Your registration service: we go to the registration office for you
Platefy is a registration service: with your power of attorney, we attend the appointment at the registration office, for private customers, dealerships and traders resident or established in Germany. For bigger plans, we support moving to Germany, buying vehicles with export and setting up a genuine business.
Our services
Registration service
For private customers, dealerships, traders and fleets resident or established in Germany.
- First registration, change of keeper, change of address, deregistration
- Personalised, seasonal, short-term and export plates
- The appointment at the registration office, with your power of attorney
- Plates bought for you from the plate maker, papers handed over
For keepers resident or established in Germany. Official fees and plates are billed at cost.
Buying a vehicle in Germany
For private buyers and traders based in France, Luxembourg or Belgium who buy in Germany.
- Checking the papers before you buy
- Export plates, export insurance and Kfz-Steuer
- Delivery to your door, or you drive it home
- The file for registration in your country: certificate of conformity, tax clearance, application
The vehicle is registered in your country of residence. That country's registration taxes, including the malus in France, remain due.
Your company in Germany or Luxembourg
For traders, brokers and importers who want a real business presence in Germany or Luxembourg.
- German company (GmbH, UG, sole trade) or Luxembourg company (SARL, SARL-S), depending on your project
- Finding business premises
- Introduction to a Steuerberater
- Registering stock and demo cars, red 06 dealer plates
Condition: a genuine business activity in the chosen country, with its tax obligations.
Moving to Germany
For people coming to live in Germany: cross-border workers employed in Luxembourg, employees, students, retirees.
- Finding your home: a room in a shared flat or your own place
- Anmeldung at the town hall once you have moved in
- Registering your vehicle at your new address
- Car insurance through a licensed partner broker
Condition: you actually live in Germany, as your main residence.
Every situation is different. We price your case in writing during the assessment, and nothing is charged before you agree. Fees charged by public authorities and third parties (registration, plates, technical inspection, insurance, rent) are not included in our fee and are billed to you at cost.
Where we operate
At your registration office in Germany. We first check where your normal residence is: it decides in which country your vehicle is registered.
The guide
German vehicle registration is not complicated, it is badly explained. Every rule on these pages carries its statute and a link to the consolidated legal text. Where we could not verify something, we say so rather than assert it.
- Registering a car in Germany: the complete walkthroughWhat the Zulassungsstelle asks for, in what order, what it costs and what has to be settled first — with the statutes and links to the official text.6 min read
- Buying a car in Germany: the paperwork that mattersWhich documents to see before you pay, what may be missing and what may not, and how to move the vehicle legally — with the statutes.3 min read
- German licence plate rental: what actually existsA German plate cannot be rented. Three regimes actually exist: Kurzzeitkennzeichen, Ausfuhrkennzeichen and the red trade plate. Which one fits your situation — with the statutes to back it up.6 min read
- Temporary German plates: which one do you need?Five days for test and transfer drives, up to a year for export: which form for which purpose, on what conditions and within what limits.3 min read
- Driving on foreign plates in Germany: for how long?One year, says § 46 FZV — but only as long as no regular location has been established in Germany. Both conditions apply together. What that means in practice.3 min read
- What registering a car in Germany really costs€30 official fee, €12.80 online — and then? The official part, the part that is not, and the annual Kfz-Steuer under § 9 KraftStG, separated and sourced.3 min read
- The eVB number: what it is, and why nothing starts without itThe eVB is not a policy but an electronic confirmation the insurer sends to the registration authority itself. How it works, and the one case where it does not.2 min read
- Personalised German plate: how a combination is built and what it costsDistinguishing sign, identification number, €2.60 reservation fee under the GebOSt: how a German plate is built and how to secure your combination.2 min read
A trip to the registration office? We go for you.
Or a bigger plan: moving, buying a vehicle, setting up. Tell us what it is about. The answer is free and without commitment.