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As of 4 November 2026, 9,184 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Germany; 388 are hiring right now and Hamburg has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 9,184
- Hiring now
- 388 · 65 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Construction materials distribution · 1,253
- Top city
- Hamburg · 348
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 192,295
Industrial & chemical distribution in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Construction materials distribution | 1,253 | 14% |
| Industrial parts distribution | 1,224 | 13% |
| General trading houses | 838 | 9% |
| Other industrial & chemical distribution | 675 | 7% |
| Fuel & lubricant distribution | 657 | 7% |
| Packaging & plastics distribution | 616 | 7% |
| Pipes valves & fittings distribution | 560 | 6% |
| Cleaning & hygiene distribution | 506 | 6% |
| Paint & coatings distribution | 480 | 5% |
| Chemical raw materials distribution | 377 | 4% |
| Steel & metal stockholding | 286 | 3% |
| Agricultural inputs distribution | 285 | 3% |
| Automation & electrical distributors | 194 | 2% |
| Beverage wholesalers | 180 | 2% |
| Adhesives & technical consumables | 166 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 626 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 7,096 · 135 |
| 11-50 employees | 976 · 75 |
| 51-200 employees | 334 · 108 |
| 201-500 employees | 99 · 42 |
| 501-1000 employees | 32 · 13 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 16 · 12 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 4 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Hamburg | 348 | 4% |
| Berlin | 244 | 3% |
| Düsseldorf | 114 | 1% |
| Köln | 109 | 1% |
| Bremen | 107 | 1% |
| München | 88 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 71 | 1% |
| Dortmund | 67 | 1% |
| Essen | 64 | 1% |
| Nürnberg | 56 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 53 | 1% |
| Duisburg | 48 | 1% |
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The stack of industrial & chemical distribution in Germany
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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 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 28,908 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 20,069 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 15,735 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 10,101 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 9,300 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 8,189 →
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9,184 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Germany; 388 are hiring right now and Hamburg has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/germany/industrial_and_chemical_distribution)
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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.
Industrial & chemical distribution in Germany: questions
How many industrial & chemical distribution companies are there in Germany?
9,184 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Industrial & chemical distribution → leaf niches such as construction materials distribution, industrial parts distribution, general trading houses. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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