Hoop helps founders, fiduciaries, law firms, and corporate teams incorporate Swiss companies through a fully digital process. From choosing the legal form and preparing the documents to digital identification, electronic signature, capital deposit, and submission to the commercial register, every step can be managed online.
Looking to start a business in Bern? Bern combines central location, national institutions, and a stable business environment for services, SMEs, and public-sector-adjacent companies. With Hoop, you can keep the incorporation process digital while your company is established in the canton of Bern.
Incorporate your Swiss company in Bern
As Switzerland’s federal city, Bern offers a reliable and central base for founders who value proximity to administration, national institutions and a broad SME economy. Incorporating in the canton of Bern can be especially relevant for consulting, services, technology, and local business models.
Whether you are founding a new company yourself or managing the incorporation for a client, Hoop gives you a clear online process for the most common Swiss legal forms: sole proprietorship, LLC, and Ltd.
How Hoop supports company incorporation in Bern
With Hoop, the incorporation process is handled digitally from start to finish. You enter the company details online, verify the founders’ identities digitally, sign the incorporation documents with a legally valid electronic signature and open the capital deposit account digitally when available.
Hoop coordinates the notarial step and submits the signed documents to the commercial register of the relevant canton. Once the incorporation has been processed, you are informed immediately and can access the documents in your digital archive.
Why create your company with Hoop?
Hoop is built for efficient Swiss company incorporations. The platform reduces paperwork, avoids unnecessary in-person appointments, and gives founders and professionals a faster way to move from preparation to registration.
Key advantages:
- Digital process from document creation to signature
- Support for sole proprietorships, LLCs, and Ltds
- Digital identification and legally valid electronic signatures
- Capital deposit account options through integrated partners
- Coordination with the notary and the commercial register
- Secure Swiss document storage
Start your company in Bern with a digital Swiss incorporation process
If you want to create a company in Bern, Hoop helps you move faster with a structured, digital workflow. Start your incorporation online and manage the key steps in one place.
Contact details of the relevant Bern Commercial Register (updated in 06.2026):
Office name
Commercial Register Office of the Canton of Bern
Address
Reiterstrasse 11, 3013 Bern
Commercial register office responsible for Bern
Companies domiciled in Bern are registered with the Handelsregisteramt des Kantons Bern. Hoop files your application electronically – no printed forms, no appearance in person.
- Office: Handelsregisteramt des Kantons Bern
- Address: Reiterstrasse 11, 3013 Bern
- Phone: +41 31 633 77 70
- E-mail: handelsregisteramt@be.ch
Contact details for all Swiss commercial register offices are in our overview of commercial register offices.
What is specific about incorporating in Bern
Notarisation
The canton of Bern has a system of independent notaries: public notarisation is carried out by freelance notaries. For you this makes no difference: Hoop works with partner notaries who carry out the notarisation – independently of the canton's notarial system.
Location
Bern is the capital region – home to the federal administration, associations and many SMEs in services, medical technology and energy. The bilingual environment (German/French) is an advantage for companies serving both parts of the country.
Fees
Commercial register fees are uniform across Switzerland and set by the federal fee ordinance (GebV-HReg). On top come the costs of notarisation, which vary by canton and notary – Hoop shows them transparently before you incorporate.
Frequently asked questions about incorporating in Bern
Do I have to appear in person at the commercial register office?
No. The application is filed electronically and signed with a qualified electronic signature. The notarisation required for a GmbH or AG is carried out by Hoop's partner notaries – you do not need to find a notary yourself.
How long does registration in Bern take?
Once the file is complete, registration usually follows within a few working days, and publication in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SOGC) is automatic. Delays almost always stem from incomplete documents – exactly what Hoop's guided process prevents.
Can I incorporate a company domiciled in Bern without living there?
Yes. The company's registered office must be in the canton of Bern with a domicile address in the municipality; where the founders live does not matter. At least one person with signatory power must be resident in Switzerland.