Market map · Germany · Public, community & associations

Public programmes & agencies in Germany_

As of 4 November 2026, 14,414 public programmes & agencies companies are based in Germany; 849 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
14,414
Hiring now
849 · 347 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Municipal authorities & general public bodies · 7,893
Top city
Berlin · 435
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 258,040
14,414public programmes & agencies companies in Germany
849hiring today
347opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Public programmes & agencies in Germany, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Municipal authorities & general public bodies
7,89355%
Regional development initiatives
1,43110%
Other public programmes & agencies
1,2569%
Government agencies & ministries
1,2329%
Youth & education programmes
5434%
Public employment & welfare agencies
4533%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
3683%
Other nonprofit civic associations
3232%
Eu funded project consortia
3022%
Volunteer fire brigades
2362%
Neighbourhood community associations
2352%
Youth welfare organisations
2031%
Civic tech & open data initiatives
1631%
Other municipal government
1551%
Democracy civic education
1431%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
1,033 · 1
2-10 employees
10,925 · 395
11-50 employees
1,097 · 84
51-200 employees
435 · 79
201-500 employees
367 · 91
501-1000 employees
299 · 96
1001-5000 employees
221 · 86
5001-10000 employees
18 · 10
10,001+ employees
19 · 7
By city
companiesshare
Berlin
4353%
Stuttgart
1811%
München
1771%
Bonn
1401%
Hamburg
1331%
Hannover
1311%
Köln
1111%
Wiesbaden
951%
Frankfurt am Main
911%
Dresden
851%
Erfurt
640%
Mainz
640%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest public programmes & agencies companies in Germany

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

Hessisches Ministerium der FinanzenGovernment agencies & ministries · Wiesbaden10,001+ employeesLandeshauptstadt DüsseldorfMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Düsseldorf10,001+ employeesHessisches Ministerium des Innern für Sicherheit und HeimatschutzGovernment agencies & ministries · Wiesbaden10,001+ employeesLandeshauptstadt DresdenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Dresden10,001+ employeesStadt KölnMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Köln10,001+ employeesDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)Government agencies & ministries · Hamburg10,001+ employeesStadt MannheimMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Mannheim5001-10000 employeesStadt BochumMunicipal authorities & general public bodies5001-10000 employeesStadt BielefeldMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Siegburg5001-10000 employeesStadt AachenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies5001-10000 employeesStadt EssenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Essen5001-10000 employeesleipzig.deMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Leipzig5001-10000 employeesStadt WilhelmshavenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Wilhelmshaven1001-5000 employeesStadt DuisburgMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Duisburg1001-5000 employeesStadt SchweinfurtMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Schweinfurt1001-5000 employeesStadt MemmingenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Memmingen1001-5000 employeesStadt LünenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Lünen1001-5000 employeesStadt OberhausenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Tagbilaran City1001-5000 employeesStadt BraunschweigMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Braunschweig1001-5000 employeesStadt NeckarsulmMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Neckarsulm1001-5000 employees
14,414 public programmes & agencies companies in Germany.

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04 — What they run

The stack of public programmes & agencies in Germany

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14,414 public programmes & agencies companies are based in Germany; 849 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/germany/public_programmes_and_agencies)
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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.
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Public programmes & agencies in Germany: questions

How many public programmes & agencies companies are there in Germany?

14,414 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Public programmes & agencies → leaf niches such as municipal authorities & general public bodies, regional development initiatives, other public programmes & agencies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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