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Craft or trade similar to a craft that does not require a license; notification
If you start a business in a craft or similar trade that does not require a license, you must notify the Chamber of Skilled Crafts and have yourself entered in a register.
Forms
Forms
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Formloser Antrag (mit Unterschrift)
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Procedure details
Description
You can become self-employed in trades not requiring a license and in trades similar to trades without any special licensing requirements. You must immediately notify the Chamber of Crafts in whose district your commercial establishment is located of the operation of a craft not requiring a license or a trade similar to a craft and have it entered in the register of crafts not requiring a license and trades similar to a craft.
Upon registration in the register of trades not requiring a license and similar trades, the business becomes a member of the Chamber of Skilled Crafts and is obliged to pay contributions in accordance with the contribution regulations of the respective Chamber of Skilled Crafts.
Requirements
You would like to become self-employed in a trade that does not require a license or a trade similar to a trade.
Required documents
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Registration of a trade or business (may be submitted at a later date)
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Copy of the proprietor's identity card or comparable identification document
Proceedings
Notification of the start must be submitted immediately to the Chamber of Skilled Crafts in whose district the commercial establishment is located. The entry is then made in the business register.
Fees
approx. 70 - 153 EUR
Electronic payment via online banking is possible. Information on this is provided by the relevant Chamber of Skilled Crafts.
Deadlines
The start or end of the independent operation of a craft that does not require a license or a craft-like trade as a standing trade must be reported immediately.
Special notes
You can become self-employed in trades that do not require a license and in trades similar to trades without any special licensing requirements.
Legal bases
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§§ 18 - 20 Gesetz zur Ordnung des Handwerks (Handwerksordnung - HwO)zulassungsfreie Handwerke und handwerksähnliche Gewerbe
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Gebührenordnung der Handwerkskammer
Related links
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Anlage B zum Gesetz zur Ordnung des Handwerks (Handwerksordnung - HwO)Verzeichnis der Gewerbe, die als zulassungsfreie Handwerke oder handwerksähnliche Gewerbe betrieben werden können
Related issues
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Vocational training in the skilled trades; application for recognition of professional aptitude for trainingAnyone who wants to take on and train apprentices in skilled trades but is not authorized to train them needs to have their professional aptitude recognized.
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Craft; determination of the necessity of craft registrationThe authorization to independently operate a craft requiring a license, a craft not requiring a license and a craft similar to a craft as a standing trade is regulated in the Crafts Code.
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Crafts law; notification of cross-border provision of services in a craft requiring a license
The temporary and occasional provision of services of a craft requiring a license by EU nationals and equivalent persons in Germany without a branch must be reported.
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Trade register; application for registration
Registration in the Register of Craftsmen is required for the independent operation of a craft requiring a license as a standing trade. Proof of professional qualification is a prerequisite for entry in the Register of Craftsmen.
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Craft register; application for authorization to practice another craft requiring a license
Are you registered in the Register of Craftsmen with a craft requiring a license and would like to practice another craft? Then, under certain conditions, you can apply for a license to practice another trade.
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List of trades not requiring a license or similar trades; application for information
You can apply for information from the register on the owner of a business in a craft that does not require a license or a trade similar to a craft.
Status: 08.01.2025
Editorial responsibility Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie
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