List of companies of Germany

This is a list of notable companies based in Germany. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Germany".

A

• A. Lange & Söhne, watches
• Adidas, apparel and accessories
• Air Berlin, airlines
• Airbus Group, aerospace, defence (part German)
• Aldi, retail
• Allianz, financials
• Alpina, automotive
• Altana, chemicals
• Arburg, machinery and injection molding
• Arcor, telecommunications
• Armedangels, fashion
• Axel Springer AG, media

B

• BASF, chemicals
  • Wintershall
• Bauhaus, retail
• Bavaria Film Studios, film
• Bayer, chemicals and pharmaceuticals
  • Covestro
• BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG, automotive parts
• Bechtle, information technology services
• Beck's Brewery, alcoholic beverages
• Behringer, audio systems
• Beiersdorf, cosmetics
• Benecke-Kaliko, automotive parts
• Bericap, screw caps
• Bertelsmann, media
  • BMG Rights Management
  • Random House
  • RTL Group (majority ownership)
• Beyerdynamic, audio electronics
• Bilfinger, construction, engineering and services
• Birkenstock, shoe manufacturer
• Bitburger Brewery, brewery
• Boehringer Ingelheim, pharmaceuticals
• BOMAG, mechanical engineering
• BMW, automotive
• Brabus, automotive
• Brenntag, chemical distribution

C

• C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik, musical instruments
• Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
  • Carl Zeiss AG, optical systems
  • Schott AG, industrial glass
• Celesio, pharmaceuticals
• Ceresana, market research and consultancy
• Circus Krone, entertainment
• Claas, agricultural machinery
• Commerzbank, banking

D

• Daimler AG
  • Mercedes-AMG, automobile and engine manufacturing
  • Mercedes-Benz, automotive
• Degussa
• Delton, management holding
• Deutsche Bahn, transport
• Deutsche Bank, banking
• Deutsche Börse, financial services
• Deutsche Post, postal services
  • DHL
• Deutsche Telekom, telecommunications
  • T-Mobile
  • T-Systems
• Deutsche Vermögensberatung, financial services
• Deutz AG, mechanical engineering
• Dieffenbacher, mechanical engineering
• Diehl Aerospace, aerospace
• Diehl BGT Defence, defence
• Diehl Metall, metals
• Diezel, guitar amplifiers
• Djshop, online dance music retail store
• Douglas Holding, retail
• DOVO Solingen, scissors and razors
• Dräger, medical technology
• Dürr AG, plant and machinery construction

E

• E.ON, electric power
• E-Plus, telecommunications (owned by Telefónica Germany)
• ebmpapst, electric motors and fans
• edding AG, writing instruments
• Edeka, retail
  • Netto Marken-Discount
  • Plus
  • Spar Deutschland
• ElringKlinger, automotive parts
• EnBW, electric power
• EnOcean, electronics
• Epcos, electronics

F

• Faber-Castell, writing instruments
• Festo, automation
• Filmstudio Babelsberg, film
• Fischerwerke, construction sets
• Fissler, cookware manufacturer
• Ford of Europe, automotive
  • Ford-Werke
• Franz Haniel & Cie., holding company
• Fraport, airports
• Freenet.de, telecommunications
• Fresenius, health care
  • Fresenius Medical Care
• Freudenberg Group, conglomerate
• Fuchs Petrolub, lubricants

G

• Gardena AG, garden tools
• GEA Group, machinery and technology for refrigeration and livestock farming
• Gebrüder Thonet, furniture manufacturer
• Gerolsteiner Brunnen, mineral water
• Gerresheimer, packaging products
• Getrag, automotive parts
• GfK AG, market research
• GPC Biotech, biotechnology
• Grundig, electronics
• Gruner + Jahr, media

H

• Hama GmbH & Co KG, electronics
• Hannover Re, insurance
• Hapag-Lloyd, shipping
• Haribo, confectionery
• Heckler & Koch, defense
• Heidelberg Cement, building materials
• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, printing machines
• Hella, automotive parts
• Henckels, kitchenware
• Henkel, consumer goods, industrial goods
• Heraeus, engineering
• Herrenknecht, tunnel boring machines
• Hochtief, construction
• Horváth & Partners, management consulting
• Howaldtswerke, shipbuilding
• Hubert Burda Media, media
• Hugo Boss, luxury fashion
• HypoVereinsbank, finance and insurance

I

• Infineon Technologies, semiconductor
• InnoTek, software

J

• J. Schmalz GmbH, vacuum technology
• Jenoptik, optoelectronics engineering
• Jil Sander, fashion
• Jägermeister, digestif

K

• Kali+Salz, fertilisers
• Kärcher, cleaning equipment
• Keimfarben, paints
• KfW, financial services
• Klöckner, distribution of engineered steel and other metals
• Knorr, food
• Knorr-Bremse, braking systems
• Koenig & Bauer, printing machines
• Körber, mechanical engineering
• Krauss-Maffei, mechanical engineering
• Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, defense
• Krones, mechanical engineering
• KSB, mechanical engineering
• KTB mechatronics, mechatronic
• KUKA, automation

L

• Lamy, writing instruments
• Lanxess, chemicals
• Leica Camera, optical imaging
• Leoni AG, cable and harnessing manufacturing
• Liebherr Group, mechanical engineering
• Lindauer DORNIER GmbH, textile machinery
• Linde AG, industrial gas production and plant engineering
• Linhof, camera manufacturer
• Loewe, consumer electronics
• Löwenbräu, brewery
• LPKF, electronics manufacturing
• Lufthansa, airlines
  • Austrian Airlines
  • Swiss International Air Lines

