POT GmbH & Co. KG · HRA 17064 · Amtsgericht Bielefeld
Questions about POT GmbH & Co. KG
These are the questions we are asked most often by partners, clients, and compliance reviewers. The answers cover the company's legal form, register details, and how to work with it. If your question is not here, the contact page is the place to ask.
Legal form
GmbH & Co. KG, seated in Bielefeld
General partner
POT Verwaltungs-GmbH
How to reach us
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
How we answer these questions
Every answer below points back to a public record: the commercial register entry, the register court that issues it, or the transparency register where ownership is recorded. Where a question is about working with us rather than checking us, we say what we need from you and what happens next. Nine questions are grouped into three blocks, and each block ends with a link to the page that carries the detail in full.
Legal identity and register
Three questions about the exact name, the number, and the court that makes both meaningful. This is the block compliance reviewers read first.
View register detailsHow do you verify a German company's exact legal identity?
Match the exact legal name against the register number and the register court. For POT GmbH & Co. KG, that is HRA 17064 at Amtsgericht Bielefeld. Register numbers are unique only within a court's jurisdiction, so quoting both together removes ambiguity. Similar-sounding names exist in Bielefeld, which is why the number matters more than the name alone.
Why is the register court as important as the register number?
Because a register number only identifies a company within the jurisdiction of one court. HRA 17064 at Amtsgericht Bielefeld is unambiguous; HRA 17064 on its own is not, since other courts issue the same numbers. Whenever you cite the company in a contract or a compliance file, include the court. That single habit prevents the most common mix-up we see in paperwork.
What does an HRA entry usually contain?
An HRA entry for a GmbH & Co. KG records the company name and legal form, the registered seat, the business address, the general partner and its details, the representation rules, and the registration date. It is the authoritative public record of those facts. Anything you read elsewhere should be checked against it, including older copies of our own documents.
Structure and representation
What does GmbH & Co. KG mean in practice?
It is a limited partnership whose general partner is a private limited company. The Komplementär, here POT Verwaltungs-GmbH, manages the business and carries liability. The limited partners contribute capital but do not manage day-to-day operations. This structure separates control from investor liability, which is why it is common in German mid-sized business. For counterparties it means one practical consequence: the entity you contract with is the partnership, while the people who sign for it sit on the general partner side.
Because liability and management are split, an HRA entry carries more than a name. It records who may represent the company and how that representation is limited, so a signature check is a register check, not a matter of trust.
Who signs for POT GmbH & Co. KG?
The partnership is represented by its general partner, POT Verwaltungs-GmbH. The specific representation rules are recorded in the commercial register. Before signing, we confirm which individuals are authorised on the general partner side so there is no ambiguity. Counterparties should expect that confirmation as part of the process, and it usually arrives with the first draft rather than after it.
About the CompanyKeeping the record current
A register entry is only useful if the copy in front of you is the current one. These three questions cover how to check the address, where beneficial ownership is recorded, and what to look at when ownership sits behind more than one entity.
How can you tell whether a company's address is current?
Pull a current register extract rather than relying on an older document or a directory listing. Address changes are filed and published, so the current extract reflects the latest position. Historical extracts show what changed and when. If you are working from a document more than a few months old, it is worth refreshing it before you file it. Our registered address is Goldstraße 16-18, 33602 Bielefeld, and any older address you find in a third-party listing should be treated as superseded.
Where do you check beneficial ownership information in Germany?
The transparency register records beneficial owners and is usually consulted alongside the commercial register. It matters most when ownership or control is layered, which is often true for a GmbH & Co. KG. For POT GmbH & Co. KG, the relevant checks span the partnership entry, the managing GmbH entry, and the ownership information behind them. Reviewers who check only one of the three usually come back with a follow-up question, so it is quicker to read them together.
How do I start working with the company?
Send a short message describing what you need, any deadline, and how to reach you. If the request is within the registered business purpose, we move to a scoping conversation; if it is not, we will say so directly rather than leave you waiting. The contact page has the email address, phone number, and a form. Reach us at [email protected] or on 756623342, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Working hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Messages sent outside those hours are read on the next working day, and a request that arrives with a clear deadline is easier for us to route quickly.
Goldstraße 16-18, 33602 Bielefeld, Germany
Before you ask, check these three documents
Most questions we receive are answered faster when the person asking already has the right extract open. These are the three sources that settle the majority of legal-form and register questions.
The partnership entry
HRA 17064 at Amtsgericht Bielefeld. This is where the name, the seat, the general partner, and the representation rules are recorded.
The managing GmbH entry
POT Verwaltungs-GmbH appears in its own right. Read together with the partnership entry, it shows who manages the business and who carries liability.
Beneficial ownership information
Held in the transparency register. It becomes the deciding document when ownership or control passes through more than one layer.
A dated extract
Whichever source you use, note the date you pulled it. An undated extract is hard to rely on in a compliance file six months later.
Still unanswered
Ask a question and we will answer it in writing
If your question is about a specific contract, a due-diligence checklist, or a document you need from us, put it in a short message with the deadline you are working to. Requests that name the exact record you need are usually answered on the same working day, and anything we cannot answer from the public register we will tell you plainly rather than guess at.
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