Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald
32.2.0 Gewerbe

To operate a gaming arcade or similar business, you need a permit for the respective location.

If you want to broker real estate or loan agreements commercially, you need a license to do so. You can find out more here.

A new real trade license cannot be applied for. An existing one can be renewed upon application.

Have you been banned from exercising your trade due to unreliability? Then, as a rule, you can apply for the re-authorization of your commercial activity under certain conditions after one year.

If you wish to hold an auction, you must notify the relevant authorities.

Would you like to auction off third-party movable property, third-party land or third-party rights on a commercial basis? You need a permit for this. You can find out more here.

Would you like to move your business to a new location, has your business name changed or do you want to offer additional goods or services in the future? In these and other cases, you must re-register your business.

Would you like to offer catering with alcohol on tap as part of a temporary event (e.g. funfair, town festival, shooting festival) or for another temporary occasion (e.g. canteens)? Then you need a temporary permit (authorization).

If you wish to take over a catering business requiring a permit from another person, you may be permitted to operate the catering business until the permit is revoked.

If your business requiring a permit is no longer to be managed by the deputy, you must notify the competent authority of the termination of the deputy's activity.

Anyone registering or re-registering a trade that requires monitoring will have their reliability checked by the trade authority on the basis of a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority and information from the trade central register for submission to an authority.

Do you want to discontinue your business, move to a location that falls under the jurisdiction of a municipality other than the one that was previously responsible, or do you want to change the legal form of your business? Then you must deregister your business.

If you want to organize commercial shows of people in your business premises or make your business premises available for their event, you need a permit for this.

If you want to set up gaming machines with the possibility of winning commercially, you need a permit in accordance with Section 33c of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act.

If you have found a new installation site as an operator of gaming machines, you will need a confirmation for the installation site for the installation of gaming machines with winning opportunities

If you wish to have an event scheduled, you must apply for this. There is no obligation to schedule an event. Scheduled events are exempt from certain requirements.

If you want to work commercially as a pawnbroker or pawnbroker, you need a license.

If you start a business, you must register it with the competent authority. The registration must be made at the same time as the start of the business.

If you are organizing a hiking camp and wish to announce this publicly and the arrival and departure of participants is to be carried out by you as the organizer or by persons working with you, you must notify us in advance.

Public bodies, companies and private individuals can apply for information on business registration data.

You would like to serve alcoholic beverages commercially? You need a liquor license to do so. You can find out more here.

You would like to take over a restaurant serving alcohol from another person? In order to continue the restaurant operation without a time interruption, you can first apply for a temporary permit, which will later be replaced by the final permit.

You would like to offer goods for immediate sale occasionally at trade fairs, exhibitions, public festivals or for a special occasion? Then you need a permit for this from the competent body and do not need a travel trade card.

Anyone wishing to guard the lives or property of third parties on a commercial basis requires a permit from the competent authority.

If you wish to hold an auction, you must notify the relevant authorities. You can find out more here.

Only a few activities that do not require a travel authorization card must be reported. Before starting an activity that is not subject to a travel authorization card, please check whether you may have to report it to the responsible office.

If you want to carry out an activity that is not permitted in the travel trade, you can apply for an exemption permit under certain conditions.

You can change or extend the activities listed on the travel trade license with the competent authority.

You need a traveling trade card for a traveling trade. You can have a temporary traveling trade license extended by the competent authority.