Itinerant trade - Apply for an itinerant trade licence
Reisegewerbe - Reisegewerbekarte beantragen
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
You can also use this service online
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Personal reliability
Reliability is checked on the basis of various forms of evidence. The applicant must provide information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) and information from the Central Trade Register.
Documents you need
• Application for an itinerant trade card
Possible online; or you can use the form.
• Identity document
Identity card or other official identification document with photo (not required for electronic application).
Residence permit if the applicant is not a national of an EU country.
• Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/
To verify personal reliability, information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) is required for submission to an authority (document type O).
The information must not be older than three months.
• Excerpt from the central business register for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327835/
To verify personal reliability, information from the central business register is required for submission to an authority (document type 9).
The information must not be older than three months.
• Up-to-date excerpt from the Trade Register www.handelsregister.de/
Registered companies are required to submit an up to date excerpt from the Trade Register when applying. Legal entities that are in the process of being established (GmbH, AG) are required to submit their partnership agreement or statutes.
• If applicable, certificate of instruction in accordance with the Infection Protection Act service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324295/
only required for the manufacture, treatment or placing on the market of foodstuffs within the meaning of §§ 42, 43 of the Infection Protection Act.
Forms
• Application for an itinerant trade card www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe
Fees
• EUR 40.00 to EUR 500.00 per effort
• 50 of one hundred (50%) of the permit fee: alterations, extensions
• EUR 8.00 to EUR 20.00 per duplicate: Copies for employees
Legal basis
• Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 55 Reisegewerbekarte www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__55.html
• Schedule of Administrative Fees (Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO)) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>
Further information
• Information on the Reisegewerbekarte [itinerant trade card] (IHK Berlin [Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce]) www.ihk.de/berlin/Service-und-Beratung/recht_und_steuern/gew
• Information on handling food - Infektionsschutzgesetz [Infection Protection Act] (IHK Berlin) www.ihk.de/berlin/service-und-beratung/recht-und-steuern/gew
• Information on Gewerberecht digital [trade law digital] (IHK Berlin) www.ihk.de/berlin/service-und-beratung/recht-und-steuern/gew
• Notes on data protection (Ordungsämter des Landes Berlin [regulatory offices of the State of Berlin]) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe
• Report activities exempt from the Reisegewerbekarte [itinerant trade card] (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/126432/
Who is responsible
The application for a Reisegewerbekarte (itinerant trade card), or a duplicate or certified copy for employees, must be submitted to the Ordnungsamt (public order office) responsible for the applicant's place of residence.
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Ordnungsamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Ordnungsamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg GewerbePetersburger Straße 86 - 90, 10247 Berlin
- Ordnungsamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg ZAB
- Bezirksamt Lichtenberg
- Ordnungsamt Lichtenberg
- Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Ordnungsamt/Gewerbeamt Marzahn-HellersdorfPremnitzer Straße 11, 12681 Berlin
- Bezirksamt Mitte
- Ordnungsamt Mitte - Arbeitsgruppe GewerbeKarl-Marx-Allee 31, 10178 Berlin
- Bezirksamt Neukölln
- Ordnungsamt Neukölln - Zentrale Anlauf - und BeratungsstelleJuliusstraße 67, 12051 Berlin
- Bezirksamt Pankow
- Ordnungsamt - Gewerbeangelegenheiten Fröbelstraße Haus 6
- Bezirksamt Reinickendorf
- Ordnungsamt Reinickendorf - Gewerbe
- Bezirksamt Spandau
- Ordnungsamt Spandau - Gewerbeservice
- Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Ordnungsamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- Ordnungsamt
- Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick
- Ordnungsamt Treptow-Köpenick / Gewerbeangelegenheiten
Original
German originalOfficial English page
Service number 121916 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/