Vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing in Germany
As of 4 November 2026, 3,536 vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies are based in Germany; 191 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,536
- Hiring now
- 191 · 27 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers · 1,100
- Top city
- Berlin · 72
- Parent market
- Automotive · 72,304
Vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers | 1,100 | 31% |
| Special vehicle bodybuilders | 855 | 24% |
| Other vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing | 675 | 19% |
| Caravan vehicle conversion | 432 | 12% |
| Vehicle component OEM suppliers | 311 | 9% |
| Trailer manufacturers | 299 | 8% |
| Electric two wheeler manufacturers | 213 | 6% |
| Commercial vehicle & bus manufacturers | 153 | 4% |
| Vehicle adaptation specialists | 133 | 4% |
| Passenger car & light truck manufacturers | 125 | 4% |
| Shipbuilding & ship repair | 117 | 3% |
| Online auto parts shops | 76 | 2% |
| Auto parts distributors | 60 | 2% |
| Motorcycle parts retail | 54 | 2% |
| Other vehicle & parts retail | 49 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 865 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,964 · 61 |
| 11-50 employees | 359 · 34 |
| 51-200 employees | 168 · 41 |
| 201-500 employees | 86 · 20 |
| 501-1000 employees | 39 · 14 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 40 · 14 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 12 · 6 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 72 | 2% |
| Hamburg | 43 | 1% |
| Köln | 29 | 1% |
| Harbin | 26 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 26 | 1% |
| Dresden | 25 | 1% |
| Hannover | 24 | 1% |
| München | 23 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 20 | 1% |
| Leipzig | 18 | 1% |
| Chemnitz | 13 | 0% |
| Bremen | 12 | 0% |
The biggest vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies in Germany
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The stack of vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing in Germany
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3,536 vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies are based in Germany; 191 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/automotive/germany/vehicle_and_transport_equipment_manufacturing)
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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.
Vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing in Germany: questions
How many vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies are there in Germany?
3,536 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Automotive → Vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing → leaf niches such as automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers, special vehicle bodybuilders, other vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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