Company Register - Replacement certificate / duplicate of commercial confirmations / Itinerant Trade Cards

You have lost / misplaced your:

• certificate of business registration, or
• certificate of business de-registration, or
• certificate of business re-registration, or
• permit / licence, or
• Itinerant Trade Card

Prerequisites

• Registered business or Itinerant Trade Card for individuals with their usual place of residence in Berlin.
  

Documents required

• Application
  Informally in text form containing the following details:
  

  • Name of the company or tradesperson
  • Home and company address

  Applications submitted orally will not be accepted. Please use the provided application template.
• Identity document
  Identity card or other official identification document containing a photograph.
  Residence permit, if the applicant is not an EU national.

Forms

• Application for a duplicate / replacement certificate

Fees

Legal basis

• Trade Regulations (Gewerbeordnung or GewO) § 15 Abs. 1
• Trade Regulations (Gewerbeordnung or GewO) § 55 Abs. 2
• Trade Regulations (Gewerbeordnung or GewO) § 61
• Schedule of Administrative Fees (Verwaltungsgebührenordnung or VGebO)

Average time to process request

Responsible authorities

• The application for a replacement certificate for commercial confirmations and permits must be submitted to the competent Public Order Office for the district in which your business premises are located.
• Please submit the application for a duplicate Itinerant Trade Card to the Public Order Office for the district in which you live.