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As of 4 November 2026, 6,661 chemicals & materials production companies are based in Germany; 494 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
- 6,661
- Hiring now
- 494 · 124 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Paint & coatings manufacturers · 962
- Top city
- Berlin · 150
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 135,957
Chemicals & materials production in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paint & coatings manufacturers | 962 | 14% |
| Industrial chemicals manufacturers | 933 | 14% |
| Construction chemicals & adhesives | 844 | 13% |
| Other chemicals & materials production | 748 | 11% |
| Cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers | 604 | 9% |
| Polymer & plastics raw materials | 527 | 8% |
| Biobased & recycled materials | 335 | 5% |
| Fertiliser manufacturers | 290 | 4% |
| Concrete & mortar products | 240 | 4% |
| Lubricant manufacturers | 232 | 3% |
| Biotech reagents & ingredients | 179 | 3% |
| Steel & non ferrous metal producers | 171 | 3% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 129 | 2% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 102 | 2% |
| Metal surface treatment | 89 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 230 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 4,009 · 84 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,257 · 98 |
| 51-200 employees | 678 · 150 |
| 201-500 employees | 267 · 68 |
| 501-1000 employees | 88 · 30 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 106 · 48 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 10 · 6 |
| 10,001+ employees | 16 · 10 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 150 | 2% |
| Hamburg | 127 | 2% |
| Düsseldorf | 76 | 1% |
| München | 64 | 1% |
| Harbin | 44 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 42 | 1% |
| Köln | 41 | 1% |
| Dortmund | 40 | 1% |
| Mannheim | 36 | 1% |
| Dresden | 35 | 1% |
| Bremen | 34 | 1% |
| Duisburg | 28 | 0% |
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The stack of chemicals & materials production in Germany
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Germany
Manufacturing & industry in Germany, the whole market →
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6,661 chemicals & materials production companies are based in Germany; 494 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/germany/chemicals_and_materials_production)
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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.
Chemicals & materials production in Germany: questions
How many chemicals & materials production companies are there in Germany?
6,661 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Chemicals & materials production → leaf niches such as paint & coatings manufacturers, industrial chemicals manufacturers, construction chemicals & adhesives. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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