B17 driving license costs 2026
Current B17 cost statistics: accompanied car driving from age 17 with €2,034 cost benchmark and 11,041 analyzed driving schools.
Same training, same costs as class B
Accompanied driving from age 17 is statistically the safest way to start on the road and the most popular option for an early car license. Training is identical to class B: 12 mandatory special drives (5 rural, 4 motorway, 3 night) and an average of 20 practice lessons. The difference is not the price, but the additional year of supervised practice – which can even lower your insurance costs in the long run.
A B17/BF17 (supervised) license costs around €2,034 on average nationwide. A single practice lesson (45 min) runs about €65. These figures are based on approx. 11k driving schools across approx. 1.4k cities (updated June 13, 2026). Lesson prices range between €52 - €75. A typical cost breakdown includes base fee €400, lesson €65, special drive €75, theory exam €69, practical exam €199 – plus individual practice hours on top. Location makes a difference too: costs range from €1,505 in Dortmund to €3,150 in Bremen.
B17 typically costs the same as a standard class B license. When comparing prices, the same levers apply: base fee, lesson price and exam costs in your region.
- Driving license cost
€2,034
Nationwide cost benchmark for B17/BF17 (supervised)
- Median lesson price
€65
Price per 45-minute practice lesson
- Data basis
approx. 11k schools / approx. 1.4k cities
Analyzed driving schools and cities
- Data updated
Time of the latest statistics calculation
Methodology and data source
The statistics are based on the drive bee database with approx. 11k driving schools in approx. 1.4k cities. Visible and approved driving schools with structured price and location data for the selected class are included.
For B17/BF17 (supervised), median values are used so individual outliers have less impact on the core finding. The cost benchmark combines the typical price components: base fee, practice lessons, mandatory special drives and exam fees.
The visible update date shows when the statistics were last calculated from the available price and location data: June 13, 2026.
Definitions
- Median lesson price
- The middle price for a 45-minute practice lesson: 50 percent of recorded prices are below it and 50 percent are above it.
- Driving license cost
- The cost benchmark for B17/BF17 (supervised) combines the most important price components of training and uses median prices from the recorded driving-school data.
- Data basis
- The rounded number of driving schools (approx. 11k) and cities (approx. 1.4k) currently included in the statistics.
