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Dog tax Hagen 2026
What a dog costs in Hagen 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 Hagen at a glance
- First dog
- €180
- Second dog
- €210
- Each further dog
- €240
- Listed dogs
- no higher tax, the normal rate applies
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 1 Mar 2015
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption for guide, hearing and assistance dogs (BL, GL, H); hard-to-rehome dogs from the Hagen animal shelter exempt for 2 years; recipients of social benefits: €70 with one dog or half rate for one dog
- Notes
- No higher tax for listed dogs (dangerous dogs) (the bylaw has no special rate; BdSt NRW (taxpayers' association) 2026: no separate rate, the standard rate applies). Bylaw of 19 December 1997 as amended by the 7th supplement of 26 February 2015. dog2/dog3plus per dog.
- Source
- Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Hagen (dog tax bylaw of the City of Hagen), as amended by the 7th supplement 2015 ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Hagen?
In Hagen the first dog costs €180 a year. The second dog costs €210, each further dog €240.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Hagen?
According to the source, Hagen does not charge a higher tax for listed dogs. The normal rate applies.
Is there a reduction in Hagen?
Exemption for guide, hearing and assistance dogs (BL, GL, H); hard-to-rehome dogs from the Hagen animal shelter exempt for 2 years; recipients of social benefits: €70 with one dog or half rate for one dog
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Hagen (dog tax bylaw of the City of Hagen), as amended by the 7th supplement 2015 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.
