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Dog tax Braunschweig 2026
What a dog costs in Braunschweig 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 Braunschweig at a glance
- First dog
- €120
- Second dog
- €204
- Each further dog
- €204
- First listed dog
- €600
- Further listed dogs
- €756
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 1 Jan 2021
- Reductions and exemptions
- Shelter dog (at least 3 months in Tierheim Braunschweig): tax free for 12 months; guide and assistance dogs (disability markers B, BL, aG, GL, H) exempt, first dog only; social hardship: first dog at half rate on application (not for listed dogs (dangerous dogs))
- Notes
- One rate (€204) for the second and each additional dog, therefore dog2 = dog3plus. Listed dogs (dangerous dogs) acquired after 31 December 2020: €804 per dog; €600/€756 apply to existing dogs (grandfathering rule). Bylaw status: 2nd amending bylaw of 29 September 2020, in force 1 January 2021.
- Source
- Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Braunschweig (dog tax bylaw of the City of Brunswick), version of the 2nd amending bylaw 2020 ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Braunschweig?
In Braunschweig the first dog costs €120 a year. The second dog costs €204, each further dog €204.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Braunschweig?
For a dangerous or listed dog, Braunschweig charges €600 a year. From the second one it is €756 per dog.
Is there a reduction in Braunschweig?
Shelter dog (at least 3 months in Tierheim Braunschweig): tax free for 12 months; guide and assistance dogs (disability markers B, BL, aG, GL, H) exempt, first dog only; social hardship: first dog at half rate on application (not for listed dogs (dangerous dogs))
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Braunschweig (dog tax bylaw of the City of Brunswick), version of the 2nd amending bylaw 2020 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.
