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As of 4 November 2026, 15,122 livestock & animal breeding companies are based in Germany; 42 are hiring right now and Stuttgart has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 15,122
- Hiring now
- 42 · 3 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Dog breeders · 6,807
- Top city
- Stuttgart · 120
- Parent market
- Agriculture & forestry · 21,516
Livestock & animal breeding in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Dog breeders | 6,807 | 45% |
| Horse breeding studs | 2,283 | 15% |
| Other livestock & animal breeding | 1,939 | 13% |
| Direct sale livestock farms | 1,508 | 10% |
| General livestock farms | 1,303 | 9% |
| Beekeepers & honey | 1,187 | 8% |
| Cat breeders | 896 | 6% |
| Poultry & egg farms | 879 | 6% |
| Pedigree livestock studs | 428 | 3% |
| Racehorse training & syndication | 368 | 2% |
| Dairy farms | 315 | 2% |
| Alpaca farms | 293 | 2% |
| Mixed farm direct sales | 189 | 1% |
| Arable & grain farms | 82 | 1% |
| Livestock agents & auctioneers | 32 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 12,314 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,724 · 31 |
| 11-50 employees | 57 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 20 · 7 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Stuttgart | 120 | 1% |
| Berlin | 114 | 1% |
| Hamburg | 78 | 1% |
| Dortmund | 51 | 0% |
| Köln | 47 | 0% |
| Münster | 35 | 0% |
| Essen | 34 | 0% |
| Düsseldorf | 33 | 0% |
| Leipzig | 29 | 0% |
| Mountain View | 28 | 0% |
| München | 20 | 0% |
| Dresden | 18 | 0% |
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The stack of livestock & animal breeding in Germany
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Other segments of agriculture & forestry in Germany
Agriculture & forestry in Germany, the whole market →
Crop & arable farming · 4,129 →
Horticulture & plant nurseries · 1,738 →
Forestry & logging · 1,055 →
Agricultural contracting services · 446 →
Fishing & aquaculture · 417 →
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15,122 livestock & animal breeding companies are based in Germany; 42 are hiring right now and Stuttgart has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/agriculture_forestry/germany/livestock_and_animal_breeding)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Livestock & animal breeding in Germany: questions
How many livestock & animal breeding companies are there in Germany?
15,122 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Agriculture & forestry → Livestock & animal breeding → leaf niches such as dog breeders, horse breeding studs, other livestock & animal breeding. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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