Company number for social security notifications assigned on request

Please apply for your company number electronically. You can submit the application yourself or instruct a third party to do so, for example a tax consultant.

• Go to the online application on the Federal Employment Agency website.
• Answer the initial questions in the selection fields and follow the online form through the rest of the application process.
• In most cases, the company number will be assigned and displayed immediately.
• In addition, the employer will receive a postal confirmation of the company number and the saved master data.

Note: If there are changes to the master data or the business closes, you must notify the Federal Employment Agency electronically without delay. As a rule, your payroll accounting software automatically triggers a corresponding notification to the Federal Employment Agency as soon as you enter the relevant changes in the master data.

More information

Please always use the company number of the company in which the employee concerned actually works in the social security notifications. If there are any changes to the company master data provided when submitting the application, please submit the correct information to the Federal Employment Agency electronically without delay by entering it in your payroll accounting program or using a completion aid. Incorrect use of the company number or late/failed notification of changes may constitute an administrative offense.

• You must provide the following minimum information:
  
  • the name used by the employing company in legal transactions, including any additions to the legal form,
  • unregistered civil law partnership: first and last names of the partners,
  • sole proprietorship not entered in the commercial register: First name and surname of the employer,
  • private household: first name and surname of the head of household,
  • the employment address, i.e. the current address of the employing company at which the employees actually work,
  • if necessary, a different address to be used for postal delivery,
  • additional communication channels such as telephone number, fax or e-mail address,
  • the economic focus of the employing company,
  • the accident insurance company number for the company to which the employing company belongs,
  • Contact person (name, function, telephone number) for queries regarding the notification procedure
  • this can also be the contact details of a contracted service provider, e.g. a tax consultancy,
  • if another employment company within the company registers the employees for social insurance: the name, address and company number of this office.

  As a rule, however, the company number service of the Federal Employment Agency does not require any written proof in order to process your application.

• Application for the issue of an establishment number
  

free of charge

What deadlines must be paid attention to?

Special rule for companies subject to immediate registration: If your company belongs to one of the following sectors, you will need the establishment number for registration at the latest when the first employee starts work:
- Construction,
- Catering and accommodation,
- passenger transportation,
- freight forwarding, transportation and related logistics,
- the fairground industry,
- forestry,
- building cleaning industry,
- Companies involved in the construction and dismantling of trade fairs and exhibitions,
- meat industry
- prostitution industry,
- Guard and security industry
6 weeks As a rule: As an employer, you must report employment subject to compulsory insurance within 6 weeks of starting. You will need a company number by then at the latest.

How long does it take to process

In most cases, the company number is displayed immediately when you apply electronically.

• § 18i Sozialgesetzbuch Viertes Buch (SGB IV)
• § 18k Sozialgesetzbuch Viertes Buch (SGB IV)
• § 18l Sozialgesetzbuch Viertes Buch (SGB IV)
• § 18m Sozialgesetzbuch Viertes Buch (SGB IV)
• § 18n Sozialgesetzbuch Viertes Buch (SGB IV)
• § 28a Sozialgesetzbuch Viertes Buch (SGB IV)
• Section 18k of Book IV of the Social Code (SGB IV)
• Section 28a of Book IV of the Social Code (SGB IV)
• Section 18i of Book IV of the Social Code (SGB IV)
• Section 18l of Book IV of the Social Code (SGB IV)
• Section 18m of Book IV of the Social Code (SGB IV)
• Section 18n of Book IV of the Social Code (SGB IV)

• Decision-making flowchart of the Federal Employment Agency on the allocation of company numbers
• Social Security Information Portal for Employers
• Federal Employment Agency Handbook on Electronic Notifications of Changes and Stock Levels
• Information about the company number on the Federal Employment Agency’s website
• Guidance from the Federal Employment Agency on the principles governing the allocation of a company number