Mail forwarding or business address: which fits when?

A post office forwarding order sends items from your old address to a new one, for one year at most. A business address is a permanent address for letterheads, legal notice and invoices. Heinzle Immobilien GmbH in Altach rents one for €59 a month excl. VAT, €53.10 paid yearly, with email scans.

Both make sure post reaches you. A forwarding order bridges a move, a business address stays. Here is what each one does.

As of October 2026

Mail forwarding or business address: which fits when?

At a glance

Provider
Heinzle Immobilien GmbH
Location
Altach, Vorarlberg, Austria
Price
€59 a month excl. VAT paid monthly, €53.10 a month excl. VAT paid yearly (€637.20 a year)
Term and cancellation
Paid monthly: cancel to the end of any month. Paid yearly: one contract year, cancel with one month's notice to its end. No setup fee, 14-day money-back guarantee.
Mail scan
Yes, email scan included in the price, or collect in person. Up to 5 original letters a month are forwarded.
Suitable for the company register
No, it is a postal address.

What is a mail forwarding order?

  • Austrian Post forwards letters sent to your previous address to a new one, within Austria or abroad
  • You choose the duration, one year at most. It is billed in periods of three months
  • Setting it up takes three working days. Order in good time, online or at a branch
  • It only covers items carried by Austrian Post. Parcels are forwarded within Austria only

Where a forwarding order reaches its limits

  • It is meant for a transition period. When it ends, post that cannot be delivered goes back to the sender
  • It does not change your address on letterheads, in your legal notice, in GISA or in the company register. You do that yourself
  • Items from other delivery services are not covered

What the business address does differently

  • A permanent street address in Altach for as long as your contract runs. Your company name is on the letterbox
  • We take in the post and scan it within 3 working days. We forward up to 5 original letters a month within Austria
  • The address stays even when you move. You change it only once

Which suits you?

  • Forwarding order: you are moving and do not want to lose post in the first months
  • Business address: you want an address that stays, wherever you live or work. For it you need a registered trade
  • Both together: when you switch to the Altach address, a forwarding order catches the post that still goes to the old one
  • Whether the address is enough in your case is best clarified beforehand with your tax adviser or the WKO founder service. That applies to any address, not only ours.

Thinking of a PO box instead? The comparison is in our guide PO box or business address.

Forwarding order and business address compared, as of October 2026
FeaturePost office forwarding orderBusiness address Altach
Durationone year at mostas long as the contract runs, cancel monthly
New address for letterheads and legal noticeNoYes, street address in Altach
Who takes in the postYou, at the new addressSomeone in the building
Email scanNoYes, included in the price
PricePost office fee per three-month period€59 a month excl. VAT, €53.10 paid yearly

For current forwarding order prices, see the post office. Whether an address is enough in your case is for your tax adviser.

Packages and prices

All prices net, plus 20 % VAT. No setup fee.

Business address

For post, your legal notice and invoices.

€59net / month

cancel monthly

  • Address in 6844 Altach
  • Your company name on the letterbox
  • Post taken in and scanned to PDF
  • Ready for collection
  • Up to 5 letters forwarded a month
Book Business address

For companies, also in formation

Registered office

As the seat in the company register.

€99net / month

cancel monthly

  • Everything in Business address
  • Registered seat in the company register, with the declaration of consent
  • Address for official mail
  • Up to 5 letters forwarded a month
Book Registered office

Monthly: cancel to the end of any month. Yearly: one month's notice to the end of the contract year. Original letters: up to 5 forwards a month free within Austria. Beyond that, and abroad, postage plus €2 per letter.

Frequently asked

How long does a post office forwarding order last?

As long as you choose, one year at most. The post office bills in periods of three months, and setting it up takes three working days. Only items the post office carries are forwarded. For an address that stays, there is the business address in Altach: €59 a month excl. VAT.

Is a forwarding order enough instead of a business address?

For a transition period yes, permanently no. A forwarding order sends post from the old address to your new one, but it gives you no new address for letterheads, legal notice or invoices. The business address in Altach is a permanent street address with email scans, €59 a month excl. VAT, €53.10 paid yearly.

What does a business address cost in Austria?

It depends on what is included. By published prices, a business address in Austria usually costs €45 to €160 a month excl. VAT, often plus a setup fee or deposit. A post office PO box is cheaper but not a street address. In Altach the business address is €59 a month excl. VAT, cancellable monthly with no minimum term, and if you rent a room here it is included anyway.

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