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Itinerant trade - extend itinerant trade card

Reisegewerbe - Reisegewerbekarte verlängern
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
If you offer for sale or sell goods commercially outside a commercial establishment or without having a commercial establishment without a prior order: • offer goods for sale; or • seek out (distribute) or purchase orders, • offer services, or • solicit orders for services, then you are carrying on a travelling trade and need a permit for this, the itinerant trade card (see "More information"). If you have a temporary itinerant trade card and its validity is about to expire, you can renew it at the competent authority.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Itinerant Trade Card service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/en/ You must already be in possession of a valid temporary itinerant trade card. • Personal reliability They must have the required reliability. Reliability is checked on the basis of various proofs.

Documents you need

• Application for extension of the itinerant trade card Stellen Sie den Antrag online oder Sie stellen einen formlosen, schriftlichen Antrag beim zuständigen Ordnungsamt oder nutzen Sie das Antragsformular. • Identity documents 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. • Temporary itinerant trade card service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/en/ You already need a temporary permit to operate a travelling trade. • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ To check personal reliability, information from the Federal Central Criminal 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/normalesuche.xhtml Registered companies please submit a current excerpt from the commercial register. Legal entities in the process of formation (GmbH, AG, UG) submit the notarised partnership agreement or articles of association as well as the declaration(s) of consent of the shareholders. • If applicable, certificate of instruction in accordance with the Infection Protection Act service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324295/ The certificate is only required for the production, treatment or placing on the market of food within the meaning of §§ 42, 43 of the Infection Protection Act. • Professional liability insurance, if applicable Only required for showmen or activities in the travelling trade that are subject to insurance according to the showmen's type. Confirmation from an insurance company of the existence of professional liability insurance. The confirmation must not be older than three months.

Forms

• Application for extension of the itinerant trade card www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe

Fees

EUR 20.00 to 500.00 per effort

Legal basis

• Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (Gewerbeordnung - GewO) § 55 para. 2 sentence 3 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__55.html • Showmen's Liability Regulation (Schaustellerhaftpflichtverordnung - SchauHV) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schauhv/ • Infection Protection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz - IfSG) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ifsg/ • Berlin Code of Administrative Charges (Verwaltungsgebührenordnung - VGebO) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>

Processing time

About 2 weeks

Further information

• Informationen to itinerant trade card (IHK Berlin) www.ihk.de/berlin/Service-und-Beratung/recht_und_steuern/gew • Informationen to Infection Protection Act (IHK Berlin) www.ihk.de/berlin/service-und-beratung/recht-und-steuern/gew • Note on data protection (public order offices of the state of Berlin) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe

Who is responsible

The application for extension of a Reisegewerbekarte (itinerant trade card), a duplicate copy, or a 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.

Original

German originalOfficial English page

Service number 350405 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/350405/