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Basically in the Federal Republic of Germany there is freedom of trade. There are however exceptions to this rule.
For some trades, special license requirements (written examinations, briefings, concessions, authorisations or special permits) are necessary.
In particular the following business activities require a license:
- Running restaurants and bar services
- Running a taxi business
- Bookkeeping assistant
- Financial service provider
- Road haulage company
- Trading with OTC drugs
- Trading with weapons, ammunition and explosives
- Crafts
- Manufacturing weapons and pharmaceutical products
- Debt collection agencies
- Ambulance services
- Real estate agents
- Nursing services
- Private hospitals
- Security services
- Insurance brokers
Note: For these trades you have to provide evidence of your personal reliability, your professional skills and if necessary your financial rating or specific premises.
To the procedures
- Commercial installation of gaming machines with winning possibilities
- Commercial road haulage
- Energieversorgung - Genehmigung des Netzbetriebs (Land)
- Issuing a certificate of competence to handle and/or deal in explosive substances commercially
- Itinerant Trade License
- Licence for out of court legal services
- License exemption for product-specific insurance brokers
- License for amusement arcades
- License for auctions
- License for financial services providers according to the German Banking Act
- License for financial services providers according to the Trade Commerce and Industry Regulation Act
- License for Insurance Brokers and Insurance Consultants
- License for nursing facilities
- License for pawnbrokers
- License for private hospitals
- License for Real Estate Agents, Property Developers, Building Contractors...
- License for rental cars
- License for restaurants
- License for security services
- License for taxis
- License to import pharmaceutical products
- License to manufacture or trade in weapons
- License to manufacture pharmaceutical products
- License to operate a pharmacy
- License to purchase and deal with explosive substances commercially
- License to run ambulance services
- Notification of a seasonal wine tavern ("Straußwirtschaft")
- Sondernutzung von Straßen außerhalb der Ortschaft - Erlaubnis beantragen
- Special use permits for roads within built-up areas
- Temporary license for restaurants
