POT GmbH & Co. KG, a Bielefeld partnership
A German limited partnership with its registered seat in Bielefeld, managed by POT Verwaltungs-GmbH and entered at Amtsgericht Bielefeld under HRA 17064. This site states the legal form, the register facts, and the business areas we cover for partners, clients, and compliance reviewers.
Amtsgericht Bielefeld · HRA 17064
POT Verwaltungs-GmbH
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
Goldstraße 16-18, 33602 Bielefeld
Four co-ordinates carry the legal identity: the register court, the register number, the registered seat, and the general partner. Everything else on this site is built on top of them.
A limited partnership with a GmbH as general partner
A GmbH & Co. KG is a German legal form that combines a partnership with a private limited company. The partners with limited liability (Kommanditisten) contribute capital but do not manage day-to-day business. The general partner (Komplementär) runs the company and carries liability. At POT GmbH & Co. KG that general partner is POT Verwaltungs-GmbH, the entity that handles management and representation.
The structure is common in German mid-sized business because it separates operational control from investor liability. It also means that anyone verifying the company will look at two entries: the KG itself and the managing GmbH.
POT GmbH & Co. KG
HRA 17064 · Amtsgericht Bielefeld
POT Verwaltungs-GmbH
Registered as its own HRB entry
Where the company sits: Bielefeld and the register court
The registered seat (Sitz der Gesellschaft) is Bielefeld, and the responsible register court is Amtsgericht Bielefeld, which maintains the commercial register for the region. Bielefeld sits in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region and has a dense base of logistics, engineering, and services firms, which shapes the local partner network a company like this operates in. For anyone checking the register, the combination of court and register number is what makes the entry unambiguous.
HRA 17064 at Amtsgericht Bielefeld
The commercial register entry for POT GmbH & Co. KG is filed under number HRA 17064 at Amtsgericht Bielefeld. HRA is the register division for partnerships, as opposed to HRB, which covers corporations such as the managing GmbH. The entry records the company name, legal form, registered seat, business address, general partner, and the representation rules. You can cross-check these facts through the Handelsregister and the Unternehmensregister, which also publishes original filings. We keep the register details on this site aligned with what those sources show.
What POT GmbH & Co. KG does
The company's registered business purpose defines the range of activities it may carry out, and that purpose is what business partners should read before entering into an agreement. In practice, a GmbH & Co. KG in Bielefeld typically handles trading, services, or project-based work under a defined scope, with the general partner managing execution. If your enquiry falls outside the registered purpose, we will say so directly rather than stretch the scope.
Trading and services under a defined scope
The registered purpose is the boundary of what the company may do. Commercial work is agreed inside that boundary, and the general partner manages day-to-day execution. Partners who need the operational detail should read the capabilities page before scoping a contract, because it sets out how each area is handled and what falls outside it.
Review our capabilitiesProject work
Scoped work with a start, a defined deliverable, and a named signatory on the partnership side.
Partner supply
Ongoing supply relationships with local firms across Ostwestfalen-Lippe.
How partners usually work with us
Most enquiries arrive from other companies: suppliers checking who they are dealing with, clients preparing a contract, or compliance teams running onboarding checks. Because the company is a partnership with a managing GmbH, contracts are signed by the general partner's authorised representatives. The sequence below is the route most enquiries take.
POT Verwaltungs-GmbH
General partner (Komplementär)
Management, representation, and liability for the partnership's obligations
A separate HRB entry with its own registered details
The Komplementär: POT Verwaltungs-GmbH
POT Verwaltungs-GmbH is the general partner and therefore the entity that manages POT GmbH & Co. KG and represents it externally. It carries liability for the partnership's obligations, which is the practical difference between this structure and a plain limited partnership.
When you verify the KG in the register, the entry points to the managing GmbH, and that GmbH has its own HRB entry with its own registered details. Reviewers who need the full picture should look at both records together. If you are assembling an onboarding file, both extracts belong in it.
