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Dog tax Düsseldorf 2026
What a dog costs in Düsseldorf 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 Düsseldorf at a glance
- First dog
- €96
- Second dog
- €150
- Each further dog
- €180
- First listed dog
- €600
- Further listed dogs
- €900
- Calculation
- The rate depends on the number of dogs and applies to every dog in the household.
- Valid since
- unknown, no information found online
- Reductions and exemptions
- unknown, no information found online
- Notes
- Figures from the official open data set of the City of Düsseldorf (columns HSt 1 to 3 per dog by number of dogs kept, KHSt 1 to 2 for dangerous dogs or certain breeds), latest year in the data set: 2025; unchanged since at least 2021. dog2 = per dog when keeping 2 dogs, dog3plus = per dog when keeping 3 or more dogs; dangerous_more = per dog when keeping 2 dangerous dogs. Status for 2026 not verified (bylaw and duesseldorf.de information page could not be retrieved). Reductions and exemptions: unknown, no retrievable information found online.
- Source
- Hebesätze für Realsteuern und die Hundesteuer für Düsseldorf (municipal tax rates and dog tax for Düsseldorf), Open Data Düsseldorf ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Düsseldorf?
In Düsseldorf the first dog costs €96 a year. The second dog costs €150, each further dog €180. The rate by number of dogs applies to every dog in the household.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Düsseldorf?
For a dangerous or listed dog, Düsseldorf charges €600 a year. From the second one it is €900 per dog.
Is there a reduction in Düsseldorf?
We found no information about this online. The city tax office can help.
Sources and method
- 📚Hebesätze für Realsteuern und die Hundesteuer für Düsseldorf (municipal tax rates and dog tax for Düsseldorf), Open Data Düsseldorf 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.
