Market map · Germany

Manufacturing & industry in Germany_

As of 4 November 2026, 135,957 manufacturing & industry companies are based in Germany: 12,669 with 51+ employees, 7,690 hiring right now, led by industrial machinery manufacturing and Berlin.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies, confident classification
135,957
51+ employees
12,669 · 9%
Hiring now
7,690 · 1,260 new in 30 d
Largest segment
Industrial machinery manufacturing · 20,746
Top city
Berlin · 3,308
Running cold outbound
132
135,957manufacturing & industry companies in Germany
12,669with 51+ employees
7,690hiring on their own career site today
1,260opened a role in the last 30 days
02 — Segments

Manufacturing & industry in Germany, by segment

Click a segment for its own map. Second column: companies hiring right now.

By sub-vertical
companies · hiring
Industrial machinery manufacturing
20,746 · 2,210
Metal fabrication workshops
20,640 · 1,686
Handmade craft makers
15,926 · 0
Print signage packaging production
13,293 · 459
Food & beverage production
12,251 · 417
Furniture makers & sellers
11,609 · 321
Electronics & electrical manufacturing
11,591 · 1,001
Textiles clothing & bedding
10,715 · 0
Plastics & rubber processing
7,282 · 589
Consumer goods manufacturing
7,038 · 0
Chemicals & materials production
6,661 · 494
Building products manufacturing
6,434 · 340
Windows doors & precast concrete
5,709 · 516
Supplement & cosmetics manufacturing
5,642 · 0
Medical device manufacturing
3,909 · 270
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
29,274 · 14
2-10 employees
78,181 · 2,303
11-50 employees
15,833 · 1,593
51-200 employees
8,373 · 2,217
201-500 employees
2,571 · 888
501-1000 employees
902 · 310
1001-5000 employees
680 · 290
5001-10000 employees
77 · 40
10,001+ employees
66 · 35
By city
companiesshare
Berlin
3,3082%
Hamburg
2,2222%
München
1,7211%
Köln
1,2591%
Düsseldorf
9591%
Stuttgart
9331%
Harbin
8461%
Dresden
7211%
Frankfurt am Main
6590%
Nürnberg
5860%
Bremen
5430%
Leipzig
5300%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest manufacturing & industry companies in Germany

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

STADAPharmaceutical manufacturers · Bad Vilbel10,001+ employeesIntersnack GroupSnack & sweet manufacturing · Düsseldorf10,001+ employeesMANN+HUMMELFiltration & dust extraction manufacturers · Ludwigsburg10,001+ employeesHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AGPrinting & converting machinery manufacturers · London10,001+ employeesLANXESSIndustrial chemicals manufacturers · Wien10,001+ employeesLillyPharmaceutical manufacturers10,001+ employeesOrbia Polymer Solutions (Vestolit)Polymer & plastics raw materials · Marl10,001+ employeesASSA ABLOY GroupSecurity & access control equipment manufacturers · Albstadt10,001+ employeesKärcherIndustrial cleaning equipment · Winnenden10,001+ employeesLiebherr GroupCrane & hoist manufacturers · Biberach an der Riß10,001+ employeesSalzgitter AGSteel & non ferrous metal producers · Salzgitter Watenstedt10,001+ employeesSartoriusMedical device manufacturers · Göttingen10,001+ employeesGerresheimer AGMedical device manufacturers · Düsseldorf10,001+ employeesRosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KGCommunications & network equipment manufacturers · Fridolfing10,001+ employeesDürr Systems AGAutomation component manufacturers · Bietigheim-Bissingen10,001+ employeesBeiersdorfGeneral personal care manufacturers · Hamburg10,001+ employeesWielandSteel & non ferrous metal producers · Amstetten10,001+ employeesHeidelberg MaterialsConcrete & mortar products · Heidelberg10,001+ employeesHenkelConstruction chemicals & adhesives · Düsseldorf10,001+ employeesTheo MüllerPackaged food manufacturing · Albert Falls10,001+ employees
135,957 manufacturing & industry companies in Germany; 7,690 of them hiring.

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04 — What they run

The stack of manufacturing & industry in Germany

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135,957 manufacturing & industry companies are based in Germany: 12,669 with 51 or more employees, 7,690 hiring right now (1,260 opened a role in the last 30 days), led by industrial machinery manufacturing and Berlin. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/germany)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • 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.
  • StackScripts and embeds on the company's pages plus SPF, DKIM, MX and CNAME records of its domain.
FAQ

Manufacturing & industry in Germany: questions

How many manufacturing & industry companies are there in Germany?

135,957 with a confident industry and country classification, read from their own websites; 12,669 of them have 51 or more employees.

How do you know a company belongs to manufacturing & industry?

We classify every company from its own website into a vertical, a sub-vertical and a leaf, each with a confidence score. This page counts companies with industry confidence of at least 0.7 and country confidence of at least 0.8; the company list shows only rich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount.

Which manufacturing & industry companies in Germany are hiring?

7,690 have an open role on their own career site today and 1,260 opened one in the last 30 days. The full list with the hiring manager is in the product; counting is free.

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