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HottScan GmbH GmbH

Köln ·HRB 89490 Köln

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Overview

Legal form: GmbH
Address: Von-Hünefeld-Straße 3
50829 Köln
Commercial register: HRB 89490, Köln
Registration date: April 14, 2016
Purpose: die Entwicklung und der Vertrieb von Hard- und Software.

Financials

Employees 2024

Total assets 2024

569.327 €

Net income 2024

−32.713 €

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Balance sheet

2024

Assets 569,3 k

Current Assets 99,2 % 564,9 k
Prepaid Expenses 0,8 % 4,4 k

Liabilities and Equity 569,3 k

Equity 66,2 % 376,9 k
Liabilities 26,1 % 148,5 k
Accrued Expenses 7,1 % 40,5 k
Provisions 0,6 % 3,5 k

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Balance sheet data available for 3 earlier fiscal years.

Authorized representatives

Guido Marenbach since 2026 Managing Director
Richard Peter Adams since 2016 Managing Director

Ownership & holdings

Shareholders

Karl-Heinz Hottgenroth 80.0 % 20k €
P***** S****** 20.0 % 5k €

Ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs)

1 hold ≥ 25%

K*** H****** ≥25% 80.0 %

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History

2026
25.03.

Member entry

Guido Marenbach · Managing Director
2016
12.12.

Change of bylaws

HottScan GmbH
12.12.

Change of purpose

die Entwicklung und der Vertrieb von Hard- und Software.
12.12.

Change of representation scheme

Ist nur ein Geschäftsführer bestellt, so vertritt er die Gesellschaft allein. Sind mehrere Geschäftsführer bestellt, so wird die Gesellschaft durch zwei Geschäftsführer oder durch einen Geschäftsführer gemeinsam mit einem Prokuristen vertreten.
12.12.

Change of address

HottScan GmbH
12.12.

Incorporation

HottScan GmbH
12.12.

Member entry

Richard Peter Adams · Managing Director
12.12.

Change of share capital

HottScan GmbH

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Part 2 / 2

Raw data & documents

Original filings, full-text markdown and PDFs — full content via the API.

Annual statements (full text)

Published reports as markdown — including management report, balance sheet, P&L and appendix.

2024 Jahresabschluss
2023 Jahresabschluss ↓
2022 Jahresabschluss
2021 Jahresabschluss

Previous year — readable in full

Jahresabschluss 2023

Published January 29, 2025 · Source: Bundesanzeiger

HottScan GmbH

Köln

Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.01.2023 bis zum 31.12.2023

Bilanz

Aktiva
	31.12.2023 EUR	31.12.2022 EUR
A. Umlaufvermögen	593.273,76	508.300,41
I. Vorräte	35.478,58	39.776,75
II. Forderungen und sonstige Vermögensgegenstände	247.190,57	89.310,96
davon mit einer Restlaufzeit von mehr als einem Jahr	11.102,79
III. Kassenbestand, Bundesbankguthaben, Guthaben bei Kreditinstituten und Schecks	310.604,61	379.212,70
B. Rechnungsabgrenzungsposten	7.701,00
Aktiva	600.974,76	508.300,41

Passiva
	31.12.2023 EUR	31.12.2022 EUR
A. Eigenkapital	409.605,09	339.992,61
I. Gezeichnetes Kapital	25.000,00	25.000,00
II. Gewinnvortrag	314.992,61	238.691,64
III. Jahresüberschuss	69.612,48	76.300,97
B. Rückstellungen	3.300,00	35.579,58
C. Verbindlichkeiten	153.594,51	110.238,47
davon mit einer Restlaufzeit bis zu einem Jahr	153.594,51	110.238,47
D. Rechnungsabgrenzungsposten	34.475,16	22.489,75
Passiva	600.974,76	508.300,41

Anhang

Allgemeine Angaben zum Jahresabschluss

Der Jahresabschluss wurde nach den Vorschriften der §§ 242 ff. HGB aufgestellt.

Größenabhängige Erleichterungen bei der Erstellung des Jahresabschlusses wurden in Anspruch genommen.

Die Gesellschaft wird im Handelsregister beim Amtsgericht Köln unter HRB 89490 geführt.

Angaben zu Bilanzierungs- und Bewertungsmethoden

Bilanzierungs- und Bewertungsgrundsätze

Die Vorräte wurden zu Anschaffungs- bzw. Herstellungskosten angesetzt. Sofern die Tageswerte am Bilanzstichtag niedriger waren, wurden diese angesetzt.