A short note on naming: POT, Pott, and register matching
Bielefeld has more than one company with a similar-sounding name. There is, for example, a Pott GmbH in the city registered under Amtsgericht Bielefeld HRB 34204, whose listed purpose is the trade, installation, and maintenance of consumer-electronics products. That is a different legal entity from POT GmbH & Co. KG. The lesson is simple: match on the exact legal name plus the register number, not on a search result that looks close.
| Company | Register number | Register court | Listed purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| POT GmbH & Co. KG | HRA 17064 | Amtsgericht Bielefeld | The partnership described on this site |
| Pott GmbH | HRB 34204 | Amtsgericht Bielefeld | Trade, installation, and maintenance of consumer-electronics products |
If you are confirming a contract, quote HRA 17064 together with Amtsgericht Bielefeld. A register number alone is unique only inside one court's jurisdiction, and a near-match on a company name is not an identity.
Reading register extracts: current, historical, and document-based
Register extracts come in different forms depending on what you need. For onboarding and contracting, a current extract is usually enough. For due diligence on a long-running company, the historical version matters more, because it reveals address changes, management changes, and status shifts that a snapshot hides.
Structured register data and why it helps
The German register system is unusually friendly to anyone doing verification work. Some records are exposed as structured content, which is easier to compare across companies than a scanned page. That makes it practical to check a name, a register number, or a status as part of an onboarding workflow, and it reduces the chance of misreading a scanned document. For a company like POT GmbH & Co. KG, that means partners can verify the core facts quickly and then move on to the commercial conversation.
Publication history runs alongside the entity record: the public announcements that mark new management, changed representation rules, address updates, and status changes over time.
Follow the disclosure trailBeneficial ownership and the Transparency Register
Germany's transparency register exists to record beneficial owners, and it sits alongside the commercial register as a compliance reference. Business users often consult both: the Handelsregister for legal facts, the transparency register for ownership and control. It matters most when a company's ownership structure is layered, which is often the case in a GmbH & Co. KG where the general partner is itself a company.
For POT GmbH & Co. KG, the relevant checks are the KG entry, the managing GmbH entry, and the ownership information behind them. If your onboarding process requires an ownership statement, work from those three sources rather than from a summary found elsewhere.
What this site is for
This website is a corporate profile, not a shop. Its job is to state who POT GmbH & Co. KG is, where it is registered, how it is managed, and what it can do for business partners. You will find the register facts, a description of capabilities, a compliance overview, and a contact route on the pages linked from here.
If you are reviewing the company before a contract, start with the register details page. If you want to discuss work, use the contact page. If you are running an onboarding check and need something in writing, say so in your first message and we will reply with the entity details you need.
Find the Bielefeld office
The registered business address is Goldstraße 16-18 in the 33602 Bielefeld city centre. Visits are by arrangement during working hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Use the map to orient yourself before you travel, and call ahead so someone is available when you arrive.
Goldstraße 16-18, 33602 Bielefeld, Germany
Questions partners ask first
What does GmbH & Co. KG mean in practice?
It is a limited partnership in which the general partner is a private limited company. The Komplementär, here POT Verwaltungs-GmbH, manages the business and carries liability. The limited partners contribute capital without managing daily operations.
How do I verify the company's exact legal identity?
Match the exact legal name POT GmbH & Co. KG against register number HRA 17064 at Amtsgericht Bielefeld. Similar-sounding companies exist in the city, so the register number is the reliable identifier.
Why is the register court as important as the register number?
Register numbers are only unique within a court's jurisdiction. HRA 17064 is unambiguous only when paired with Amtsgericht Bielefeld.
Where can I check beneficial ownership information?
Germany's transparency register records beneficial owners and is usually consulted alongside the commercial register.
Start with the page that matches your check
Reviewing the company before a contract? The register details page carries the entity facts. Comparing what the partnership can deliver? The capabilities page breaks the areas down. Running an onboarding or compliance file? Start with the compliance overview. And if you simply want to talk about work, the contact page is the shortest route.