Cologne registration office: one address for the city
Cologne registers vehicles at a single office. Driving licence applications, by contrast, are taken at many places in the city; both lists are below.
The city of Cologne registers vehicles at a single site: for the Cologne registration district the Federal Motor Transport Authority’s directory lists only Max-Glomsda-Straße 4 on the east bank of the Rhine, postcode 51105. Driving licences are different: there the directory lists 10 addresses, the licensing office itself and customer centres in the city’s boroughs, including the city-centre customer centre on Laurenzplatz. The plate code is K, shared with no other district. On 1 January 2026 Cologne had 501,926 cars, making it Germany’s number 5 registration district by size; 5.2 % of them were fully electric, rank 37 of 398. To re-register a car from another district with a Cologne plate, the city charges what every office charges, €27.10 in person; keeping the old plate costs €23.60.
Register a new car · Stadt Köln
€30.00
GebOSt fee; with seals and the KBA share €31.90 to €37.30
| District plate codes | K |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Online would cost less by | €16.90 |
| City’s own amount | not published by the city |
Registration office: Stadt Köln
- Main office Köln
Max-Glomsda-Str. 4, 51105 Köln
Tel. 0221-221-26635
kfz-zulassung@stadt-koeln.de
Driving licence office
- Stadt Köln
Ottmar-Pohl-Platz 1, 51103 Köln
Tel. 0221/221-26155 - Stadt Köln
Laurenzplatz 1 - 3, 50667 Köln
Tel. 0221/221-91586 - Stadt Köln
Mannesmannstr. 10, 50996 Köln
Tel. 0221/221-92218 - Stadt Köln
Aachener Straße 220, 50931 Köln
Tel. 0221/221-93531 - and 6 more in the district
501,926 cars registered (1 January 2026), 5.2 % fully electric; 490 cars per 1,000 residents.
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Registration office addresses
The registration office is on the right bank of the Rhine. The city books appointments online; some procedures, deregistration for instance, can be done without an appointment or fully online at many offices. What applies in Cologne right now is stated on the city’s website.
| Type | Location | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main office | Köln | Max-Glomsda-Str. 4, 51105 Köln | 0221-221-26635 |
Licensing office and vehicles
| Licensing office | Address |
|---|---|
| Stadt Köln · Der Oberbürgermeister · Amt f. öffentliche Ordnung | Ottmar-Pohl-Platz 1, 51103 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Kundenzentrum Innenstadt · Führerscheinstelle 02-01/3 | Laurenzplatz 1 - 3, 50667 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Die Oberbürgmermeisterin · Bürgerdienste | Mannesmannstr. 10, 50996 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Bürgeramt Lindenthal · Führerscheinstelle 02-03/3 | Aachener Straße 220, 50931 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Bürgeramt Ehrenfeld · Führerscheinstelle 02-04/3 | Venloer Straße 419 - 421, 50825 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Bürgeramt Nippes · Führerscheinstelle 02-05/3 | Neusser Straße 450, 50733 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Bürgeramt Chorweiler · Führerscheinstelle 02-06/3 | Pariser Platz 1, 50765 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Bürgeramt Porz · Führerscheinstelle 02-07/3 | Friedrich-Ebert-Ufer 64 - 70, 51143 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Bürgeramt Kalk · Führerscheinstelle 02-08/3 | Kalker Hauptstraße 247 - 273, 51103 Köln |
| Stadt Köln · Bürgeramt Mülheim · Führerscheinstelle 02-09/3 | Wiener Platz 2a, 51065 Köln |
| Vehicles | Köln | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Cars | 501,926 | 49,486,487 |
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 490 | 592 |
| Share of fully electric cars | 5.2 % | 4.1 % |
| Share of plug-in hybrids | 3.7 % | 2.3 % |
| Share of diesel cars | 22.2 % | 27.0 % |
| Motorcycles | 45,181 | 5,071,468 |
If you live in the surrounding area, the search above finds your own district’s office. Neighbouring cities have their own pages: Düsseldorf, Essen and Dortmund.