Forderungen wurden unter Berücksichtigung aller erkennbaren Risiken bewertet.

Die sonstigen Rückstellungen wurden für alle weiteren ungewissen Verbindlichkeiten gebildet. Dabei wurden alle erkennbaren Risiken berücksichtigt.

Verbindlichkeiten wurden zum Erfüllungsbetrag angesetzt.

Gegenüber dem Vorjahr abweichende Bilanzierungs- und Bewertungsmethoden

Beim Jahresabschluss konnten die bisher angewandten Bilanzierungs- und Bewertungsmethoden im Wesentlichen übernommen werden.

Ein grundlegender Wechsel von Bilanzierungs- und Bewertungsmethoden gegenüber dem Vorjahr fand nicht statt.

Angaben zur Bilanz

Angabe zu Restlaufzeitvermerken

Der Betrag der Verbindlichkeiten mit einer Restlaufzeit bis zu einem Jahr beträgt 153.594,51 EUR (Vorjahr: 110.238,47 EUR).

Sonstige Angaben

Durchschnittliche Zahl der während des Geschäftsjahrs beschäftigten Arbeitnehmer

Die durchschnittliche Zahl der während des Geschäftsjahres im Unternehmen beschäftigten Arbeitnehmer betrug 8.

sonstige Berichtsbestandteile

Köln, 05.11.2024

gez. Richard Adams (Geschäftsführer)

Angaben zur Feststellung:
Der Jahresabschluss wurde am 05.11.2024 festgestellt.

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Register documents

PDF documents straight from the court register — fetched on demand via the :code endpoint.

Current extract (AD)
Chronological extract (CD)
Structured content (SI, XML)
Shareholders list
Articles of association

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Website content

Structured markdown rendering of the company's public website — perfect for enrichment and AI pipelines.

Website snapshot (auto-discovered) AI

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Live API

GEThandelsregister.ai/api/v1/fetch-organization

?q=78aafd9d23a2f691783f287bfe356cd9

&features=financial_kpi

&features=balance_sheet_accounts

&features=related_persons

&features=shareholders

&features=ubos

&features=history

&features=annual_financial_statements__html

curl -H 'X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  "https://handelsregister.ai/api/v1/fetch-organization?q=78aafd9d23a2f691783f287bfe356cd9&features=financial_kpi&features=balance_sheet_accounts&features=related_persons&features=shareholders&features=ubos&features=history&features=annual_financial_statements__html"

# pip install handelsregister
from handelsregister import Handelsregister

client = Handelsregister(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")  # or set HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY
organization = client.fetch_organization(
    q="78aafd9d23a2f691783f287bfe356cd9",
    features=[
        "financial_kpi",
        "balance_sheet_accounts",
        "related_persons",
        "shareholders",
        "ubos",
        "history",
        "annual_financial_statements__html",
    ],
)
print(organization["name"])

// npm install handelsregister
import { Handelsregister } from 'handelsregister';

const client = new Handelsregister('YOUR_API_KEY'); // or set HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY
const organization = await client.fetchOrganization({
  q: '78aafd9d23a2f691783f287bfe356cd9',
  features: [
    'financial_kpi',
    'balance_sheet_accounts',
    'related_persons',
    'shareholders',
    'ubos',
    'history',
    'annual_financial_statements__html',
  ],
});
console.log(organization.name);

// npm install handelsregister
const { Handelsregister } = require('handelsregister');

const client = new Handelsregister(process.env.HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY);
(async () => {
  const organization = await client.fetchOrganization({
    q: '78aafd9d23a2f691783f287bfe356cd9',
    features: [
      'financial_kpi',
      'balance_sheet_accounts',
      'related_persons',
      'shareholders',
      'ubos',
      'history',
      'annual_financial_statements__html',
    ],
  });
  console.log(organization.name);
})();

