Onboard a company in Germany
Add a German company, branch and invoice source in the Invoice Portal. Have the company's registered details and the source name and version ready.
Start onboarding
Open Onboard and select Add Company. The form shows the details required for the selected country.
Enter the company details
Enter the German company’s registered name and the identifiers requested by the form. Check the spelling and the tax numbers against the company’s own records. Continue when the form accepts the details.
Add the branch and source
Enter the primary branch’s name, identifier and address when prompted. Then enter Source Name and Source Version for the system that will send invoices from this branch. Keep the exact name and version: you will use them as name:version in Unify requests.
Review and complete
If the form offers Peppol setup, follow its prompts for the company’s own participant details. Review the company, branch and source before finishing. The company appears on Onboard with its registration status and source details. Wait for a completed status before treating the registration as finished.
The buyer’s Leitweg-ID is not an onboarding identifier for your company. Ask a public-sector buyer for its Leitweg-ID when preparing that buyer’s invoice; see Germany fields. The documented Connect company-creation endpoint is for UAE companies; do not send countryCode: "DE" to that endpoint to onboard a German company.
If something goes wrong
- A field does not let you continue: read the message under it, then correct the value in the format shown by the form.
- The company stays
Pending: registration has not finished. Use Refresh status if available, check again later, and contact support if it does not change. - You cannot open onboarding: ask a workspace administrator for access.
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