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Reserve a license plate or have the reservation extended

You can reserve your desired license plate or extend a reservation.

  • Basic information

    When a license plate is allocated, any combination of letters and numbers is assigned.

    Would you like a special combination of letters and numbers? Then you can apply for a special license plate if it has not yet been allocated. This will incur costs.

    • You can reserve your desired license plate in advance for 90 days.
    • The reservation will be deleted if the license plate is not called up within this period or an extension of the reservation is requested.

    The following are not permitted when selecting license plates:

    • Umlauts Ä, Ö, Ü
    • letter combinations HJ, KZ, NS, SA, SS
    • Number combinations 18 and 88 and
    • letter and number combinations AH/HH/FG 420/204

    License plate reservations with the above combinations, which may have been made in the past, may no longer be allocated.

    Please note: There is no legal entitlement to the allocation of a license plate of your choice.

    Requirements

    You would like to have a license plate of your choice.

  • Procedure

    The reservation of license plates and the renewal of reserved license plates is only possible online.

    Reserve a license plate online:

    • Use the online service
    • You must then take note of the data protection information and click on "Continue".
    • You will then be taken to a selection menu. Select the 3rd item "Reserve license plate / extend reservation".
    • Then select whether you would like to reserve a new license plate or extend an existing license plate reservation. Then click on "Continue".
    • Now select whether you are applying as a private or commercial person. Then click on "Continue".
    • Then enter the required data and click on "Next".
    • In the next step, you can select the vehicle and license plate type and check whether your desired license plate has not yet been assigned.
    • If your desired license plate is available, click on "Next".
    • Check the data you have entered and click on "Reserve now".

    Extend online reservation:

    • Use the online service
    • You must then take note of the data protection information and click on "Next".
    • You will then be taken to a selection menu. Select the 3rd item "Reserve license plate / extend reservation".
    • Then select whether you would like to reserve a new license plate or extend an existing license plate reservation. Then click on "Continue".
    • Now select whether you are making the application as a private or commercial person. Then click on "Continue".
    • Then enter the required data and click on "Next".
    • Enter your reserved license plate number and your reservation PIN and click on "Renew now".

    In addition to the online reservation, you also have the option of choosing a license plate directly when registering the vehicle.

    Requests by e-mail only permitted for:

    • Fleet reservations of 20 vehicles or more or
    • justified individual cases within the scope of online vehicle registration.

    Other queries on these topics will not be answered.

  • Necessary Documents
    • License plate combination
    • Reservation pin

  • Competent Department

  • Online Services

  • Fees / Costs

    2,60 EUR For online reservation. You only pay the fee when you register your vehicle.
    10,20 EUR Additionally for the allocation of the desired license plate at the vehicle registration.
    You only pay the fee when you register your vehicle.

  • Deadlines & processing time

    What deadlines must be paid attention to?

    90 days
    A saved reservation will be deleted if the license plate is not retrieved within 90 days or an extension is not requested within this period.

    How long does it take to process

    Immediately.

  • Legal Bases

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The official information in German is complete and correct. 29.01.2026

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