Trade registration without an office: which address do you need?

For trade registration you usually do not need your own office room, but a location where the authority can reach you. Heinzle Immobilien GmbH in Altach rents a registered office for it: €99 a month excl. VAT, €82.50 paid yearly. We take in the post. Cancel monthly.

Many self-employed people start without an office. Here is how registration usually works in that case.

As of October 2026

Trade registration without an office: which address do you need?

At a glance

Provider
Heinzle Immobilien GmbH
Location
Altach, Vorarlberg, Austria
Price
€99 a month excl. VAT paid monthly, €82.50 a month excl. VAT paid yearly (€990 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
Yes, as the registered seat for trade registration and the company register, with the owner's declaration of consent. Whether it is enough in your case is for your tax adviser.

Do I need an office for trade registration?

  • You usually need a location where the authority can reach you, not necessarily your own office room
  • If your trade has premises, such as a workshop or a restaurant, additional rules usually apply
  • Whether your trade is free or regulated is clarified beforehand, free of charge, by the WKO founder service

Trade registration in three steps

  • 1. You rent the address and receive written confirmation that you may use the location
  • 2. You register the trade at the district authority or online via the business service portal
  • 3. You enter the same address everywhere the authority needs to be able to reach you

Home address or rented address?

  • For a sole proprietorship any address where post reliably arrives is usually enough, including your home address
  • Many do not want their private address in the publicly viewable trade register and therefore rent an address
  • Your decision depends on how visible your private address may be

What you get from us

  • An address in Altach, Vorarlberg, with a building, reception and mail handling
  • The written confirmation for your registration, in the Firmensitz package also the owner's declaration of consent for the company register
  • Post scanned by email or collected, company name on the letterbox
  • 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.

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 original letters forwarded a month
Book Business address

For founding a company

Registered office

For the company register and trade registration.

€99net / month

cancel monthly

  • Everything in Business address
  • Registered seat for the company register and trade
  • An address that can receive official service
  • Up to 5 original 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 do I register my trade at a rented address?

Usually in three steps: you rent the address and receive written confirmation that you may use the location. With that you register the trade at the district authority or online via the business service portal. Then you enter the same address everywhere the authority needs to be able to reach you. Which documents are required varies by trade and by authority. The WKO's free founder advice will confirm it beforehand.

Which address do I need for trade registration?

For trade registration you need a location where the authority can reach you. That may be your home address, but it does not have to be. Many founders would rather not have their private address in the public trade register and rent a business address instead.

Can I have a registered office without my own office?

Usually yes: the seat is the address at which your company can be reached, not necessarily an office where you work. What matters is that post reliably arrives there and is accepted. In Altach that is a building with a reception. The registered office costs €99 a month excl. VAT, €82.50 paid yearly. Your tax adviser confirms whether that is enough in your case.

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