A method for the position determination of an object (6, 6a..6d), which is conveyed on a conveying device (1a..1c) by conveyor elements (2, 2 M, 2 L), comprising the steps a) setting a positional value, which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in a controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 1) of a first detection area (E 1) of a first sensor (Li) fixedly installed on the conveying device (6, 6a..6d), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the first detection area (E 1), b) calculating a position (P sig) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of rotation signals from drives for the conveyor elements (2, 2 M, 2 L) of the conveying device (1a..1c), starting from the position (P 1) of the first detection area (E 1) during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the first detection area (E 1),and c) setting the positional value, which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in the controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 2) of a second detection area (E 2) of the first sensor (Li) or of a second sensor (L 2) fixedly installed on the conveying device (1a..1c), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the second detection area (E 2), characterized in that d) a deviation (ΔP) between the position (P sig) calculated by means of the rotation signals from the drives and the position (P 2) of the second detection area (E 2) is determined after the object (6, 6a..6d) has been detected in the second detection area (E 2), and e) the determined deviation (ΔP) for calculating a corrected position (P korr) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of the rotation signals from the drives during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the second detection area (E 2) is used. a) setting a positional value, which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in a controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 1) of a first detection area (E 1) of a first sensor (Li) fixedly installed on the conveying device (6, 6a..6d), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the first detection area (E 1), b) calculating a position (P sig) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of rotation signals from drives for the conveyor elements (2, 2 M, 2 L) of the conveying device (1a..1c), starting from the position (P 1) of the first detection area (E 1) during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the first detection area (E 1),and c) setting the positional value, which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in the controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 2) of a second detection area (E 2) of the first sensor (Li) or of a second sensor (L 2) fixedly installed on the conveying device (1a..1c), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the second detection area (E 2), d) a deviation (ΔP) between the position (P sig) calculated by means of the rotation signals from the drives and the position (P 2) of the second detection area (E 2) is determined after the object (6, 6a..6d) has been detected in the second detection area (E 2), and e) the determined deviation (ΔP) for calculating a corrected position (P korr) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of the rotation signals from the drives during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the second detection area (E 2) is used.