What does a driving licence cost in Cologne?
Total cost for class B in three scenarios – broken down into official fees, driving school prices and items that depend on you.
Data coverage for Cologne: basic data
For Cologne, we currently show the responsible authority, published fees, the test centre and driving school locations from OpenStreetMap. We are adding driving school prices, first-aid and eye-test providers step by step. The authority’s information is always binding.Total cost, class B
Estimate€458
€88
Practice lessons (45 min each)
Depends on you23 × €63.70The number depends on your individual progress.
Source: Lesson 45 min (national) · as of 05/10/2026
€1,465
Rural road drives (45 min each)
Estimate5 × €72.40Minimum amount required by law (Anlage 4 FahrschAusbO).
Source: Special drive 45 min (national) · as of 05/10/2026
€362
Motorway drives (45 min each)
Estimate4 × €72.40Minimum amount required by law (Anlage 4 FahrschAusbO).
Source: Special drive 45 min (national) · as of 05/10/2026
€290
Night drives (45 min each)
Estimate3 × €72.40Minimum amount required by law (Anlage 4 FahrschAusbO).
Source: Special drive 45 min (national) · as of 05/10/2026
€217
Theory exam presentation (driving school)
Estimate1.72 × €98.50Expected value of 1.72 attempts (statistics: exams per first-time exam).
Source: Theory exam presentation (national) · as of 05/10/2026
€169
Practical exam presentation (driving school)
Estimate1.54 × €224.50Expected value of 1.54 attempts (statistics: exams per first-time exam).
Source: Practical exam presentation (national) · as of 05/10/2026
€346
Extra practice lessons before a re-take
Depends on you1.62 × €63.70Assumption: extra practice lessons before each retake.
Source: Lesson 45 min (national) · as of 05/10/2026
€103
Licence application (authority)
Set by law1 × €45.90Source: GebOSt; Betrag laut Fahrerlaubnisbehörde · as of 05/10/2026
€46
Theory exam (TÜV/DEKRA fee)
Set by law1.72 × €24.99The fee is charged per exam attempt.
Source: GebOSt Nr. 401.1 + 401.3 (21,00 € netto) · as of 05/10/2026
€43
Practical exam (TÜV/DEKRA fee)
Set by law1.54 × €129.83The fee is charged per exam attempt.
Source: GebOSt Nr. 402.3 (109,10 € netto) · as of 05/10/2026
€200
€60
€6
€10
- Set by law
- €289
- Provider price
- €0
- Depends on you
- €1,568
- Estimate
- €2,006
Official fees
Class B application
Set by law45,10 € für Klassen ohne Probezeit (AM, L, T). Die Stadt listet außerdem 13 € für ein Führungszeugnis – für Klasse B ist ein Führungszeugnis laut FeV nicht vorgeschrieben.
Source: stadt-koeln.de (GebOSt; Betrag laut Fahrerlaubnisbehörde) · as of 05/10/2026
€45.90
one-off
BF17 application
Set by law45,90 € Antrag + 7,70 € Prüfungsbescheinigung.
Source: stadt-koeln.de (GebOSt; Betrag laut Fahrerlaubnisbehörde) · as of 05/10/2026
€53.60
one-off
Theory exam, per attempt
Set by lawSource: gesetze-im-internet.de (GebOSt Nr. 401.1 + 401.3 (21,00 € netto)) · as of 05/10/2026
€24.99
per attempt
Practical exam, per attempt
Set by lawSource: gesetze-im-internet.de (GebOSt Nr. 402.3 (109,10 € netto)) · as of 05/10/2026
€129.83
per attempt
Driving school prices
Driving schools set their own prices and must display them (§ 32 FahrlG).
Too few published price lists so far
We only show a median of driving school prices once there are 5 price lists per item. Until then we use market ranges from surveys (ADAC, MOVING) and Berlin price notices – marked “Estimate” above.