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Dog tax Frankfurt am Main 2026
What a dog costs in Frankfurt am Main 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 Frankfurt am Main at a glance
- First dog
- €102
- Second dog
- €102
- Each further dog
- €102
- First listed dog
- €900
- Further listed dogs
- €900
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- unknown, no information found online
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption: trained dogs for blind, deaf or helpless severely disabled people (disability markers B, BL, aG, H), not for listed dogs (dangerous dogs). Listed dogs: reduction to €225 after passing the VDH Begleithundeprüfung (companion dog test) or a higher level test. Ask the Kassen- und Steueramt (city treasury and tax office) about further reductions.
- Notes
- The city's (undated) leaflet states €102 per dog with no distinction between first and additional dogs (dog2 = dog3plus assumed equal according to the leaflet) and €900 per listed dog (dangerous dog). The bylaw text itself is not available online; the BdSt (taxpayers' association) municipal database 2024 confirms €102/€900. Status for 2026 not separately verified.
- Source
- Leaflet „Hundehaltung Frankfurt am Main“ (keeping a dog in Frankfurt am Main), Magistrat der Stadt Frankfurt am Main ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Frankfurt am Main?
In Frankfurt am Main the first dog costs €102 a year. The second dog costs €102, each further dog €102.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Frankfurt am Main?
For a dangerous or listed dog, Frankfurt am Main charges €900 a year.
Is there a reduction in Frankfurt am Main?
Exemption: trained dogs for blind, deaf or helpless severely disabled people (disability markers B, BL, aG, H), not for listed dogs (dangerous dogs). Listed dogs: reduction to €225 after passing the VDH Begleithundeprüfung (companion dog test) or a higher level test.
Sources and method
- 📚Leaflet „Hundehaltung Frankfurt am Main“ (keeping a dog in Frankfurt am Main), Magistrat der Stadt Frankfurt am Main 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.
