Dortmund registration office: on Südwall
Dortmund registers vehicles in the city centre, on Südwall. Driving licences are handled by the citizens’ services at several places in the city.
The city of Dortmund’s registration office is at Südwall 2–4, on the edge of the city centre, postcode 44137; the Federal Motor Transport Authority’s directory lists no branches for vehicle registration. Driving licences are handled by the citizens’ services (Bürgerdienste), with 10 addresses in the directory, from Südwall to the borough offices in Aplerbeck and Brackel. The code issued is DO. The directory also lists IS for Dortmund as a phased-out code; it stood for the former district of Iserlohn and is likewise only listed as phased out in Hagen, the Märkischer Kreis and the district of Unna. On 1 January 2026 Dortmund had 304,056 cars, rank 15 among registration districts, and 504 cars per 1,000 residents. The share of fully electric cars, 4.2 %, was below the national 4.1 %, rank 134 of 398. Deregistering costs €15.90 in person here as everywhere.
Register a new car · Stadt Dortmund
€30.00
GebOSt fee; with seals and the KBA share €31.90 to €37.30
| District plate codes | DO |
| Phased out (existing cars only) | IS |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Online would cost less by | €16.90 |
| City’s own amount | not published by the city |
Registration office: Stadt Dortmund
- Main office Dortmund
Südwall 2-4, 44137 Dortmund
Tel. 0231-50-13332
buergerdienste@stadtdo.de
Driving licence office
- Stadt Dortmund
Südwall 2 - 4, 44122 Dortmund
Tel. 0231/50-13332 - Stadt Dortmund
Aplerbecker Marktplatz 21, 44122 Dortmund
Tel. 0231/50-29340;-29361 - Stadt Dortmund
Brackeler Hellweg 170, 44122 Dortmund
Tel. 0231/25071;-25070 - Stadt Dortmund
Evinger-Platz-Straße 2 - 4, 44122 Dortmund
Tel. 0231/50-25435;-26739 - and 6 more in the district
304,056 cars registered (1 January 2026), 4.2 % fully electric; 504 cars per 1,000 residents.
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Registration office addresses
Südwall is part of the ring road around the centre and easy to reach by public transport. The city books appointments on its website, which also says which procedures work without one.
| Type | Location | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main office | Dortmund | Südwall 2-4, 44137 Dortmund | 0231-50-13332 |
Licensing office and vehicles
| Licensing office | Address |
|---|---|
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · Bürgerdienste | Südwall 2 - 4, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/AP - | Aplerbecker Marktplatz 21, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/BR - | Brackeler Hellweg 170, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/EV - | Evinger-Platz-Straße 2 - 4, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/HÖ - | Hörder Bahnhofstraße 16, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/HOM - | Harkotstraße 58, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/HU - | Rahmer Straße 11 - 13, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/LÜ - | Limbecker Straße 31, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/MG - | Am Amtshaus 1, 44122 Dortmund |
| Stadt Dortmund · Der Oberbürgermeister · - Bürgerdienste 33/SCHA - | Gleiwitzstraße 277, 44122 Dortmund |
| Vehicles | Dortmund | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Cars | 304,056 | 49,486,487 |
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 504 | 592 |
| Share of fully electric cars | 4.2 % | 4.1 % |
| Share of plug-in hybrids | 2.6 % | 2.3 % |
| Share of diesel cars | 22.9 % | 27.0 % |
| Motorcycles | 24,726 | 5,071,468 |
For the Unna district, Hagen or Bochum the search above names the right office. The rules for taking a car off the road are under deregistering, and the plate code list shows every code in the Ruhr.