolution appointing the new managing director | The share transfer requires a notarial deed (§ 76 Abs. 2 GmbHG); the filing is signed by all managing directors with certified signatures (§ 9 GmbHG) | A change of beneficial owner is filed under WiEReG within 4 weeks of the change becoming known |
| Any route, beneficial owner living outside Austria | A copy of the official photo ID | Sent electronically through the Business Service Portal (§ 5 Abs. 2 WiEReG) | A new company's WiEReG filing is due within 4 weeks of its first Firmenbuch entry |
For a GmbH & Co KG or a holding GmbH, the GmbH itself follows one of the first three rows. Sources: GmbHG, WiEReG and BWG in the Austrian Federal Legal Information System (RIS); Business Service Portal; WKO checklist. Law as at 28 September 2026.
How we handle your information
Your answers go to info@gmbh-austria.com and are used to prepare our reply. This form collects no card data and no identity documents: payment is made later against an invoice, and documents are requested over a secure link. How we keep and delete data is set out in our Privacy Policy.
Questions about the form
Why does the form ask so many questions?
Each answer changes the work. The number of shareholders, a company as shareholder, where the managing directors live and the route you choose decide which documents the register court and the bank will ask for. With the full picture we can reply with a concrete scope instead of a round of follow-up questions.
Is submitting the questionnaire binding?
No. Sending the questionnaire commits you to nothing. We read your answers and reply by email with a written proposal, and work starts only after you confirm that proposal. If your plans change in the meantime, tell us, or simply do not reply. Your answers are then used for nothing else.
What if I do not know an answer yet?
Leave the optional fields empty and choose the closest option in the required ones, such as "Just exploring" for the timeline. Company names, share capital and services can all be settled later by email. If you are not ready for the full questionnaire, send a short message instead.
Why do you ask me to confirm the source of funds?
The bank that holds the share capital must identify you under the Finanzmarkt-Geldwäschegesetz, and the company's beneficial owners are reported to the WiEReG register. Your confirmation tells us at the start that you can show where the capital comes from. The documents themselves are requested later, over a secure link, never through this form.