More than just a portal – your certified access point to the Peppol network for sending and receiving electronic invoices in Germany and across Europe.
For public sector contracting authorities (B2G), businesses (B2B) and anyone who uses or manages Leitweg IDs.
Whether you need a Leitweg ID, manage them or send invoices to public authorities – our Peppol access point is your solution.
In addition to our established invoicing portal for businesses, we also provide specialised solutions for public sector clients such as municipalities, federal states and federal authorities.
Public sector contracting authorities are subject to specific legal requirements. The Electronic Invoicing Act and the EU standard EN 16931 require the receipt and processing of structured invoice data in the XRechnung or ZUGFeRD formats. Invoices to federal and state authorities must also be submitted via central platforms such as OZG‑RE. Our portal meets these requirements and offers:
direct receipt of e-invoices via the Peppol network
Suppliers submit invoices via Peppol, email (XRechnung) or a web form.
Hosting in Germany ensures data protection and security.
The Leitweg ID is essential for the unique addressing of e‑invoices to public bodies in Germany. With leitweg-id.de, we provide a central tool that enables authorities to easily assign, manage and document this identifier – in line with KoSIT requirements.
The tool can be used by all authorities – regardless of whether they use our portal solution.
Germany has introduced a uniform routing logic. This Leitweg ID enables the invoicing platform to correctly forward the invoice to the contracting authority. The Leitweg ID is a mandatory element in the XRechnung schema. The ID has the following structure:
For centralized uploads, one concept is that the recipient is encrypted as a so-called “Leitweg ID” in the Buyer Reference field. The Leitweg ID specification version 2.1.1 can be found here.
Three components for unique identification
Indicates the administrative level (federal government, state, municipality). The first two digits represent the federal state.
Identifies the organisational unit or department within the administration.
Two digits used for plausibility checks when validating the Leitweg ID.
The Leitweg ID is used to address incoming e‑invoices and, if necessary, forward them to customer account processing systems. To optimise acceptance and usability for public contracting authorities as well as their suppliers and service providers, the federal government and the federal states have agreed on a unified XRechnung standard management. It should be noted that the federal government and some federal states require the use of the Leitweg ID when sending electronic invoices. The Leitweg ID or another identifier of the invoice recipient is usually communicated in a specific order to the contractor or service provider (invoice issuer).
Create a new Leitweg ID directly in the tool – fast, validated and in line with the KoSIT standard.
Maintain or enrich existing Leitweg IDs with additional information.
Search our central database for existing Leitweg IDs and the institutions they belong to.
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