Uber has shut its doors in Frankfurt , according to The New York Times , closing the office after just 18 months of operation , meaning the company 's only German presence is now in Munich and Berlin . To understand why Uber expanded to Frankfurt in May 2014, you have only to visit the city’s The retreat is said to have come after local licensed taxi drivers in the city refused to work with Uber , and when the cheap UberPop service , similar to UberX , faced legal hurdles in Frankfurt and was eventually banned last year by German authorities . Volvo ’s withdrawal from Frankfurt is one of several retreats out of European cities by the firm in recent months : with service withdrawn from Hamburg and Dusseldorf in November after less than two months in each of the German cities , and UberPop recently pulled in Amsterdam . Meanwhile , licensed taxi drivers in cities such Madrid and Paris are yet to settle with Uber , and authorities in London are considering new laws that could impact Uber ’s operations in the city .
Uber has shut its doors in Frankfurt , according to The New York Times , closing the office after just 18 months of operation , meaning the company 's only German presence is now in Munich and Berlin . The retreat is said to have come after local licensed taxi drivers in the city refused to work with Uber , and when the cheap UberPop service , similar to UberX , faced legal hurdles in Frankfurt and was eventually banned last year by German authorities . Volvo ’s withdrawal from Frankfurt is one of several retreats out of European cities by the firm in recent months : with service withdrawn from Hamburg and Dusseldorf in November after less than two months in each of the German cities , and UberPop recently pulled in Amsterdam . Meanwhile , licensed taxi drivers in cities such Madrid and Paris are yet to settle with Uber , and authorities in London are considering new laws that could impact Uber ’s operations in the city .