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Not sure if that's common in Germany but you can use services which offer "empty" but legally established companies and you just change the name.


Do they also sell really old ones, so you can start in business and immediately advertise with a slogan like "since 1950"? This is something that has been somewhat common in Britain with businesses such as breweries, as provenance is highly valued by the market, yet not generally examined with much rigour!


It is. “Vorratsgesellschaft”




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