Unfallversicherung (statutory accident insurance) - notify the statutory accident insurance provider of changes to the company, or to self-employed or freelance activity
Unfallversicherung - Änderungen im Unternehmen, der selbstständigen oder freiberuflichen Tätigkeit der gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung mitteilen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
You can also use this service online
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• There are, or have been, changes in your company or in your self-employed or freelance activity
• Changes that may be relevant for reviewing the responsibility (Zuständigkeit) of the Berufsgenossenschaft (employers' liability insurance association) or Unfallkasse (accident insurance fund),
• that affect the requirements for classification into hazard classes (Gefahrklassen),
• or that affect the other bases used for calculating contributions.
• For the online application (optional): registration/sign-up via the BundID or Mein Unternehmenskonto (MUK, my business account)
• For the online application (optional): activated online ID function (eID) (recommended) / Elster certificate service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/329833/
To register with the BundID using the "Online-Ausweis" (online ID) option, you need:
• Your electronic Personalausweis (identity card), Unionsbürgerkarte (eID card for EU citizens) or electronic Aufenthaltstitel (eAT, residence permit), each with the online ID function (eID) activated, and your PIN,
• an external card reader or a modern NFC-capable smartphone with an Android or iOS operating system,
• the "AusweisApp" software
As a legal entity, you need an Elster certificate to register via Mein Unternehmenskonto (MUK).
Documents you need
• Notification of changes for statutory accident insurance (gesetzliche Unfallversicherung)
You can report the change online or informally by post.
The following information is required:
• personal and business details (name, date of birth, address, legal form)
• type and date of the change (e.g. change of address, of the owner, of the business's object/purpose, or of the legal form)
• where applicable: commercial register extract (Handelsregisterauszug), list of shareholders (Gesellschafterliste), articles of association (Gesellschaftsvertrag), trade registration (Gewerbemeldung)
Fees
none
Legal basis
• Sozialgesetzbuch Siebtes Buch (SGB VII) (Social Code Book Seven) § 192 paragraph 2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_7/__192.html
Processing time
approx. 2 weeks
Further information
• Information for businesses and self-employed persons (Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung - DGUV (German Statutory Accident Insurance)) www.dguv.de/de/ihr_partner/unternehmen/index.jsp
You can also obtain this service online via the Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner (Single Point of Contact).
Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin (Single Point of Contact Berlin) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/354925/
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Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe
Original
Service number 354925 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/354925/