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As an employer, you must register your employees who are subject to social insurance contributions. You will need a company number for this.
As soon as you employ the first person subject to compulsory insurance, you must apply for a company number for the company in which the person works.
The company number is usually issued by the Federal Employment Agency upon electronic application. A customer data record is created for you in which your company master data is registered. The social insurance institutions can then use the company number to assign the notifications to the health, pension and unemployment insurance schemes to your employment company.
One or more company numbers?
Registered office abroad
If you are an employer based abroad, you may need a company number - if you have to report workers employed in Germany to the German social security system. This could be sales staff or customer advisors working from home, for example.
Special rules for private households, miners and shipping companies
You employ an employee subject to compulsory insurance for the first time in the relevant employing company.
You must provide the following minimum information:
As a rule, however, the company number service of the Federal Employment Agency does not require any written proof in order to process your application.
Please apply for your company number electronically. You can submit the application yourself or commission someone else to do so, for example a tax consultant.
Note: If there are changes to the master data or the business closes, you must notify the Federal Employment Agency electronically without delay. As a rule, your payroll accounting software automatically triggers a corresponding notification to the Federal Employment Agency as soon as you enter the relevant changes in the master data.
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In most cases, the company number is displayed immediately when you apply electronically.
Please always use the company number of the company in which the employee concerned actually works in the social security notifications. If there are any changes to the company master data provided when submitting the application, please submit the correct information to the Federal Employment Agency electronically without delay by entering it in your payroll accounting program or using a completion aid. Incorrect use of the company number or late/failed notification of changes may constitute an administrative offense.
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As an employer, you are obliged to register your employees with social insurance.