Pharmacies in Germany
As of 5 November 2026, 16,030 pharmacies companies are based in Germany; 351 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
- 16,030
- Hiring now
- 351 · 19 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Community pharmacies · 15,638
- Top city
- Berlin · 423
- Parent market
- Health care · 214,931
Pharmacies in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Community pharmacies | 15,638 | 98% |
| Online pharmacy shops | 2,395 | 15% |
| Grey market online pharmacies | 124 | 1% |
| Other pharmacies | 96 | 1% |
| Pharmaceutical wholesale | 43 | 0% |
| General practice primary care | 26 | 0% |
| Multispecialty medical clinic | 11 | 0% |
| Medical equipment distributors | 10 | 0% |
| Other primary medical & veterinary practices | 3 | 0% |
| Travel medicine & vaccination clinics | 3 | 0% |
| Heilpraktiker practices | 2 | 0% |
| Medical laboratories | 2 | 0% |
| Medical weight loss clinics | 2 | 0% |
| Other medical & laboratory supply | 2 | 0% |
| Addiction counselling recovery | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 31 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 15,465 · 304 |
| 11-50 employees | 449 · 28 |
| 51-200 employees | 75 · 16 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 423 | 3% |
| Hamburg | 269 | 2% |
| München | 227 | 1% |
| Köln | 173 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 116 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 115 | 1% |
| Leipzig | 103 | 1% |
| Hannover | 96 | 1% |
| Essen | 95 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 95 | 1% |
| Dresden | 88 | 1% |
| Dortmund | 81 | 1% |
The biggest pharmacies companies in Germany
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The stack of pharmacies in Germany
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other segments of health care in Germany
Health care in Germany, the whole market →
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Ambulance & medical transport · 967 →
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16,030 pharmacies companies are based in Germany; 351 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/health_care/germany/pharmacies)
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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.
Pharmacies in Germany: questions
How many pharmacies companies are there in Germany?
16,030 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Health care → Pharmacies → leaf niches such as community pharmacies, online pharmacy shops, grey market online pharmacies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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