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As of 4 November 2026, 33,861 construction & building engineering companies are based in Germany; 2,068 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
- 33,861
- Hiring now
- 2,068 · 126 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General building contractors · 15,207
- Top city
- Berlin · 1,226
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 270,404
Construction & building engineering in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General building contractors | 15,207 | 45% |
| Civil infrastructure contractors | 5,155 | 15% |
| Timber frame house builders | 2,897 | 9% |
| Excavation & earthmoving contractors | 2,233 | 7% |
| Multi trade renovation | 1,769 | 5% |
| Carpentry timber construction | 1,694 | 5% |
| Demolition contractors | 1,402 | 4% |
| Scaffolding contractors | 1,207 | 4% |
| Masonry contractors | 1,083 | 3% |
| Prefabricated house manufacturers | 913 | 3% |
| Other construction & building engineering | 712 | 2% |
| Drywall interior fitout | 653 | 2% |
| Custom home builders | 645 | 2% |
| Swimming pool builders | 540 | 2% |
| Roofing contractors | 517 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 3,778 · 3 |
| 2-10 employees | 27,917 · 1,458 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,338 · 253 |
| 51-200 employees | 602 · 231 |
| 201-500 employees | 138 · 78 |
| 501-1000 employees | 53 · 28 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 27 · 16 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 1,226 | 4% |
| Hamburg | 604 | 2% |
| München | 404 | 1% |
| Köln | 249 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 216 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 206 | 1% |
| Harbin | 186 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 178 | 1% |
| Dortmund | 173 | 1% |
| Leipzig | 168 | 0% |
| Dresden | 161 | 0% |
| Hannover | 144 | 0% |
The biggest construction & building engineering companies in Germany
The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.
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The stack of construction & building engineering in Germany
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33,861 construction & building engineering companies are based in Germany; 2,068 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/germany/construction_and_building_engineering)
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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.
Construction & building engineering in Germany: questions
How many construction & building engineering companies are there in Germany?
33,861 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Construction & building engineering → leaf niches such as general building contractors, civil infrastructure contractors, timber frame house builders. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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