Companies in Liechtenstein

Companies in the narrow sense — the Aktiengesellschaft, the GmbH and the Societas Europaea — are not Liechtenstein's largest group by number, but they are the most familiar. The Aktiengesellschaft under Art. 261 ff. PGR requires a minimum capital of CHF 50,000 and is represented by its board of directors; the GmbH under Art. 389 ff. PGR requires CHF 30,000 and is represented by its managing directors. In both, only the company's own assets are liable.

Every registered company carries a register number of the form FL-0001.234.567-8. It is stable across the entity's whole life, even when the name changes, the seat moves or the legal form is converted — which makes it the only dependable way to tell two identically named entities apart.

Each profile carries the name, legal form, seat, purpose, capital, the organs with their signing authority, and the events from the Official Gazette. Anyone looking to incorporate will find the binding requirements at the Office of Justice; this directory shows what is already on the register.