Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Germany
As of 5 November 2026, 895 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in Germany; 96 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
- 895
- Hiring now
- 96 · 33 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Defence systems manufacturers · 187
- Top city
- Berlin · 24
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 135,957
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence systems manufacturers | 187 | 21% |
| Aerospace component suppliers | 104 | 12% |
| Other aerospace & defence manufacturing | 96 | 11% |
| Civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers | 78 | 9% |
| Uav aerospace manufacturers | 76 | 8% |
| Aircraft manufacturers | 65 | 7% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 50 | 6% |
| Other consumer goods manufacturing | 35 | 4% |
| Optics & photonics manufacturers | 24 | 3% |
| Sensor instrument manufacturers | 20 | 2% |
| Workwear & uniform manufacturers | 20 | 2% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 19 | 2% |
| Space systems manufacturers | 19 | 2% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 17 | 2% |
| Metal products manufacturers | 15 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 121 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 453 · 18 |
| 11-50 employees | 178 · 26 |
| 51-200 employees | 98 · 34 |
| 201-500 employees | 28 · 10 |
| 501-1000 employees | 6 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 7 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 24 | 3% |
| Hamburg | 20 | 2% |
| München | 20 | 2% |
| Harbin | 11 | 1% |
| Bremen | 9 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 6 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 6 | 1% |
| Bardowick | 5 | 1% |
| Bielefeld | 5 | 1% |
| Braunschweig | 5 | 1% |
| Dresden | 5 | 1% |
| Emstek | 5 | 1% |
The biggest aerospace & defence manufacturing companies in Germany
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The stack of aerospace & defence manufacturing in Germany
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895 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in Germany; 96 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/germany/aerospace_and_defence_manufacturing)
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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.
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Germany: questions
How many aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are there in Germany?
895 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Aerospace & defence manufacturing → leaf niches such as defence systems manufacturers, aerospace component suppliers, other aerospace & defence manufacturing. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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