Notification of termination of business for a private trader to the Finnish Trade Register
The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) enters the details in the notification of termination in the Finnish Trade Register. As soon as the details are registered, the protection of the registered company name is no longer in force.
If you want to restart your operations in the future, you will use the same Business ID that you had for your previous company.
Before filing your notification of termination with the Finnish Trade Register
You can check in the PRH's Virre Information Service if enterprise mortgages have been registered for your company. Go to the Virre Information Service.Open link in a new tab
What to do if there are enterprise mortgages
You must arrange the enterprise mortgages in one of the following ways in order to file the notification of termination:
- Redemption of the enterprise mortgages
- Transfer of the enterprise mortgages
- Transfer of the enterprise mortgages and continuation of the business operations
Who can file
The private trader or a person authorised by the trader signs the notification.
How to file a notification of termination with the Finnish Trade Register
File your notification without delay.
The notification is free of charge.
You can file your notification of termination using the online service at ytj.fi or paper forms. If you file your notification on paper, the processing time will be longer than when filing online at ytj.fi.
Notification in the online service at ytj.fi: Log in to the online service using Suomi.fi e-Identification.Open link in a new tab Please note that the online service is only available in Finnish and in Swedish.
Notification on paper form: Go to the instructions (in Finnish or in Swedish) concerning paper forms.
Notification of termination filed in the online service at ytj.fi can be registered automatically. Read more about automatic registration.