Welcome to the Finnish Trade Register
The Finnish Trade Register is a public register that contains information on traders and businesses. The majority of businesses are limited liability companies and private traders. The register contains official details of businesses all over Finland. Read more about the Trade Register.
Are you starting a business?
Do you need help with choosing a company form? Do you need help with practical arrangements of starting a business?
Read more about other service providers offering help for starting a business.
Trade Register’s advisory service provides advice in matters relating to notifications and applications to be filed with the Trade Register.
Read more about the Advisory service of the Trade Register.
How to file a notification to the Trade Register
Are you starting a business? Are you changing your business details? Are you closing down your company?
Choose the type of notification and the correct company form in the left-hand menu for further instructions. Online notification is easier and faster than sending paper notifications. Please note however that the online service is only available in Finnish and in Swedish.
For more information about filing notifications with the Finnish VAT Register, Prepayment Register and Employer Register, visit the website of the Finnish Tax Administration at www.vero.fi.
Are you looking for information about businesses?
The Virre Information Service provides instant Trade Register information in electronic form.
Documents available in English include:
- translated information from the Trade Register extract
- the registration certificate
You can also make searches in English. Some information, for example financial statements, is available either in Finnish or in Swedish.
Read more about the Virre Information Service.
See our estimated processing times for notifications
Each month, we estimate how long we will process notifications and then publish the estimated processing times on our website. See our estimated processing times.
Monitor the progress of your notification online
Monitor the progress of your notification using the notification search in the Virre Information Service. Search by using the Business ID or the record number. Go to the notification search in Virre.
Current affairs
- Online registration available for private traders from 1 March 2017 02.03.2017
- PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration 19.06.2019
- Limited liability companies and co-operatives: Submit your financial statements by 25 September 2019 to avoid deregistration 12.06.2019
- The Nordic Smart Government project meets the Government Programme’s objectives on making use of financial information 10.06.2019