Activities exempt from the itinerant trade licence - application for exemption on special occasions
Reisegewerbekartenfreie Tätigkeiten - Ausnahme aus besonderem Anlass beantragen
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
A itinerant trade licence is not required for anyone who offers goods for sale occasionally at trade fairs, exhibitions, public festivals or on special occasions with the permission of the competent authority.
This includes, for example
• the sale of Christmas trees or
• the sale of flowers and wreaths for Remembrance Sunday
• Events that are not regulated by the GewO.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• No prerequisites necessary.
• For online applications: registration/login via BundID
Documents you need
• Activities exempt from the itinerant trade licence - application for exemption on special occasions
Online possible or you can use the form
• Identity document
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.
Forms
• Activities exempt from the itinerant trade licence - application for exemption on special occasions www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe
Fees
20.00 EUR (standard case)
Legal basis
• Gewerbeordnung (GewO) [Trade Regulation Act] § 55a para. 1 no. 1 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__55a.html
Further information
• Information on the itinerant trade ( CCI 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
• Notify activities that do not require an itinerant trade card (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/126432/en/
• Itinerant trade - apply for a licence (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/en/
Who is responsible
The application must be submitted to the Ordnungsamt (public order office) in whose area the special event is taking place, or where the goods are to be sold.
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Ordnungsamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Bezirksamt Lichtenberg
- Ordnungsamt Lichtenberg
- Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Bezirksamt Mitte
- Ordnungsamt Mitte - Arbeitsgruppe GewerbeKarl-Marx-Allee 31, 10178 Berlin
- Bezirksamt Neukölln
- Bezirksamt Pankow
- 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 350583 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/350583/