PDF24

PDF24 is the brand of geek Software GmbH, Einstein Palais, Friedrichstrasse 171, 10117 Berlin, incorporated in March 2006 and registered at Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg under HRB 100865 B, VAT DE248847214, with Benjamin Bohlmann as managing director.

The binding German-language terms of use name that company as the provider, apply the law of the Federal Republic of Germany to the entire relationship, and set venue in Berlin-Schoeneberg; the English page states that the German version is the sole authoritative one. No parent company is recorded and no US entity appears in the terms, the legal notice or the privacy policy.

The business model is unusual for this category: the tools are free, permanently, funded by advertising and by the separate PDF24 Fax service, and the legal notice commits that services currently offered free of charge will stay free. German GmbH shareholder lists are not available without payment, so the cap table is unverified, and the company is small — a handful of staff and no filed accounts since 2014.