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Renew company card
Is your company involved in the commercial transportation of goods or passengers and is your company card about to expire? Then you can apply for a follow-up card from the relevant office.
Online services & Forms
Online services
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Unternehmenskarte online beantragen - TÜV SÜDYou can apply for a company card online.
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Unternehmenskarte online beantragen - DEKRAYou can apply for a company card online.
Forms
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Antrag Unternehmenskarte (persönliche Antragsstellung) - TÜV SÜD
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Antrag Unternehmenskarte (persönliche Antragsstellung) - DEKRA
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Procedure details
Description
If the validity of your company card expires, you can
- as an entrepreneur or
- as an authorized representative or authorized person
apply for a follow-up card.
The company card is issued impersonally to your company and is valid for 5 years after personalization by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). You must apply for a new follow-up card in good time before the card expires. You can submit the application at the earliest 6 months before the expiration date.
As a business owner, you are responsible for the proper use of the card or cards. You must also ensure that the company card is entered into the tachograph at the beginning and end of vehicle use for your company in order to assign the use of the vehicle to your company.
Requirements
- Your company uses vehicles that must be equipped with a digital tachograph.
- Your company already has a company card that needs to be renewed.
Required documents
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Required Documents
- Application for renewal of the company card
- verifiable documentation of the name, address and registered office of the company
- Proof of identity of the entrepreneur or the person or persons authorized to represent the company in accordance with the law, articles of association or partnership agreement
Deadlines
You can have your company card renewed at the earliest 6 months before it expires.
Special notes
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Related issues
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Applying for a company card for the first time
Is your company involved in the commercial transportation of goods or passengers and do you need a company card for the first time? Then you must apply for this card from the competent authority.
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Replace company card due to theft
Your company is engaged in the commercial transport of goods or passengers and your company card has been stolen? Then you can apply for a replacement card at the relevant office.
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Company card; application for a replacement in the event of loss
Is your company involved in the commercial transportation of goods or passengers and your company card has been lost? Then you can apply for a replacement card from the relevant office.
Status: 01.09.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium für Verkehr + Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
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