Exhibition of persons - renew permission
Schaustellung von Personen - Erlaubnis verlängern
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
The extension of a permit for the exhibition of persons (e.g. table dance or striptease event), is possible upon application to the competent authority, if the permit was granted with a time limit, the operation was not started within one year after the granting of the permit or was not exercised during one year.
Book an appointment
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Requirements
• Temporary permit for the exhibition of persons service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327970/
The extension is possible only if there is already a temporary personal permit for the business premises.
• Personal reliability
Reliability is checked on the basis of various forms of evidence. For this purpose, the applicant must provide information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) for submission to an authority and information from the Central Trade Register for submission to an authority.
• 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 renewal of the permit for the exhibition of persons
Possible informally in writing or electronically (for example, by e-mail).
Details of the person submitting the application and the event location must be included.
• Identity document
Identity card or other official identification document with photo.
Residence permit if the applicant is not a national of an EU country.
• Temporary personal permit for the exhibition of persons
The temporary personal permit for the exhibition of persons, from which the time limit as well as the reason for the time limit is evident, must be available.
• 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.
• If necessary, current extract from the commercial register www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.xhtml
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 necessary, ground plan drawing
Floor plans of the entire event premises including service space (ideally on a 1:100 scale)
• If necessary, authorization of use under building law
Planning permit for the premises for use as an event location.
Fees
EUR 50.00 to EUR 500.00 depending on effort
Legal basis
• Gewerbeordnung (GewO, Trade Regulation Act) § 33a - Exhibitions of persons www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__33a.html
• Gewerbeordnung (GewO, Trade Regulation Act) § 49 (3) - Expiry of permits www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__49.html
• Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO, Administrative Fees Ordinance) Annex, Schedule of Fees <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>
Further information
• Data protection information (Ordnungsämter des Landes Berlin [public order offices of the State of Berlin]) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/ordnungsamt/ste
• Schaustellung von Personen (exhibition of persons) - apply for a permit (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327970/
Who is responsible
The extension of the permit must be applied for at the Ordnungsamt (public order office) responsible for the event location (also the original permit-issuing authority).
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 Gewerbe
- Bezirksamt Lichtenberg
- Ordnungsamt Lichtenberg
- Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Ordnungsamt/Gewerbeamt Marzahn-HellersdorfPremnitzer Straße 11, 12681 Berlin
- Bezirksamt Mitte
- Ordnungsamt Mitte - Arbeitsgruppe Gewerbe
- 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 331113 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/331113/