Travelling trade licence: Apply for a change or extension of the listed activities

If you want to be self-employed in the travelling trade, you need a travelling trade licence.

You operate a travelling trade if you work as a showman, "travelling salesman" or owner of a market stall, i.e. if you offer your services or goods at constantly changing locations.

Pursuant to Section 55 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (Gewerbeordnung), anyone who, without prior authorisation, operates a travelling trade outside their commercial establishment (Section 4 (3) of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act) or without having such an establishment

• offers goods for sale or solicits (sells) or buys orders,
• offers services or seeks orders for services or
• performs entertaining activities as a showman or in the manner of a showman.

The travelling trade licence may be restricted in terms of content, issued with a time limit and subject to conditions insofar as this is necessary for the protection of the general public or consumers; under the same conditions, the subsequent inclusion, amendment and addition of conditions is also permitted.

As a result, you can apply to the competent authority to change or extend the activities listed on the travelling trade licence.

If your travelling trade activity changes, you must have your travelling trade card amended by the competent authority if it goes beyond the authorised activities.

• Tariff item 207 of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Trade Costs Ordinance (GewKostVO M-V)
• § Section 55 of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)

• Identity card
• Travelling trade card

In order for the competent authority to subsequently amend or supplement your travelling trade licence, you must already be in possession of a travelling trade licence.

Once you have submitted the application for the subsequent inclusion, amendment and addition of conditions to your travelling trade licence to your competent authority and all documents have been submitted in full, the competent authority will check whether the relevant requirements have been met.

If all the documents are complete, your travelling trade card will be amended.

• Forms: none
• Written form required: no
• Personal appearance for collection on site: no
• Online procedure possible: yes

• Application for a travelling trade licence

• Information on the business start-up portal of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the subject of business/travel industry

• Business start-up portal of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the subject of trade/travel industry

• Objection (depending on national law, the objection may be excluded)
• Administrative court action

• Travelling trade permit subsequent inclusion, amendment and supplementation of conditions or listed activities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

  Display of performance in the source portal

Your municipality or municipal administration/trade office in which you have your habitual residence or in which the future company will be based is responsible for processing the application

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the trade licensing office of the independent town, the large district town, the office or the independent municipality in which the activity is to take place is responsible for processing the application.

Chambers of industry and commerce, chambers of skilled trades, districts and independent or large towns belonging to districts, the responsible local authority administration or the administration of the independent municipalities provide support with the application.