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Dog tax Bielefeld 2026
What a dog costs in Bielefeld per year: current rates, reductions and a calculator for several dogs and listed dogs.
📜 From the official city source🔄 Checked on 22 Oct 2026🔒 No sign-up
Your dog tax
Dog tax in Bielefeld at a glance
- First dog
- €144
- Second dog
- €156
- Each further dog
- €168
- Listed dogs
- no higher tax, the normal rate applies
- Calculation
- The rate depends on the number of dogs and applies to every dog in the household.
- Valid since
- 1 Jan 2024
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption on application for one dog of blind, deaf or helpless people (disability markers B/aG) and for certified rescue dogs. Recipients of social benefits (SGB II/XII): a quarter for one dog (€36). No animal shelter reduction in the bylaw.
- Notes
- Tiered by number of dogs: with 2 dogs €156 per dog, with 3+ dogs €168 per dog (applies to all dogs in the household). No higher tax for listed dogs (the bylaw contains no separate rate; BdSt NRW (taxpayers' association) 2026 confirms). Version of the 6th supplementary bylaw of 14 December 2023, valid from 1 January 2024.
- Source
- Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Bielefeld (dog tax bylaw of the City of Bielefeld), as amended by the 6th supplementary bylaw of 14 December 2023 ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Bielefeld?
In Bielefeld the first dog costs €144 a year. The second dog costs €156, each further dog €168. The rate by number of dogs applies to every dog in the household.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Bielefeld?
According to the source, Bielefeld does not charge a higher tax for listed dogs. The normal rate applies.
Is there a reduction in Bielefeld?
Exemption on application for one dog of blind, deaf or helpless people (disability markers B/aG) and for certified rescue dogs. Recipients of social benefits (SGB II/XII): a quarter for one dog (€36). No animal shelter reduction in the bylaw.
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Bielefeld (dog tax bylaw of the City of Bielefeld), as amended by the 6th supplementary bylaw of 14 December 2023 Open source ↗
- 📚All values checked on 22 Oct 2026. We check the list every year at the turn of the year. Anything not verified is marked as unknown.