{
    "entity_id": "<32-char hex>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "status": "<enum: ACTIVE | TERMINATED | DISSOLVED | INSOLVENT>",
    "legal_form": "<string>",
    "address": {
        "house_number": "<string>",
        "street": "<string>",
        "postal_code": "<string>",
        "city": "<string>",
        "county": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>",
        "country": "<ISO country>",
        "coordinates": {
            "latitude": "<float>",
            "longitude": "<float>"
        }
    },
    "registration": {
        "court": "<string>",
        "register_type": "<string>",
        "register_number": "<string>"
    },
    "registration_date": "<ISO date>",
    "purpose": "<string>",
    "keywords": [],
    "products_and_services": [],
    "contact_data": {
        "website": null,
        "phone_number": null,
        "email": null
    },
    "industry_classification": {
        "WZ2008": []
    },
    "ubos": {
        "beneficial_owners": [
            {
                "person": {
                    "entity_id": "<32-char hex>",
                    "name": "<string>",
                    "birth_date": null,
                    "name_parts": {
                        "given": "<string>",
                        "family": "<string>",
                        "canonical_name": "<string>"
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "home": {
                            "city": "<string>",
                            "county": "<string>",
                            "state": "<string>",
                            "country": "<ISO country>"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "ownership_percentage": "<float>",
                "paths": [
                    {
                        "percentage": "<float>",
                        "via": []
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "unresolved_beneficial_owners": [],
        "coverage": {
            "resolved_percentage": "<float>",
            "unresolved_percentage": "<int>"
        }
    },
    "shareholders": {
        "total_capital": {
            "amount": "<float>",
            "currency": "<ISO currency>"
        },
        "entries": [
            {
                "shareholder": {
                    "entity_id": "<32-char hex>",
                    "first_name": "<string>",
                    "last_name": "<string>",
                    "birth_date": null,
                    "address": "<string>"
                },
                "contribution": {
                    "amount": "<float>",
                    "currency": "<ISO currency>"
                },
                "contribution_ratio": "<float>",
                "role": {
                    "label": "<string>",
                    "en": {
                        "long": "<string>",
                        "short": "<string>"
                    },
                    "de": {
                        "long": "<string>",
                        "short": "<string>"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "history": {
            "redacted": "<bool>"
        }
    },
    "representation_scheme": {
        "current": [
            "<string>"
        ],
        "history": [
            {
                "value": [
                    "<string>"
                ],
                "effective_from": "<string>",
                "effective_to": null
            }
        ]
    },
    "related_persons": {
        "current": [
            {
                "entity_id": "<32-char hex>",
                "label": "<string>",
                "role": {
                    "en": {
                        "long": "<string>",
                        "short": "<string>"
                    },
                    "de": {
                        "long": "<string>",
                        "short": "<string>"
                    }
                },
                "name": "<string>",
                "start_date": "<ISO date>",
                "end_date": null,
                "birth_date": null,
                "name_parts": {
                    "given": "<string>",
                    "family": "<string>",
                    "maiden": null,
                    "canonical_name": "<string>",
                    "previous_names": null
                },
                "location": {
                    "home": {
                        "city": "<string>"
                    }
                },
                "organization_representation_scheme": {
                    "current": [
                        "<string>"
                    ],
                    "history": [
                        {
                            "value": [
                                "<string>"
                            ],
                            "effective_from": "<string>",
                            "effective_to": null
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "role_representation_scheme": {
                    "current": [
                        "<string>"
                    ],
                    "history": [
                        {
                            "value": [
                                "<string>"
                            ],
                            "effective_from": "<string>",
                            "effective_to": null
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        ],
        "past": []
    },
    "annual_financial_statements__html": [
        {
            "document_type": "<string>",
            "document_date": "<ISO date>",
            "document_title": "<string>",
            "language": "<string>",
            "year": "<int>",
            "document_html": "<string>"
        }
    ],
    "shareholdings": null,
    "financial_kpi": [
        {
            "year": "<int>",
            "employees": "<int>",
            "active_total": "<float>",
            "revenue": null,
            "material_expenses": null,
            "personnel_expenses": null,
            "net_income": "<float>"
        }
    ],
    "profit_and_loss_account": [],
    "balance_sheet_accounts": [
        {
            "year": "<int>",
            "balance_sheet_accounts": [
                {
                    "name": {
                        "de": "<string>",
                        "en": "<string>",
                        "in_report": "<string>"
                    },
                    "value": "<float>",
                    "children": [
                        {
                            "name": {
                                "de": "<string>",
                                "en": "<string>",
                                "in_report": "<string>"
                            },
                            "value": "<float>",
                            "children": [
                                {
                                    "name": {
                                        "de": "<string>",
                                        "en": "<string>",
                                        "in_report": "<string>"
                                    },
                                    "value": "<float>",
                                    "children": []
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "capital": {
        "current": {
            "amount": "<float>",
            "currency": "<ISO currency>",
            "kind": "<string>"
        },
        "history": [
            {
                "value": {
                    "amount": "<float>",
                    "currency": "<ISO currency>",
                    "kind": "<string>"
                },
                "effective_from": "<string>",
                "effective_to": null
            }
        ]
    },
    "history": [
        {
            "entity_type": "<string>",
            "name": {
                "en": "<string>",
                "de": "<string>"
            },
            "description": {
                "short": {
                    "en": "<string>",
                    "de": "<string>"
                }
            },
            "start_date": "<ISO date>",
            "details": {
                "value": {
                    "@type": "<string>"
                },
                "linked_entities": {
                    "organization": {
                        "name": "<string>"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Base fields

