Starting with Uber Eats or Wolt in Germany means employment: with Uber Eats through a fleet partner, with Wolt on fixed working hours. If you would rather drive self-employed with your own car and choose your jobs, Maxmove has courier and transport jobs in Cologne, Düsseldorf and NRW.
The decision first, followed by reasoning and sources.
For drivers in North Rhine-Westphalia who want to drive self-employed with their own car, Maxmove is the alternative to Uber Eats and Wolt: you choose your jobs, see the earnings before you accept and get paid weekly. Uber Eats works in Germany with couriers employed by its fleet partners, and Wolt employs couriers on fixed working hours and lists Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg on its courier page. On Maxmove you drive courier and transport jobs instead of food orders – by car, compact van or van, without shifts or minimum hours. Maxmove keeps 10–18% of the customer price; as a self-employed driver you need a business registration.
Facts checked: 8 October 2026
For each typical starting point, the table shows the matching Maxmove solution and the concrete reason.
| Your situation | The Maxmove solution | Why |
|---|---|---|
| You want to drive self-employed rather than employed | Maxmove driver app | Register with a business registration, choose your jobs and drive for other customers in parallel – without an employment contract with a fleet partner. |
| You live in or around Cologne or Düsseldorf | Maxmove jobs in NRW | Most Maxmove jobs start in Cologne, Düsseldorf and the surrounding towns; you set your service area in the app. |
| You don't want fixed shifts | Maxmove without shifts | No minimum hours and no scheduled shifts: you decide job by job whether it fits your location, vehicle and schedule. |
| You have a van rather than a bike or scooter | Maxmove transport jobs for small vans | With a van you carry spare parts, pallets and furniture instead of food orders – regional direct runs up to 3.5 t. |
| You want to know the pay before the run | Maxmove with earnings before you accept | The driver app shows the earnings of every job before you accept; Maxmove keeps 10–18% of the customer price and pays out weekly. |
Each answer stands on its own and names the concrete Maxmove advantage.
Uber Eats does not employ couriers directly in Germany. According to Uber, delivery drivers are employed drivers or couriers at a partner company: if you want to deliver, you join one of these fleet partners and get your employment contract there. According to Uber, the requirements depend on the location.
Wolt employs couriers in Germany on fixed working hours and schedules the shifts; according to its courier page, from a guaranteed hourly wage of €13.90. Deliveries are made by bike, car or scooter. Requirements are a minimum age of 18, a valid work permit and, for motor vehicles, a driving licence. Wolt lists Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg as cities.
On Maxmove you do not deliver food orders on shifts but courier and transport jobs: documents, spare parts, parcels, single pallets. You register with your phone number, upload ID, driving licence, business registration and proof of insurance in the app and, once approved, choose the jobs that fit your location, vehicle and schedule.
Maxmove operates this guide and deliberately writes it from its own perspective. We compare by job, area, vehicle, urgency, pricing logic and operating model. Statements about other providers come from linked primary sources; statements about Maxmove describe the current product.
