Reisegewerbekarte beantragen

• §§ Sections 55, 55a, 55b, 55f of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO) in conjunction with the Showmen's Liability Ordinance (SchauHV), 57 (2) and (3), 60b GewO

If you want to sell or offer goods or services commercially outside your business without being asked by a customer, or if you want to carry out entertainment activities as a showman, you must apply for a travel trade card.

You are engaged in a travelling trade if you offer goods for sale on a commercial basis without a prior order (appointment) and operate outside your commercial establishment (Section 4 (3) of the Trade Regulation Act) or without having such an establishment. The same applies if you seek out (distribute) orders for goods or purchase goods, offer services or seek out orders for services or perform entertainment activities as a showman or in the manner of a showman.

However, there are also activities that can be assigned to the travel trade, for which a permit is not required. You do not need a travel trade permit in the following cases:

• You occasionally offer goods for sale at trade fairs, exhibitions, public festivals or on special occasions with the permission of the competent authority;
• You sell home-grown products from agriculture and forestry, vegetable, fruit and horticulture, poultry farming and beekeeping as well as hunting and fishing;
• you carry on one of the activities listed in Section 55(1)(1) of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act in your municipality of residence or in the municipality of your commercial establishment, provided that the municipality has no more than 10,000 inhabitants;
• You sell milk or, in the case of this activity, milk products on the basis of a permit pursuant to Section 4 of the Milk and Margarine Act.
• As an insurance intermediary, you broker or conclude insurance contracts within the meaning of Section 34d (6) or (7) numbers 1 and 2 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Code (Gewerbeordnung) or building society contracts, or provide advice on insurance within the meaning of Section 34d (2) sentence 1 in conjunction with Section 34d (7) sentence 2 as an insurance advisor, or are employed in the business of such an insurance advisor.
• They exercise a trade requiring a license under federal or state law, for the exercise of which reliability is required, and already have the necessary license;
• They broker financial investments as financial investment brokers or advise third parties on financial investments within the meaning of Section 34f (3) No. 4, also in conjunction with Section 34h (1) Sentence 4, GewO, or are employed in the trade of such a broker;
• They broker real estate loan agreements or advise third parties on such agreements within the meaning of Section 34i (4), also in conjunction with Section 34i (5), Trade Regulation Act;
• They distribute foodstuffs or other goods for daily use from a non-fixed sales point or another facility at regular, shorter intervals at the same location;
• They offer printed matter for sale on public ways, streets, squares or other public places.
• They seek out other persons in the course of their business.
• They are active at an event established in accordance with Section 69 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO) under Title IV (trade fairs, exhibitions, markets).

• Identity card or passport with registration certificate from the municipality of residence
• Certificate of good conduct for submission to authorities from the registration office of the main place of residence
• Extract from the commercial register from the registration office of the main place of residence
• Certificate in tax matters from the responsible tax office
• In the case of legal entities, a certificate in tax matters from the tax office also for them
• If necessary, an excerpt from the commercial register of the country in which the company's principal place of business is located (only for legal entities).
• If necessary, a translation of an extract from the Commercial Register (only for foreign legal entities).

• The issuance of the travel business card requires the reliability of the applicant in the sense of the trade law.

Is based on the respective administrative fee regulations of the state or on the fee statutes of the bodies responsible under state law.

You can apply for the travel trade card at your municipality or city administration/trade office. To do this, contact the municipality or city administration in which you have your habitual residence or in which the future business will have its registered office.

Approx. 1 - 3 weeks, if all documents are complete.

The activity may only be commenced once the travel business card has been issued.

In some cases, you will also need to submit additional documents or evidence. Please clarify this with your responsible office.

In the case of legal entities (GmbH, Unternehmensgesellschaften, AG, registered cooperatives), the application form must only be completed for the legal entity itself. All personal documents must be obtained (e.g. certificate of good conduct for submission to authorities) or submitted (e.g. personnel papers) for all natural persons authorized to manage the company.

In the case of partnerships that are not themselves eligible for a permit (GbR, KG, OHG, PartG, GmbH & Co. KG), each managing partner requires a permit (travel trade card), so that an application form and all personal documents are required for each.

Appeal against the denial of the travel business card (detailed information on how to file an appeal can be found in the decision).

• The exercise of a travel trade requires in principle - some activities are free of travel trade card - the permission.
• Travel trade is a commercial activity without prior appointment outside a commercial establishment or without a commercial establishment.
• Content restriction possible
• Time limit possible
• May be subject to conditions
• Must be applied for at the municipality or city administration at the place of residence or place of business

• Contact the Trade Licensing Office at your municipality or city administration where you have your habitual residence or where the future company will have its registered office

• Your municipality or city administration/commercial office in which you have your usual place of residence or in which the future company will have its registered office is responsible for processing the application.

• Each city/municipality has different forms that you can have sent to you in advance
• Written form required: no
• Personal appearance on site when applying: no
• Online procedure possible: yes