Application for re-entry to the Finnish Trade Register or termination of liquidation (companies removed since 2023)
These instructions are intended for companies that have been removed from the Finnish Trade Register or ordered into liquidation starting since the beginning of 2023. Read more about the requirements for re-entry to the register or termination of liquidation.
Who can apply?
Only the company can apply for re-entry to the register or termination of liquidation. A creditor or authority cannot file the application.
The application should be signed by a board member, the managing director, the house manager or a representative appointed in a meeting of the shareholders or members of the co-operative. If the company is in liquidation, the application should be signed by the liquidator.
If an authorised person signs the application, enclose a copy of a special power of attorney or the original general power of attorney.
When to apply
Submit the application within one year of the PRH's decision to remove the company from the Finnish Trade Register or order it into liquidation. If the company was first removed from the register and then ordered into liquidation, the one-year deadline is counted from the decision to deregister the company.
The one-year deadline is counted from the entry into force of the Act on 1 January 2025 if the decision was made before that.
How to apply or complete your pending application
You can submit the application or send the requested details on our online form.
Select on the online form the matter your application concerns:
- Re-entry to the Finnish Trade Register
- Termination of liquidation and re-entry to the Finnish Trade Register
- Termination of liquidation
- Completion to application
Confirm in the application that the company has not been dissolved and that its assets have not been distributed in the liquidation procedure.
If the deregistered company had registered auxiliary company names, select on the online form whether the auxiliary company names will be registered again or deregistered. You must pay a separate handling fee for filing auxiliary company names. It is not possible to file new auxiliary company names together with the application.
Use a separate personal data form to provide the contact person’s details.
Use separate forms to supplement or correct the details in the Finnish Trade Register. Attach the forms to the online form. Please note that a dissolved company cannot submit the details via the online service at ytj.fi.
You must pay the handling fees in advance.
Documents to be enclosed
Enclose the following documents with your application:
- Financial statements of the limited liability company or co-operative for the three most recent financial periods if they have not already been filed with the Finnish Trade Register. Enclose the required financial statement documents and the notification forms for each financial period.
- Personal data form with the contact person’s details. Open: Personal data form
- If necessary, a notification of changes in which the company files the missing or corrected details with the Finnish Trade Register. File the notification of changes using form Y4, appendix form 13, and the personal data form. Enclose the decisions of the elections, such as a copy or an extract of the minutes of the general meeting. Go to ytj.fi: Read the instructions and download form Y4 and appendix form 13.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen
- Notification of beneficial owners of the limited liability company or co-operative if the beneficial owner details have not yet been submitted or have changed. Open: Notification of actual beneficial owners
- Receipt for the handling fee you have paid
Further information:
- How to file a notification of beneficial owners
- Our instructions on how to file a notification of changes with the Finnish Trade Register are available by company type in the menu.
How to file your application or completion using online forms
Log in to the online formAvautuu uuteen välilehteen “
To log in, you need to have a Finnish personal identity code and one of the following: personal internet banking codes, a mobile certificate, or a certificate card.
Fill in the online form. Attach the receipt for the payment of the handling fees, the personal data form and other required documents in PDF format. Remember to send the application or completion to receive a confirmation that the details have been sent to the Finnish Trade Register.
Fees
The handling fee for the application is 370 euros.
The handling fee for an auxiliary company name is 75 euros per name.
Pay the handling fee in advance and enclose the receipt with your application. Read our payment instructions.
Monitor the progress of your application
You can monitor the processing status of your application to the PRH and Trade Register notifications using the notification search in the Virre Information Service. Go to the Virre Information ServiceAvautuu uuteen välilehteen.
We will send a Trade Register extract to the address of the contact person or company as soon as the company has been re-entered in the Finnish Trade Register.
After the re-entry: keep the details up to date
If the PRH re-enters the company in the Finnish Trade Register, the company must keep its details up to date in the register.
If necessary, submit a notification of changes in the online service at ytj.fi in Finnish or Swedish. See our instructions by company type in the menu.