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Dog tax Bremen 2026
What a dog costs in Bremen 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 Bremen at a glance
- First dog
- €150
- Second dog
- €150
- Each further dog
- €150
- Listed dogs
- unknown, no information found online
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- unknown, no information found online
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption or reduction only on application to the Finanzamt Bremen (tax office); reductions include guard and protection dogs, breeding (kennel tax), performers and showmen, dog trading. No reduction for low income, but deferral or (partial) waiver possible on application. Dogs of Ukrainian refugees are tax free until residence is registered.
- Notes
- City of Bremen: flat rate of €150 per dog, no tiering (dog2 = dog3plus = dog1). Rate for listed dogs (dangerous dogs): unknown, no separate rate given on the official pages. Effective date of the rate not stated (tax tag currently valid 2026 to 2029). Please note: Bremerhaven has its own rates (90/120/150 from 1 January 2026).
- Source
- Hundesteuer, Hund anmelden (dog tax, registering a dog) (Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Finanzamt Bremen; service description service.bremen.de/FIM) ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
How Bremen compares
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€131is the average for the first dog in the 50 largest German cities.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Bremen?
In Bremen the first dog costs €150 a year. The second dog costs €150, each further dog €150.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Bremen?
We could not find a separate rate for listed dogs online. It is best to ask the local tax office directly.
Is there a reduction in Bremen?
Exemption or reduction only on application to the Finanzamt Bremen (tax office); reductions include guard and protection dogs, breeding (kennel tax), performers and showmen, dog trading. No reduction for low income, but deferral or (partial) waiver possible on application.
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuer, Hund anmelden (dog tax, registering a dog) (Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Finanzamt Bremen; service description service.bremen.de/FIM) 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.
