Skip to content

Insurance broker / Business types / Construction and trades

Insurance for kitchen studios and kitchen fitters in Germany

Kitchen studios in Germany sell in the showroom and then work in the client's home: old kitchen out, new kitchen in, water and appliances connected. The costliest losses rarely hit the kitchen itself but everything around it: a leaking connection under the sink, a scratched floor, a pipe drilled into. Kitchen fitters face the same. Here is what a business should insure and what it costs.

Insurance for kitchen studios and fitters

The question almost everyone asks first

Who pays if the dishwasher hose leaks after we fitted the kitchen?

The consequential damage to floors, walls and the flat below is paid by your public liability if you made the connection and no exclusion applies. Redoing the connection is your warranty work. Check that water damage from installation work is covered without low sub limits.

What goes wrong in this trade

  1. 01

    Water under the sink

    A loose connection drips for days into the cabinet, the screed and the flat below.

  2. 02

    Drilled pipe

    Fixing wall units, the drill hits a cable or a water pipe.

  3. 03

    Floors and walls

    Parquet scratched while carrying, tiles cracked, door frames knocked.

  4. 04

    Worktop does not fit

    A stone worktop is cut wrong or breaks while being fitted.

  5. 05

    Fire or break in at the showroom

    Display kitchens and appliances are worth a lot.

  6. 06

    Deposits and disputes

    Clients hold back final payments, suppliers deliver late or faulty.

Risk radar
Liability 5Fire and water 4Theft 3Cyber 3Downtime 3Health 3

Compared with other trades, 1 low to 5 high.

The insurance you need

Essential

Business liability

Covers damage in the client's home, with damage to worked on property, water damage from fitting and consequential damage from defects.

Strongly advised

Business contents

Display kitchens, appliances, stock and fittings against fire, burglary and water damage.

Cargo insurance

Covers kitchens, worktops and appliances on your own vans.

Depends on the business

What it costs: example prices

Few insurers publish tariffs for kitchen studios. The premium depends on turnover, share of fitting work, value of the showroom and whether you connect water and electrics yourself.

InsuranceExampleTypical range
Business liabilityStudio with two fitters, €5 million limit, with damage to worked on propertyabout €350 to €900 a year
Business liabilitySelf employed kitchen fitter, €3 million limitabout €200 to €450 a year
Business contentsShowroom with kitchens and appliances worth €250,000about €700 to €1,800 a year
Cargo insuranceOwn goods in transit up to €30,000 per tripabout €200 to €500 a year
Fleet insuranceTwo panel vans, third party and comprehensiveabout €1,600 to €3,200 a year

For comparison: Public liability for a kitchen studio costs about as much a year as a good dishwasher.

All premiums are guide values from our quoting work, excluding German insurance premium tax,

as of October 2026.

Sources of the price examples

Our suggestions: three packages

01

Fitter

For: Self employed kitchen fitter working for studios and furniture stores

  • Business liability
  • Fleet insurance
  • Cargo insurance

Together about €1,200 to €2,800 a year

Request this package

02

Studio

For: Kitchen studio with showroom, planning and own fitting team

  • Business liability
  • Business contents
  • Fleet insurance
  • Cargo insurance
  • Business legal expenses

Together about €3,500 to €7,500 a year

Request this package

03

Full cover

For: Studio with its own workshop for worktops and bespoke units

  • Business liability
  • Business contents
  • Fleet insurance
  • Cargo insurance
  • Business legal expenses
  • Business interruption
  • Cyber insurance

Together individual, usually from about €6,500 a year

Request this package

The worst day in the kitchen studio

Six things kitchen studios and fitters really go through, all on one Thursday. Tap through and see who pays.

Damage so far€119,500
  1. Carrying tall units, the team scratches the oak parquet in the hallway.

