Exhibition of persons - apply for permission
Schaustellung von Personen - Erlaubnis beantragen
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
You require permission from the competent authority, if you wish to organise shows in which human beings are presented (such as table dancing or striptease events) on your premises, or if you wish to provide your premises for the organisation of such events.
No permission is required for presentations of an artistic or athletic nature.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Personal reliability
Reliability is verified based on various documents. The applicant must submit an excerpt from the Federal Central Criminal Register (certificate of good conduct) and an excerpt from the Commercial Central Register.
• Suitability of rooms and location
The premises used for the event must be suitable for the intended type and extent of use.
Documents you need
• Application for permission for showcasing human beings
• Identity document
Identity card or other official identification document containing a photograph.
Residence permit, if the applicant is not an EU national
• Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/
To verify personal reliability, an extract 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.
• Ground plan
Floor plans of the entire event premises including service space (ideally on a 1:100 scale)
• Authorisation of use according to construction law
Planning permit for the premises for use as an event location.
• Up-to-date excerpt from the Trade Register www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.xhtml
Registered companies please submit a current excerpt from the commercial register when applying. Legal entities in the process of formation (GmbH, AG) must submit the articles of association.
Forms
• Application for permission for showcasing human beings www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/ordnungsamt/ste
Fees
100,00 bis 1.500,00 Euro: je Aufwand
Legal basis
• Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 33a Abs. 1 - Schaustellungen von Personen www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__33a.html
• Schedule of Administrative Fees (Verwaltungsgebührenordnung or VGebO) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>
Further information
• Privacy policy (Public Order Offices of Berlin) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe
Who is responsible
Die Erlaubnis ist bei dem für den Veranstaltungsort zuständigen Ordnungsamt zu stellen.
→ The permit application must be submitted to the Ordnungsamt (public order office) responsible for the event venue.
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
- 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 327970 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327970/