entity_id string

Stable handelsregister.ai identifier (32-char hex string).

name string

Registered legal name of the entity.

status enum

ACTIVE, TERMINATED, DISSOLVED or INSOLVENT.

legal_form string

Legal form (GmbH, AG, KG, …) when available.

address object

Postal address with street, house_number, postal_code, city, county, state, country and coordinates.

registration object

registration_date date

Initial entry into the commercial register (ISO date).

purpose string

Stated business purpose (Unternehmensgegenstand).

representation_scheme object

General representation scheme: { current: [...], history: [...] } with effective_from/effective_to per version.

capital object

Registered capital: { current, history }. current carries amount, currency and kind (STAMMKAPITAL, GRUNDKAPITAL, HAFTSUMME, GENEHMIGTES_KAPITAL, BEDINGTES_KAPITAL, VARIABLES_KAPITAL — open enum); each history entry has value, effective_from and effective_to (null = still in force). change_amount on a history entry is unsigned and does not always equal the difference between two consecutive amounts, so derive increases and decreases from the amounts. Partnerships and other entities without registered capital return current: null and an empty history.

contact_data object

website, phone_number and email when available.

industry_classification object

Industry codes per WZ2008 and WZ2025 with labels.

keywords array<string>

Keywords derived from the business purpose.

products_and_services array<string>

Product and service descriptions when available.

history array<object>

Chronological log of all register changes (name, seat, capital, representation, …).

features=financial_kpi

financial_kpi array<object>

Per fiscal year: revenue, employees, active_total (balance-sheet total), net_income, material_expenses, personnel_expenses.

features=balance_sheet_accounts

balance_sheet_accounts array<object>

Per fiscal year: hierarchical balance-sheet line items from the published annual statement.

features=profit_and_loss_account

profit_and_loss_account array<object>

Per fiscal year: hierarchical profit-and-loss line items.

features=related_persons

related_persons object

Authorized representatives: { current: [...], past: [...] } — managing directors, board members, signatories. Each person carries organization_representation_scheme and role_representation_scheme (current scheme + history).

features=shareholders

shareholders object

Shareholders: { total_capital, entries: [...], history: { current_as_of, past: [...] } }. Each entry carries shareholder, contribution, contribution_ratio and role; history.past delivers previous shareholder lists with an as_of date. total_capital, contribution and contribution_ratio may be null (e.g. for partnerships).

features=ubos

ubos object

Ultimate beneficial owners: { beneficial_owners, unresolved_beneficial_owners, coverage } as recorded in the transparency register.

features=shareholdings

shareholdings object

Stakes this entity holds in others: { holdings: { current: [...] }, summary }. Each holding links another organization by entity_id.

features=publications

publications array<object>

Official commercial-register publications (date, title, full text).

features=annual_financial_statements__html

annual_financial_statements__html array<object>

Published annual statements with document_html (rendered HTML), document_type, document_title, document_date, language and year.

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Key figures Revenue, employee count, total assets, net income — per fiscal year.
Authorized representatives Current and former managing directors, board members, signatories — with roles and date ranges.
Publications Official commercial register publications including date and full text.
Gesellschafter Current shareholder structure with stakes and contributions.
Wirtschaftlich Berechtigte (UBOs) Ultimate beneficial owners as recorded in the German transparency register.
Beteiligungen Stakes this company holds in other entities.
Bilanz Full balance sheet line items from published annual statements.
Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung P&L line items per fiscal year.
Jahresabschlüsse (HTML) Published annual financial statements rendered as HTML.
Insolvenzbekanntmachungen Notices from the official insolvency registers.
News Recent mentions of the company from external news sources.

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