M

• MAGIX, investment holding
• Mahle GmbH, automotive parts
  • Behr GmbH & Co. KG
• Mann+Hummel, automotive parts
• Meindl, shoe manufacturer
• Meinl Percussion, musical instruments
• Meinl-Weston, musical instruments
• Meissen porcelain, porcelain
• Melitta, consumer goods
• Mennekes Elektrotechnik, industrial plugs and connectors
• Merck, pharmaceuticals
• METRO, retail
• Meyer Werft, shipbuilding
• Miele, domestic appliances
• Montblanc, luxury goods
• Munich Re (Münchener Rück), insurance

N

• Nero AG, software
• Nordzucker, sugar

O

• Oetker-Gruppe, food
  • Radeberger, brewery
• Opel, automotive (owned by General Motors)
• Osram, lighting
• Otto GmbH, mail order company

P

• Phoenix Contact, automation
• PTV AG, software
• PUMA, apparel and accessories
• Putzmeister, concrete pumps

R

• Recaro, vehicle seating
• Reemtsma, tobacco
• REWE Group, retail
  • Penny
• Rheinmetall, defense
  • KSPG, automotive parts
• Robert Bosch GmbH, automotive parts, home appliance
  • Blaupunkt
• Rohde & Schwarz, electronics
• ROSE Bikes, bicycles
• RRI Rhein Ruhr International GmbH, engineering
• RUF Automobile, automotive
• RWE, electric power

S

• Salzgitter AG, steel
• SAP, software
• Schaeffler, automotive parts
  • Continental
• Schaller Guitarenparts, musical instruments
• Schwarz Gruppe, retail
  • Kaufland
  • Lidl
• Schwind eye-tech-solutions, medical technology
• Sebamed, consumer goods
• Seca, medical scales and measuring instruments
• Sennheiser, audio electronics
• Severin, household appliances
• SEW Eurodrive, electric motors
• SGL Carbon, chemicals
• Siemens, conglomerate
• Sig Sauer, firearms
• SkySails, marine propulsion by wind energy
• Software AG, software
• SolarWorld, photovoltaics
• Sonor, musical instruments
• Sortimo, in-vehicle equipment
• Stabilo, writing instruments
• Staedtler, writing instruments
  • Eberhard Faber
• Steinway & Sons, musical instruments
• Stiefel Labs, pharmaceuticals
• Stihl, forestry equipment, garden tools
• Storck, confectionery
• Südzucker, sugar

T

• Tchibo, consumer goods, retail
• Tengelmann, retail
• Tente International, wheels and castors
• Tetra, fishkeeping
• ThyssenKrupp, conglomerate
• trivago, travel, hotel
• Trumpf, machine tools
• TUI AG, hospitality, tourism
• TÜV Rheinland, services

U

• Ulla Popken, clothing
• Ultrasone, audio electronics
• Underberg, bitters
• United Internet, telecommunications

V

• Vaude, clothing, mountain sports equipment
• Vector Informatik, software
• Viessmann, heating systems
• Villeroy & Boch, ceramics
• Voith, mechanical engineering
• Volkswagen Group, automotive
  • Audi
  • MAN, automotive, mechanical engineering
  • Porsche
    • Porsche Design, industrial design
  • Volkswagen
  • Volkswagen Trucks and Buses
• Vossloh, railway systems engineering

W

• Wacker Chemie, chemicals
• Wacker Neuson, construction equipment
• Walther, firearms
• Warsteiner Brewery, brewery
• Wella, hair care and cosmetics
• Wilkhahn (Wilkening+Hahne GmbH+Co.KG), office furniture
• Wittenstein, mechanical engineering
• Wolff & Müller, construction
• Wortmann, computers
• Würth, fasteners
• Wüsthof Dreizack, kitchen knives

Z

• ZF Friedrichshafen AG, automotive parts
• Ziehl-Abegg, fans and air conditioning applications

Former companies

• AEG, now fractioned into parts of Electrolux, General Electric, Alcatel, AdTranz, Thomson SA
• Aral AG, now part of BP
• Arcandor (KarstadtQuelle AG)
• Aventis, now part of Sanofi-Aventis
• BenQ-Siemens
• Blohm + Voss
• Bodan-Werft
• Bremer Vulkan
• Büssing AG
• Condor, now part of Thomas Cook Group
• Dba
• Dornier GmbH
• Dresdner Bank, now part of Commerzbank
• Entwicklungsring Nord
• Focke Achgelis
• Focke-Wulf
• Hamburger Flugzeugbau
• Heinkel
• Hoechst
• IG Farben
• Intershop
• Junkers
• Leidolf
• LTU International, now part of Air Berlin
• Magirus
• Mannesmann, now partly part of Vodafone, ThyssenKrupp, Siemens, Salzgitter AG, Valorex
• Messerschmitt
• Metz
• NSU Motorenwerke AG, now part of Audi
• Orenstein and Koppel GmbH
• Philipp Holzmann
• Preussag, now part of TUI Group
• SABA
• Schering, now part of Bayer AG
• Schwarz Pharma, now part of UCB
• Telefunken
• Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke
• Weserflug

See also

• Category:Companies of Germany
• List of German companies by employees in 1907
• List of German companies by employees in 1938