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.
- Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Ordnungsamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Ordnungsamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg GewerbePetersburger Straße 86 - 90, 10247 Berlin
- Ordnungsamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg ZAB
- 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 350405 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/350405/