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As of 4 November 2026, 34,032 schools & childcare companies are based in Germany; 515 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
- 34,032
- Hiring now
- 515 · 116 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Primary schools · 12,312
- Top city
- Berlin · 1,195
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 388,762
Schools & childcare in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary schools | 12,312 | 36% |
| Kindergartens preschools | 8,872 | 26% |
| Childcare early learning centres | 7,690 | 23% |
| Secondary schools | 6,074 | 18% |
| Home childminding | 3,772 | 11% |
| Comprehensive all through schools | 3,232 | 9% |
| Vocational technical schools | 1,752 | 5% |
| Special educational needs schools | 1,094 | 3% |
| Montessori & alternative schools | 939 | 3% |
| Universities | 591 | 2% |
| Montessori preschools | 511 | 2% |
| Private k12 schools | 408 | 1% |
| Vocational training centres | 353 | 1% |
| General adult education providers | 349 | 1% |
| Other schools & childcare | 333 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,437 · 3 |
| 2-10 employees | 30,481 · 284 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,113 · 46 |
| 51-200 employees | 684 · 95 |
| 201-500 employees | 158 · 39 |
| 501-1000 employees | 90 · 29 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 55 · 16 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 8 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 6 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 1,195 | 4% |
| Hamburg | 699 | 2% |
| München | 523 | 2% |
| Köln | 408 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 313 | 1% |
| Dresden | 285 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 284 | 1% |
| Essen | 231 | 1% |
| Hannover | 222 | 1% |
| Dortmund | 215 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 209 | 1% |
| Nürnberg | 186 | 1% |
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34,032 schools & childcare companies are based in Germany; 515 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/germany/schools_and_childcare)
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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.
Schools & childcare in Germany: questions
How many schools & childcare companies are there in Germany?
34,032 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Schools & childcare → leaf niches such as primary schools, kindergartens preschools, childcare early learning centres. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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