Glossary

Key terms around business addresses, company formation and postal services in Austria. Explained clearly with practical context.

Legal Foundations

Legal terms relating to company formation and business addresses in Austria

A registered address (capable of receiving service of documents) is an address at which a person or company can be reach...

The imprint obligation requires operators of websites, online shops and other telemedia to make certain information publ...

Deemed service means that an official document is considered to have been served with legal effect even if the recipient...

Legal forms and company types under Austrian company law

The limited liability company (GmbH) is the most popular type of corporation in Austria. The liability of the shareholde...

The sole proprietorship is the simplest legal form for self-employed people in Austria. The owner has unlimited liabilit...

Terms from the Austrian postal and service of documents system

An RSb letter (return receipt letter b) is an official document that must be served with proof of delivery. Unlike the R...

An RSa letter (return receipt letter a) is an official document that may only be served to the recipient in person. Hand...

A postal power of attorney authorises a designated person to receive post on behalf of the principal. It is deposited wi...

Mail forwarding refers to the service of forwarding incoming postal items from a receiving address to another address. F...

Terminology around business addresses, virtual offices and registered offices

A virtual office is a professional business address with associated services such as mail receipt, mail forwarding and t...

A business address is the official address of a company under which it appears in business dealings. It is used for comm...

The registered office (also seat of the company) is the address of a company entered in the commercial register. It dete...

A c/o address (care of) is a delivery instruction in which post is addressed to a person or company that can be reached ...

Austrian authorities, registers and official procedures

The commercial register is a public register in Austria in which all corporations (GmbH, AG) and registered partnerships...

Trade registration is the official registration of a commercial activity in Austria. It is carried out with the competen...