Number of driving licenses in Germany from 2006 to 2025, by license category

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Release date

April 2025

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2006 to 2025

Special properties

As of January 1 each year; recorded in the Central Driver's License Register

Supplementary notes

Explanation of the driving license categories: motorcycles (A1 and A), cars (B, BE, BF17 and BEF17, the latter being accompanied driving from the age of 17), trucks (C1, C1E, C, CE), buses (D1, D1E, D, DE), others (L, M, T, S).

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Number of driving licenses in Germany 2025, by license category

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 29, 2025

In 2025, around **** million car driving licenses were registered in the Central Driving License Register (ZFER) in Germany. That same year, around **** million people had a motorcycle driving license.

According to the source, not all driving license holders are registered in the Central Driver's License Register (ZFER), but only those who have held the card driving license issued since January 1, 1999. Driving licenses of drivers who still have a paper license are therefore not included in the statistic.

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