The business registration number (Betriebsnummer) is one of the most important numbers for payroll processing. Without it, your company cannot be registered in the payroll system. This article shows you how to apply for it via the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) website.
🔗 Link to the Website: https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/bno-prod/ui/antrag/hinweise
❗️The business registration number can only be applied for once your employers' liability insurance association membership number (BG-Mitgliedsnummer) is available.
1. Open the Federal Employment Agency website
Open the business registration number application on the Federal Employment Agency website and click through the introduction page.
2. Select applicant type
Since you are applying for the business registration number as a company, select the first option ("Unternehmen: Arbeitgeber/in oder von Arbeitgeber/in beauftragte(r) Arbeitnehmer/in").
3. Select the reason for application
In most cases, select the last option for both questions ("Keiner der oben genannten Fälle trifft zu" and "Nein Regelfall"). The other listed special cases do not typically apply to newly founded companies. If you are unsure which case applies to your company, feel free to reach out to us.
4. Provide social insurance notification details
Read through the options and select the one that applies to your company. In most cases, select the first option ("Es soll eine Meldung zur Sozialversicherung ...").
Under Wer meldet?, select Beschäftigungsbetrieb. If you are unsure whether this applies to your situation, feel free to reach out to us.
Enter the start date of employment for your employees. Then answer the question about whether there is another place of employment in the same municipality.
5. Enter company data
Fill in the remaining fields with your company's details:
Employers' liability insurance association number (Unternehmensnummer der Unfallversicherung): Enter the BG membership number you applied for previously.
Legal form (Rechtsform): Select the appropriate legal form and enter your company name.
Contact details and address (Kommunikationsdaten und Anschrift): Enter the contact details and address of your company.
Alternative postal address (Abweichende Anschrift): If a different postal address should be used for the delivery of the confirmation, enter it here.
6. Enter contact details
Enter the details of the contact person for the social insurance notification process.
7. Select industry
Describe the primary business activity of your company in your own words and click Branchenvorschläge ermitteln to select the appropriate industry.
8. Review and submit application
Review all details in the summary and submit the application.
