Application for re-entry to the Finnish Trade Register or termination of liquidation (companies removed since 2023)

Who can apply?

Only the company can apply for re-entry to the register or termination of liquidation. A creditor or authority cannot file the application.

The application should be signed by a board member, the managing director, the house manager or a representative appointed in a meeting of the shareholders or members of the co-operative. If the company is in liquidation, the application should be signed by the liquidator.

If an authorised person signs the application, enclose a copy of a special power of attorney or the original general power of attorney.

When to apply

Submit the application within one year of the PRH's decision to remove the company from the Finnish Trade Register or order it into liquidation. If the company was first removed from the register and then ordered into liquidation, the one-year deadline is counted from the decision to deregister the company.

The one-year deadline is counted from the entry into force of the Act on 1 January 2025 if the decision was made before that.

How to apply

You can submit the application either on our online form or as a free-form application, which you can send by post.

Select on the online form or write in the paper application which of the following you are applying for:

• Re-entry to the Finnish Trade Register
• Termination of liquidation and re-entry to the Finnish Trade Register
• Termination of liquidation

Confirm in the application that the company has not been dissolved and that its assets have not been distributed in the liquidation procedure.

If the deregistered company had registered auxiliary company names, select on the online form or write in the paper application whether the auxiliary company names will be registered again or deregistered. You must pay a separate handling fee for registering auxiliary company names. It is not possible to file new auxiliary company names together with the application.

Use a separate personal data form to provide the contact person’s details.

Use separate forms to supplement or correct the details in the Finnish Trade Register. Please note that you cannot submit the details via the online service at ytj.fi.

You must pay the handling fees in advance.

What documents need to be enclosed

Enclose the following documents with your application:

• Financial statements of the limited liability company or co-operative for the three most recent financial periods if they have not already been filed with the Finnish Trade Register. Enclose the required financial statement documents and the notification forms for each financial period. Open: Registration of financial statements (in Finnish) (pdf, 0.2 MB)
• Personal data form with the contact person’s details. Open: Personal data form (in English) (pdf, 197.3 kt)
• Notification of changes in which the company files the missing and corrected details with the Finnish Trade Register. File the notification of changes using form Y4, appendix form 13, and the personal data form. Open: none, Appendix form 13 (in Finnish) (pdf, 750.3 kt), Personal data form (in English) (pdf, 197.3 kt)
• Notification of beneficial owners of the limited liability company or co-operative if the beneficial owner details have not yet been submitted or have changed. Open: Notification of actual beneficial owners (in English) (pdf, 0.2 MB)
• Receipt for the payment of the handling fees (except for the handling fees concerning financial statements, for which we will send an invoice afterwards)

Further information:

• How to file financial statements on paper
• How to file a notification of beneficial owners on paper

Our instructions on how to file a notification of changes with the Finnish Trade Register are available by company type in the menu.

How to file your application using online forms

Log in to the online form “Hakemus kaupparekisteriin palauttamisesta tai selvitystilan lopettamisesta” (in Finnish) or “Ansökan om återinförande i handelsregistret eller avslutande av likvidation” (in Swedish). Log in to the online form.Open link in a new tab

To log in, you need to have a Finnish personal identity code and one of the following: personal internet banking codes, a mobile certificate, or a certificate card. What to do if you do not have a Finnish personal identity code.

Fill in the online form. Attach the receipt for the payment of the handling fees, the personal data form and other required documents in PDF format. Remember to send the application to receive a confirmation that the details have been sent to the Finnish Trade Register.

How to file your application using paper forms

Please note: If you file missing financial statements, we charge a separate handling fee for notifications of financial statements on paper for each financial period.

Attach the receipt for the payment of the handling fees, the personal data form and other required attachments to the application. Send it by post to

Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Legal Unit
FI-00091 PRH, Finland

Fees

The handling fee for the application is 370 euros.

The handling fee for registering an auxiliary company name is 70 euros per name.

Attach the receipts to the application. Read our payment instructions.

What to do if you do not have a Finnish personal identity code

If you do not have a Finnish personal identity code, you can file your application using our online form if you meet all the following requirements:

1. You are a citizen of an EU country and you do not have a Finnish personal identity code.
2. You use another EU country's means of identification.
3. The application concerns a limited liability company.

Submit the application by logging in to the online form: Identification method for foreign persons – Notification to the Finnish Trade Register.Open link in a new tab

When you log in, select the country whose means of identification you use. Enter the company details. Attach the receipt for the handling fees and all other required documents in PDF format. Send.

Monitor the progress of your application

You can monitor the processing status of your application to the PRH and Trade Register notifications using the Notification search in the Virre Information Service.Open link in a new tab

We will send a Trade Register extract to the address of the contact person or company as soon as the company has been re-entered in the Finnish Trade Register.

After the re-entry: keep the details up to date

If the PRH re-enters the company in the Finnish Trade Register, the company must keep its details up to date in the register.

If necessary, submit a notification of changes. See our instructions by company type in the menu.