# Handelsregister API

## What it does
Provides structured German company data sourced from official registers and filings. The API combines Handelsregister, Unternehmensregister, Bundesanzeiger, GLEIF, and insolvency notices into one normalized response model.

## Core entities
- Company profile: legal name, legal form, status, court, register number, purpose, incorporation date.
- Officers and ownership: managing directors, board members, shareholders, representation rules, capital history.
- Financials: HGB balance sheet, profit and loss, notes, management report, derived ratios, trends.
- Documents: register extracts, shareholder lists, annual reports, announcements, structured files.
- Analysis: timeline, summary, risk scoring, benchmarking, comparison, exports.

## Main endpoints
- Search companies: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/search?q=volkswagen
- Get company: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen
- Company financials: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen/financials
- Company structure: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen/structure
- Company timeline: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen/timeline
- Company risk: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen/risk
- Company summary: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen/summary
- Benchmark: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen/benchmark
- Compare companies: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/compare?ids=ID1,ID2
- Export: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/company/HRB_12345_Muenchen/export
- Batch export: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/api/v1/export/batch?ids=ID1,ID2

## Commercial intent terms covered on the site
- Handelsregister API
- Unternehmensregister API
- Bundesanzeiger API
- deutsche Firmendaten API
- Jahresabschluss API
- Firmenbuch Deutschland API
- German company data API

## Discovery URLs
- Landing page: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/
- Swagger docs: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/docs
- OpenAPI schema: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/openapi.json
- Robots: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/robots.txt
- Sitemap: https://www.handelsunternehmensregister.de/sitemap.xml