Overview
- The Beitragsservice rolled out the new Kontostandsabfrage on October 1, offering a live, no‑login check of open payments, overpayments and next payment dates.
- Users need only their nine‑digit Beitragsnummer and the account holder’s birth date to view a minimal set of account details for data‑protection reasons.
- The free service is available around the clock at rundfunkbeitrag.de/kontostand and lets people export upcoming payment dates as calendar entries.
- The tool is aimed at private household accounts; companies use a separate portal and SEPA direct‑debit customers can still view their status even though payments are collected automatically.
- The rollout comes against a large but falling enforcement backdrop: at end‑2025 the service managed about 46.92 million contribution accounts, reported €8.72 billion in revenues, and recorded 18.31 million dunning actions and 1.39 million enforcement requests in 2025.