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As of 4 November 2026, 1,160 energy retail & trading companies are based in Germany; 53 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
- 1,160
- Hiring now
- 53 · 22 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Energy tariff comparison · 577
- Top city
- Berlin · 51
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 8,425
Energy retail & trading in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy tariff comparison | 577 | 50% |
| Energy retail suppliers | 488 | 42% |
| Energy procurement consulting | 199 | 17% |
| Energy trading & wholesale marketers | 143 | 12% |
| Electricity grid operators | 103 | 9% |
| Municipal multi utilities | 20 | 2% |
| Telecom plan comparison | 20 | 2% |
| Energy service companies & contracting | 15 | 1% |
| Other energy grids & heat networks | 9 | 1% |
| Gas grid operators | 7 | 1% |
| District heating & cooling networks | 5 | 0% |
| Mobile network operators | 5 | 0% |
| Other energy asset services | 5 | 0% |
| Community energy cooperatives | 4 | 0% |
| Consumer isp broadband | 4 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 351 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 612 · 7 |
| 11-50 employees | 98 · 11 |
| 51-200 employees | 49 · 11 |
| 201-500 employees | 32 · 13 |
| 501-1000 employees | 7 · 4 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 8 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 51 | 4% |
| Hamburg | 31 | 3% |
| München | 22 | 2% |
| Köln | 21 | 2% |
| Düsseldorf | 20 | 2% |
| Gräfelfing | 12 | 1% |
| Hannover | 9 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 8 | 1% |
| Leverkusen | 8 | 1% |
| Bonn | 7 | 1% |
| Aachen | 6 | 1% |
| Erfurt | 6 | 1% |
The biggest energy retail & trading companies in Germany
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The stack of energy retail & trading in Germany
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in Germany
Utilities & infrastructure in Germany, the whole market →
Waste management & recycling · 3,876 →
Energy grids & heat networks · 1,635 →
Telecom operators & isps · 969 →
Water & wastewater utilities · 730 →
Power generation · 649 →
Energy asset services · 201 →
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1,160 energy retail & trading companies are based in Germany; 53 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/germany/energy_retail_and_trading)
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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.
Energy retail & trading in Germany: questions
How many energy retail & trading companies are there in Germany?
1,160 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Energy retail & trading → leaf niches such as energy tariff comparison, energy retail suppliers, energy procurement consulting. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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