CEIDG registration from 1 November 2026: electronic filing and identifiers

CEIDG registration from 1 November 2026

From 1 November 2026, applications to register a business in CEIDG must be submitted electronically only. An exception applies to applications for minor entrepreneurs. This dated rule is stated on Biznes.gov.pl — Entry in CEIDG.

This guide concerns business registration. It does not cover updating, suspending, resuming or removing an entry, and does not extend the change described here to those procedures. Nor does it resolve the other, undated descriptions of application submission methods on the source page.

Exception: applications for minor entrepreneurs

The application must be submitted by the statutory representative designated to represent the minor. It may be submitted only:

• at a city or municipality office; or
• by post.

The signature on an application sent by post must be certified by a notary. These conditions are described in the section on applications for minor entrepreneurs on Biznes.gov.pl.

The statutory representative must submit all three declarations with the application, stating that:

1. they are the minor’s statutory representative and have the right to represent the minor;
2. the statutory representatives have agreed who will represent the minor, or the guardianship court has decided this;
3. they have not been deprived of parental authority, and their parental authority has neither been suspended nor restricted.

Foreign persons: PESEL or a specified identifier

From 1 November 2026, a foreign person submitting an application for entry in CEIDG must have a PESEL number. If they have not been assigned a PESEL number, they must have a unique identifier issued by a European Union Member State for cross-border identification. This is a conditional alternative where no PESEL number has been assigned, as stated in the dated notice on Biznes.gov.pl.

The general instruction to select “I do not have a PESEL number” should not be treated as sufficient for a foreign person submitting a registration application from that date. Simply indicating that no number has been assigned does not replace the required identifier.

Optional organizational checklist

Before preparing the application, you may wish to check the following for your own planning:

• the planned submission date;
• whether the entrepreneur is an adult or a minor;
• for a foreign person, which identifier they hold: a PESEL number or, if none has been assigned, the cross-border identification identifier described above.

This is an organizational recommendation, not an additional obligation or a guarantee of registration. This guide does not assess a person’s right to conduct business or explain how to obtain identifiers.