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As of 4 November 2026, 12,251 food & beverage production companies are based in Germany; 417 are hiring right now and Hamburg has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 12,251
- Hiring now
- 417 · 99 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Winery · 3,589
- Top city
- Hamburg · 249
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 135,957
Food & beverage production in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Winery | 3,589 | 29% |
| Distillery | 1,891 | 15% |
| Other food & beverage production | 1,581 | 13% |
| Craft brewery | 993 | 8% |
| Preserves sauces & spices | 985 | 8% |
| Fruit & vegetable processing | 730 | 6% |
| Meat processing & charcuterie | 585 | 5% |
| Snack & sweet manufacturing | 496 | 4% |
| Mineral water & soft drink bottlers | 422 | 3% |
| Packaged food manufacturing | 405 | 3% |
| Dairy & cheese manufacturing | 396 | 3% |
| Tea & infusion producers | 395 | 3% |
| Contract produced drinks brands | 368 | 3% |
| Food ingredient & flavour manufacturers | 367 | 3% |
| Pet food manufacturing | 365 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,578 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 9,066 · 112 |
| 11-50 employees | 782 · 65 |
| 51-200 employees | 439 · 111 |
| 201-500 employees | 203 · 62 |
| 501-1000 employees | 118 · 37 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 53 · 23 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 7 · 5 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Hamburg | 249 | 2% |
| Berlin | 212 | 2% |
| München | 146 | 1% |
| Köln | 113 | 1% |
| Mainz | 109 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 106 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 77 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 56 | 0% |
| Dresden | 55 | 0% |
| Bremen | 46 | 0% |
| Harbin | 46 | 0% |
| Leipzig | 41 | 0% |
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The stack of food & beverage 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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Textiles clothing & bedding · 10,715 →
Plastics & rubber processing · 7,282 →
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12,251 food & beverage production companies are based in Germany; 417 are hiring right now and Hamburg has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/germany/food_and_beverage_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.
Food & beverage production in Germany: questions
How many food & beverage production companies are there in Germany?
12,251 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Food & beverage production → leaf niches such as winery, distillery, other food & beverage production. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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