Industry Breakdown of Companies in Germany

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Germany

The number of companies in Germany is 2,741,807, which represents 6.01% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Germany 2,741,807 (6.0%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Germany

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Germany is Services with 1,444,334 companies followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate and Construction with 479,067 and 172,924 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Germany 2,741,807 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 1,444,334 52.7% 1,444,334
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 479,067 17.5% 479,067
Construction 172,924 6.3% 172,924
Retail Trade 165,387 6.0% 165,387
Wholesale Trade 156,119 5.7% 156,119
Manufacturing 149,489 5.5% 149,489
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 105,362 3.8% 105,362
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 39,449 1.4% 39,449
Public Sector 27,175 1.0% 27,175
Mining 2,259 0.1% 2,259
Unknown industry 242 0.0% 242

Breakdown of Companies in Germany by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Germany are Management services (6.99%), Civic/social association (6.98%) and Holding company (6.96%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Germany by SIC Code 2,741,807 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Germany

Companies registered in Germany generate € 10,432,150,250,301 in sales per annum, which represents 13.47% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is VOLKSWAGEN AG with € 279.2B followed by Uniper SE and Mercedes-Benz Group AG with € 274.1B and € 150.0B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Germany 2,741,807 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. VOLKSWAGEN AG € 279.2B 2.68% € 279.2B
2. Uniper SE € 274.1B 2.63% € 274.1B
3. Mercedes-Benz Group AG € 150.0B 1.44% € 150.0B
4. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG € 142.6B 1.37% € 142.6B
5. Uniper Global Commodities SE € 138.5B 1.33% € 138.5B
6. E.ON SE € 115.7B 1.11% € 115.7B
7. Schwarz Beteiligungs-KG € 114.3B 1.1% € 114.3B
8. Deutsche Telekom AG € 114.2B 1.09% € 114.2B
9. Deutsche Post AG € 94.44B 0.91% € 94.44B
10. BASF SE € 87.33B 0.84% € 87.33B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Germany

Companies registered in Germany have 51,811,046 employees, which represents 13.33% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is VOLKSWAGEN AG with 669,275 people followed by Deutsche Post AG and Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung with 589,109 and 399,703 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Germany 2,741,807 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. VOLKSWAGEN AG 669,275 1.29% 669,275
2. Deutsche Post AG 589,109 1.14% 589,109
3. Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung 399,703 0.77% 399,703
4. Deutsche Bahn AG 335,387 0.65% 335,387
5. Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 313,628 0.61% 313,628
6. Siemens AG 308,000 0.59% 308,000
7. INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG 304,474 0.59% 304,474
8. REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG 257,996 0.5% 257,996
9. Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG 224,726 0.43% 224,726
10. Deutsche Telekom AG 211,236 0.41% 211,236

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