Let $kG$ be a group algebra, and $D\left(kG\right)$ its quantum double. We first prove that the structure of the Grothendieck ring of $D\left(kG\right)$ can be induced from the Grothendieck ring of centralizers of representatives of conjugate classes of $G$. As a special case, we then give an application to the group algebra $k{D}_n$, where $k$ is a field of characteristic $2$ and $D_n$ is a dihedral group of order $2n$.