They can't. If you pay them to dissolve the company for you, they buy the shares from you and replace the board and the CEO. At that point, you're completely f

They can't. If you pay them to dissolve the company for you, they buy the shares from you and replace the board and the CEO. At that point, you're completely free from the company. They then must take the 7-9 months needed to go through the whole dissolution process. There is a mandatory 6 month wait after announcing the dissolution to give lenders/sellers time to make claims against the company. This wait is 12 months in Germany. There is also paperwork for the accounting, tax filings, etc. The service takes care of all this as the new owners. Since they have done this literally thousands of times, they don't need to spend many man-hours on it. Therefore, the fee is fairly low, about 1000 dollars, of which 300 dollars are mandatory government fees. Example (Swedish): https://www.bolagspartner.se/avveckla-aktiebolag/ https://www.bolagspartner.se/avveckla-aktiebolag/ So if you own a company with 11 000 dollars in the bank and no debt, they will pay you 10 000 dollars for it. You can do everything online, including signing the contract. No need to visit a public notary or similar.