If you need proof of your personal reliability in connection with the operation of a business, you can apply for information from the central trade register.

Information from the central trade register shows whether you have violated trade law regulations in the past.

The information also serves as proof of your personal reliability, for example if you wish to exercise a trade requiring a license (e.g. restaurant business, estate agent) or a trade requiring supervision (e.g. trade in used motor vehicles, travel agency).

Are recorded in the central trade register:

• Rejection of an application for admission to a trade, trade prohibitions, revocation of permits, concessions,
• waivers of admission to a trade,
• decisions imposing fines of more than EUR 200 in connection with the exercise of a trade and
• certain criminal convictions in connection with the exercise of a trade.

Note: The Central Trade Register does not contain the data of all tradespeople in Germany. This can be found in the trade register, which contains information on the business owner such as name, date of birth and address as well as on the business such as management, addresses and registered activity.