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Nonprofit civic associations in Germany_

As of 4 November 2026, 127,410 nonprofit civic associations companies are based in Germany; 559 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
127,410
Hiring now
559 · 176 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Other nonprofit civic associations · 16,653
Top city
Berlin · 4,996
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 258,040
127,410nonprofit civic associations companies in Germany
559hiring today
176opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Nonprofit civic associations in Germany, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Other nonprofit civic associations
16,65313%
Local party branches
16,34013%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
13,19710%
Neighbourhood community associations
12,66510%
Cultural arts associations
8,6977%
Amateur music associations
8,4437%
Volunteer fire brigades
6,7845%
Local history societies
6,6805%
Youth welfare organisations
5,7274%
Service & social clubs
5,5954%
Festival & carnival clubs
5,3024%
School support associations
4,7394%
General purpose associations
4,3183%
Faith based charity associations
4,2393%
Folk heritage associations
4,1973%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
87,361 · 7
2-10 employees
34,376 · 260
11-50 employees
4,178 · 103
51-200 employees
912 · 75
201-500 employees
317 · 62
501-1000 employees
114 · 25
1001-5000 employees
99 · 18
5001-10000 employees
15 · 3
10,001+ employees
38 · 6
By city
companiesshare
Berlin
4,9964%
Hamburg
2,0732%
München
2,0692%
Köln
1,7861%
Stuttgart
1,5521%
Frankfurt am Main
1,1591%
Hannover
9941%
Dresden
9001%
Düsseldorf
8751%
Leipzig
7721%
Bonn
7411%
Bremen
6741%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest nonprofit civic associations companies in Germany

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

Plan International Deutschland e.V.Child sponsorship charities · Hamburg10,001+ employeesVerband Christlicher Pfadfinder*innenScout groups · Kassel5001-10000 employeesExil e.V.Other nonprofit civic associations · Osnabrück5001-10000 employeesMünchner Rote KreuzRescue & first aid organisations · München1001-5000 employeesKatholische Jugendfürsorge der Diözese Regensburg e. V.Youth welfare organisations · Regensburg1001-5000 employeesWomen in MobilityNetworking communities · Köln1001-5000 employeesKonrad-Adenauer-StiftungDemocracy civic education1001-5000 employeesCaritasverband für die Stadt Bonn e.V.Local social welfare foundations · Bonn1001-5000 employeesASB HessenRescue & first aid organisations1001-5000 employeesParitätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Niedersachsen e.V.Other membership associations & unions · Hannover1001-5000 employeesArbeiterwohlfahrt Ostwestfalen-LippeYouth welfare organisations · Bielefeld1001-5000 employeesbdksIndustry & employer associations · Baunatal1001-5000 employeesDAAD - Deutscher Akademischer AustauschdienstOther nonprofit civic associations · Bonn1001-5000 employeesDeutsches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband Säckingen e.V.Rescue & first aid organisations · Bad Säckingen501-1000 employeesDJHN (Diakonische Jugendhilfe Region Heilbronn)Youth welfare organisations · Eppingen501-1000 employeesKJA BonnYouth welfare organisations · Bonn501-1000 employeesDRK-Kreisverband Jena-Eisenberg-Stadtroda e.V.Rescue & first aid organisations · Jena501-1000 employeesEvangelische Stadtmission Freiburg e.V.Faith based charity associations · Freiburg im Breisgau501-1000 employeesVerein für Innere Mission in BremenService & social clubs · Bremen501-1000 employeesKJR München-LandYouth welfare organisations · Pullach im Isartal501-1000 employees
127,410 nonprofit civic associations companies in Germany.

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04 — What they run

The stack of nonprofit civic associations in Germany

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127,410 nonprofit civic associations companies are based in Germany; 559 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/germany/nonprofit_civic_associations)
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  • 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.
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How many nonprofit civic associations companies are there in Germany?

127,410 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

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The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Nonprofit civic associations → leaf niches such as other nonprofit civic associations, local party branches, advocacy campaign nonprofits. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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