    €3,200 · Paid by: Business liability

  2. Drilling for wall units hits a water pipe in the wall.

    €6,500 · Paid by: Business liability

  3. A stone worktop slides in the van and breaks.

    €2,800 · Paid by: Cargo insurance

  4. Last week's client calls: the dishwasher hose leaked and the flat below is wet.

    €18,000 · Paid by: Business liability

  5. A client refuses the final payment over a gap at a panel.

    €4,000 · Paid by: Business legal expenses

  6. A short circuit in a display kitchen starts a fire.

    €85,000 · Paid by: Business contents

Which package would you have had?

Paid by insurance: €0
Out of your own pocket: €119,500

Illustrative amounts before any excess.

What is paid depends on the policy terms.

Practical tips from your broker

  1. Make sure water damage from fitting work and damage to worked on property are expressly included in your liability policy.
  2. Lay floor protection before carrying and photograph floors and walls first.
  3. Pressure test water connections and record the test in the handover report.
  4. Use a pipe and cable detector before drilling.
  5. Leave work on the electrical installation to a qualified electrician.
  6. Agree deposit, handover and final payment in writing.

Why NAMMERT for your business

We know water damage

In boat insurance we handle claims ourselves, and water always finds a way. We know how cause and consequential damage are proven.

We compare the small print

As an insurance broker, Norman Nammert compares how several insurers handle damage to worked on property and water damage from fitting.

Studio, vans and personal

Showroom, vans and your personal cover with one contact.

Broker since 1989

A family business, not tied to any insurer. Our service is free for you; the insurer pays our commission. We advise in English.

Frequently asked questions

Questions and answers

Which insurance does a kitchen studio need?

Above all public liability with damage to worked on property and water damage from fitting,

plus contents cover for the showroom and cover for your vans.

Who pays if the dishwasher connection leaks?

Consequential damage is paid by your public liability if you made the connection and no exclusion

applies.

Redoing it is your warranty work.

Is a scratched floor at the client's home insured?

Only if damage to worked on property is included,

because the damage happens while you work in the home.

What does insurance cost for a kitchen studio?

In our quoting work a studio with showroom and fitting pays about €3,500 to €7,500 a year,

a self employed fitter about €1,200 to €2,800.

Is the worktop insured in transit?

Not under liability.

You need own goods in transit cover, often as an add on to your van policy.

Is business interruption cover worth it?

With a large showroom often yes:

after a fire rent and wages keep running while clients hardly order.

NAMMERT insurance broker

Request quotes for Kitchen studio

The recommended covers are ticked.

Change what does not fit; we compare quotes, in English.

1Who is it for?
2Which insurance?

Choose as many as you like. For each one, the details an insurer needs for a quote appear below.

Personal

Business

3Details

Business liability insurance in Germany (Betriebshaftpflicht)

For example electrical installation in homes, café with outdoor seating, online shop for furniture

For example work at clients' sites, own products, exports to the US, parent company abroad

Business contents insurance in Germany (Inhaltsversicherung)

For example café with bakery, accounting firm, car repair shop

At purchase price, 0 if no stock

For example flood cover, customer property, tools in vehicles, loss of income

Cargo and transport insurance in Germany

Only for hauliers and own-account transport

For example Incoterms, ADSp, packing, storage, previous claims

Fleet insurance in Germany (Kfz-Flottenversicherung)

For example leasing, insurer's claims report, foreign trips, renewal date

4Your current policy
5How can we reach you?

Related trades

Joinery

Joinery

Is my customer's kitchen insured if it burns in my workshop?

Furniture retail

Furniture retail

Who pays if my fitter drills into a water pipe while installing a kitchen?

Electrician

Electrician

Will the insurer pay if a cable fire breaks out months after my job?

Boat or yacht? NAMMERT has its own cover concepts for boats, arranged by the same broker.

Boat insurance

Your broker: Norman Nammert, trading as NAMMERT.

Insurance broker licensed under section 34d(1) of the German Trade Regulation Act.

Broker register no. D-C08Q-TOSD4-37.

NAMMERT Assekuradeur GmbH is a separate company.

It does not arrange your contract.

Statutory disclosure (German) · Updated