Germany Industry Breakdown: Top Industries & Companies (2024)

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Explore more than 2,808,242 Germany-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

According to our database, a total of more than 2,808,242 businesses are registered in Germany . That represents 6.09% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Germany-based companies have a share of 13.03% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 13.46% of all EU employees.

Germany: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (1,484,649 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (495,695) and Construction (174,124).

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Germany: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Germany are Holding company (7.21%), Real estate agent/manager (6.95%) and Management services (6.87%).

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Germany: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Germany generated € 11,198,638,646,242 in sales, which represents 13.03% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

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Germany: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 52,916,536 people, which represents 13.46% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is VOLKSWAGEN AG (669,275), followed by Deutsche Post AG (589,109) and Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (413,811).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.