Updated September 2026.
For a client’s or business partner’s company anniversary you give something that congratulates without obliging: a present worth roughly 20 to 50 euros per recipient that makes the relationship visible – handed over in person if you are invited, otherwise sent by post for the anniversary day. What has proven itself, what to leave out, and how chocolate with the celebrating company’s logo turns it into a gift with a point.
Guest, client or supplier: three roles, three gifts
As an invited guest you bring something small and personal that the team can share – a box of embossed chocolate bars for the staff says more than a bouquet for the reception desk. As a long-standing client congratulating a supplier, a handwritten card and a present by post on the anniversary day are enough. As a supplier congratulating a client, the golden rule applies: the gift carries the celebrating company’s logo, not your own – a Schokologo with the client’s logo and the anniversary number is made for exactly that (corporate gifts, gifts for business partners).
What to bring – and what not
Proven: shareable across the whole staff, a shelf life of at least six months, no cold chain, in a packaging that looks good on the reception counter. Better left out: alcohol when you do not know the recipients; promotional gifts with your own logo – the anniversary is theirs, not your marketing; anything that embarrasses the recipient because it is too expensive.
In Germany two tax thresholds apply: low-value promotional items up to 10 euros net need no record per recipient; gifts to business contacts are deductible up to 50 euros net per recipient and year (§ 4 (5) no. 1 of the German Income Tax Act, EStG – in German), above that not at all. A flat 30 % tax under § 37b EStG lets the giver spare the recipient the taxation.
For the 10th, 20th or 25th anniversary: put the number on the gift
The anniversary number belongs on the gift – embossed into the chocolate, not only on the card. A bar with “25 years” and the celebrating company’s logo, a chocolate gold bar for the 50th, a premium bar with the founding year in relief: which shape suits which anniversary year is shown in the section gifts by anniversary year on our page on corporate anniversary gifts. Small quantities are no problem: a guest needs one box, not a batch – guide values from approx. 50 pieces, smaller quantities on request.
If you are the one celebrating
Then the direction turns: you thank clients, partners and staff for the years together. Everything about that – gift ideas, quantities, process and dates – is on the page corporate anniversary gifts made of chocolate.
How it becomes your Schokologo: send your logo or design, receive a free mockup, approve it – usually three weeks later the chocolate is there. More under chocolate with logo.