Handwerksrolle Eintragung

• §§ 6 ff. Act on the Regulation of Crafts (Crafts Code - HwO),
• Annex A List of trades that can be operated as trades requiring a license (Section 1 (2)).

The owners of trades requiring a license are entered in the register of tradesmen.

The Register of Craftsmen is the central register in which the owners of businesses in trades requiring a license (Annex A of the Crafts Code with 41 trades) in their district are entered with the trade they are practicing or, if they practice several trades, with these.

The Register of Craftsmen serves to monitor the professional and factual quality of trade services in the skilled crafts sector. Entry in the Register of Craftsmen is a prerequisite for a full trade license.

Only natural persons, legal entities and partnerships entered in the Register of Craftsmen are permitted to independently operate a craft requiring a license as a standing trade. It is an administrative offense to operate a standing trade without proper registration in the register of craftsmen and can be punished with a fine or a trade/trade ban.

The Chamber of Skilled Crafts checks whether the requirements for entry in the Register of Skilled Crafts are met at the time of application and determines the affiliation to the individual trades requiring registration.

The Chamber of Skilled Crafts issues a certificate of entry in the register of skilled crafts(skilled crafts card).

The application for entry in the Register of Craftsmen must be accompanied by

• Current identity card or passport with current registration certificate,
• valid residence certificate without conditions for foreign nationals, unless they are EU nationals,
• articles of association,
• Master craftsman, engineer, technician or industrial foreman examination certificate or notification of exemption or authorization to practice for the owner or craft management in copy; and, if applicable
• Employment contract and manager's declaration;
• GbR contract and declaration on the GbR contract,
• Extract from the commercial register.

The amount of the fees depends on the scale of fees. Information on this can be obtained from the HWK.

If you move your business to another Chamber of Crafts district, you must register with the local Chamber of Crafts.

You can also find further information on the Register of Craftsmen on the HWK Lübeck website.

To the responsible Chamber of Crafts (HWK) or to the Single Point of Contact SH.

Important note:

An electronic application (application assistant) is available for applying for entry in the Register of Craftsmen via the Single Point of Contact Schleswig-Holstein.

Application forms for trades requiring a license can be found on the HWK Lübeck website.