Vehicle registration plate - Apply for a red licence plate
Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen - Rotes Kennzeichen beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Red number plates for manufacturers, parts manufacturers, dealers and workshops (B – 06......).
Red permanent number plates can be applied for by motor vehicle manufacturers, motor vehicle parts manufacturers, motor vehicle dealers and motor vehicle workshops for recurring use in their own business operations.
They permit the following journeys:
Test, trial and transfer journeys (within Germany only, however).
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• No requirements.
Documents you need
• Personalausweis (identity card) or passport
• if applicable, Vollmacht (power of attorney), including the identity document of the person granting power of attorney and of the authorized person
unless it is a notarized power of attorney
• Führungszeugnis (certificate of good conduct), document type "O" (for submission to an authority) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/
• extract from the Handelsregister (commercial register) (original or certified copy) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327144/
• Gewerbeanmeldung (trade registration) (original or certified copy)
• proof of at least two parking spaces
e.g. rental or lease agreement
Fees
The fee is based on the Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr (fee schedule for road traffic measures), as amended, and amounts, in the most favorable case, to EUR 51.00.
Please note that this fee may be higher depending on the individual case - this depends on the specific application submitted.
The production of the license plates is not a service provided by the Kfz-Zulassungsbehörde Berlin (Berlin vehicle registration authority). No information can be given about any separately incurred costs.
Legal basis
• Fahrzeug-Zulassungsverordnung (FZV) (Vehicle Registration Regulation), Section 41 (2) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzv_2023/__41.html
• Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr (GebOSt) (Fee Schedule for Road Traffic Measures), Annex to Section 1 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgebo_2011/anlage.html
• Kfz-Zulassungsvoraussetzungsgesetz (FzZulGebEinfG BE) (Motor Vehicle Registration Requirements Act), Section 1 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=FzZulGebEinfG_BE_!_1
Further information
• Book an appointment with the KFZ-Zulassungsbehörde (motor vehicle registration authority, LABO) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/formular.910499.
Who is responsible
• This service is only offered at the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg service building (Dienstgebäude).
• You can arrange an appointment (Termin) using the contact form www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/formular.910499..
• For further questions, please contact us by phone at (030) 90269 3065.
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO)
- Kfz-Zulassungsbehörde-Friedr.-Kreuzberg - Rote Kennzeichen
Original
Service number 326131 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326131/