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Itinerant trade - Notify activities that do not require an itinerant trade card

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Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
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Requirements

• Exercise of activities that do not require an itinerant trade card www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__55a.html compare with § 55a section 1 no. 3, 9 or 10 of the trade regulations (Gewerbeordnung). Attention: No. 3 does not apply to residence/business in the municipality of Berlin due to the larger number of inhabitants. • To apply online: Register or log in using your BundID account

Documents you need

• Itinerant trade - Notify activities that do not require an itinerant trade card Possible online or you can use the form. • Identity card Identity card or other official identification document with photograph

Forms

• Business registration for activities exempt from the itinerant trade card www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe • Business re-registration for activities exempt from itinerant trade cards www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe • Business deregistration for activities exempt from the itinerant trade card www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe

Fees

• 26.00 Euro - per singular business, per partner of a partnership • 31.00 Euro - legal entity with 1 legal representative • 13.00 Euro - each additional representative of a legal entity • 20.00 Euro - per business re-registration • free of charge - business deregistration • 15.00 Euro - business registration and re-registration in the electronic procedure (online processing)

Legal basis

• Gewerbeordnung (GewO, Trade Regulation Act) § 55a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__55a.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 55c www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__55c.html • Gewerbeanzeigeverordnung (GewAnzV, Trade Notification Ordinance) §§ 1-2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewanzv_2014/index.html#BJNR12080 • Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO, Administrative Fees Ordinance) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>

Further information

• Information Sheet on the itinerant trade (Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce) www.ihk.de/berlin/service-und-beratung/recht-und-steuern/gew • Information on data protection (Ordnungsämter des Landes Berlin) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe • Itinerant trade - apply for a licence (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/en/

Who is responsible

You report the exercise of an activity exempt from the Reisegewerbekarte (itinerant trade card) to the Ordnungsamt (public order office) with local responsibility for the place of sale in Berlin. On the forms, when reporting an activity exempt from the Reisegewerbekarte, please always tick field no. 24 "im Reisegewerbe" (in itinerant trade), or, in the online procedure, select the option "Reisegewerbe" (itinerant trade) for the question "Die Meldung wird erstattet für ein" (This notification is being submitted for a).

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German originalOfficial English page

Service number 126432 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/126432/