Use Case · Tax Advisors
Client documents on autopilot.
An end to tedious register work: current commercial register excerpts, shareholder lists, and articles of association land in the client file automatically — or straight in your AI agent.
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At a glance
The handelsregister.ai API delivers current register documents for your clients — fully automatically.
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Documents: Current excerpt (AD), chronological excerpt (CD), shareholder list, articles of association, and structured register data — as PDFs straight from the commercial register.
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Retrieval: Two steps: search the company by name or registration number, download the document via API — fully automatable, for example during onboarding or as a recurring job.
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Integration: Into practice software and DMS via REST API — or into AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini via the MCP server.
The tedious routine
Manual chores you can automate away completely
Annual accounts, shareholder changes, bank meetings: firms constantly need current register documents — and still collect them by hand.
Manual portal lookups
Searching the register portal client by client, requesting and downloading documents — across dozens or hundreds of clients this adds up to hours every week.
Outdated documents on file
New managing directors, new shareholders, or a relocated registered office surface only when the file is already stale. The risk: decisions based on outdated data.
No connection to practice software
Downloaded PDFs must be renamed, filed, and matched to the right client record manually — error-prone and impossible to scale.
How it works
From client name to official document — in three steps
Set it up once and retrieval runs by itself — no portal research, no manual work.
Connect your clients
Specify once which clients you want to keep an eye on — simply by company name or registration number.
Documents arrive automatically
Current register excerpts, shareholder lists, and articles of association come straight from the commercial register — as PDFs, in seconds.
Filed automatically
Every document lands properly named with the right client — in your DMS, your practice software, or your archive.
The impact
Hours back for actual advisory work
What automated retrieval means compared to manual portal research — calculated conservatively.
0 min
active time per document — the agent takes over
20+ hrs
won back per quarter with 250 clients
24/7
retrieval runs in the background — even at night
Active time per document
Active effort per quarter
Example calculation: one document per client per quarter; avg. 5 minutes per manual retrieval (portal login, search, request, download, filing). With handelsregister.ai, retrieval runs fully automatically in the background after a one-time setup — active time per document is practically zero. Your actual savings depend on portfolio and process.
Available documents
Every register document. At the push of a button.
From the current excerpt to the articles of association: every document comes official and current from the commercial register — for each of your clients.
Current excerpt (AD)
PDFThe current commercial register excerpt: management, registered office, capital, signing authority — the standard for annual accounts, bank meetings, and client onboarding.
Chronological excerpt (CD)
PDFThe complete history of all register entries — ideal for tracing shareholder changes and renamings over time.
Shareholder list
PDFThe current shareholder list from the register folder — the authoritative basis for ownership structures, e.g. for German GmbH compliance checks.
Articles of association
PDFThe deposited articles of association — relevant for conversions, share transfers, and corporate-law advisory.
Structured register data
DataRegister content as machine-readable data — ideal for automatically reconciling master data with your practice software.
Transparent cost per document, no hidden fees. See pricing
Your benefits
What firms gain with the API
Hours instead of days
Fetch documents for the entire client portfolio in one run — instead of working through the portal client by client.
Always the latest state
Retrievals come directly from the commercial register. Scheduled jobs keep client files current without anyone lifting a finger.
Seamless integration
Connects with practice software, DMS, and AI agents — no isolated tools, no media breaks.
Predictable costs
You pay per document retrieved — transparent, predictable, no surprises.
Custom solution
Prefer everything done for you? We build your agent.
For firms with specific requirements, we develop custom end-to-end agents: from automatic document retrieval to filing in your systems to ready-made reporting. Nothing off the shelf — tailored exactly to your workflow and designed together with you.
- Joint analysis of your workflow
- Custom development of your agent
- Integration into your existing systems
FAQ
Frequently asked questions from tax advisors
You receive the current excerpt (AD), the chronological excerpt (CD), the shareholder list, the articles of association, and structured register data. All documents are delivered as PDFs, register data optionally machine-readable.
Documents are obtained directly from the German commercial register at the time of retrieval. Repeated requests for the same document are cached for up to 24 hours so you never pay twice.
Yes. The German commercial register is a public register — excerpts, shareholder lists, and articles of association are open to everyone. No power of attorney from the client is required.
handelsregister.ai can be connected from practically any environment — from automation tools like Power Automate or n8n to your IT team's own tooling. Retrieved PDFs land automatically in your DMS; all technical details are in the API documentation.
A document retrieval costs 15 credits, a company search 1 credit. Credits are available through monthly plans or one-time packages — see the pricing page for details.
Yes. Once connected, a scheduled run — for example quarterly or ahead of the annual accounts — fetches the documents for all clients one after another. Your files stay current without anyone having to think about it.
Yes. handelsregister.ai ships a ready-made connection for AI agents (MCP server). It lets Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini access commercial register data and documents directly — for example fetching a client's current excerpt on request. Setup is described in the documentation.
Yes, on request. Beyond the API, we develop custom end-to-end agents tailored exactly to your workflow — from requirements analysis to integration into your systems. These solutions always start with a conversation: just write to us at [email protected].
Put your client files on autopilot
Sign up, create an API key, fetch your first document — within minutes and with zero setup overhead.
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