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As of 4 November 2026, 28,908 food production, wholesale & retail are based in Germany; 1,240 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
- 28,908
- Hiring now
- 1,240 · 167 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Bakeries · 3,423
- Top city
- Berlin · 1,099
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 192,295
Food production, wholesale & retail in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bakeries | 3,423 | 12% |
| Wine & spirits shops | 3,139 | 11% |
| Cake bakeries | 2,537 | 9% |
| Gourmet food webshops | 2,511 | 9% |
| Beverage wholesalers | 1,898 | 7% |
| Independent supermarkets | 1,785 | 6% |
| Butcher shops | 1,758 | 6% |
| Online wine shops | 1,628 | 6% |
| Online grocery webshops | 1,485 | 5% |
| Coffee roasters | 1,481 | 5% |
| Online liquor shops | 1,420 | 5% |
| Ethnic & international grocers | 1,407 | 5% |
| Foodservice wholesalers | 1,300 | 4% |
| Tea retailers | 1,212 | 4% |
| Organic grocery stores | 1,148 | 4% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 6,888 · 8 |
| 2-10 employees | 19,863 · 762 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,357 · 167 |
| 51-200 employees | 465 · 149 |
| 201-500 employees | 184 · 75 |
| 501-1000 employees | 81 · 42 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 49 · 22 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 9 · 7 |
| 10,001+ employees | 12 · 8 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 1,099 | 4% |
| Hamburg | 939 | 3% |
| München | 533 | 2% |
| Köln | 450 | 2% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 308 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 290 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 263 | 1% |
| Bremen | 217 | 1% |
| Hannover | 185 | 1% |
| Nürnberg | 175 | 1% |
| Essen | 166 | 1% |
| Dresden | 165 | 1% |
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Germany
Commerce & trade in Germany, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 89,226 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 31,764 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 20,069 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 15,735 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 10,101 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 9,300 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 9,184 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 8,189 →
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28,908 food production, wholesale & retail are based in Germany; 1,240 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/germany/food_production_wholesale_and_retail)
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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.
Food production, wholesale & retail in Germany: questions
How many food production, wholesale & retail are there in Germany?
28,908 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Food production, wholesale & retail → leaf niches such as bakeries, wine & spirits shops, cake bakeries. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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