Com­pa­nies and or­gan­i­sa­tions

Start a busi­ness

Finnish Trade Reg­is­ter: in­struc­tions by com­pany type

Fi­nan­cial state­ments

File fi­nan­cial state­ments with the Finnish Trade Reg­is­ter.

Change your busi­ness de­tails

Finnish Trade Reg­is­ter: in­struc­tions by com­pany type

As­so­ci­a­tions

Finnish Reg­is­ter of As­so­ci­a­tions: start or ter­mi­nate an as­so­ci­a­tion or file changes

Close down a busi­ness

Finnish Trade Reg­is­ter: in­struc­tions by com­pany type

Foun­da­tions

Start or ter­mi­nate a foun­da­tion or file changes and an­nual re­ports.

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 Companies and organisations main page

In­tel­lec­tual prop­erty rights

Trade­marks

Trade­marks pro­tect names and lo­gos of prod­ucts and ser­vices.

Patents

Patents pro­tect new tech­ni­cal in­ven­tions.

De­sign rights

De­sign rights pro­tect new de­signs.

Util­ity mod­els

Util­ity mod­els pro­tect sim­ple de­vice and prod­uct in­ven­tions.

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 Main page for intellectual property rights

On­line fil­ing ser­vices

In­for­ma­tion ser­vices

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Log in to the online filing service at ytj.fi in Finnish or Swedish and select “Yrityksen perustaminen” or “Grunda företag” (Start a company or business) and “yksityinen elinkeinonharjoittaja” or “enskild näringsidkare” (private trader). The service will help you to file the details with the Finnish Trade Register. Log in to the online filing service in Finnish and Swedish at ytj.fi using Suomi.fi e-Identification.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen

Use our online filing service at ytj.fi to file the details of the new board of directors. The service is available in Finnish and Swedish. A member of the board of directors or the managing director signs the notification. Log in to the online filing service in Finnish and Swedish at ytj.fi using Suomi.fi e-Identification.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen

You will find the receipt and the notification filed online at ytj.fi in the “Omat ilmoitukset” or “Egna anmälningar” (My notifications) section in the service. Log in to the online filing service in Finnish and Swedish at ytj.fi using Suomi.fi e-Identification.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen

Cur­rent af­fairs

Did your com­pany re­ceive a let­ter about late fi­nan­cial state­ments?

File the fi­nan­cial state­ments on­line im­me­di­ately us­ing our ser­vice at ytj.fi. The PRH im­poses a fee for late sub­mis­sion if lim­ited li­a­bil­ity com­pa­nies and co-op­er­a­tives do not sub­mit their fi­nan­cial state­ments to the Trade Reg­is­ter within eight months of the end of each fi­nan­cial pe­riod. The amount of the fee de­pends on the length of the de­lay.

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On­line ser­vices to be­come manda­tory in the Finnish Trade Reg­is­ter in 2026

All com­pa­nies ex­cept pri­vate traders must file their no­ti­fi­ca­tions and ap­pli­ca­tions on­line with the Finnish Trade Reg­is­ter from 1 Jan­u­ary 2026. Start-up no­ti­fi­ca­tions, no­ti­fi­ca­tions of changes, no­ti­fi­ca­tions of ter­mi­na­tion of busi­ness, ap­pli­ca­tions and fi­nan­cial state­ments, among oth­ers, will need to be filed on­line.

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The PATLIB net­work

PATLIB is a Eu­ro­pean col­lab­o­ra­tion net­work co­or­di­nated by the Eu­ro­pean Patent Of­fice (EPO). The pur­pose of the net­work is to pro­vide ac­cess to patent in­for­ma­tion all over Eu­rope. Even though the name refers to patents (PATent LI­Brary), the net­work also gives out in­for­ma­tion on trade­marks and other in­tel­lec­tual prop­erty rights. By sup­port­ing in­no­va­tions and the trans­fer and com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion of tech­nol­ogy, the net­work also pro­motes com­pet­i­tive­ness and eco­nomic growth all over Eu­rope.

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