Funeral services in Germany
As of 5 November 2026, 7,099 funeral services companies are based in Germany; 42 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 7,099
- Hiring now
- 42 · 5 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Funeral directors · 5,706
- Top city
- Berlin · 292
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 388,762
Funeral services in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Funeral directors | 5,706 | 80% |
| Other funeral services | 1,310 | 18% |
| Crematoria & cemeteries | 805 | 11% |
| Pet cremation services | 321 | 5% |
| Memorial masons & headstones | 303 | 4% |
| Wedding celebrants | 211 | 3% |
| Wedding ceremony musicians | 46 | 1% |
| Other photography services | 8 | 0% |
| Classical & opera singers | 7 | 0% |
| Classical & chamber ensembles | 5 | 0% |
| Cover & party bands | 4 | 0% |
| Solo musicians & background music acts | 4 | 0% |
| Event styling & floristry | 3 | 0% |
| General spiritual practitioners | 3 | 0% |
| Keynote & motivational speakers | 3 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 995 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,985 · 32 |
| 11-50 employees | 108 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 9 · 4 |
| 201-500 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 292 | 4% |
| Hamburg | 137 | 2% |
| Köln | 98 | 1% |
| Leipzig | 90 | 1% |
| München | 51 | 1% |
| Augsburg | 47 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 47 | 1% |
| Essen | 44 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 44 | 1% |
| Bremen | 39 | 1% |
| Hannover | 38 | 1% |
| Dortmund | 33 | 0% |
The biggest funeral services companies in Germany
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The stack of funeral services in Germany
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7,099 funeral services companies are based in Germany; 42 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/germany/funeral_services)
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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.
Funeral services in Germany: questions
How many funeral services companies are there in Germany?
7,099 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Funeral services → leaf niches such as funeral directors, other funeral services, crematoria & cemeteries. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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