DMB Verlag

DMB Verlag is the publishing arm associated with the Deutscher Mieterbund (DMB), Germany's largest tenants' association. Operating through the online shop at shop.mieterbund.de, it publishes and sells practical legal and consumer guides for tenants, periodicals for members and professionals, and related merchandise. Its catalogue is tightly focused on German residential tenancy law, rent policy and housing economics. The best-known titles in the shop include Das Mieter-Handbuch (The Tenant Handbook), now in its 5th edition, and Das Mieterlexikon (The Tenant Lexicon), with an edition dated 2026/2027. Other guides cover topics such as keeping rental costs under control (Mietkosten im Griff), tips on tenancy agreements (Tipps zum Mietvertrag für Mieter) and shared flats (Wohngemeinschaften). Prices in the shop range from small-format advice booklets to larger reference works. Alongside books, DMB Verlag publishes the MieterZeitung, a membership-oriented newspaper that appears six times a year (February, April, June, August, October and December). It is available as a print annual subscription and as an online subscription, and individual back issues can be ordered. The publisher also issues Wohnungswirtschaft und Mietrecht (WuM), a specialist journal for housing professionals and lawyers, sold as an annual subscription of twelve issues, with a dedicated binder offered for storing a year's copies. Because it is tied to the tenants' movement, DMB Verlag's output serves both a consumer audience seeking accessible legal guidance and a professional readership of housing managers, lawyers and association staff. The shop functions as a direct-to-consumer and direct-to-member channel, and the MieterZeitung is also distributed through local tenants' associations. The publisher's identity is therefore closely bound to the Deutscher Mieterbund brand and its advisory mission rather than to general trade publishing.

DMB Verlag is the publishing operation connected to the Deutscher Mieterbund (DMB), the German Tenants' Association. The association has long produced advisory literature for its members, and the publishing house formalises that activity under the DMB Verlag name, with an online shop at shop.mieterbund.de serving as its main sales channel. Its catalogue has grown around a core of practical legal guides. Das Mieter-Handbuch has reached a 5th edition and is presented as a bestseller in the shop. Das Mieterlexikon appears in regularly updated editions, with a 2026/2027 edition listed. Further titles address specific tenant concerns, including Mietkosten im Griff (keeping rental costs under control), Tipps zum Mietvertrag für Mieter (tips on the tenancy agreement) and Ratgeber Wohngemeinschaften (a guide to shared housing). Periodicals form the second pillar. The MieterZeitung is published six times a year, in February, April, June, August, October and December, and is available both as a print annual subscription and as an online subscription; members who do not already receive it through a local tenants' association can order it directly. Single back issues are also sold, sorted by year. For professionals, DMB Verlag issues Wohnungswirtschaft und Mietrecht (WuM), a twelve-issue annual subscription aimed at the housing industry and tenancy-law specialists, and offers a matching binder to store a full year of issues. Because the publisher is embedded in the tenants' association, its editorial direction follows the concerns of German renters and housing policy rather than general trade publishing. The shop also sells related items such as the WuM binder, reinforcing its role as a service point for both members and professional subscribers. The available evidence does not give a founding year, headquarters address or named executives, so those details remain to be confirmed from further sources.

• Das Mieter-Handbuch reaches its 5th edition and is featured as a bestseller in the DMB Verlag shop.

• Das Mieterlexikon is listed in a 2026/2027 edition.

• MieterZeitung is published six times a year and offered as print and online annual subscriptions.

• Wohnungswirtschaft und Mietrecht is published as a twelve-issue annual subscription with a dedicated binder.

Specialist publisher for German tenants' rights, tenancy law and housing economics, closely tied to the Deutscher Mieterbund.

• Das Mieter-Handbuch (5th edition)

  Bestselling tenant handbook priced at €20.00 in the DMB Verlag shop.

• Das Mieterlexikon (2026/2027 edition)

  Tenant lexicon priced at €18.00.

• Mietkosten im Griff

  Guide to managing rental costs, priced at €16.90.

• Tipps zum Mietvertrag für Mieter

  Short guide on tenancy agreements, priced at €5.90.

• Ratgeber Wohngemeinschaften

  Guide to shared housing, priced at €6.90.

• MieterZeitung annual subscription (6 issues)

  Print newspaper published six times a year, €12.00 per year.

• MieterZeitung Online annual subscription (6 issues)

  Online edition of the newspaper, €8.00 per year.

• Wohnungswirtschaft und Mietrecht annual subscription (12 issues)

  Specialist journal for housing and tenancy law, €160.00 per year.

• Sammelordner für Fachzeitschrift Wohnungswirtschaft und Mietrecht

  Binder for storing twelve issues of the journal, €7.50.

1. 1DMB-Verlagshop.mieterbund.de
2. 2MieterZeitung Jahresabonnement (6 Ausgaben) – DMB-Verlagshop.mieterbund.de
3. 3Sammelordner für Fachzeitschrift Wohnungswirtschaft und Mietrecht – DMB-Verlagshop.mieterbund.de
4. 4MieterZeitung Einzelhefte 2025 – DMB-Verlagshop.mieterbund.de
5. 5DMB Verlagwikidata.org